The level of competition, enthusiasm, intensity and atmosphere was at a high level all day in Randolph, Kansas on Saturday at the Twin Valley League volleyball tournament as team's battle for the League tournament title on the court.

At the end of the day it was the Centralia Panthers pouncing on another title for the trophy case as they topped Washington County in three sets in the Championship matchup, while Valley Heights took third beating Axtell in the third place match.

The day got underway with pool action in the Twin Valley League tournament and in Pool "A" it was the number one seed in the tournament, Centralia winning the pool by beating Clifton-Clyde 25-18, 25-10 and Frankfort 25-14, 25-9. While, Clifton-Clyde beat Frankfort in the other pool play game in Pool "A", winning 25-18, 25-14 for the Eagles over the Wildcats.

Pool "B" saw the number two seed in the tournament in Washington County go 2-0 in pool play action beating Doniphan West 25-10, 25-9 and Hanover, 25-18, 25-16. Hanover got the best of Doniphan West in three sets, 25-12, 20-25, 25-15 in the other pool play contest in Pool "B".

The third seeded, Axtell Eagles won their pool, claiming Pool "C" by notching a pair of wins over Onaga, 25-15, 25-20 and Troy, 25-14, 25-18. While, Troy topped Onaga in the other matchup in the pool, winning 28-26, 25-21.

Pool "D" featured the other four TVL teams, seeds four, five, 12 and 13 which were Valley Heights, Linn, Blue Valley-Randolph and Wetmore, respectively. It was the topped seeded team again in the pool coming out on top as Valley Heights went 3-0 beating Wetmore (25-8, 25-14), Blue Valley (25-16, 25-10) and Linn (25-22, 25-20). While, Linn beat Wetmore (25-15, 25-14) and Blue Valley (25-14, 25-13), to pick up a pair of wins at the TVL tournament. Wetmore won the other pool play matchup topping Blue Valley, 25-21, 25-16 in Pool "D".

In order to get teams at least three games at the tournament consolation games took place with the non-winner of Pool's A, B and C. In consolation action, Frankfort beat Hanover in three sets, 25-22, 18-25, 25-10, while Troy topped Doniphan West in straight sets (25-21, 25-19) and Clifton-Clyde beat Onaga in straight sets (25-20, 25-16).

As the top seeds held serve in Pool play that set up matchups in the Semifinals of Washington County versus Axtell and Centralia versus Valley Heights. The Tigers got a tough match from Axtell but ultimately earned the straight set win 25-10, 25-23, while the Panthers also got a tough test in the Semifinals but downed Valley Heights 25-15, 25-12.

That set up the top two teams from the regular season in the TVL against each other for the TVL tournament title as Washington County took on Centralia. The Tigers got out to an early lead in set one and took it from Centralia 29-27, but the Panthers were resilenent and battled for set two and three to win the match in three sets 27-29, 25-12, 25-18.

In the third place matchup it was Valley Heights avenging a loss from earlier this year to Axtell, but beating the Eagles 27-25, 25-18 for third place, giving Axtell fourth in the TVL tournament.

2014 Twin Valley League Volleyball Tournament Results:

Pool A
Clifton-Clyde def. Frankfort   25-18, 25-14
Centralia def. Frankfort    25-14, 25-9
Centrlaia def. Clifton-Clyde   25-18, 25-10

Pool B
Hanover def. Doniphan West   25-12, 20-25, 25-15
Washington County def. Hanover   25-18, 25-16
Washington County def. Doniphan West   25-10, 25-9

Pool C
Troy def. Onaga   28-26, 25-21
Axtell def. Onaga   25-15, 25-20
Axtell def. Troy   25-14, 25-18

Pool D
Valley Heights def. Wetmore   25-8, 25-14
Linn def. Blue Valley   25-14, 25-13
Valley Heights def. Blue Valley   25-16, 25-10
Linn def. Wetmore   25-15, 25-14
Valley Heights def. Linn   25-22, 25-20
Wetmore def. Blue Valley   25-21, 25-16

Consolation Games:
Frankfort def. Hanover   25-22, 18-25, 25-10
Troy def. Doniphan West   25-21, 25-19
Clifton-Clyde def. Onaga   25-20, 25-16

Semifinals
Centralia def. Valley Heights   25-15, 25-12
Washington County def. Axtell   25-10, 25-23

Championship
Centralia def. Washington County   27-29, 25-12, 25-21

Third Place
Valley Heights def. Axtell   27-25, 25-18