St. Joseph Sports Commission announces field for annual Pony Express HS Volleyball Preview
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KQTV) -- As St. Joseph will be the home for the 2026 Missouri State High School Girls Volleyball Championships this fall, the St. Joseph Sports Commission has announced the 2nd annual Pony Express Girls State High School Volleyball Preview Tournament.
The two-day tournament will feature 21 Missouri high school volleyball programs including several from northwest Missouri.
“We always talk about capitalizing on our fit/niche and then building quality events accordingly in which we’ve been fortunate to host multiple high level championship volleyball events here in St. Joseph on both the high school and college level," said Brett Esely, the Executive Director of the St. Joseph Sports Commission. "This event, built as a high school preview event was very well received last year in which we’ve grown the field this year and will be an excellent, unique way to start to the high school volleyball season in St. Joseph” stated Brett Esely, Executive Director of the St. Joseph Sports Commission."
The northwest Missouri teams include Benton, Bishop LeBlond, Cameron, Central, Maryville, Rock Port and Savannah.
The field includes four 2025 state Final Four teams: Northland Christian (C1 3rd Place), Oak Grove (C3 2nd Place), Saxony Lutheran (C3 4th Place) and Hannibal (C4 3rd Place).
2025 state quarterfinal teams include Fatima (C2), Lafayette County (C2) and Sullivan (C3). The field also features district champions Rock Port (C1), Adrian (C2) and Savannah (C3).
The two-day event starts at 1 pm on Friday, Aug. 28 at Civic Arena.
You can find the full schedule below:
Friday, August 28
Court 1:
1:00 PM – Ray Pec vs. St. Pius X (KC)
2:15 PM – Central vs. St. Pius X (KC)
3:30 PM – Ray Pec vs. Savannah
4:45 PM – Oak Grove vs. Hannibal
6:00 PM – Central vs. Seckman
7:15 PM – Savannah vs. Seckman
8:30 PM – Maryville vs. Notre Dame De Sion
Court 2:
1:00 PM – Northland Christian vs. Rock Port
2:15 PM – Northland Christian vs. Saxony Lutheran
3:30 PM – Bishop LeBlond vs. Hannibal
4:45 PM – Bishop LeBlond vs. Belton
6:00 PM – Notre Dame De Sion vs. Belton
7:15 PM – Lafayette County vs. Liberty (Mountain View)
8:30 PM – Benton vs. Liberty (Mountain View)
Court 3:
1:00 PM – Cameron vs. Saxony Lutheran
2:15 PM – Cameron vs. Fatima
3:30 PM – Rock Port vs. Fatima
4:45 PM – Adrian vs. Sullivan
6:00 PM – Maryville vs. Oak Grove
7:15 PM – Adrian vs. Benton
8:30 PM – Lafayette County vs. Sullivan
Saturday, August 29
Court 1:
9:00 AM – Ray Pec vs. Central
10:15 AM – Northland Christian vs. Fatima
11:30 AM – Liberty (Mountain View) vs. Sullivan
12:45 PM – Benton vs. Sullivan
2:00 PM – Liberty (Mountain View) vs. Adrian
3:15 PM – Benton vs. Lafayette County
4:30 PM – Adrian vs. Lafayette County
Court 2:
9:00 AM – Northland Christian vs. Cameron
10:15 AM – Rock Port vs. Cameron
11:30 AM – Ray Pec vs. Seckman
12:45 PM – Bishop LeBlond vs. Oak Grove
2:00 PM – Hannibal vs. Belton
3:15 PM – Hannibal vs. Maryville
4:30 PM – Belton vs. Maryville
Court 3:
9:00 AM – St. Pius X (KC) vs. Savannah
10:15 AM – St. Pius X (KC) vs. Seckman
11:30 AM – Central vs. Savannah
12:45 PM – Fatima vs. Saxony Lutheran
2:00 PM – Rock Port vs. Saxony Lutheran
3:15 PM – Oak Grove vs. Notre Dame De Sion
4:30 PM – Bishop LeBlond vs. Notre Dame De Sion
