Mock brackets: Iowa high school regional volleyball

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union will release regional pairings sometime within the next week.

In the meantime, here is one guess as to how they might look, based on IGHSAU rankings released Thursday.

Class 5A

(*top seed of region)

Region 1

Fort Dodge at Ames, winner at Cedar Falls*

Waterloo West at Marshalltown

Region 2

Cedar Rapids Kennedy at Cedar Rapids Jefferson*

Des Moines North at Des Moines Lincoln, winner at Johnston

Region 3

Sioux City West at Sioux City East, winner at West Des Moines Valley*

Sioux City North at Urbandale

Region 4

Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson at Des Moines Roosevelt, winner at Ankeny Centennial*

Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln at Waukee

Region 5

Iowa City High at Linn-Mar*

Des Moines East at Southeast Polk, winner at Ankeny

Region 6

Dubuque Senior at Dubuque Hempstead*

Cedar Rapids Washington at Cedar Rapids Prairie, winner at Indianola

Region 7

Burlington at Davenport North, winner at Pleasant Valley*

Ottumwa at West Des Moines Dowling

Region 8

Davenport West at Muscatine, winner at Bettendorf*

Davenport Central at Iowa City West

Class 4A

(*top seed of region)

Region 1

Denison-Schleswig at Webster City, winner at Sioux City Heelan*

Storm Lake at Spencer, winner at LeMars

Region 2

Carroll at Harlan, winner at Lewis Central*

Perry at Glenwood, winner at Sergeant Bluff-Luton

Region 3

Boone at Ballard, winner at Waverly-Shell Rock*

Mason City at Decorah, winner at Charles City

Region 4

Winterset at Carlisle, winner at Pella*

Norwalk at Adel ADM, winner at Bondurant-Farrar

Region 5

Waterloo East at Grinnell, winner at Independence*

Des Moines Hoover at Newton, winner at Dallas Center-Grimes

Region 6

Oskaloosa at Clear Creek Amana, winner at Cedar Rapids Xavier*

Keokuk at Knoxville, winner at Fort Madison

Region 7

Iowa City Liberty at Mount Pleasant, winner at Center Point-Urbana*

Washington at Fairfield, winner at Marion

Region 8

DeWitt Central at Western Dubuque, winner at Dubuque Wahlert*

Maquoketa at Clinton, winner at North Scott

Class 3A

(*top seed of region)

Region 1

Estherville ELC at MOC-Floyd Valley

Atlantic at Shenandoah

Spirit Lake at Cherokee

Sheldon at Sioux Center*

Region 2

Clarke at North Polk

Creston at Red Oak

Monroe PCM at South Central Calhoun

Saydel at Gilbert*

Region 3

Algona at Pocahontas Area

Southeast Valley at Humboldt

Ida Grove OA-BCIG at East Sac County

Greene County at Carroll Kuemper*

Region 4

Roland-Story at Clarion CGD

Hampton-Dumont at Iowa Falls-Alden

Clear Lake at Forest City

Garner GHV at Osage*

Region 5

Benton Community at West Marshall

South Hardin at New Hampton

Union Community at Crestwood

Vinton-Shellsburg at Waterloo Columbus*

Region 6

North Fayette Valley at Monticello

Waukon at Dyersville Beckman

Oelwein at West Delaware

Anamosa at Mount Vernon*

Region 7

Solon at Camanche

Northeast at West Liberty

South Tama at Nevada

Williamsburg at Tipton*

Region 8

Davis County at Central Lee

Centerville at Eddyville EBF

Chariton at Albia

Mid-Prairie at Davenport Assumption*

Class 2A

(*top seed of region)

Region 1

Hartley HMS at Boyden-Hull, winner at Central Lyon

South O'Brien at West Sioux, winner at West Lyon

Mapleton MVAO-COU at Rock Valley, winner at Missouri Valley

Woodbury Central at Lawton-Bronson, winner at Western Christian*

Region 2

Eagle Grove at Fort Dodge St. Edmond, winner at Manson-NW Webster

Sioux Central at Alta-Aurelia, winner at Hinton

Emmetsburg at North Union, winner at Ridge View

South O'Brien at Okoboji, winner at Unity Christian*

Region 3

East Marshall at Conrad BCLUW, winner at South Hamilton

Madrid at Ogden, winner at Tri-Center

Panorama at IKM-Manning, winner at Guthrie Center ACGC

Woodward-Granger at Logan-Magnolia, winner at Council Bluffs St. Albert*

Region 4

Colfax-Mingo at Pleasantville, winner at Van Meter

Martensdale-St. Marys at Earlham, winner at Clarinda

West Central Valley at Southwest Valley, winner at Des Moines Christian

Underwood at Avoca AHSTW, winner at Sidney*

Region 5

MFL MarMac at Clayton Ridge, winner at South Winneshiek

Postville at Cascade, winner at Bellevue

Nashua-Plainfield at West Fork, winner at Central Springs

Saint Ansgar at Sumner-Fredericksburg, winner at Lake Mills*

Region 6

Alburnett at Maquoketa Valley, winner at Jesup

North Linn at North Cedar, winner at Lisbon

Belmond-Klemme at Wapsie Valley, winner at Denver

Aplington-Parkersburg at East Buchanan, winner at Dike-New Hartford*

Region 7

Sigourney at Pekin, winner at Van Buren

Cardinal at Highland, winner at Iowa City Regina

Wayne at Mount Ayr, winner at Pella Christian

Nodaway Valley at Interstate 35, winner at Treynor*

Region 8

Louisa-Muscatine at Wapello, winner at West Burlington

Danville at Mediapolis, winner at Wilton

Columbus Community at Durant, winner at Belle Plaine

West Branch at Hudson, winner at Grundy Center*

Class 1A

(*top seed of region)

Region 1

Boyer Valley at Fremont-Mills

Whiting at East Mills

Heartland Christian at West Harrison

Westwood, bye

George-Little Rock at Siouxland Christian

Remsen St. Mary's at West Monona

Trinity Christian at Akron-Westfield

LeMars Gehlen*, bye

Region 2

Storm Lake St. Mary's at Kingsley-Pierson

Marcus MMCRU at Harris-Lake Park

West Bend-Mallard at Newell-Fonda

Algona Garrigan, bye

Paton-Churdan at Ruthven GTRA

West Hancock at North Butler

Clarksville at Rockford

Tripoli*, bye

Region 3

Glidden-Ralston at Grand View Christian

River Valley at Coon Rapids-Bayard

Ar-We-Va at Oakland Riverside

Exira-EHK, bye

Latimer CAL at Ankeny Christian

Gladbrook-Reinbeck, bye

Colo-Nesco at Ackley AGWSR

Janesville*, bye

Region 4

Woodbine at Griswold

Orient-Macksburg at East Union

Audubon at Anita CAM

Murray, bye

Twin Cedars at Mormon Trail

Iowa Valley, bye

Melcher-Dallas at English Valleys

New London*, bye

Region 5

Lenox at Stanton

Clarinda Academy at Diagonal

South Page at Bedford

Essex, bye

Moulton-Udell at Central Decatur

Seymour, bye

Moravia at Lamoni

Fort Madison Holy Trinity*, bye

Region 6

Tri-County at Southeast Warren

BGM at HLV

Lynnville-Sully at North Mahaska

Montezuma, bye

Valley Lutheran at Baxter

Waterloo Christian at Collins-Maxwell

Meskwaki at Garwin GMG

North Tama*, bye

Region 7

Turkey Valley at Lansing Kee

Elkader Central, bye

Northwood-Kensett at North Iowa

Riceville at Dunkerton

Easton Valley at Bellevue Marquette

Edgewood-Colesburg, bye

Waterloo Christian at Don Bosco

Starmont*, bye

Region 8

Lone Tree at Winfield-Mount Union

Burlington Notre Dame, bye

Keota at WACO

Iowa Mennonite, bye

Clinton Prince of Peace at Calamus-Wheatland

Cedar Valley Christian, bye

Midland at Central City

Springville*, bye

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