Tournament play continued the high school volleyball season on Saturday with seven area teams in action at the eight team Valley Falls Invitational. 

The Centralia Panthers continued to be a force on the volleyball court adding another trophy to the case by winning their third tournament title of the season taking the Valley Falls Invite with a 5-0 day. The Panthers dispatched Mclouth, Maur Hill-Mount Academy and Jackson Heights all in straights controlling the matchups winnign 25-5, 25-14 versus Mclouth, 25-7, 25-13 over Maur Hill and 25-17, 25-11 against Jackson Heights. The battle with Maranatha and Valley Falls were a bit tougher for Centralia but the Panthers won both in straight sets claiming a 30-28, 25-21 win over Maranatha, while beating the host Valley Falls 25-23, 25-8. 

Valley Falls earned second place on the day with a 4-1 performance having their lone loss come against Centralia. The Dragons earned straight set wins over Oskaloosa (25-17, 25-10), Maranatha (25-16, 25-18) and Maur Hill (25-22, 25-19) while the Dragons needed three sets 25-16, 23-25, 25-14 to earn the win over Axtell. 

Maranatha earned third place, while Maur Hill finished in fourth place on the day going  2-3. Ravens fell to Centralia, Valley Falls and Maranatha (21-25, 7-25) all in straight sets. Ravens earned wins over Mclouth (25-20, 25-13) and beat Jackson Heights (25-14, 25-22). 

Oskaloosa nabbed fifth place on the day posting a 3-2 overall in the action beating Mclouth (25-20, 25-21) and Axtell twice (25-15, 18-25, 25-20 and 25-11, 25-13), while falling to Valley Falls and Maranatha. 

A 1-4 performance led Axtell to a sixth place finish as the Eagles lone win came against Jackson Heights in straight sets (25-19, 25-16) but fell to Oskaloosa twice, Maranatha and Valley Falls on the day. 

Jackson Heights finished seventh place posting a 2-3 record overall on the day between pool play and bracket action. The Cobras two wins were over Mclouth (25-6, 25-8 and 25-15, 25-14), while falling to Axtell, Maur Hill and Centralia. 

Mclouth finished eighth place at the tournament with a 0-5 performance.