Iowa High School Sports

All four schools in Iowa City are in the state football playoffs’ round of 16. Iowa City Regina won its Class 1A first-round game last week. For the first time in the 16-qualifier era of big school football, a public district has three qualifiers in Iowa City Liberty, Iowa City West and Iowa City High in Class 5A.

It’s all about the playoffs now with 16 teams remaining in each of the seven Iowa high school football classes. This episode of the Prep Football Huddle takes a class-by-class look at the brackets with games to watch and surprise teams to consider.

Prep volleyball: Iowa City Regina, Beckman, North Tama take aim at state-tournament bids Wednesday.

Clear Creek Amana defeated Dallas Center-Grimes 3-1 in a Class 4A Iowa high school volleyball regional final Tuesday to advance to the state tournament.

Libby Fandel posted a whopping 11 service aces and 15 kills as top-ranked Cedar Rapids Xavier swept Charles City in a Class 4A prep volleyball regional final Tuesday. The victory delivers Xavier to the state tournament for the ninth year in a row.

Here are the scores from Tuesday’s Class 5A, 4A and 3A regional volleyball finals and the state volleyball tournament brackets released by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

Third-ranked West Delaware surgically spread the wealth and swept Union Community in a Class 3A regional volleyball final Tuesday night. West Delaware advanced to the state tournament for the 15th time — and to Xtream Arena in Coralville for the first.

Cedar Rapids Xavier defeated Charles City 3-0 in a Class 4A Iowa high school volleyball regional volleyball final Tuesday at Xavier to advance to the state tournament.