Eric Ingles

RICHLAND -- Concord took the first set of Tuesday's Division 4 volleyball quarterfinal, dropped the next two, then forced a fifth set, but could not pull out a win, falling to St.

| RICHLAND --With the third set knotted up, and the Kalamazoo Christian volleyball team nine points from a quarterfinal sweep of Pewamo-Westphalia

| Battle Creek will see champions crowned this weekend in volleyball, as the best teams in Michigan converge on Kellogg Arena.

| Defending Division 4 state champion Clarkston Everest Collegiate is back in the state final after a semifinal sweep of Hancock while St.

| JACKSON -- They saw a powerful rushing attack from Ida in the district final. They saw another run-based offense in the regional final against Constantine.

| Northville is back in the Division 1 state championship game for the second time in the past three years and Rockford's bid for a first

| Monroe St. Mary will play in a volleyball state championship game for the fourth time since 2019 and will look to win its third title in

Tecumseh pulled off a reverse sweep of Essexville Garber in one Division 2 semifinal on Friday at Kellogg Arena, and Country Day reached the final with a four-set win over Battle Creek Harper Creek.

| BATTLE CREEK -- Last year it was a 31-kill state final from Sarah Bradley aided by 57 Erica Walker assists to help lead Clarkston Everest Collegiate to a Division 4 state title.

| BATTLE CREEK -- Two years after falling in the Division 1 state title match at Kellogg Arena, the Northville Mustangs got back to the final and held off a Rockford comeback attempt for a 26-24, 25-16,25-27,25-22 win.