The upcoming conference tourney on Saturday could well be any team's game...but today, the Springville Orioles are wearing the conference crown.    For only the 2nd time since starting a volleyball program, the Orioles captured the conference volleyball title outright. (Springville won the title in 2000. They also ...

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 ...

Here are the pools for Saturday's Westside Invitational volleyball tournament, hosted by Cedar Rapids Jefferson:Pool A (at Jefferson): Mount Vernon, Cedar Rapids Xavier, Marion, Davenport West.Pool B (at Jefferson): Cedar Rapids Kennedy, West Delaware, Williamsburg, West Liberty.Pool C (at Jefferson): Dubuque Hempstead, Linn-Mar, Des Moines ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — They weren’t perfect. They weren’t even great all of the time.But the Washington Warriors were good enough when they had to be.Class 4A 12th-ranked Cedar Rapids Washington overcame some glitches, mostly minor, to claim the Michelle Starcevich Invitational volleyball tournament title Saturday ...

MVC MISSISSIPPI DIVISION  Conf.  AllIowa City West 5-0 20-2Dubuque Hempstead 5-0 14-2Cedar Rapids Kennedy 3-2 20-2Iowa City High 3-2 23-3Dubuque Wahlert 2-3 9-6Cedar Rapids Xavier 1-4 15-8MVC VALLEY DIVISION Conf. AllWaterloo East 4-1 17-7Cedar Falls 4-1 16-8Cedar Rapids Washington 3-2 15-6Linn-Mar 3-2 18-8Cedar Rapids Prairie ...

Cedar Rapids Kennedy all-state middle blocker Haley Brightwell has committed to play volleyball at Drake University next year.A 5-foot-11 senior, Brightwell averages 3.0 kills per game and sports a .437 kill efficiency. She picked Drake over Winona State.Kennedy took a 20-1 record and a No. ...

Oriole Vollyeball is alive and well, and the Orioles have a flapjack queen.Sporting number 3, senior Karlee Markley oughta be nicknamed the spatula..because that young lady has MAD pancaking skills.  At least three times, during last night's sweep of Alburnett, Karlee rescued the Orioles from ...

For the first time in the event's 18-year history, the Warrior Invitational is the Warriors' invitational.Cedar Rapids Washington captured its own tournament Saturday, defeating defending Class 3A state chanpion Marion in the finals, 25-22, 25-12.Pool champions were Cedar Rapids Xavier, Washington, Linn-Mar and Marion. Johnston, ...

A strong volleyball program. A beautiful campus.That was enough to sell Brianna Strong on the University of Northern Colorado.A junior at Mount Vernon High School, Strong said Monday that she has orally committed to play at UNC, a Big Sky Conference member from Greeley, Colo."The ...