Mike Condon

A junior at Iowa City Liberty, Kamila Swanson competes for Iowa City West. After spending six years as a gymnast, she turned her attention to diving and has quickly become one of Iowa's best prep performers.

Two-time defending state champion Waukee has the top qualifier in six events and is second in three others for the Iowa high school girls’ state swimming meet, set for this Friday and Saturday at the Marshalltown YMCA. The IGHSAU has posted a full list of tentative state qualifiers.

Trailing by as many as six points in the third set of Wednesday's Class 1A state volleyball semifinal against No. 2 Boyden-Hull, third-ranked Fort Madison Holy Trinity stayed the course and stormed back strong to complete the sweep.

Tough serving is a trademark of Hinton volleyball. Grundy Center got a heavy dose of it during Wednesday’s Class 2A state semifinal at Xtream Arena.

Try as they might, the Union Community Knights could not recreate the magic. Reigning Class 2A state champion Western Christian has shown that moving up a class hasn't been a problem. The third-ranked Wolfpack controlled Wednesday's semifinal from start to finish.

In a match filled with runs from both teams, Indianola had a key 4-0 surge in the decisive fifth set which proved to be the difference in a 23-25, 25-18, 25-18, 21-25, 15-10 triumph over Lewis Central in a Class 4A state volleyball semifinal match on Wednesday at Xtream Arena.

An epic five-set victory over No. 2 Ankeny Centennial put No. 3 Waukee Northwest into the Class 5A state volleyball title match in just its third year as a school.

Those attending Saturday’s girls’ state qualifying swim meet at the Linn-Mar Aquatics Center will have the opportunity to see one of the best girls’ swim programs in recent Iowa history. Top-ranked Waukee is one of nine teams assigned to compete at Linn-Mar.

Defending Class 1A state volleyball champion Ankeny Christian showed it could handle adversity in its opening round match with unranked Newell-Fonda.

Even after dropping the third set, BCLUW was not about to be denied. It came on strong in the final two sets to complete an 18-25, 29-27, 20-25, 25-16, 15-11 victory over Saint Ansgar in the Class 1A state volleyball quarterfinals.

Denver wiped away a bad memory on Tuesday. The Cyclones were ousted from the 2022 state tournament in the quarterfinals by Hinton. Tuesday, they advanced by sweeping Sumner-Fredericksburg.

EBF was two points from taking the set from a team that has lost just one set this year coming into state. From that point on, Dike-New Hartford showed why it is likely the best volleyball team in the state, regardless of class.

No. 4 Davenport Assumption went to its middle hitters consistently and No. 5 Des Moines Christian never really had an answer. And the Knights were never really threatened as they rolled to a 25-21, 25-15, 25-21 win in a Class 3A state volleyball quarterfinal matchup at Xtream Arena.

The development of Mount Vernon’s Chloe Meester’s all-around game was evident in Mount Vernon’s 25-21, 25-21, 25-21 sweep over Dubuque Wahlert in a Class 3A state volleyball tournament quarterfinal match Tuesday at Xtream Arena.

It took her a little while to get going, but once Abbey Hayes got her powerful right arm cranked up the North Scott volleyball team came to life. Hayes caught fire in the final three games of Monday’s Class 4A state quarterfinal match at Xtream Arena, leading North Scott to a 19-25, 25-19, 25-9, 25-13 victory over Adel ADM.