The Region 2B high school girls' volleyball tournament got underway on Monday with a pair of play-in matches.

Leola-Frederick hosted Eureka-Bowdle in the eighth-seed vs. ninth-seed confrontation and the Titans won 3-1. Number-seven Highmore-Harrrold played host to tenth-seeded Sunshine Bible Academy and won 3-0.

The tourney continued on Tuesday at four sites in two parallel brackets. The 8-vs.-9 winner advanced to Faulkton to play top-seeded Faulkton Area and fourth-seeded Ipswich (18-11 entering the tourney) hosted number-five Potter County in the remaining match in the Faulkton-led bracke...