High school volleyball: Previewing the Durango Fall Classic, which features 14 nationally-ranked teams

High school volleyball's premier tournament takes center stage this weekend in Las Vegas as the 30th Durango Fall Classic brings in 64 teams from across the country.

The field includes 14 teams ranked in this week's MaxPreps Top 25 as well as nine teams in the expanded rankings. Five past winners have gone on to win the national championship later in the same season.

Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.), ranked No. 2 this week, is the tournament's top seed. The Trailblazers take on Coronado (Henderson, Nev.), Saint Francis (Mountain View, Calif.) and Poly Prep Country Day (Brooklyn, N.Y.) in pool play. Other ranked teams competing this weekend include No. 3 Marymount (Los Angeles, Calif.), No. 4 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.), No. 5 Xavier College Prep (Phoenix, Ariz.), No. 6 Cornerstone Christian (San Antonio, Texas), No. 7 Redondo Union (Redondo Beach, Calif.), No. 8 Torrey Pines (San Diego, Calif.), No. 11 Cathedral Catholic (San Diego, Calif.), No. 12 Assumption (Louisville, Ky.), No. 14 Harrisburg (S.D.), No. 16 Mira Costa (Manhattan Beach, Calif.), No. 17 Marist (Chicago, Ill.), No. 19. Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, Calif.) and No. 22 'Iolani (Honolulu, Hawaii).



Players to watch
Hanna McGinest
Eva Jeffries
Lucky Fasavalu (Committed to Missouri)
Kendall Omoruyi (Nebraska)

Marymount
Makenna Barnes (Northwestern)
Samantha Destler (Washington)
Declan Eastman (Rice)
Olivia Penske (Georgetown)

Mater Dei
Layli Ostovar (USC)
Westley Matavao (UCLA)
Kalea Lee (Texas)
Lizzy Robinson (Oregon)

Xavier College Prep
Tessa Larkin (Minnesota)
Vivian Hickman (UCLA)
Mattea Saunders (Wake Forest)
Selah O'Connor (Villanova)

Cornerstone Christian
Sydney Whisenton
Cayleigh Cervenka (Air Force Academy)
Sara Gonzalez
Breya Dawson (Cal)



Redondo Union
Abby Zimmerman (Cal)
Taylor Boice (UC Irvine)
Addi Junk (Florida State, beach)
Marlo Libbey

Torrey Pines
Finley Krystkowiak (Penn State)
Jaycee Mack (Baylor)
Emery Gonzales (Santa Clara)
Lila Green (Kansas)

Cathedral Catholic
Madyson McCarthy (Lipscomb)
Baylee Wilson
Kensley Hennessy (Colorado)
Lauren Hanson

Assumption
Brooke Codey
Ella Askin (Western Michigan)
Jillian Bohannon (South Carolina)
Emily Keiran (Auburn)

Harrisburg
Gabi Zachariasen (South Dakota)
Josalyn Samuels
Bergen Stiff
Julia Masselink

Mira Costa
Audrey Flanagan (Wisconsin)
Milly McGee (USC)
Simone Roslon (Stanford)
Cayenne Ceman (Northeastern)

Marist
Elayna Davidson (Maryland)
Cassidy Cage (Mississippi State)
Savanah Weathers (Davidson)
Maggie Kurpeikis (Michigan)

Archbishop Mitty
Makenna Crosson (Minnesota)
Chayse Courtney
Makayla Tran
Katelyn Sentous

'Iolani
Taimane Ainu'u
Georgie Lee (USC, beach)
Poema Kalama-Kingma (Oregon, beach)
Bailey Nakanelua (Ohio State)

Corona del Sol
Erin Clark (Alabama)
Hayden Conner (Washington)
Avery Lim (Fordham)
Mira Banks



Skyview
Bellamie Beus (Kentucky)
Lizzy Bower (Louisville)

Participating teams
Arbor View (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, Calif.)
Assumption (Louisville, Ky.)
Bishop Alemany (Mission Hills, Calif.)
Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Bishop Manogue (Reno, Nev.)
Branson (Ross, Calif.)
Casteel (Queen Creek, Ariz.)
Cathedral Catholic (San Diego, Calif.)
Centennial (Corona, Calif.)
Centennial (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Chaminade (West Hills, Calif.)
Corner Canyon (Draper, Utah)
Cornerstone Christian (San Antonio, Texas)
Corona del Sol (Tempe, Ariz.)
Coronado (Henderson, Nev.)
Desert Oasis (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Etiwanda (Etiwanda, Calif.)
Faith Lutheran (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Folsom (Calif.)
Foothill (Henderson, Nev.)
Harrisburg (S.D.)
Harvard-Westlake (Studio City, Calif.)
Huntington Beach (Huntington Beach, Calif.)
'Iolani (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Ironwood Ridge (Tucson, Ariz.)
Kamehameha Hawai'i (Kea'au, Hawaii)
Kamehameha Kapalama (Honolulu, Hawaii)
La Canada (Calif.)
Liberty (Bakersfield, Calif.)
Lone Peak (Highland, Utah)
Long Beach Poly (Long Beach, Calif.)
Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos, Calif.)
Marin Catholic (Kentfield, Calif.)
Marist (Chicago, Ill.)
Marymount (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)
Mercy (Louisville, Ky.)
Mira Costa (Manhattan Beach, Calif.)
Moapa Valley (Overton, Nev.)
Newport Harbor (Newport Beach, Calif.)
Palo Verde (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Papillion-LaVista South (Papillion, Neb.)
Poly Prep Country Day (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Punahou (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Rancho Cucamonga (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.)
Redondo Union (Redondo Beach, Calif.)
Redwood (Larkspur, Calif.)
Shadow Ridge (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.)
Silverado (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Skutt Catholic (Omaha, Neb.)
Skyview (Nampa, Idaho)
South (Torrance, Calif.)
South Pasadena (South Pasadena, Calif.)
St. Ignatius College Preparatory (San Francisco, Calif.)
Hockaday (Dallas, Texas)
Torrey Pines (San Diego, Calif.)
Village Christian (Sun Valley, Calif.)
Vista Murrieta (Murrieta, Calif.)
Woodrow Wilson (Long Beach, Calif.)
Xavier College Prep (Phoenix, Ariz.)