Mike Condon

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.

Waverly-Shell Rock advanced to the Class 4A state volleyball semifinals with a five-set win over Oskaloosa.

North Scott had early state volleyball exits in 2019 and 2020, but despite a hand injury, Ella McLaughlin played, and the Lancers won their first match this year.

Down 2-1 to Urbandale, Ankeny kept “rowing the boat” to prevail in a five-set Class 5A state volleyball quarterfinal.

After splitting the first two sets with Ankeny Centennial, Pleasant Valley found its footing in the next two and won a Class 5A state volleyball quarterfinal.

Dyersville Beckman held off Wapsie Valley in five sets to advance to the state volleyball tournament.