2023 Iowa high school girls’ tennis postseason paths revealed

The quest for Iowa high school girls’ tennis singles and doubles state championships begin on Wednesday, May 10 with regional action at 16 sites around the state.

Each team may enter two singles competitors and two doubles teams. Competitors can only compete in either singles or doubles. Entries are due to the state by Wednesday. Cedar Rapids Washington’s Katelynn Kock and Kathryn Zylstra are the defending Class 2A doubles champions.

Each champion and runner-up from regional play will qualify for state tournament play, scheduled for May 26-27. The Class 2A meet will be held at the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Center on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City. Class 1A play will be at Byrnes Park in Waterloo.

Cedar Rapids Washington and Iowa City West are among the host sites in Class 2A. Gazette-area schools are also part of regionals at Marshalltown, Pleasant Valley and Clinton.

In Class 1A, Decorah and Mount Vernon will be serving as regional hosts. Cedar Rapids Xavier will be in the regional at Grinnell.

Postseason regional team assignments are expected to be released by the end of this week. Regional team meets are scheduled for May 13, 16 and 20.

Iowa high school girls’ tennis singles and doubles regional assignments

CLASS 2A

Region 1 at Ames: Ames, Ankeny Centennial, Des Moines Roosevelt, Fort Dodge, Norwalk, Sioux City North

Region 2 at Waukee Northwest: Dallas Center-Grimes, Sioux City East, Sioux City West Waukee, Waukee Northwest, West Des Moines Dowling

Region 3 at West Des Moines Valley: Ankeny, Council Bluffs Lincoln Council Bluffs Jefferson, Des Moines Lincoln, Indianola, West Des Moines Valley

Region 4: At Marshalltown: Des Miones North, Iowa City Liberty, Johnston, Marshalltown, Mason City, Urbandale

Region 5 at Iowa City West: Burlington, Cedar Falls, Iowa City West, Muscatine, Ottumwa, Waterloo West

Region 6 at Cedar Rapids Washington: Cedar Rapids Jefferson, Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Cedar Rapids Prairie, Cedar Rapids Washington, Des Moines East, Southeast Polk

Region 7 at Pleasant Valley: Davenport North, Davenport West, Iowa City High, Linn-Mar, North Scott, Pleasant Valley

Region 8 at Clinton: Bettendorf, Clinton, Davenport Central, Dubuque Hempstead, Dubuque Senior, Western Dubuque

CLASS 1A

Region 1 at Spencer: Cherokee, Denison-Schleswig, Estherville-Lincoln Central, Le Mars, Sioux City Heelan Sergeant Bluff-Luton, Spencer, Spirit Lake, Storm Lake

Region 2 at Atlantic: Atlantic, Audubon, Carroll Kuemper, Clarinda, Council Bluffs Lewis Central, Council Bluffs St. Albert, Glenwood, Harlan, Shenandoah

Region 3 at Pella: Ballard, Centerville, Clarke, Creston, Pella, Pella Christian, Red Oak, Saydel, Southwest Valley

Region 4 at Waterloo Columbus: Boone, Fort Dodge St. Edmond, Grundy Center, Iowa Falls-Alden, Nevada, South Hardin, South Tama, Union, Waterloo Columbus

Region 5 at Grinnell: Albia, Chariton, Cedar Rapids Xavier, Des Moines Hoover, Grinnell, Knoxville, Newton, North Polk

Region 6 at Decorah: Aplington-Parkersburg, Charles City, Clear Lake, Decorah, Dike-New Hartford, Hampton-Dumont-CAL, Osage, Waverly-Shell Rock, Webster City

Region 7 at Mount Vernon: Camanche, DeWitt Central, Dubuque Wahlert, Independence, Maquoketa, Marion, Mount Vernon, Oelwein

Region 8 at Fairfield/Maharishi: Burlington Notre Dame, Davenport Assumption, Davis County, Fairfield, Fairfield Maharishi, Fort Madison, Keokuk, Mount Pleasant, Oskaloosa