Washington senior Morgan Kimball smashes a kill during their Southeast Conference match against the Mount Pleasant Panthers on September 29. Photo by KCII’s Nate Gonner.

Another year of the Demon Volleyball Classic is set to take place this weekend at Washington High School. Washington’s annual volleyball tournament is set for Saturday, and will include teams from Tri County Thornberg, Iowa City Regina, the Iowa Mennonite School, Sigourney, Wapello, and Wilton Community Schools.

The Demons are in the middle of their longest break of the regular season. The last time Washington was on the court was last Thursday, battling their county rivals the Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks (10-10 overall) in a non conference tilt at Tim Grady Gymnasium. Washington lost match in straight sets, (10-25, 24-26, 14-25), their third setback to the Golden Hawks over a span of five days.

Seniors Amber Salow and Morgan Kimball are the offensive leaders for the Demons so far this season. Salow has a team-high 64 kills and ranks third on the team in aces with 20. Kimball is tied with sophomore Jessie Bucholz for the team lead in aces with 26, and is second on the team in kills with 50. Many of those kills have been set up by sophomore Megan Mitchell, who leads the Demons with 137 assists.

Senior libero Emma Stout leads the Demon defense with 107 digs. Salow ranks second on the team in digs with 79.

First matches of Demon Volleyball Classic is set for 9 a.m. Saturday at Washington High School.