2016 TVL Volleyball Tournament Champs - Centralia Panthers (Photo courtesy of: Holly Haufler)

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Another year of great play in the Twin Valley League across the season in volleyball and the League tournament proved to be much of the same. 

The action was split with the Top eight teams in the League standings competing in pool play for the right to move to the Semifinals and then the Championship in the Gold Division competition, while the remaining five teams competed against each other in a round robin style of play on the in the Silver Division. 

In Pool #1 it was Centralia, Clifton-Clyde, Valley Heights and Linn in action and the Panthers were on the prowl for another TVL crown as they went 3-0 in pool play to win the poll sweeping the action in straight sets against the other three teams. Valley Heights took second in the pool with straight set wins over Linn and Clifton-Clyde to go 2-1 in pool play and advance to the Semifinals. Linn topped Clifton-Clyde for a 1-2 day and Clifton-Clyde went 0-3. 

Pool #2 featured Washington County, Hanover, Frankfort and Axtell in action and the Wildcats of Hanover posted a 3-0 pool play record to win the pool with straight set wins in all three contests. Washington County with three set wins over both Axtell and Frankfort went 2-1 in pool play to take second and move into the Semifinals. Axtell topped Frankfort in straight sets to finish 1-2 on the day, while Frankfort went 0-3. 

In the Semifinals both Centralia and Hanover picked up tough straight set wins over Washington County and Valley Heights, respectively. Centralia won 25-17, 25-14 over the Tigers, while Hanover beat the Mustangs 25-21, 25-19. 

That set up a showdown of the top two teams in the TVL in Centralia and Hanover for the TVL tournament title. The first set in the Championship was taken by Hanover in a tight 25-21 battle, but Centralia battled back and won with extra points in set two taking it 27-25 to force a decisive set three. Set three proved to be highly competitive, too but the Panthers earned the win 25-20 and took the match and TVL tournament title again to sweep the regular season and League tournament crowns with the 21-25, 27-25, 25-20 three set win over Hanover. Panthers finished the day 5-0, while Hanover notched a 4-1 record. 

In the Silver Division of competition between the other five TVL teams was quite competitive with Blue Valley leading the way as the Rams posted a 4-0 day with straight set wins over Doniphan West, Troy, Wetmore and Onaga. The Doniphan West Mustangs posted a 2-2 record on the day picking up their first wins of the season beating Troy and Wetmore each in three sets, while Onaga also was 2-2 on the day with a straight win over Doniphan West and three set victory over Troy. Both Troy and Wetmore notched 1-3 records on the day as Troy beat Wetmore in straight sets, while the Cardinals won in three sets against Onaga.