Where does a high school age girl play volleyball if she doesn't attend high school? Hundreds of girls in that situation from across the country packed an Omaha gym Thursday for the start of a tournament for homeschoolers.

The Omaha Warriors have been waiting for this all year. "When you wake up and all you're thinking is game time, so my sister and I were like, it's game day, it's game day,” says the Warriors' Rachel Schnell.

Teams have come to The Courts from 16 different states, from Texas to Wisconsin to Montana to Tennessee. In many states, homeschoolers are limited to who they can play.

"Our public schools cannot play the homeschools in our town,” says tournament director Maureen Mancuso. So this tournament is it.

"The girls look forward to this all year long, so when they get here they are just exploding with energy," says Maureen.

The competition is fierce despite what some people may think. "They tend to think homeschool, nerdy, studious kids, and you get here these kids are fired up, they're athletes, they've just got that camaraderie,” says Cougar coach Stephanie VanNess.

"I've played against some homeschoolers who have gone D-1," says Rachel. "We didn't see any better talent in the public schools than we did here last year," says Stephanie.

This tournament has been going on for eight years and is now 400 players strong with a loyal following of parents and spectators.

It's gotten so big, volunteers say it's almost too big for them to handle. “Overwhelming, since we rely on volunteer effort throughout this entire tournament and the months preceding, it's two months of solid, solid work," says Maureen.

They expect even more teams in the future. "We are going to have to do some rearranging next year because I anticipate next year it will be 46-to-50 teams," says Maureen.

The tournament continues on through the weekend. For more information on the National Homeschool Volleyball Tournament, click here.