The five Female finalists for Gazette Athlete of the Year 2023: Cassidy Hartman of Iowa City Liberty, Nia Howard of Springville, Peyton Robinson of Lisbon, Alivia Schulte of West Delaware and Devin Simon of Cascade.
Here are 17 Gazette area players to watch for the 2022 Iowa high school volleyball season.
Introducing the 2021 Gazette all-area volleyball team, headlined by West Liberty’s Macy Daufeldt.
West Delaware slowed Macy Daufeldt just enough and topped West Liberty for the Class 3A state volleyball title.
West Delaware, last year’s Class 4A runner-up, booked a spot in this year’s 3A championship match with a win over Sergeant Bluff-Luton.
A late series of blocks sent West Delaware past Unity Christian in the Class 3A state volleyball quarterfinals.
West Delaware took the next step toward its ultimate goal by sweeping Vinton-Shellsburg in a Class 3A regional volleyball final.
West Delaware junior Alivia Schulte collected 23 kills in a four-set win over Mount Vernon.
Down a set and trailing 19-13 in the second, West Delware rallied to top host Independence in the championship match of Saturday’s volleyball tournament.
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