State volleyball: 4A capsules

Team capsules for the Class 4A qualifiers at the state volleyball tournament, in bracket order: 

No. 6 CHARLES CITY (39-6)

Nickname: Comets

Coach: Matt Johnson (10th year, 302-115)

Tourney history: 5th appearance, third in a row. Won the 4A title last year.

Starting lineup:

No.

Name

Ht.

Yr.

Pos.

2 

Jackie Foster 

5-8 

Sr. 

OH 

3 

Sydney Etherington 

5-7 

Sr. 

L 

6 

Hali Hillegas 

5-6 

Jr. 

S 

8 

Mara Forsyth 

5-8 

Sr. 

OH 

9 

Meagan Miller 

5-10 

Jr. 

OH 

11 

Jamie Sindlinger 

5-10 

So. 

MH 

14 

Cady Wendel 

5-11 

Sr. 

MH 

 No. 4 WAVERLY-SHELL ROCK (46-6)

Nickname: Go-Hawks

Coach: EaVon Woodin (33rd year, 879-230; 25th year at WSR, 752-192)

Tourney history: 8th appearance, and fifth in a row. 3A champions in 2009 and 2011.

Starting lineup:

No.

Name

Ht.

Yr.

Pos.

1

Abby Caldwell 

5-8 

Sr. 

L 

3 

Abbi Staack 

5-8 

So. 

OH 

5 

Ali Arns 

5-8 

Sr. 

OH 

7 

Courtney Gilley 

5-5 

Sr. 

S 

8 

Makayla Fincher 

5-8 

So. 

S 

9 

Madison Walker 

5-10 

Sr. 

OH 

11 

Elena Gray 

6-0 

Jr. 

MH 

LE MARS (24-12)

Nickname: Bulldogs

Coach: Susan Irwin (7th year, 128-103; 12th year overall, 195-162)

Tourney history: 3rd appearance, first since 1995.

Starting lineup:

No.

Name

Ht.

Yr.

Pos.

2 

Bailey Roi 

5-2 

Jr. 

DS 

4 

Madison Heidebrink 

5-9 

Sr. 

MH 

7 

Britney Thompson 

6-1 

Jr. 

S 

8 

Hailey Purves 

5-6 

Sr. 

DS 

9 

Krista Zenk 

5-11 

Fr. 

OH 

11 

Jenessa Milbrodt 

5-10 

Jr. 

OH 

13 

Holly Schneider 

5-9 

Jr. 

OH 

No. 1 HARLAN (34-4)

Nickname: Cyclones

Coach: Angie Spangenberg (3rd year, 98-17; 21st year overall, 522-136)

Tourney history: 6th appearance, and third straight.

Starting lineup:

No.

Name

Ht.

Yr.

Pos.

1 

Asia Kloewer 

5-7 

Jr. 

L 

4 

Tara Knudson 

5-8 

Sr. 

OH 

8 

Kenzie Swanson 

5-4 

Jr. 

S 

10 

Jess Schaben 

6-2 

Jr. 

MH 

11 

Elle Kloewer 

5-8 

Jr. 

OH 

13 

Taylor Wagner 

5-9 

Jr. 

OH 

15 

Taylor Frederick  

6-1 

So. 

MH 

No. 7 DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION (31-6)

Nickname: Knights

Coach: Kyle Condon (2nd year, 59-14)

Tourney history: 2nd appearance, and second straight.

Starting lineup:

No.

Name

Ht.

Yr.

Pos.

1

Lexi Flynn 

5-5 

Sr. 

L

3 

Claire Bird 

5-9 

Sr. 

OH

5 

Haley Resnick 

5-6 

Sr. 

DS

7 

Mary Rolf 

5-11 

So. 

MH

11 

Danielle Cabel 

6-2 

Sr. 

OH

12 

Mallory Lamb 

5-9 

Sr. 

OH

20 

Jamie White 

5-8 

Sr. 

MH

 No. 3 WEST DELAWARE (37-5)

Nickname: Hawks

Coach: Brett Mather (19th year at West Delaware, 578-135; 608-162 overall)

Tourney history: 8th appearance, all since 2003. Four-time state runner-up.

Starting lineup:

No.

Name

Ht.

Yr.

Pos.

1 

Carlee Ketchum 

5-8 

So.

S 

2 

Jade Putz 

5-1 

Fr. 

DS 

3 

Addison Brooks 

5-11 

So. 

MH 

6 

Bridget Hoffmann 

5-9 

So. 

MH 

7 

Emily Thole 

5-8 

Jr. 

L 

8 

Haley Morrison 

5-7 

Jr. 

OH 

12 

Paige Soppe 

5-8 

Sr. 

OH 

No. 8 INDIANOLA (29-10)

Nickname: Indians

Coach: Kent Halstead (2nd year, 53-25; 28th year overall, 302-138)

Tourney history: 9th appearance, first since 1999.

Starting lineup:

No.

Name

 

Yr.

Pos.

1

Emma Chittneden 

 

Sr. 

L 

2

Chelsey Smith 

 

Sr. 

DS 

5 

Nicole Coghlan 

 

Jr. 

OH 

7 

Kayla Quijano 

 

Jr. 

OH

8 

Hannah Lester 

 

So. 

MH 

9 

Kristina Quijano 

 

Jr. 

OH 

10 

Kaylee Smith 

 

Sr. 

S 

No. 2 SOLON (31-2)

Nickname: Spartans

Coach: Peter Gustin (2nd year, 64-7)

Tourney history: 3rd appearance, and third straight. 4A runner-up last year.

Starting lineup:

No.

Name

Ht.

Yr.

Pos.

1

Meagan Bruene 

5-11 

Sr. 

MH 

3 

Taylor Nearad 

5-7 

Jr. 

S 

4 

Rylee Smith 

5-2 

Sr. 

L 

11 

Grace McCarty 

5-2 

Fr. 

DS 

12 

Jordan Smith 

5-10 

Jr. 

OH 

16 

Jordan Runge 

6-0 

Jr. 

OH

28

Vik Meade 

5-10 

Sr. 

MH