Looking to advance to the Class 6A state tournament for the first time since 2009, Lawrence High’s volleyball team will have to win two more home games.

The Lions (24-11) were seeded third in their sub-state bracket and will play host to No. 6-seed Shawnee Mission East (11-19) around 6 p.m. Saturday at LHS. The winner will play second-seeded SM Northwest (27-10) or seventh-seeded SM North (4-27) for a spot at state on Saturday night.

Free State’s volleyball team (25-14), which made it to the state tournament last year, was seeded third in its own sub-state bracket. The Firebirds will face No. 6-seed Wichita Southeast (13-19) around 3 p.m. Saturday at Wichita Southeast’s south gymnasium.

The winner of Free State-Wichita Southeast will play 10 minutes afterward against No. 2-seed Manhattan (29-9) or No. 7-seed Wichita East (14-22) in the sub-state title game.

In Class 2A, Bishop Seabury’s volleyball team (10-22) was seeded seventh and will open against No. 2-seed Heritage Christian (28-9) around 3 p.m. Saturday at Burlingame in the first round.