Jackson County Central will open its 2023 volleyball season two weeks from Saturday (Aug. 26) when the Huskies play in the first of seven matches at the Big South Conference Showcase at Cardinal Gym at Fairmont High School. First serve is at 10 a.m.
The Showcase brings all 13 BSC volleyball teams into the same gym in one day.
Tri-City United will fill out the field. The Titans will become a Big South Conference member in the 2024-2025 school year.
The Huskies and Buccaneers have not met in volleyball in five years. Their last meeting was in 2018.
In the 10 seasons before that (2008-2017), JCC and BEA played 12 times with the Huskies winning all 11 matches.
The schools met in the Luverne tournament to start the 2008 season and played later in the season. In 2016 they played in a Big South Conference Crossover match at the end of the regular season after also playing earlier.
In those 12 matches, the Huskies won 32 sets and the Bucs two. The match at the Luverne tourney was best-of-three.
Jackson County Central’s first home match is Tuesday, Aug. 29 vs. Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda. The conference opener is Tuesday, Sept. 5 at Redwood Valley.
BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE
Volleyball Showcase
Saturday, Aug. 26
At Fairmont
10 a.m. – Jackson County Central vs. Blue Earth Area
11:30 a.m. – Worthington vs. St. James Area
1 p.m. – Pipestone vs. St. Peter
2:30 p.m. – Windom vs. New Ulm
4 p.m. – Redwood Valley vs. Tri-City United
5:30 p.m. – Marshall vs. Waseca
7 p.m. – Luverne vs. Fairmont
JCC volleyball schedule
Sat., Aug. 26: Blue Earth Area at Fairmont, 10 a.m.
Tues., Aug. 29: Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda, 7:15 p.m.
Tues., Sept. 5: at Redwood Valley, 7:15 p.m.
Thurs., Sept. 7: at Spirit Lake, 7:15 p.m.
Tues., Sept. 12: Marshall, 7:15 p.m.
Thurs., Sept. 14: Sioux Falls Christian, 7:15 p.m.
Sat., Sept. 16: Carolyn Hummel Invitational, 9 a.m.
Tues., Sept. 19: at Windom, 7:15 p.m.
Thurs., Sept. 21: at New Ulm, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Sept. 22: at Class AA Showcase, Burnsville, 4:30 p.m.
Sat., Sept. 23: at Class AA Showcase, Burnsville, 9 a.m.
Thurs., Sept. 28: Pipestone, 7:15 p.m.
Mon., Oct. 2: St. James Area, 7:15 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 5: Luverne, 7:15 p.m.
Mon., Oct. 9: at Martin County West, 7:15 p.m.
Tues., Oct. 10: at Worthington, 7:5 p.m.
Fri., Oct. 13: Todd Bachman Invitational, Lakeville North, 5 p.m.
Sat., Oct. 14: Todd Bachman Invitational, Lakeville North, 9 a.m.
Mon., Oct. 16: Fairmont, 7:15 p.m.