Scores from Wednesday's volleyball regional finals in classes 1A and 2A ... HERE

MONTICELLO – They scratched and clawed, but they just couldn’t grab the final win to advance.Cedar Rapids Kennedy fought the entire match, but third-ranked Dubuque Hempstead earned a 22-25, 25-21, 25-16, 27-25 win in the Class 5A Region 5 final Tuesday night at Monticello High ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — After a year’s absence, the Mount Vernon Mustangs are back in the state tournament.Two of junior Hannah Whitley’s 12 kills clinched sets two and three as 10th-ranked Mount Vernon swept the eighth-ranked West Liberty Comets, 25-20, 25-14, 25-23, in a Class 3A ...

WEST BRANCH – Only a net separated it. On one side there were cheers, hugs and high-fives. There were pictures, smiles and hoards of people, all wearing maroon of Pleasant Valley volleyball.On the other, donning the red and blue of Cedar Rapids Washington, fans sprinkled ...

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 ...

Tuesday's regional-final volleyball results ... HEREState tournament brackets ... HERE

CEDAR RAPIDS -- This is no time to tinker. But an untimely injury left Michelle Goodall no choice.When setter Bre Boote showed up for a film session last week in a boot (the result of tendonitis in her ankle), Goodall was forced to scramble for ...

Tuesday's area regional final volleyball matches for Class 5A, 4A and 3A:CEDAR RAPIDS KENNEDY vs. DUBUQUE HEMPSTEAD (Class 5A)Time and site: 7 p.m., at MonticelloRecords and rankings: Kennedy is 24-12 and ranked ninth; Hempstead is 28-6 and No. 3.Notable: Kennedy is a win away from ...

CENTRAL CITY -- There was a time when Lance Kamaus couldn't wait for Alexa Moothart to leave.This season, he couldn't wait to get her back.Saddled with a bruised knee for much of the past month, Moothart was smack-dab in the middle of an extremely balanced attack, ...

IOWA CITY -- Five-hour energy? Iowa City High just needed five minutes at the end.The fourth-ranked Little Hawks made the critical plays in the final moments and outlasted Iowa City West in a grueling five-set Class 5A regional semifinal volleyball match Thursday night at City ...