EPPJ Coach, Four Players Invited To All-Star Volleyball Classic

Four former Wolfpack volleyball players and their coach have been selected for the 21st annual Northeast Nebraska All-Star Volleyball Classic next month.

Recent graduates Grace Henn, Calli Krebs, Paige Meis and Nickol Payne have been invited to play in the classic, and EPPJ coach Tina Thiele-Blecher was chosen to coach to dark team. 

The event will take place on Saturday, June 9, at 3 p.m. in the Cox Activities Center at Northeast Community College in Norfolk.

Members of the light team, including the high school they attended, are: Madalyn Arens, Hartington Cedar Catholic; Maci Batenhorst, Wisner-Pilger; Julia Eskens, Wynot; Ashley Hamilton, Hartington Cedar Catholic; Lauren Jacobsen, Wisner-Pilger; Taya Johnson, Battle Creek; Kyla Moore, Norfolk Senior High; Caitlin Orton, Rock County High School; Anna Reifenrath, Hartington Cedar Catholic; and Emma Rosberg, Lutheran High Northeast. Coaches are Kathy Gebhardt, Lutheran High Northeast, and Denae Buss, Hartington Cedar Catholic.

Members of the dark team are: Kylie Hammer, Wayne; Grace Henn, Pope John XXIII Central Catholic; Hannah Heppner, Stanton; Calli Krebs, Pope John XXIII Central Catholic; Bailey Kraus, West Holt; Paige Meis, Pope John XXIII Central Catholic; Nickol Payne, Pope John XXIII Central Catholic; Katie Pilakowski, West Point-Beemer; Bailey Schindler, Ewing; and Logan Wemhoff, Humphrey St. Francis. Coaches are Tina Thiele-Bleacher, Elgin Public / Pope John XXIII Central Catholic, and Tracy Kuester, Stanton.