Washburn Rural's volleyball team will be in familiar territory Friday and Saturday, competing in the Class 6A volleyball tournament at Landon Arena. The Capital-Journal Washburn Rural's volleyball team will be in familiar territory Friday and Saturday, competing in the Class 6A volleyball tournament at Landon Arena. I think we were pretty tentative. That tentativeness showed in the first-game loss to Junction City, but the Junior Blues bounced back with strong performances in their final two games against the Blue Jays. I thought we played pretty well the final two games.
Junction City is a good team.
The Junior Blues were without senior setter Mandy Brown, who is fighting mononucleosis, but sophomore Teresa Bowden played well in her place, according to Bordewick. The Washburn Rural coach also singled out sophomore hitter Sandy Werner for her performance in the sub-state tournament. The top two teams out of each pool will advance to the semifinals Saturday morning. Washburn Rural finished fourth a year ago. Topeka will also be well-represented in the 5A tournament, also at Landon Arena, with both Shawnee Heights and Seaman back in the field.