Team capsules for the Class 5A qualifiers at the state volleyball tournament, in bracket order:JOHNSTON (26-8)Nickname: DragonsCoach: Rick Brooks (19th year, 486-187)Tourney history: 6th appearance, first since 2008. Class 4A state champion in 2007.Starting lineup:No. Name  Ht.  Yr. Pos.1 Sanna Rasmussen 5-10 Sr. MH8 Taylor Joens 6-0 Jr. OH10 Emily Hanson 5-9 Jr. OH12 Madeline Miller 5-9 Jr. OH15 Abby Hallman 5-4 Jr. S 28 Hayley Dotseth 5-9 Jr. OH  No. 1 ANKENY (29-6)Nickname: ...

DES MOINES - Ottumwa's Megan Black tried to ignore the frenzy surrounding females making their debut at the Iowa High School Athletic Association state wrestling tournament.Black actually became the first female wrestler to compete in a match at the traditional state meet, losing by fall ...

For the Kennedy Cougars, this was a rare and welcome breather.Fifth-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy did not face a deficit all match, and swept No. 9 Urbandale, 25-17, 25-17, 25-22, in a Class 4A quarterfinal at the state volleyball tournament Wednesday afternoon at the U.S. Cellular ...

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, ...

(Teams listed in bracket order)COUNCIL BLUFFS ABRAHAM LINCOLNNickname: LynxRanking & record: Unranked, 29-20.Coach: Yvonne Carson (5th year, 150-86).State-tournament history: 10th appearance.Probable startersNo. Name Pos. Ht. Yr.1 Sierra Nighswonger S NA Sr.4 Chelsea Acosta L NA Jr.5 Amber Michael DS NA Sr.6 Lauren Meeker OH NA So.9 Victoria Krohn MB NA Fr.13 Michelle Kennedy MB NA Jr.14 Hannah Christensen OH NA Jr.ANKENYNickname: HawkettesRanking & record: No. 1, 33-3.Coach: Dave Whims (11th year, 367-50; overall: 843-139 in 32 years).State-tournament ...

JOHNSTON - When athletes conquer an obstacle, it's usually referred to as climbing a wall or even breaking through one.Lilli Oetting and Lola White-Baer desired to get on the wall when they concluded the state doubles tournament.The Iowa City West duo earned their spot on the ...

DES MOINES -- Forty-eight years, girls' track has been a sanctioned sport in Iowa. Forty-eight years, the girls' 400-meter relay has been contested at the Drake Relays.All those years. And nobody has run it as fast as these four Women of Troy ran it Saturday ...

It's no surprise that the top three include Waverly-Shell Rock, Iowa City West and Bettendorf. West and Waverly are flipped based on West's victory over the Go-Hawks at the Five Seasons Duals in December. It will be interesting how the next month plays out setting up ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — There’s little reasonable dispute that this is the best volleyball tournament in Iowa.And there was little argument which team stood out.Class 4A second-ranked Iowa City West navigated its way through the 24-team event without dropping so much as a game, claiming the ...

Upper Iowa University announced today that Nick Shandri has signed an athletic scholarship to continue his career with the Peacocks and coach Heath Grimm, leaving NCAA Division III power Wartburg.Shandri was a national qualifier at 197 pounds last year for the Knights, who won the ...