CEDAR RAPIDS -- Tom Keating still feels the void."I loved coaching, and every day I miss it," he said.But that doesn't mean he will be the next volleyball coach at Cedar Rapids Xavier. Keating said Monday that there is "zero chance" that he will fill ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- In her four years as volleyball coach at Cedar Rapids Xavier, Barb Sullivan has preached a family-first message.Now, she's following that credo.Sullivan, who is due to give birth in January, announced her resignation Friday."It's killing me," she said. "It's not the first ...

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 Rapids Xavier, 25-18, 25-17, 20-25, ...

Cedar Rapids Xavier's Kayla Torson has been selected the MVC Valley Division volleyball player of the year.Torson led the Saints to the division title and a state-tournament berth. Xavier faces Charles City in a Class 4A state quarterfinal next Wednesday.A 5-foot-11 sophomore, Torson averaged 3.96 ...

WASHINGTON, Iowa -- Kasey Vanden Bosch held the state-qualifier banner against her back, like a cape, and took it for a victory gallop.She certainly earned the moment.Vanden Bosch and Kayla Torson commanded the net, and ninth-ranked Cedar Rapids Xavier exploded after a slow start in ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- A five-set match had become a race to four points.Cedar Rapids Kennedy had the winning kick at the end.Lexi Rogers made two big plays in the final, furious stretch as Kennedy outlasted Class 4A seventh-ranked Cedar Rapids Xavier, 26-24, 27-25, 17-25, 23-25, ...

(LATEST IGHSAU RANKINGS)It's been four years since Barb Sullivan left the Cedar Rapids Kennedy volleyball program to leave a fingerprint on a program of her own, a few blocks to the west.Now, it appears she has a team that can make a legitimate claim as ...