BISMARCK — The first year of North Dakota sanctioning three classifications of volleyball is officially in the books after the state tournament concluded last weekend in Bismarck.

So how did it go?

“I think we were pretty excited for the first year,” said Kevin Morast, assistant director for the North Dakota High School Activities Association who oversees volleyball. “We had basketball as the trial to be able to look at it and say, ‘OK, let’s try to fix what we had wrong with basketball.’

“But overall, I’m very happy with the way it went. We saw some very competitive volleyball across all three classes. We had the opportunity to see several different teams and it’s great to see several different teams here at state getting opportunities to showcase themselves on the main stage. We’re ex

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