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Seven returning state finalists, including two teams that won it alllast year, have found their way back to the 36 th Annual IHSAAVolleyball State Finals that take place Nov. 3. For the first time, the volleyball state finals will be played in Delaware County ,with Ball State University 'sWorthen Arena serving as the site for four state championship matches thatafternoon and evening.   Four different sites will be used for the morning semifinals, whichbegin at 9 a.m. ET with the winners at each site converging on Worthen Arenafor their respective state championship match. Yorktown will host two semifinalmatches in Class 4A, Muncie Central will host the 3A matches, Delta the 2Acontests, and Worthen Arena will be the site for the Class A semifinalists ...

KNIGHTSTOWN - With all due respect to the many teamsMuncie Burris has beaten in the Owls' march to what is now more consecutivestate titles than you count, the atmosphere at their Regional 11 semifinalshowdown with No. 2 Heritage Christian at Knightstown Oct. 27 was unique. For the first time in nearly a decade, the air ofinevitability surrounding an Owls' tournament match was missing. In fact, manyif not most people in attendance thought this was the day the king mightfinally fall. In the immortal words of everybody's older brother,"That's what you get for thinking!"

Here's aglance at your individual state leaders in several statistical categories fromthe 2007 Indiana high school volleyball season through regional play ...