Daily News Podcast
Daily NewslettersPrep volleyball: Cedar Rapids Prairie turns to Claude Howard, who won 293 matches and reached eight state tournaments at Springville.
116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Scores, rankings, schedules, photos and more Iowa high school volleyball coverage from The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Updates on every IGHSAU state tournament match.
Prep volleyball: Cedar Rapids Prairie turns to Claude Howard, who won 293 matches and reached eight state tournaments at Springville.
Prep volleyball: Iowa City Liberty’s Cassidy Hartman and Allie Kelly headline The Gazette’s 2022 all-area team.
Prep volleyball: Claude Howard steps down after leading Springville to eight state-tournament appearances; Tricia Carty resigns at Iowa City High.
Meet the 2022 IGCA all-state volleyball teams. Marion’s Avery Van Hook, Mount Vernon’s Madeleine Miller are the state players of the year in Class 4A and Class 3A, respectively. They are joined on the Elite team by Iowa City Liberty’s Cassidy Hartman and Western Dubuque’s Ella Meyer.
State volleyball: In Year 1 of state volleyball at Xtream Arena, IGHSAU and Coralville delivered.
Ankeny Christian beat Gladbrook-Reinbeck to win the Class 1A state volleyball championship.
Western Christian beat Dike-New Hartford to win the Class 2A state volleyball championship.
Davenport Assumption swept Sioux Center to win the Class 3A state volleyball championship.
A state-tournament rookie team, seventh-ranked Ankeny Christian pulled off an improbable comeback to capture the Class 1A state volleyball championship in five sets over No. 4 Gladbrook-Reinbeck (21-25, 19-25, 28-26, 26-24, 15-10) in Thursday’s finale at Xtream Arena.
Second-ranked Western Christian rallied from fifth-set deficits of 13-9 and 14-11 and knocked off No. 1 Dike-New Hartford in a Class 2A title-match thriller, 25-21, 19-25, 25-21, 13-25, 16-14, at the state volleyball tournament Thursday afternoon at Xtream Arena.
Cedar Rapids Xavier beat Clear Creek Amana to win the Class 4A Iowa high school state volleyball championship.
The all-tournament captain, Ava Schubert smacked 17 kills as second-ranked Davenport Assumption captured its first state volleyball championship Thursday afternoon at Xtream Arena. The Knights (33-7) swept No. 4 Sioux Center, 25-23, 25-16, 25-21.
The Gazette’s high school volleyball Super Ten rankings: State champions Iowa City Liberty, Cedar Rapids Xavier are 1 and 2.
© 2023 The Gazette | All Rights Reserved.
