The IHSA Class 2A Girls Volleyball postseason begins Monday, October 26, with several Decatur-area teams looking to make a run toward the state finals.
The Decatur St. Teresa Regional features four area teams, with St. Teresa, Sullivan, Maroa-Forsyth and Taylorville all competing for a regional championship.
St. Teresa and Sullivan will open postseason play Monday at 6 p.m. The Bulldogs enter as the ninth seed, while Sullivan is seeded seventh in the sub-sectional. The winner advances to face second-seeded Taylorville on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Maroa-Forsyth, the sixth seed, will meet third-seeded Marshall in Tuesday’s second semifinal at 7 p.m.
The regional championship is scheduled for Thursday, October 29, at 6 p.m. The winner advances to the Taylorville Sectional, where it will face the Carlinville Regional champion on November 3.
Taylorville enters as one of the favorites in its regional, although Marshall and Maroa-Forsyth could present challenges on the opposite side of the bracket.
Warrensburg-Latham will also look to make a postseason run in the Pana Regional. The Cardinals are the fourth seed and will face fifth-seeded Paris on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
The winner of that matchup could face top-seeded Pana in Thursday’s regional championship. Pana opens Tuesday against the winner of Monday’s matchup between Shelbyville and Tri-City.
The Pana Regional champion will advance to face the Auburn Regional winner in the Taylorville Sectional semifinals.
Rochester and Pana earned the top seeds in their respective sub-sectionals, while Taylorville and Williamsville received the second seeds. Those four teams are among the leading contenders for the Taylorville Sectional championship.
Elsewhere in Class 2A, Clinton and Monticello will compete in the Monticello Regional, part of the Pontiac Sectional.
Ninth-seeded Clinton opens postseason play Monday against seventh-seeded Paxton-Buckley-Loda at 6 p.m. The winner advances to face top-seeded Downs Tri-Valley on Tuesday.
Monticello, the fifth seed, faces fourth-seeded Champaign St. Thomas More on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
The Monticello Regional championship is scheduled for Thursday at 6 p.m., with the winner advancing to the Pontiac Sectional semifinals against the Coal City Regional champion.
The Taylorville and Pontiac Sectional championships will both be decided Thursday, November 5.
The Taylorville Sectional champion advances to the Pleasant Plains Super-Sectional on November 9, while the Pontiac Sectional champion moves on to the Seneca Super-Sectional.
The IHSA Girls Volleyball State Finals are scheduled for November 13–14 at CEFCU Arena in Normal.
Regional championships across Class 2A will be decided Thursday as teams continue their pursuit of a state championship.
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