Thorpes and Warriors Region 7A favorites BUT, lack of of officials shuffles 7A schedule
Oct 25, 2017
By Rich Winter
It has been a terrific season of volleyball in Region 7A. Most of the teams have wrapped up their schedules with just one match remaining, St. Francis@ Pine Ridge on Thursday, Oct. 26. While that match won't adjust the current power-points or seedings, a lack of officials changes the landscape of the 7A tournament.
This from Bennett County Athletic Director, Bert Ready for the upcoming schedule: Due to the lack of officials, all first round volleyball games will be held at the number 2 seed, which is Winner at this time. Here is what we have from Bert Ready for a schedule
Monday, Oct. 30 to be held at site of #2 seed
#4 vs. #5 4:00 MT (5:00 CT) Bennett County vs. Red Cloud
#3 vs. #6 5:30 MT (6:30 CT) Little Wound vs. Todd County
#2 vs. #7 7:00 MT (8:00 CT) Winner vs. St. Francis
#1 receives a BYE - Pine Ridge
Thursday, November 2, to be held at site of #1 seed (Ridge)
Winner of #3/#6 vs. winner of #2/#7 5:00 MT (6:00 CT)
Winner of #4/#5 vs. #1 seed 6:30 MT (7:30 CT)
At the conclusion of the Region 7A matches that will be held in Pine Ridge, the remaining 16 teams, from eight different regions, will be re-seeded with No. 1 vs. No. 16, No. 2 vs. No. 15 ets....
Tuesday, November 7 Sweet Sixteen
Winners of Thursday’s matches advance time and site to be determined
Here are your current Region 7A standings:
| Region 7 | Seed Points | W-L |
| Pine Ridge |
42.61 |
22-6 |
| Winner |
41.64 |
19-9 |
| Little Wound |
39.88 |
13-12 |
| Bennett County |
38.92 |
10-16 |
| Red Cloud |
38.74 |
12-19 |
| Todd County |
36.73 |
8-22 |
| St. Francis Indian |
35.48 |
4-21 |
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