Mock volleyball regional pairings

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union will release regional volleyball pairings in a few weeks.

Here are some projected brackets, courtesy The Gazette's Jeff Linder, based on the first three weeks of the season.

CLASS 5A

Region 1

Sioux City North at Sioux City West (winner plays at Sioux City East)

Urbandale at Johnston

Region 2

Des Moines Lincoln at Waukee (winner plays at West Des Moines Dowling)

Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson at Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln

Region 3

Mason City at Cedar Falls (winner plays at Ames)

Des Moines Roosevelt at Ankeny

Region 4

Waterloo West at Waterloo East (winner plays at Ankeny Centennial)

Cedar Rapids Jefferson at Marshalltown

Region 5

Des Moines North at Des Moines East (winner plays at West Des Moines Valley)

Ottumwa at Southeast Polk

Region 6

Cedar Rapids Washington at Cedar Rapids Kennedy (winner plays at Cedar Rapids Prairie)

Iowa City West at Linn-Mar

Region 7

Dubuque Senior at Clinton (winner plays at Dubuque Hempstead)

Davenport West at Iowa City High

Region 8

Muscatine at Davenport Central (winner plays at Bettendorf)

Burlington at Pleasant Valley

CLASS 4A

Region 1

Fort Dodge at Carroll (winner plays at Humboldt)

Spencer at Webster City (winner plays at LeMars)

Region 2

Glenwood at Lewis Central (winner plays at Creston)

Storm Lake at Denison-Schleswig (winner plays at Sioux City Heelan)

Region 3

Ballard at Dallas Center-Grimes (winner plays at Boone)

Des Moines Hoover at Perry (winner plays at Harlan)

Region 4

Winterset at Norwalk (winner plays at Adel ADM)

Oskaloosa at Knoxville (winner plays at Indianola)

Region 5

Pella at Carlisle (winner plays at Cedar Rapids Xavier)

Grinnell at Newton (winner plays at Charles City)

Region 6

Decorah at Vinton-Shellsburg (winner plays at Waverly-Shell Rock)

Dubuque Wahlert at Western Dubuque (winner plays at West Delaware)

Region 7

Davenport North at North Scott (winner plays at DeWitt Central)

Davenport Assumption at Maquoketa (winner plays at Marion)

Region 8

Keokuk at Mount Pleasant (winner plays at Fort Madison)

Washington at Fairfield (winner plays at Clear Creek Amana)

CLASS 3A

Region 1

Sheldon at Spirit Lake

Estherville ELC at Algona

Cherokee at Sergeant Bluff-Luton

MOC-Floyd Valley at Sioux Center

Region 2

Greene County at West Central Valley

Clarinda at Shenandoah

East Sac County at Carroll Kuemper

Atlantic at Red Oak

Region 3

Pocahontas Area at Roland-Story

Southeast Valley at Iowa Falls-Alden

Gilbert at North Polk

South Hardin at Nevada

Region 4

Clear Lake at Forest City

Garner-Hayfield/Ventura at Osage

Hampton-Dumont at Aplington-Parkersburg

Waterloo Columbus at Union

Region 5

Monroe PCM at Saydel

Clarke at Bondurant-Farrar

East Marshall at Williamsburg

South Tama at Solon

Region 6

Crestwood at New Hampton

North Fayette Valley at Waukon

Oelwein at Center Point-Urbana

Benton Community at Independence

Region 7

Camanche at Northeast

Monticello at Dyersville Beckman

Louisa-Muscatine at Tipton

Anamosa at Mount Vernon

Region 8

Albia at Chariton

Mid-Prairie at West Liberty

Centerville at Davis County

Central Lee at Mediapolis

CLASS 2A

Region 1

Woodbury Central at Ida Grove OA-BCIG (winner plays at Missouri Valley)

West Monona at Mapleton MVAO (winner plays at Lawton-Bronson)

Akron-Westfield at Hinton (winner plays at West Lyon)

Rock Valley at Boyden-Hull (winner plays at Western Christian)

Region 2

Logan-Magnolia at Underwood (winner plays at Tri-Center)

Southwest Valley at Council Bluffs St. Albert (winner plays at Treynor)

Oakland Riverside at Audubon (winner plays at IKM-Manning)

Panorama at Avoca AHSTW (winner plays at South Central Calhoun)

Region 3

North Union at Belmond-Klemmer (winner plays at West Fork)

Eagle Grove at West Hancock (winner plays at Lake Mills)

Emmetsburg at Hartley HMS (winner plays at Okoboji)

South O'Brien at Sibley-Ocheyedan (winner plays at Unity Christian)

Region 4

Sioux Central at Alta-Aurelia (winner plays at Ridge View)

Fort Dodge St. Edmond at Manson-NW Webster (winner plays at Clarion-Goldfield)

Ogden at Madrid (winner plays at South Hamilton)

West Marshall at Baxter CMB (winner plays at Grundy Center)

Region 5

Interstate 35 at Woodward-Granger (winner plays at Des Moines Christian)

Van Meter at Nodaway Valley (winner plays at Earlham)

Colfax-Mingo at North Mahaska (winner plays at Pleasantville)

Central Decatur at Pella Christian (winner plays at Eddyville EBF)

Region 6

North Linn at Jesup (winner plays at BGM)

Starmont at Hudson (winner plays at Denver)

Central Springs at Saint Ansgar (winner plays at Nashua-Plainfield)

North Butler at Conrad BCLUW (winner plays at Dike-New Hartford)

Region 7

Bellevue at Alburnett (winner plays at North Cedar)

Clayton Ridge at Maquoketa Valley (winner plays at Wapsie Valley)

MFL MarMac at Edgewood-Colesburg (winner plays at Cascade)

Postville at South Winneshiek (winner plays at Sumner-Fredericksburg)

Region 8

Danville at West Burlington (winner plays at Wapello)

Columbus Junction at Wilton (winner plays at Durant)

Highland at Iowa City Regina (winner plays at Lisbon)

Cardinal at Pekin (winner plays at West Branch)

CLASS 1A

Region 1

Clay Central-Everly at West Bend-Mallard

Storm Lake St. Mary's at Kingsley-Pierson

River Valley at Charter Oak-Ute

Ar-We-Va at Coon Rapids-Bayard

West Sioux at Trinity Christian

Harris-Lake Park at Marcus MMC

George-Little Rock at Siouxland Christian

Central Lyon, bye

Region 2

East Mills at Nishnabotna

Woodbine at Fremont-Mills

South Page at Sidney

Griswold, bye

West Harrison at Whiting

Heartland Christian at Westwood

Remsen St. Mary's at Remsen Union

LeMars Gehlen, bye

Region 3

Ackley AGWSR at Colo-Nesco

Garwin GMG at Ankeny Christian Academy

Northeast Hamilton at Paton-Churdan

Iowa Christian Academy, bye

Mason City Newman at Latimer CAL

Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire at Newell-Fonda

North Iowa at Northwood-Kensett

Algona Garrigan, bye

Region 4

Essex at Stanton

Lenox at Bedford

Orient-Macksburg at East Union

Murray, bye

Anita CAM at Boyer Valley

Glidden-Ralston at Exira-EHK

Adair-Casey at Guthrie Center

Grandview Christian, bye

Region 5

Waterloo Christian at Dunkerton

Valley Lutheran at Don Bosco

West Central at Clarksville

Turkey Valley, bye

Belle Plaine at North Tama

Meskwaki Settlement at Gladbrook-Reinbeck

Riceville at Rockford

Janesville, bye

Region 6

Rivermont Collegiate at Calamus-Wheatland

Clinton Prince of Peace at Springville

Easton Valley at Midland

Bellevue Marquette, bye

Cedar Valley Christian at Central City

Lone Tree at Iowa Valley

East Buchanan at Elkader Central

Tripoli, bye

Region 7

Southeast Warren at Martensdale-St. Marys

Tri-County at Lynnville-Sully

HLV at Montezuma

Keota, bye

English Valleys at HLV

Iowa Mennonite at Winfield-Mount Union

Burlington Notre Dame at WACO

New London, bye

Region 8

Melcher-Dallas at Seymour

Twin Cedars at Mormon Trail

Diagonal at Lamoni

Mount Ayr, bye

Moulton-Udell at Wayne

Fairfield Maharishi at Moravia

Harmony at Van Buren

Fort Madison Holy Trinity, bye

l Comments: (319) 368-8857; jeff.linder@sourcemedia.net