Iowa high school volleyball regional mock brackets for 2021 postseason

In honor of the first day of October — as well as the fact that the state tournament starts one month from today — here are some mock brackets for Iowa high school volleyball regional play.

All five classes, all 353 teams are represented.

Expect the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union to put out real pairings within the next 10 days or so.

Regionals begin Oct. 18 in Class 1A, 2A and 3A, Oct. 19 in 4A and 5A. The state tournament is Nov. 1-4 at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids.

Our projections:

Class 5A

REGION 1

Davenport North at Muscatine, winner at Iowa City Liberty

Iowa City High at Dubuque Senior

REGION 2

Davenport West at Cedar Rapids Washington, winner at Pleasant Valley

Bettendorf at Dubuque Hempstead

REGION 3

Fort Dodge at Ames, winner at Urbandale

Waukee Northwest at Sioux City North

REGION 4

Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson at Sioux City West, winner at Ankeny Centennial

Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln at Sioux City East

REGION 5

Des Moines Lincoln at Marshalltown, winner at Ankeny

Davenport Central at Cedar Rapids Prairie

REGION 6

Des Moines East at Waterloo West, winner at Cedar Falls

Linn-Mar at Iowa City West

REGION 7

Des Moines East at Des Moines Roosevelt, winner at West Des Moines Dowling

Southeast Polk at West Des Moines Valley

REGION 8

Ottumwa at Cedar Rapids Jefferson, winner at Cedar Rapids Kennedy

Waukee at Johnston

Class 4A

REGION 1

Le Mars at Spencer, winner at Sioux City Heelan

Denison-Schleswig at Lewis Central, winner at Glenwood

REGION 2

Mason City at Charles City, winner at Waverly-Shell Rock

Storm Lake at Webster City, winner at Humboldt

REGION 3

Dallas Center-Grimes at Carroll, winner at Bondurant-Farrar

Perry at Adel ADM, winner at North Polk

REGION 4

Norwalk at Knoxville, winner at Oskaloosa

Creston at Winterset, winner at Pella

REGION 5

Newton at Carlisle, winner at Cedar Rapids Xavier

Des Moines Hoover at Grinnell, winner at Indianola

REGION 6

Fairfield at Benton Community, winner at Marion

Boone at Gilbert, winner at Clear Creek Amana

REGION 7

DeWitt Central at Clinton, winner at Western Dubuque

Maquoketa at Waterloo East, winner at Decorah

REGION 8

Fort Madison at Keokuk, winner at North Scott

Burlington at Mount Pleasant, winner at Solon

Class 3A

REGION 1

Ida Grove OABCIG at Unity Christian

Greene County at Harlan

MOC-Floyd Valley at Sergeant Bluff-Luton

Cherokee at West Lyon

REGION 2

Pocahontas Area at Sheldon

Algona at Forest City

Okoboji at Sioux Center

Estherville ELC at Spirit Lake

REGION 3

Saydel at Des Moines Christian

Chariton at Atlantic

Clarke at Red Oak

Shenandoah at Clarinda

REGION 4

Oelwein at West Delaware

Crestwood at New Hampton

Hampton-Dumont/CAL at Union Community

Garner GHV at Clear Lake

REGION 5

Tipton at Mount Vernon

Center Point-Urbana at Vinton-Shellsburg

Iowa Falls-Alden at Independence

Southeast Valley at Clarion CGD

REGION 6

Monroe PCM at West Liberty

South Tama at Williamsburg

Ballard at Roland-Story

West Marshall at Nevada

REGION 7

Camanche at Davenport Assumption

Northeast at Anamosa

North Fayette Valley at Monticello

Waukon at Dubuque Wahlert

REGION 8

Centerville at West Burlington

Central Lee at Davis County

Washington at Eddyville EBF

Albia at Mid-Prairie

Class 2A

REGION 1

West Sioux at Sibley-Ocheyedan, winner at Boyden-Hull

Rock Valley at Central Lyon

Hartley HMS at Sioux Central, winner at Ridge View

Emmetsburg at North Union

REGION 2

Mapleton MVAOCOU at West Monona, winner at Western Christian

Lawton-Bronson at Hinton

Southwest Valley at Logan-Magnolia, winner at Treynor

Underwood at Missouri Valley

REGION 3

Madrid at South Hamilton, winner at Dike-New Hartford

Woodward-Granger at East Sac County

IKM-Manning at Manson-NW Webster, winner at Grundy Center

Alta-Aurelia at South Central Calhoun

REGION 4

Ogden at West Central Valley, winner at South Hardin

Panorama at Van Meter

Nodaway Valley at Guthrie Center ACGC, winner at Carroll Kuemper

Earlham at Avoca AHSTW

REGION 5

West Fork at South Winneshiek, winner at Sumner-Fredericksburg

Waterloo Columbus at Aplington-Parkersburg

Eagle Grove at Belmond-Klemme, winner at Osage

Central Springs at Lake Mills

REGION 6

Colfax-Mingo at East Marshall, winner at Denver

Hudson at Jesup

Interstate 35 at Pleasantville, winner at West Branch

Pella Christian at Iowa City Regina

REGION 7

Alburnett at Bellevue, winner at Dyersville Beckman

North Cedar at Cascade

Postville at MFL MarMac, winner at Wapsie Valley

Clayton Ridge at Starmont

REGION 8

Cardinal at Columbus Community, winner at Wilton

Central Decatur at Pekin

Van Buren at Louisa-Muscatine, winner at Mediapolis

Danville at Durant

Class 1A

REGION 1

Trinity Christian at Le Mars Gehlen

Kingsley-Pierson at Remsen St. Mary’s

George-Little Rock at Akron-Westfield

Siouxland Christian at Marcus MMCRU

Whiting at Westwood

Woodbury Central at River Valley

West Harrison at Boyer Valley

Coon Rapids-Bayard at Glidden-Ralston

REGION 2

Council Bluffs St. Albert, bye

Griswold at East Mills

Bedford at Sidney

Fremont-Mills at Stanton

Heartland Christian at Tri-Center

Lenox at Exira-EHK

Essex at Oakland Riverside

Ar-We-Va at Woodbine

REGION 3

Newell-Fonda, bye

North Iowa at South O’Brien

Harris-Lake Park at Storm Lake St. Mary’s

West Bend-Mallard at Algona Garrigan

West Hancock at Janesville

Mason City Newman at Riceville

Rockford at North Butler

Northwood-Kensett at Ruthven GTRA

REGION 4

Ankeny Christian, bye

Paton-Churdan at Fort Dodge St. Edmond

Colo-Nesco at Grand View Christian

Audubon at Anita CAM

Meskwaki at Gladbrook-Reinbeck

Garwin GMG at HLV

Collins-Maxwell at Ackley AGWSR

Baxter at Conrad BCLUW

REGION 5

Fort Madison Holy Trinity, bye

Moravia at Moulton-Udell

Diagonal at Mount Ayr

Wayne at Seymour

Melcher-Dallas at New London

Twin Cedars at Mormon Trail

Orient-Macksburg at Lamoni

Murray at East Union

REGION 6

Lisbon, bye

Rivermont Collegiate at Morningstar Academy

Lone Tree at Don Bosco

Highland at Cedar Valley Christian

Clarksville at Dunkerton

Turkey Valley at Saint Ansgar

Belle Plaine at North Tama

Nashua-Plainfield at Waterloo Christian

REGION 7

Springville, bye

Calamus-Wheatland at Clinton Prince of Peace

Bellevue Marquette at Central City

Midland at Easton Valley

Maquoketa Valley at North Linn

East Buchanan at Edgewood-Colesburg

Lansing Kee at Tripoli

Elkader Central at West Central

REGION 8

Burlington Notre Dame, bye

Sigourney at WACO

Tri-County at Southeast Warren

Martensdale-St. Marys at North Mahaska

English Valleys at Wapello

Lynnville-Sully at Iowa Valley

Hillcrest Academy at Winfield-Mount Union

BGM at Montezuma

Comments: jeff.linder@thegazette.com