The schedule has been released for the 48-team high school volleyball tournament known as the Dig for Life Challenge, sponsored by St. Francis Medical Center (SFMC) and co-host Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. The tournament will begin on Friday, September 13 with pool play. Pool play will continue Saturday morning before all teams advance to one of three predetermined brackets. Games will be going on at all times on eight courts at three venues: the Show-Me Center and Student Recreation Center on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University and Notre Dame Regional High School.
Tournament Format
The 48 teams in the tournament are divided into 16 pools with three teams in each pool. Pool play consists of every team in each pool playing every other team in the corresponding pools (Pool A vs. Pool B, Pool C vs. Pool D, etc.). Pool play consists of two sets played to 25 (cap of 25). Teams with the best records in pool play advance to the Gold Bracket. Teams with the second-best records advance to the Silver Bracket. Teams with the third-best records advance to the Bronze Bracket.
Pool Assignments
Pool A: Woodland, Advance, Oran
Pool B: Twin Rivers, Jackson, South Pemiscot
Pool C: Cooter, Malden, New Haven
Pool D: Leopold, Sikeston, Marquand-Zion
Pool E: Campbell, Kennett, St. Francois County (Park Hills) Central
Pool F: Clearwater, Calvary Lutheran (Jefferson City), Bloomfield
Pool G: Bell City, Greenville, Eminence
Pool H: Saxony Lutheran, Senath-Hornersville, Gideon
Pool I: Richland (Essex), Poplar Bluff, Jefferson (Festus)
Pool J: Scott City, Portageville, Lesterville
Pool K: Bernie, Seckman, Caruthersville
Pool L: Zalma, Bismarck, South Iron
Pool M: Puxico, Holcomb, Hazelwood West
Pool N: Cape Central, Notre Dame (Cape Girardeau), Meadow Heights
Pool O: Dexter, Southland, New Madrid County Central
Pool P: Oak Ridge, St. Vincent, Southern Reynolds County (Ellington)
St. Francis Medical Center (SFMC) Dig for Life
Tournament Format
The 48 teams in the tournament are divided into 16 pools with three teams in each pool. Pool play consists of every team in each pool playing every other team in the corresponding pools (Pool A vs. Pool B, Pool C vs. Pool D, etc.). Pool play consists of two sets played to 25 (cap of 25). Teams with the best records in pool play advance to the Gold Bracket. Teams with the second-best records advance to the Silver Bracket. Teams with the third-best records advance to the Bronze Bracket.
Pool Assignments
Pool A: Woodland, Advance, Oran
Pool B: Twin Rivers, Jackson, South Pemiscot
Pool C: Cooter, Malden, New Haven
Pool D: Leopold, Sikeston, Marquand-Zion
Pool E: Campbell, Kennett, St. Francois County (Park Hills) Central
Pool F: Clearwater, Calvary Lutheran (Jefferson City), Bloomfield
Pool G: Bell City, Greenville, Eminence
Pool H: Saxony Lutheran, Senath-Hornersville, Gideon
Pool I: Richland (Essex), Poplar Bluff, Jefferson (Festus)
Pool J: Scott City, Portageville, Lesterville
Pool K: Bernie, Seckman, Caruthersville
Pool L: Zalma, Bismarck, South Iron
Pool M: Puxico, Holcomb, Hazelwood West
Pool N: Cape Central, Notre Dame (Cape Girardeau), Meadow Heights
Pool O: Dexter, Southland, New Madrid County Central
Pool P: Oak Ridge, St. Vincent, Southern Reynolds County (Ellington)
St. Francis Medical Center (SFMC) Dig for Life