First Round
Class 5A
#1 Waukee Northwest 3, #8 Pleasant Valley 0 (25-16, 25-17, 28-26)
Logan Vogt had 21 kills on .432 hitting, and top-seeded Waukee Northwest swept Pleasant Valley on Monday in the first round of the Class 5A state volleyball tournament at Xtream Arena. The Wolves (30-2) controlled the first two sets, hitting .393 and .357. Pleasant Valley (22-10) made Northwest earn the third set win. It was tied 15 times and the lead changed hands 10 times before the Wolves closed it out. Leah Janulewicz added 10 kills, an ace and a solo block for Waukee Northwest. Piper Ladwig had seven kills and five block assists, and Avery Cordes had five kills and four blocks. Kennedy Jackson had 21 assists and 10 digs, Lyla Nelson added 15 assists, and libero London Taylor had 11 digs.
#2 Dallas Center Grimes 3, #7 Cedar Falls 1 (22-25, 25-19, 25-18, 25-23)
The Mustangs overcame a first set loss to beat the Tigers in four. Dallas Center Grimes (33-2) was led by Ava Smid with 17 kills and 9 digs while Madison Messerly added 11 kills and 10 digs. Gwen Fairley had 42 assists. Hadassah Smith had 13 kills for the Tigers but they end their season at 32-9.
#5 Iowa City West 3, #4 Dowling Catholic 2 (18-25, 25-14, 25-14, 21-25, 15-11)
Sophia Austen pounded 28 kills and fifth-seeded Iowa City West outlasted No. 4 seed Dowling. Austen hit .408 and added 12 digs for the Trojans. Cyan Blommer added 22 kills and three block assists. Lila Eastvold handed out 56 assists, and libero Izzie McDonald led the back row with 20 digs. Iowa City West (26-6)outhit Dowling Catholic (29-7) .312 to .212 and had eight aces to the Maroons’ four. Each team had nine total blocks.
#3 Ankeny 3, #6 Ankeny Centennial 1 (25-21, 23-25, 25-16, 27-25)
In the battle of Ankeny (31-6), the Hawks beat the Jaguars in four sets for the 2nd win in a row this season over Centennial (27-9). Ankeny was led by Hailey Wiederlin with 24 kills and 17 digs, Elle Isaacson added 15 kills and Marlee Ellison had nine for the Hawkettes. Raquel Risk hit .462 with seven kills and four block assists. Kellen Roush had 49 assists and 14 digs, and libero Katelyn Mescher added 15 digs.
Class 4A
#1 Norwalk 3, #8 Ballard 1 (25-16, 26-28, 28-26, 25-12)
Elle Hatlevig had 32 kills and top-seeded Norwalk (31-6) held off eighth-seeded Ballard (29-11). Hatlevig hit .528 and had four aces for the Warriors. Delaynee Steele added 17 kills on 25 attacks and three aces, and Myla Brown had eight kills. Hadley Michael had 58 assists, falling short of the 4A record of of 61, held by Carlee Smith of West Delaware. Reese Heim and Haizee Trilk each had 11 digs.
#2 Davenport Assumption 3, #7 Waverly Shell Rock 2 (25-21, 25-23, 16-25, 18-25, 15-11)
Belle Cotton had 19 kills and second-seeded Davenport Assumption (25-7) outlasted seventh-seeded Waverly-Shell Rock. Zoe Cinadr added 17 kills for the Knights, who won the Class 3A state title last year. Piper Peterson had 11 kills, and Taylor Camarena hit .500 with six kills and three block assists. Natalie Depoorter had 42 assists, and libero Piper Hodge had 23 digs. Assumption won the first two sets before Waverly-Shell Rock forced a fifth set. The fourth set had nine ties. In the deciding set, the Knights had 10 kills and no errors and hit .400. Amalia Djoumessi led Waverly-Shell Rock (29-16) with 22 kills and six blocks, four of them solo
#3 Clear Creek Amana 3, #6 Sioux Center 0 (25-14, 25-18, 25-11)
Third-seeded Clear Creek Amana (34-6) needed just 59 minutes to sweep sixth-seeded Sioux Center (22-10). Julia Schlarbaum had 14 kills, seven aces and 12 digs for the Clippers. Bailey Simpson added 11 kills with no errors on 25 attacks and had three blocks. Payton Curtin had 23 assists, and Haydin Wauters and Payson Ellard each had three block assists. Clear Creek Amana hit .231 and had 10 aces to the Warriors’ four.
#4 Western Dubuque 3, #5 North Polk 1 (25-14, 25-8, 22-25, 25-20)
Fourth-seeded Western Dubuque (33-6) held North Polk to eight points in the second set and then held off a rally in set four to beat the fifth-seeded Comets. Kyla Ramler had 25 kills, four aces and nine digs for the Bobcats and hit .444. Evelyn Biver added 11 kills, and Lauren Welker had five kills and four blocks. Sylvia Kruse had 25 assists and Lola Quagliano had 20. Libero Gabbie Demmer had 17 digs, and Audrey Recker added 14. Western Dubuque outhit North Polk (27-14) .248 to .055 and had eight total blocks to the Comets’ three. The Bobcats also had 12 aces.
