Mike Condon

The depth of talent in the MVC showed well on Friday at the girls’ state diving meet.

Samantha Klein is the No. 1 seed in the Iowa high school state diving competition. She’s excited for the opportunity after pneumonia forced her to miss the 2020 postseason.

Iowa City West captured six of the 12 events at the Clinton girls’ swimming regional.

The Iowa women’s basketball team jumped out to a 44-2 lead and beat Truman State by 70 in an exhibition game.

Springville swept past North Tama in the Class 1A state volleyball semifinals.

Western Christian recovered from a 25-11 Game 2 loss to beat Osage in four sets and advance to the Class 2A state volleyball championship match.

West Delaware, last year’s Class 4A runner-up, booked a spot in this year’s 3A championship match with a win over Sergeant Bluff-Luton.

EaVon Woodin was emotional for many reasons, both professionally and personally, as her Waverly-Shell Rock team beat North Scott to advance to the Class 4A state volleyball final.

Pleasant Valley won an epic second set, 32-30, and beat Ankeny to advance to the Class 5A state volleyball championship.

There were ups and downs, but in the end No. 5 Fort Madison Holy Trinity found its way into the Class 1A state volleyball semifinals.

Top-ranked Burlington Notre Dame got an early wake-up call from Tri-Center and rallied to advance in the Class 1A state volleyball tournament.

No. 6 Denver swept No. 4 Boyden-Hull in the Class 2A state volleyball quarterfinals and will get another shot at NICL rival Dike-New Hartford, the top-ranked defending champion.

Dike-New Hartford played like the No. 1-ranked team it is in a Class 2A state volleyball quarterfinal sweep of South Hardin.

Macy Daufeldt had a Class 3A state volleyball tournament record 33 kills in West Liberty’s first-round sweep of Mount Vernon.

Top-ranked Davenport Assumption needed to “get yelled at” and rallied to beat Des Moines Christian in the state volleyball quarterfinals.