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Kirchhoff leads Tripoli to 1A title
CEDAR RAPIDS - Tripoli has a rich volleyball tradition and came here as a four-time defending state champion. But the Panthers weren’t the big favorite they have been in past years. “Some people kind of doubted this, especially without (four-time all-stater) Megan ...
Championship Saturday’s video highlights
CEDAR RAPIDS - The final day of the 2012 state volleyball tournament closed with a flurry of fantastic matches, including a few five-setters. KCRG-TV9's sports team was there all week long and has the video highlights of the championship matches ...
State volleyball: Full Saturday scoreboard
LIVE COVERAGE - Saturday's matches at the state volleyball tournament - refresh the page for updated scores: CLASS 5A CHAMPIONSHIP (BET wins 3-1) 1 2 3 4 Iowa City High (31-9) 26 25 24 23 Bettendorf (23-11) 28 23 26 25 CLASS 4A CHAMPIONSHIP (CHC wins 3-2) 1 2 3 4 5 Charles City (45-1) 16 18 25 25 15 Solon (33-5) 25 25 14 23 13 CLASS 3A CHAMPIONSHIP (MOC wins 3-2) 1 2 3 4 5 Union (35-8) 25 21 14 25 15 MOC-Floyd ...
Wolverines win a 2A classic
CEDAR RAPIDS -- It was everything it was supposed to be. Dike-New Hartford came back from two sets down, then survived a match point in the final game to outlast Western Christian in a breathtaking Class 2A championship classic, 18-25, 18-25, ...
Conaway leads MOC-Floyd Valley to 3A title
CEDAR RAPIDS – Linn-Mar’s loss was certainly MOC-Floyd Valley’s gain. Alexis Conaway and her family lived in the Linn-Mar school district until moving when she was in fourth grade. All she has done since then is develop into one of the ...
Down 2-0, Charles City rallies
CEDAR RAPIDS -- Maybe they were genuine. Maybe they were somewhat forced. But the Solon Spartans were able to muster smiles for the postmatch photo with their runner-up trophy. "It's a bad feeling now, but tomorrow we'll be OK," Kelsey Hinrichs said. Top-ranked ...
Bettendorf earns first title
CEDAR RAPIDS -- Iowa City High was a little off. A step slow. And forced to settle for second again. Seventh-ranked Bettendorf pulled its third straight surprise at the state volleyball tournament, claiming its first championship with a 28-25, 23-25, 26-24, ...
Day three’s video highlights
CEDAR RAPIDS - KCRG-TV9 Sports has been at the Ice Arena for all three days of the state volleyball tournament, and reports on the action on the KCRG-TV9 News at 6 and 10 p.m. each day.
Big blocks boost Tripoli
CEDAR RAPIDS -- Mikaela Foecke was going to get her kills. The key, for Tripoli, was to get touches periodically and to make hay when she was in the back row. The Panthers did both. Courtney Anderson made two match-swinging blocks at the ...
Just another day for Dike-New Hartford
CEDAR RAPIDS – It’s machine-like. Three sets, three wins, repeat the next match. Only twice this season has Dike-New Hartford had to play four sets. Each time it always ends with a win. Even the post match interviews are robotic. Cliché ...
Western earns title rematch
CEDAR RAPIDS -- It's been in the back of their minds for a full year. It can move forward now. Second-ranked Western Christian earned the rematch is has coveted, rallying from a 22-13 deficit in the third game and sweeping No. 3 ...
Knights oust No. 1 Mediapolis in 3A semis
CEDAR RAPIDS – No. 1 Mediapolis was in serious trouble again here Friday at the state volleyball tournament. This time, the Bullettes didn’t have the miracle comeback they had Thursday in their quarterfinal win over Iowa Falls-Alden. Union made sure of that. ...
Conaway fuels MOC-Floyd Valley
CEDAR RAPIDS -- The Mount Vernon Mustangs had an opportunity. An opening. Alexis Conaway closed it with authority. Conaway delivered 32 kills -- including a few in a key run late in the third set -- as third-rated MOC-Floyd Valley fought past ...
Sindlinger a star in Comets win
CEDAR RAPIDS –A solar system of Charles City players revolved around a moshpit of silver and orange. The cluster of Comets on the left side of court one in the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena weren’t done enjoying their 3-1 victory ...
Spartans faces make about-face
CEDAR RAPIDS -- They were tight. They were tense. They were teetering with trouble. "I didn't like the look of our faces," Solon Coach Peter Gustin said. "They weren't the faces of champions." The Spartans had just lost the second game and ...
City High blasts into 5A final
CEDAR RAPIDS – Iowa City High got down right defensive Friday afternoon. The Little Hawks were matched-up with top-ranked Ankeny in the Class 5A semifinals at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena and they took the court with an attitude. “We came out ...
Bettendorf pulls another surprise
CEDAR RAPIDS -- They've gotten where they wanted to go, by beating the team they most wanted to beat. Seventh-ranked Bettendorf pulled its second straight upset at the state volleyball tournament, knocking off neighborhood archrival Pleasant Valley, 25-23, 26-28, 25-13, 25-18, ...
Day two’s video highlights
CEDAR RAPIDS - Here's all the video highlights from the sports staff of KCRG-TV9 sports, including John Campbell and Chelsi McDonald.
Tears of emotion
CEDAR RAPIDS – The white, black and pink sphere fell to the ground for the final time in the match and when it did, Kylie Ferguson followed. The junior from Council Bluffs St. Albert fell to her knees and buried ...
Grundy Center rolls Grandview Park
CEDAR RAPIDS - It was no contest in the final 1A quarterfinal of the night as the state’s top-ranked team made it look easy. The Spartans (34-6) rolled to a 25-13, 25-18, 25-13 win over the Defenders, earning a spot in ...
Prolific Foecke paces Crusaders
CEDAR RAPIDS -- Mikaela Foecke is a hitter, the most prolific in the state. The wants to be known as more. Winner. "We want to be state champions at the end of the day," Foecke said after second-ranked Fort Madison Holy Trinity swept ...
Janesville sweeps away Stanton
CEDAR RAPIDS – The wait turned out to be longer than the match for Janesville. Originally scheduled to play at 6 p.m. in its Class 1A quarterfinal against Stanton at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena, the Wildcats had to wait until ...
Giving it all, but not 100 percent
CEDAR RAPIDS – The path to the Sioux Center locker room was encased between ice and concrete, not leading to much emotion. But as each Warrior made their way out of the dressing room, they did so with puffy cheeks ...
Drive for 5 still alive
CEDAR RAPIDS -- You thought last year was the end of the run. Megan Gilbert was graduating. A small school can't overcome that loss, you said. You thought wrong. Tripoli is alive and well. The third-ranked Panthers got 13 kills from Bailey Kirchhoff ...
Kuemper ends Bulldogs’ perfection
CEDAR RAPIDS -- In the pivotal game, Carroll Kuemper made the pivotal run. The third-ranked Knights pulled out of an 18-14 hole in Game 3 and went on to hand No. 6 Lake Mills its first loss of the season, 20-25, ...
Dike-New Hartford begins with win
CEDAR RAPIDS – Dike-New Hartford entered its first match of the state volleyball tournament boasting a 42-0 record. In those 42 wins, 40 came via the sweep variety. The two that weren’t sweeps, the Wolverines lost just one set. They are ...
Western: A first-round ‘statement’
CEDAR RAPIDS -- Victory was not enough. A sweep was inadequate. "We wanted to make a statement," Western Christian Coach Tammi Veerbeek said. "We wanted to show that we're here to win a state championship." Yeah, this is one hungry Wolfpack. Second-ranked Western ...
Union’s experience trumps SC’s emotional lift
CEDAR RAPIDS – Union starts four juniors and two seniors. It needed that experience Thursday at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena. The Knights faced a roller coaster match which they looked unstoppable in one set, and pedestrian in the next. “I ...
Third-set surge propels Dutch
CEDAR RAPIDS -- For 2 1/2 sets, it was anybody's match. Then, it was strictly a Dutch display of dominance. Third-ranked MOC-Floyd Valley closed the third set with a 17-1 explosion, and went on to defeat No. 9 Red Oak, 25-19, 23-25, ...
Why not? Mustangs trip Knights
CEDAR RAPIDS -- They have a new coach, different players and a completely different identity. But don't snooze on the Mount Vernon Mustangs. And don't dismiss them. Tenth-ranked Mount Vernon used a balanced, disciplined offense and was unflappable on the floor in ...
No. 1 Mediapolis recovers, survives
CEDAR RAPIDS - No. 1 Mediapolis was in serious trouble. The Bullettes had lost just three sets this season entering their Class 3A state quarterfinal here Thursday afternoon against Iowa Falls-Alden at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena. Coach Dennis Jandrey’s team not ...
No. 1 Charles City ousts Xavier
CEDAR RAPIDS -- Jessie Sindlinger is a three-time state-champion golfer who once shot 68 in a state-tournament round. So you knew she wasn't going to wilt on the big stage. Sindlinger smoked 24 kills as top-rated Charles City ousted No. 9 Cedar ...
Day one’s video highlights
The KCRG-TV9 team was at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena all day Wednesday following the first day of the state volleyball tournament, and they have highlights from the matches below.
Reigning champ WSR rips Lancers
CEDAR RAPIDS -- Waverly-Shell Rock played like a reigning state champion, which it is. And North Scott resembled a state-tournament rookie, which it basically is. Fourth-rated WSR set up an all-Northeast Iowa Conference showdown by sweeping No. 5 North Scott, 25-18, 25-17, ...
Solon’s focused start blows away Harlan
CEDAR RAPIDS – The scoreboard read 12-0. The Harlan fans, donning red, some even in Santa Claus outfits, weren’t jolly. The Solon fans saw the run, euphorically cheering at every point. But there were six people in the Cedar Rapids ...
Spartans, Miller overcome slow start vs. Urbandale
CEDAR RAPIDS – The No. 2 team in the state arrived at the Cedar Rapid Ice Arena lacking a piece of what got it to the state volleyball tournament. Pleasant Valley motioned through the first set against Urbandale that resulted ...
Saehler helps City High sail
CEDAR RAPIDS -- Redemption Road had a bump or two. But it's still paved. And it's still open for traffic. Abby Saehler made major contributions at the net and the service stripe alike, and fourth-ranked Iowa City High drove past No. ...
Bettendorf adjusts, comes back against Hempstead
CEDAR RAPIDS - It didn’t always get the respect it deserved. For most of the match, the loudest cheers came from Court 1. Even a 59 point second set, that saw 20 ties and 10 lead changes drew minimal applause ...
Twins set Ankeny into the semis
CEDAR RAPIDS -- In Ankeny's 6-2 offense, the "two" are twins. "We've been doing it this way since we started playing volleyball," said Katie Roberts, the elder twin by 3 minutes. "When I come out, I tell (younger twin Jenny) what ...
Last stand before the split
CEDAR RAPIDS -- Next year, there will be Ankeny High and Ankeny Centennial. "It's different, kind of sad," said Megan Ballenger. "This will be the last time I get to play with some of these girls. We've played together a long ...
Dike Dynasty II in development
DIKE -- Big Blue is back, and better than ever before. As if it ever really went away. One of the cornerstones of Iowa high school volleyball, Dike-New Hartford appears to be on the verge of a second dynasty. The Wolverines are ...
State volleyball staying in C.R.
Fans cheer and clap during play of the Iowa City West and Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln class 4A state quarterfinal match at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011, in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa. West won in ...
U.S. Cellular Center won’t be ready for state volleyball
CEDAR RAPIDS — “Option A” is out, but there’s another idea on the table. Mayor Ron Corbett and Mike Dick, executive director of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union, said Thursday that the U.S. Cellular Center won’t be renovated in ...
’12 state volleyball site up in the air
CEDAR RAPIDS -- Right now, the site of the 2012 state volleyball tournament is a multiple-choice question: Will it be at the U.S. Cellular Center? Will it be at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena? Will it be somewhere else? John Frew, project manager for ...
Tragedy to triumph: West repeats
CEDAR RAPIDS -- Good times never seemed so good. Top-ranked Iowa City West came back from a two-game deficit and escaped a match point in the fifth set to outlast No. 2 Iowa City High, 23-25, 27-29, 25-16, 25-15, 18-16, and ...
Tripoli runs its 1A title run to 4 straight
CEDAR RAPIDS -- Will Baumann has a different perspective on Tripoli's latest run of volleyball glory. "As a sportswriter, you guys see it as a run of four in a row," Baumann said in a postmatch meeting with reporters. "But behind ...
Harms, Wolverines finally solve Western
CEDAR RAPIDS -- Western Christian owned Dike-New Hartford and Diane Harms at the state volleyball tournament. Until now. Third-ranked Dike-New Hartford won its eighth state championship -- but its first since 1997 -- by shocking No. 1 Western in straight sets, 25-19, ...
Final act for Kuhrt, Caldwell: A 2nd title in 3A
CEDAR RAPIDS -- Eight years, they've played together. And after the match was won and the pictures were taken, Morgan Kuhrt and Kinsey Caldwell shared a long, emotional embrace. "We've been playing together since fourth grade, and we've been through so much ...
Dike-New Hartford hands Lake Mills first loss
CEDAR RAPIDS -- Leading can take several forms. It can mean mentoring young, talented players. And it can mean stepping forward and, well, leading the team. Sara Koch has done a lot of the former this season. Friday night, she did the ...
Western Christian escapes in 2A semifinals
CEDAR RAPIDS -- For Grundy Center, this was the big upset that got away. Top-ranked Western Christian wiggled off the hook in the second and third games, and escaped with a four-set win over No. 4 Grundy Center in a Class ...
‘Slugfest’ goes City High’s way
CEDAR RAPIDS -- It was a grind. It was a slugfest. And now, it's an all-Iowa City battle for a state championship. More often than not, second-ranked Iowa City High made the clutch plays at the clutch times, and the Little Hawks ...
West stifles Kennedy rally, returns to 4A final
CEDAR RAPIDS -- Iowa City West's unlikely, bittersweet journey has reached its final chapter. The top-ranked Women of Troy overcame a furious rally from No. 7 Cedar Rapids Kennedy, scoring the final five points in the fifth game to prevail, 25-18, ...
Johnson leads 2011 Hall of Famers
CEDAR RAPIDS -- Alicia Johnson has gone from state volleyball fixture to volleyball Famer. A four-time state finalist at Tripoli High School, Johnson headlines the 2011 IGHSAU Volleyball Hall of Fame class, which will be inducted Saturday. She'll be joined by Megan ...
That Western machine keeps purring along
CEDAR RAPIDS -- As well as they reload, as often as they return, the volleyball players from Western Christian don't seem to view state-tournament appearances as a birthright. "It's such a blessing that we can come back here," Brooke Wolterstoff said ...
Grundy Center sends streak to 21
CEDAR RAPIDS -- Samantha Meyers mentioned the term "Grundy Center volleyball," then was asked to define it. "What does Grundy Center volleyball mean?" she asked. "It means to take care of the little things. Pass well. Hit well. Serve well." The fourth-ranked ...
For a tiny school, Stanton gets them out
CEDAR RAPIDS -- Enrollment numbers would indicate that Stanton High School is dying. Participation numbers would offer a voice of dissension. Twenty-eight girls -- more than half of the female student body -- are involved in volleyball at the tiny school in ...
Hull generates another winner
CEDAR RAPIDS -- That other team from Hull can play, too. Whitney Vander Maten played beyond her modest stature, and fourth-ranked Boyden-Hull swept No. 5 Stanton, 25-21, 25-10, 25-21, in a Class 1A quarterfinal at the state volleyball tournament Thursday afternoon at the ...
A record-setting rout for No. 1 Tripoli
CEDAR RAPIDS -- This was a mismatch of historic proportions. Megan Gilbert pounded 27 kills, and top-ranked Tripoli scored the first 20 points of a 25-1, 25-7, 25-13 rout of N0. 10 Woodward-Granger in a Class 1A quarterfinal at the state volleyball ...
Wahlert’s Till caps a big day with a big win
CEDAR RAPIDS -- All in all, a memorable day for Claire Till. First, she signed a national letter of intent to play women's basketball at the University of Iowa. Then, she helped Dubuque Wahlert advance at the state volleyball tournament. "Probably the ...
Vondrak, McCarthy spur Heelan
CEDAR RAPIDS -- Natalie Vondrak and Megan McCarthy are big hitters. And more. "It's hard to find girls that are 5-11 and 6-1 that can play the back row well," said Sioux City Heelan Coach Mary Miller. "And of course, they ...
Kennedy makes quick work of Hempstead
CEDAR RAPIDS – Blink, and you missed it. Seventh-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy sprinted into familiar territory in a new venue, needing just 63 minutes to close out No. 4 Dubuque Hempstead, 25-9, 25-21, 25-15, in a Class 4A quarterfinal at the ...
Shaky start, then a big finish for West
CEDAR RAPIDS -- Nothing remotely close to panic. Not even a timeout. A 5-0 deficit was met with a simple shrug. "I'm never concerned about the first few points of a match anyway," said Iowa City West Coach Bresnahan. "But (Council Bluffs ...
State volleyball enters the Ice Age
CEDAR RAPIDS -- The transformation of the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena began last week. "The first thing I did was take a giant Coors Light bottle down from the rafters," said Jeff Dralle, the facility manager. All references to alcohol have been ...
State volleyball: 4A stats leaders
Class 4A individual leaders for teams participating at the state volleyball tournament: Kills/Game Name School Avg. Audrey Reeg Dubuque Hempstead 3.94 Shelly Stumpff Iowa City West 3.59 Michaela Nelson Iowa City High 3.03 Olivia Fairfield Iowa City West 2.93 Jaali Winters Ankeny 2.82 Kill efficiency Name School Avg. Maddie Nevenhoven Waukee .501 Allie Hutcheson Cedar Rapids Kennedy .474 Jordan Calef Cedar Rapids Kennedy .454 Lexi Rogers Cedar Rapids Kennedy .412 Michaela Nelson Iowa City High .367 Assists/Game Name School Avg. Erin Muir Iowa City ...
State volleyball: 3A stats leaders
Class 3A individual leaders for teams participating at the state volleyball tournament: Kills/Game Name School Avg. Morgan Kuhrt Waverly-Shell Rock 4.27 Jess Schaben Harlan 4.27 Jessie Sindlinger Charles City 3.81 Natalie Vondrak Sioux City Heelan 3.78 Amy Ihm Dubuque Wahlert 3.58 Kill efficiency Name School Avg. Kinsey Caldwell Waverly-Shell Rock .448 Jess Schaben Harlan .424 Allison Vandemore Maquoketa .418 Torey Buenger Charles City .415 Morgan Kuhrt Waverly-Shell Rock .403 Assists/Game Name School Avg. Sara Jesse Union 10.53 Marlee Lindstrom Maquoketa 9.80 Micaela Forsyth Charles City 9.08 Madeline Hanno Sioux City Heelan 8.91 Beth Walker Dubuque Wahlert 8.49 Blocks/Game Name School Avg. Kelsey ...
State volleyball: 2A stats leaders
Class 2A individual leaders for teams participating at the state volleyball tournament: Kills/Game Name School Avg. Kellie Goedken Sheldon 3.91 Briana Weber Dike-New Hartford 3.62 Samantha Meyers Grundy Center 3.62 Madi Drees Carroll Kuemper 3.51 Brooke Wolterstorff Western Christian 3.38 Kill efficiency Name School Avg. Sarah Frisch Grundy Center .508 Kellie Goedken Sheldon .462 Meghan Krausman Grundy Center .438 Heather Hook Grundy Center .436 Samantha Meyers Grundy Center .417 Assists/Game Name School Avg. Shannon Kelly West Liberty 9.58 Heather Hook Grundy Center 9.46 Jamie Gesink Western Christian 9.44 Matti Munger Council Bluffs St. ...
State volleyball: 1A stats leaders
Class 1A individual leaders for teams participating at the state volleyball tournament: Kills/Game Name School Avg. Megan Gilbert Tripoli 5.47 Maddie Bardole Woodward-Granger 5.29 Mikaela Foecke F.M. Holy Trinity 3.97 Kendyl Sorge Janesville 3.44 Katie Rice East Union 3.09 Kill efficiency Name School Avg. Megan Gilbert Tripoli .459 Mikaela Foecke F.M. Holy Trinity .419 Kenzie Kellen LeMars Gehlen .391 Carmen Subbert Stanton .382 Steph Rohe LeMars Gehlen .371 Assists/Game Name School Avg. Ashley Tinguely F.M. Holy Trinity 10.34 Sara Hoppenworth Tripoli 9.34 Haley Manning Woodward-Granger 8.68 Brittney Hanson Janesville 8.16 Rochelle Means East Union 8.14 Blocks/Game Name School Avg. Mikaela Foecke F.M. Holy Trinity 1.03 Allison ...
West drops Linn-Mar in 4
CEDAR RAPIDS — Jessica Gehrke called it "a lesson learned." "We kind of relaxed, and we shouldn’t have done that," she said. Lesson learned. Lesson survived. A point away from being forced to a fifth game, second-ranked West scored the final three points ...
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