Potent but erratic for much of the match, second-rated Indianola cleaned things up late and escaped the No. 7 Wolves in a five-set Class 4A quarterfinal at the state volleyball tournament Monday night at Xtream Arena.
Class 4A top-ranked Clear Creek Amana dropped their first match of bracket play at the Wamac Conference volleyball tournament Thursday night at Marion High School, then proceeded to win six straight.
You would think, as a divisional champion, a No. 1-ranked team and the owner of a 40-0 record, Clear Creek Amana would get a lollipop in the first round of the Wamac Conference volleyball tournament. No such luck.
Prep volleyball: No ‘fraidy cats ... Mount Vernon adjusts to Marion’s block in a four-set win that wraps up the Wamac East title.
Prep volleyball: Pleasant Valley outlasted Davenport Assumption for the Linn-Mar Invitational title; Marion and Center Point-Urbana reached the semifinals.
Marion’s first day of volleyball practice began in quiet, with players writing their preseason thoughts into journals.
A fast start fueled Marion in a Class 4A regional volleyball final win over Benton Community.
Benton Community’s Embretsons vs. Marion’s Paulsens are a blood battle with a trip to state volleyball on the line.
West Liberty advanced to the championship match of a talent-laden 16-team Westside Invitational, but Dike-New Hartford was too much in the final.
Both the Wamac East and MVC Valley volleyball races finished with three co-champions.
Maya Karl collected 16 kills in the final match of the Marion volleyball tournament to help carry the new-look Saints.
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