By CLAIRE CRUZ, Staff Writer
The volleyball postseason is right around the corner, set to start Monday with the UIL district certification deadline Saturday.
Several districts finished their regular season Tuesday and have playoff seeding and bi-district details finalized. Some teams won’t have a clear picture until the week ends.
No. 25 Harlingen High clinched the District 32-6A championship, the first title in 15 years for the program. The Lady Cardinals will play at 7 p.m. Tuesday at home against Edinburg North.
Two-seed Brownsville Rivera heads to Edinburg Vela at 7 p.m. Monday. Third-place Los Fresnos will face Edinburg High at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Los Fresnos. Harlingen South finished fourth and will play at 7 p.m. Tuesday at PSJA High.
No. 22 Brownsville Veterans Memorial won another District 32-5A championship, completing an undefeated district season. The Lady Chargers will play host to McAllen High at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the bi-district round. Two-seed Brownsville Pace plays at 7 p.m. Tuesday at McAllen Rowe.
The Rio Hondo Lady Bobcats won their first District 32-4A championship in program history and did it in undefeated fashion. They’ll play at 6 p.m. Monday at Falfurrias Junior high against either Robstown or Kingsville King, whichever team wins a play-in game scheduled for Friday. La Feria secured the second seed and will play Alice at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Falfurrias Junior High.
Raymondville and Hidalgo will battle at 6 p.m. Friday in Hidalgo in a seeding game to determine third and fourth place in 32-4A.
No. 14 Lyford is the No. 2 seed in District 31-3A. The Lady Bulldogs will finish their season Friday.
Brownsville IDEA Frontier and Brownsville Jubilee secured second and third place, respectively, in District 32-3A. Brownsville IDEA Riverview and Santa Rosa have a play-in match scheduled for 4 p.m. Friday at IDEA Riverview. The winner will be the No. 4 seed.
In District 32-2A/1A, the San Perlita Lady Trojans clinched the No. 2 seed and will have a first-round bye. They’ll play Medina in the area round. Lasara battles with Bruni on Thursday to determine third and fourth place.
The Brownsville St. Joseph Lady Bloodhounds advanced to the TAPPS 5A playoffs out of District 6 for the fourth consecutive year. They’ll play their bi-district match Nov. 6 against either The Woodlands Christian Academy or Frassatti Catholic.