Articles Tagged: Davenport Assumption High School

Week 5 of the Iowa high school baseball season includes rivalries, non-conference battles and a strong field at Williamsburg’s Terry Curtis Classic. Here is a look ahead to some noteworthy contests this week.

The 2023 Iowa high school boys’ state soccer tournament kicks off Tuesday in Des Moines. To get ready for the week, let’s run through a few superlatives in each of the classes.

There are four classifications in Iowa high school boys’ soccer for the first time this season, meaning an additional eight state tournament qualifiers for a total of 32. Tuesday, the substate brackets to determine those 32 qualifiers were released by the IHSAA.

Five area Iowa high school girls’ basketball games to watch Wednesday in Class 3A regional semifinals and 5A/4A quarterfinals.

Boys’ wrestling regional duals: Mount Vernon wins the last five bouts, including a pivotal 195, and tops Davenport Assumption, 42-21, to advance to state.

Davenport Assumption swept Sioux Center to win the Class 3A state volleyball championship.

The all-tournament captain, Ava Schubert smacked 17 kills as second-ranked Davenport Assumption captured its first state volleyball championship Thursday afternoon at Xtream Arena. The Knights (33-7) swept No. 4 Sioux Center, 25-23, 25-16, 25-21.

Second-ranked Davenport Assumption received 16 kills from Maggie Johnson and 13 more from Ava Schubert, sweeping No. 3 Mount Vernon, 25-19, 28-26, 25-20, in the Class 3A state semifinals Wednesday afternoon at Xtream Arena.

The Davenport Assumption Knights tamed the Mount Vernon Mustangs in a Class 3A Iowa high school state volleyball semifinal.

It was the inspired play of freshman Ellah Derrer, especially at critical moments, that allowed No. 2 Davenport Assumption (31-7) to advance with a 25-22, 19-25, 25-15, 32-30 victory over Osage in the Class 3A state volleyball quarterfinals at Xtream Arena.

Davenport Assumption beat Osage in a Class 3A Iowa high school state volleyball quarterfinal.

Prep volleyball: Kennedy-Northwest, CCA-West Delaware, Solon-West Liberty toss-ups highlight 10 area regional finals.

Here are a dozen Gazette-area Week 6 Iowa high school football games to watch, including a battle of Class 1A unbeatens -- West Branch at Durant.

The four pools in the Mount Vernon volleyball tournament are named after the school’s four IGHSAU hall-of-famers. Someday, if she stays on her current trajectory, Chloe Meester might join them.

The Gazette’s 2022 preseason Iowa high school football rankings: Defending champion Harlan is a unanimous No. 1 in Class 3A after a 13-0 season that featured more than 50 points per game.