Football’s attraction comes naturally to Solon junior Ben Kampman. His dad and assistant coach, Aaron, is well-known for his University of Iowa career, preceding a 10-year stint in the NFL that yielded two Pro Bowl selections. Ben Kampman emerged as a key component to Solon’s defense, ranking sixth in Class 3A with seven sacks.
State volleyball: In Year 1 of state volleyball at Xtream Arena, IGHSAU and Coralville delivered.
Ankeny Christian beat Gladbrook-Reinbeck to win the Class 1A state volleyball championship.
Western Christian beat Dike-New Hartford to win the Class 2A state volleyball championship.
Davenport Assumption swept Sioux Center to win the Class 3A state volleyball championship.
A state-tournament rookie team, seventh-ranked Ankeny Christian pulled off an improbable comeback to capture the Class 1A state volleyball championship in five sets over No. 4 Gladbrook-Reinbeck (21-25, 19-25, 28-26, 26-24, 15-10) in Thursday’s finale at Xtream Arena.
The Iowa High School Athletic Association announced Thursday it will create weekly boys’ basketball for the first time this season. The rankings will be used to help create postseason brackets.
Second-ranked Western Christian rallied from fifth-set deficits of 13-9 and 14-11 and knocked off No. 1 Dike-New Hartford in a Class 2A title-match thriller, 25-21, 19-25, 25-21, 13-25, 16-14, at the state volleyball tournament Thursday afternoon at Xtream Arena.
Linebacker-fullback Tate Joens is a senior for a Cedar Rapids Prairie football team that plays Friday night at Southeast Polk in a Class 5A state playoff quarterfinal. His brothers, father and uncles all played at the school, a string of Joenses that will end after this season.
Cedar Rapids Xavier beat Clear Creek Amana to win the Class 4A Iowa high school 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.
The Gazette’s high school volleyball Super Ten rankings: State champions Iowa City Liberty, Cedar Rapids Xavier are 1 and 2.
State volleyball, 4A championship: Cedar Rapids Xavier’s seniors, and coach, finish on top; Saints end Clear Creek Amana’s surprising run in the finals.
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