Here's the latest update, with more teams added as Class B and C-1 qualifiers:
Class A
District 1: Grand Island, Lincoln North Star and Lincoln Northeast are in.
District 2: If Southeast beats Kearney, the Knights, Norfolk and Elkhorn are the district qualifiers.
If Kearney wins and Norfolk beats Elkhorn, then Norfolk, Southeast and Elkhorn qualify.
If Kearney and Elkhorn win, Elkhorn, Norfolk and Kearney qualify and Southeast makes it in as the at-large team.
District 3: Papillion-La Vista, Millard West and Omaha Central (with a win over Omaha Westside) are in. Westside qualifies by beating Central and if Omaha Bryan beats Bellevue East. Bellevue East qualifies if it wins and Westside wins.
District 4: Omaha North is in. If Omaha North beats Bellevue West and Burke beats Papillion-La Vista South, North, Bellevue West and Millard North qualify.
If Omaha North and Papio South win, both qualify, along with Millard North.
If West and Burke win, West and Omaha North qualify. Millard North also would qualify with a win over Millard South, but Burke would qualify with a Millard North loss.
If West and Papio South win, West, Omaha North and Millard North qualify.
District 5: Millard South and Omaha Creighton Prep are in. Omaha Benson is in with a win over Omaha Northwest or a Prep win over Omaha South. South qualifies by beating Prep and Northwest beating Benson.
Class B
District champions (4): Blair in District B-1, Plattsmouth in B-2, Omaha Skutt in B-3, Gering in B-8.
District champions with a win (4): Lincoln Pius X-Crete winner in B-4, Columbus Lakeview-Seward winner in B-5, Adams Central-Aurora winner in B-6, Ogallala-McCook winner in B-7.
At-large berths (6): Waverly, Adams Central-Aurora loser, McCook (if it loses), Lexington, Omaha Gross, Seward.
At-large berths with a win: Alliance (vs. Sidney).
Class C-1
District champions (8): Boys Town in C1-1, Syracuse in C1-2 Wisner-Pilger in C1-4, Norfolk Catholic in C1-5, Hastings St. Cecilia in C1-7, Minden in C1-8, Broken Bow in C1-9, Chadron in C1-10.
District champions with a win (2): Wahoo Neumann-Milford winner in C1-3, Centennial-David City winner in C1-6.
At-large berths (18): Crofton, Milford-Neumann loser, Gothenburg, Gordon-Rushville, Grand Island Central Catholic, Pierce, Bennington, Wahoo, Fort Calhoun, Centennial-David City loser, Ashland-Greenwood, Mitchell, Valentine, St. Paul, Fillmore Central, Fairbury, Arlington, Falls City.
Others in contention: Battle Creek, Lincoln Lutheran, Minden, Hershey, Tekamah-Herman, Boone Central, Cozad, Raymond Central, Doniphan-Trumbull, Southern Valley, Madison.
Class C-2
District champions (8): Elmwood-Murdock in C2-1, Lincoln Christian in C2-2, David City Aquinas in C2-3, Ponca in C2-5, Creighton in C2-6, Ravenna in C2-7, Blue Hill in C2-8, Sutherland in C2-10.
District champions with a win (2): Oakland-Craig (vs. Scribner-Snyder) in C2-4, Elm Creek (vs. Cambridge) in C2-9.
At-large berths (14): North Platte St. Patrick's, Elm Creek-Cambridge loser, Oakland-Craig (if it loses), Fremont Bergan, Hartington Cedar Catholic, West Point Central Catholic, Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer, Malcolm, Nebraska City Lourdes, Wilber-Clatonia, Thayer Center, Stanton, Tri County, Cross County.
At-large with a win: Chase County-Perkins County winner, Norfolk Lutheran NE (vs. Fremont Bergan).
Eight Man-1
District champions (8): Johnson-Brock in 8M1-1, Pawnee City in 8M1-2, Bancroft-Rosalie in 8M1-3, Winside in 8M-4, Burwell in 8M1-5, Palmer in 8M1-6, Overton in 8M1-8, Garden County in 8M1-10.
District champions with a win (2): Giltner-Silver Lake winner in 8M1-7, Maxwell (vs. Callaway) in 8M1-9.
At-large berths (9): Exeter-Milligan, Howells, Maxwell, Giltner-Silver Lake loser, Amherst, Pawnee City, Arapahoe, Axtell, Osmond.
At-large berths with a win: Eustis-Farnam (vs. Elwood), Emerson-Hubbard (vs. Omaha Nation), Meridian (vs. Freeman), Shelby (vs. Osceola), Franklin (vs. Axtell), Crawford (vs. Leyton).
Eight Man-2
District champions (8): Sterling in 8M2-1, Humphrey St. Francis in 8M2-3, Wynot in 8M2-4, Bloomfield in 8M2-5, Ewing in 8M2-6, Pleasanton in 8M2-7, Anselmo-Merna in 8M2-8, Mullen in 8M2-9.
District champions with a win (2): Bruning-Davenport/Lawrence-Nelson winner in 8M2-2, Hayes Center (vs. Potter-Dix) in 8M2-10.
At-large berths: (8) Sargent, Elgin Pope John, Falls City Sacred Heart, Chambers, O'Neill St. Mary's, Hampton, Loomis, Allen.
At-large berths with a win (3): Cedar Rapids-Spalding-Spalding Academy winner, Brady (vs. Anselmo-Merna), Dodge (vs. Leigh).
Thursday games now on Friday:
Arapahoe at Amherst, 4 p.m.
Broken Bow at Cozad, 4 p.m.
Chadron at Hershey, 7 p.m.
Chase County at Perkins County, 7:30 p.m.
Elm Creek at Cambridge, 6 p.m.
Kearney Catholic at Dundy County-Stratton, 2 p.m. MDT
Loomis at Ansley, 2 p.m.
Ord at Southern Valley, 5:30 p.m.
Sumner-E-M at Maywood, 1 p.m.
Wahoo Neumann at Milford, 7 p.m.
Wauneta-Palisade at Medicine Valley, 3:30 p.m.
The Sumner-E-M volleyball match at Amherst has been postponed to 3:30 p.m. Friday.
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It's not great weather for tennis, obviously, but the Omaha-based “The Dominators” will compete for a national title at the 2009 USTA Jr. Team Tennis Intermediate 18 and Under National Championships in Mobile, Ala, from Oct. 30 to Nov. 1. Team members are Erik Anderson, Bellevue West; Rachel Kammer, Elkhorn; James Richardson, Prep; Gabe and Jamie Shrank, Millard West; Alissa Sivinski and Katherine Tenant, Millard North. Alissa's dad, Brian, is coach.
-- Stu Pospisil
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