4A Championship 1 2 3    Ankeny (35-4) 26 23 16     **Iowa City West (37-7) 28  25 25      CEDAR RAPIDS -- In a trash bin, there is a garbage bag. In a garbage bag, there are hundreds of pieces of shredded paper.On those hundreds of pieces of shredded paper are the worst fears documented by member of the ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - Tripoli junior Megan Gilbert called a season that ended before playing for a state championship horrible. Almost inconceivable and one she wouldn't enjoy.Fortunately, she won't have to experience that for the first time.Top-ranked Tripoli stormed being down 2-0 and beat LeMars Gehlen, ...

2A Semifinal 1 2 3 4  5 **Western Christian (46-3) 25  20 25  26   Grundy Center (38-6) 9 25  22  24   2A Semifinal 1 2 3 4  5 Mediapolis (43-4) 21 26 18    **Lake Mills (45-1) 25 28  25    1A Semifinal 1 2 3 4  5 LeMars Gehlen (28-7) 25  25 16  12  3 **Tripoli (35-5) 20 22 25  25  151A  Semifinal 1 2 3 4 5 Stanton (28-4) 18 23  26 20  **Janesville (26-8) 25 25  24 25   CEDAR RAPIDS -- The Lake Mills Bulldogs have reached Never Ever Land."I can't believe we're here," said Josie Brackey. "I never, ever dreamed we could ever get this far."She's ...

3A Semifinal 1 2 3 4   Sioux City Heelan (46-10) 24  13 25  17   **Mount Vernon (40-0) 26 25  23  25   3A Semifinal 1 2 3 4  5 Waverly-Shell Rock (49-2) 17 25 22  25 11 **West Delaware (41-3) 25 23  25  22  15 4A Semifinal 1 2 3 4   **Ankeny (35-3) 25  24  21  25   Cedar Rapids Xavier (30-12) 19 19  25  18   4A  Semifinal 1 2 3 4  **Iowa City West (36-7) 11 25  25  28  Cedar Rapids Kennedy (35-8) 25 20  17  26    CEDAR RAPIDS -- They played a low-down, rotten first game. Then they parted with it."We went out in the hallway and took ...

2A Quarterfinal 1 2 3    Ridge View (29-14) 12 17  11     **Western Christian (45-3) 25 25 25    2A Quarterfinal 1 2 3 4   Dike-New Hartford (35-9) 16  25 20 19   **Grundy Center (38-5) 25 22 25  25   2A Quarterfinal 1 2 3 4   Clarinda (26-6) 20 19  26  25   **Mediapolis (43-3) 25 25  24  27  2A  Quarterfinal 1 2 3    Pella Christian (26-12) 23 20  22     **Lake Mills (44-1) 25 25 25      CEDAR RAPIDS -- Slide another record into Western Christian's folder.The Wolfpack advanced to the semifinal round for a state-record 10th consecutive time, sweeping Ridge View, 25-12, 25-17, ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- It could be a hiatus. Or the permanent end of a long tradition.This year's championship matches at the state volleyball tournament will not be televised. Not live. And not on tape-delay."It's just a situation in which Ken Krogman (with the Iowa High School ...

1A Quarterfinal 1 2 3 4  5 Fort Madison Holy Trinity (39-10) 25 19  25 22  17**LeMars Gehlen (28-6) 17 25 23  25 191A Quarterfinal 1 2 3    East Union (30-8) 7 9 14    **Tripoli (34-5) 25  25  25    1A Quarterfinal 1 2 3 4   **Stanton (28-3) 21 25  25 25   Grandview Park Baptist (35-12) 25  22 22 17  1A  Quarterfinal 1 2 3 4  5**Janesville (25-8) 23 22 25 25 15Alta (24-6) 25  25 21 22 10  CEDAR RAPIDS -- The pressure of a five-set thriller? No sweat.Mike Meyer has survived worse.Fifth-ranked LeMars Gehlen battled back from a 20-17 lead in the fourth ...

3A Quarterfinal 1 2 3 4  5 Pella (38-6) 20 25 16  25 8**Sioux City Heelan (46-9) 25  23 25  23 153A Quarterfinal 1 2 3    Red Oak (22-12) 14 8 5     **Mount Vernon (38-0) 25 25 25     3A Quarterfinal 1 2 3    Union (30-7) 11 22  29    **Waverly-Shell Rock (49-1) 25  25 31    3A Quarterfinal 1 2 3    Williamsburg (25-10) 14  17 20    **West Delaware (40-3)  25  25 25    CEDAR RAPIDS -- Down three points late in Game 3, the West Delaware Hawks barely blinked."The scoreboard said we were behind, but I still felt we were ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- Her volleyball career ended, Kiah Stokes went back to school to sign the most important paper in her life.Stokes signed a national letter of intent to play women's basketball at the University of Connecticut at 3:30 Wednesday afternoon, about two hours after ...

4A Quarterfinal 1 2 3    Council Bluffs Abe Lincoln (29-21) 13 17  12    **Ankeny (34-3) 25 25  25    4A Quarterfinal 1 2 3 4  Waukee (22-9) 17 25 21  21   **Cedar Rapids Xavier (30-11) 25  18 25  25   4A Quarterfinal 1 2 3    Linn-Mar (18-19) 24  23 14     **Iowa City West (35-7) 26 25  25     4A Quarterfinal 1 2 3    Urbandale (35-9) 17  17 22    **Cedar Rapids Kennedy (35-7)  25 25  25      CEDAR RAPIDS -- For the Kennedy Cougars, this was a rare and welcome breather.Fifth-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy did not face a deficit all match, ...