The Gazette’s 2024 Iowa high school volleyball mock regional brackets

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union is likely to announce its regional volleyball pairings the week of Oct. 8.

Here is The Gazette’s first (and probably only) draft of mock pairings ... all five classes, all 355 teams.

The postseason begins in late October, with it all culminating at the state tournament, Nov. 4-7 at Xtream Arena in Coralville.

Our brackets are assembled by using the most recent IGHSAU rankings for the top 15 teams, and Bound for the rest of the field in each class. Priorities are balanced across regions, and geography.

Class 5A

REGION 1

Des Moines Lincoln at Sioux City West, winner at Ankeny Centennial

Waterloo West at Johnston

REGION 2

Davenport Central at Davenport North, winner at Pleasant Valley

Linn-Mar at Bettendorf

REGION 3

Des Moines East at Urbandale, winner at Ankeny

Southeast Polk at Ottumwa

REGION 4

Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson at Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln, winner at West Des Moines Dowling

Sioux City North at Sioux City East

REGION 5

Des Moines North at Ames, winner at Waukee Northwest

Des Moines Roosevelt at West Des Moines Valley

REGION 6

Davenport West at Muscatine, winner at Indianola

Dubuque Hempstead at Cedar Rapids Prairie

REGION 7

Cedar Rapids Jefferson at Cedar Rapids Kennedy, winner at Cedar Falls

Iowa City West at Iowa City Liberty

REGION 8

Cedar Rapids Washington at Marshalltown, winner at Waukee

Dubuque Senior at Iowa City High

Class 4A

REGION 1

Independence at Decorah, winner at Cedar Rapids Xavier

Waterloo East at Waverly-Shell Rock, winner at Western Dubuque

REGION 2

Storm Lake at Le Mars, winner at Sioux City Heelan

Spencer at MOC-Floyd Valley, winner at Sergeant Bluff-Luton

REGION 3

Keokuk at Fort Madison, winner at North Scott

Mount Pleasant at Clinton, winner at Burlington

REGION 4

Maquoketa at Central DeWitt, winner at Clear Creek Amana

Oskaloosa at Knoxville, winner at Grinnell

REGION 5

Perry at Newton, winner at Pella

Des Moines Hoover at North Polk, winner at Bondurant-Farrar

REGION 6

Fort Dodge at Denison-Schleswig, winner at Lewis Central

Boone at Webster City, winner at Adel ADM

REGION 7

Ballard at Gilbert, winner at Marion

Mason City at Charles City, winner at Carlisle

REGION 8

Creston at Winterset, winner at Norwalk

Carroll at Dallas Center-Grimes, winner at Glenwood

Class 3A

REGION 1

South Tama at Mount Vernon

Vinton-Shellsburg at Benton Community

Saydel at Nevada

West Marshall at Des Moines Christian

REGION 2

Ida Grove OABCIG at Western Christian

Sheldon at Unity Christian

Atlantic at Clarinda

Harlan at Red Oak

REGION 3

Iowa Falls-Alden at West Delaware

Hampton-Dumont/CAL at New Hampton

Oelwein at Anamosa

Union Community at Center Point-Urbana

REGION 4

Waukon at Dubuque Wahlert

North Fayette Valley at Crestwood

Camanche at Solon

Tipton at Monticello

REGION 5

Mediapolis at Davenport Assumption

Davis County at Central Lee

Fairfield at West Liberty

Centerville at Albia

REGION 6

Estherville ELC at Cherokee

Forest City at Spirit Lake

Okoboji at Sioux Center

Algona at Humboldt

REGION 7

Eagle Grove at Carroll Kuemper

Southeast Valley at Greene County

Clarion CGD at Roland-Story

Garner GHV at Clear Lake

REGION 8

Chariton at Mid-Prairie

Clarke at Van Meter

Monroe PCM at Wilton

Washington at Williamsburg

Class 2A

REGION 1

Top bracket

Alburnett at Maquoketa Valley, winner at Denver

Cascade at Jesup

Bottom bracket

Postville at MFL MarMac, winner at Sumner-Fredericksburg

South Winneshiek at Wapsie Valley

REGION 2

Top bracket

Central Decatur at Interstate 35, winner at Eddyville EBF

Earlham at West Central Valley

Bottom bracket

Grand View Christian at Pleasantville, winner at Pella Christian

Panorama at Guthrie Center ACGC

REGION 3

Top bracket

Columbus Community at Lisbon, winner at Dyersville Beckman

Northeast at Bellevue

Bottom bracket

Louisa-Muscatine at Danville, winner at West Burlington

Van Buren County at Durant

REGION 4

Top bracket

Ogden at South Hamilton, winner at South Hardin

Manson-NW Webster at Woodward-Granger

Bottom bracket

Pocahontas Area at Ridge View, winner at South Central Calhoun

Mapleton MVAOCOU at East Sac County

REGION 5

Top bracket

Lawton-Bronson at Logan-Magnolia, winner at Hinton

Missouri Valley at Westwood

Bottom bracket

Avoca AHSTW at Underwood, winner at Shenandoah

Treynor at Tri-Center

REGION 6

Top bracket

East Marshall at Colfax-Mingo, winner at Dike-New Hartford

Waterloo Columbus at Hudson

Bottom bracket

Cardinal at Pekin, winner at Iowa City Regina

West Branch at North Mahaska

REGION 7

Top bracket

West Fork at Belmond-Klemme, winner at Aplington-Parkersburg

Lake Mills at Osage

Bottom bracket

Ackley AGWSR at Central Springs, winner at Grundy Center

North Union at Emmetsburg

REGION 8

Top bracket

West Sioux at Marcus MMCRU, winner at Boyden-Hull

Alta-Aurelia at Rock Valley

Bottom bracket

Sioux Central at Hartley HMS, winner at West Lyon

Sibley-Ocheyedan at Central Lyon

Class 1A

REGION 1

Top bracket

Ankeny Christian, bye

Martensdale-St. Marys at Baxter

Colo-Nesco at Southeast Warren

Collins-Maxwell at Anita CAM

Bottom bracket

Melcher-Dallas at Mormon Trail

Twin Cedars at Pekin

Keota at Sigourney

Lynnville-Sully at English Valleys

REGION 2

Top bracket

Saint Ansgar, bye

West Hancock at Rockford

Northwood-Kensett at North Iowa

Ruthven GTRA at Mason City Newman

Bottom bracket

Storm Lake St. Mary’s at Newell-Fonda

Kingsley-Pierson at South O’Brien

Algona Garrigan at Fort Dodge St. Edmond

Harris-Lake Park at West Bend-Mallard

REGION 3

Top bracket

Oakland Riverside, bye

Ar-We-Va at Griswold

Paton-Churdan at Coon Rapids-Bayard

IKM-Manning at Boyer Valley

Bottom bracket

Nodaway Valley at East Mills

Murray at Glidden-Ralston

Orient-Macksburg at Exira-EHK

East Union at Audubon

REGION 4

Top bracket

Fort Madison Holy Trinity, bye

Moulton-Udell at New London

Moravia at Lamoni

Wayne at Seymour

Bottom bracket

Hamburg at Sidney

Essex at Bedford

Diagonal at Stanton

Mount Ayr at Lenox

REGION 5

Top bracket

Janesville, bye

Elkader Central at Clayton Ridge

Lansing Kee at Tripoli

West Central at Turkey Valley

Bottom bracket

Valley Lutheran at Gladbrook-Reinbeck

Riceville at Nashua-Plainfield

North Butler at Dunkerton

Clarksville at Waterloo Christian

REGION 6

Top bracket

Siouxland Christian at River Valley

George-Little Rock at Trinity Christian

Woodbury Central at Akron-Westfield

Remsen St. Mary’s at Le Mars Gehlen

Bottom bracket

Whiting at Fremont-Mills

West Harrison at Woodbine

Iowa School for the Deaf at Council Bluffs St. Albert

Heartland Christian at West Monona

REGION 7

Top bracket

Conrad BCLUW, bye

Meskwaki at BGM

Cedar Valley Christian at Belle Plaine

Montezuma at Garwin GMG

Bottom bracket

Winfield-Mount Union at Burlington Notre Dame

Highland at Wapello

Iowa Valley at HLV

WACO at Hillcrest Academy

REGION 8

Top bracket

Bellevue Marquette at Don Bosco

Starmont at Edgewood-Colesburg

Clinton Prince of Peace at Calamus-Wheatland

Midland at Easton Valley

Bottom bracket

Central City at North Tama

East Buchanan at North Linn

Rivermont Collegiate at Springville

Lone Tree at North Cedar

Comments: jeff.linder@thegazette.com