High School Volleyball playoff update
Wednesday’s scores
2A Region 3 – Beckman Catholic 3, Louisa-Muscatine 0 (25-7, 25-8, 25-13) the Blazers host Northeast on Monday
2A Region 8 – Jesup 3, Cascade 1 (25-15, 23-25, 25-20, 25-13)
1A Region 4 – Ed-Co 3, Turkey Valley 0 *Ed-Co plays at Janesville on Monday
Thursday matches
4A Region 3 – Independence @ Western Dubuque (on KDST)
3A Region 8 – Monticello @ Mount Vernon
3A Region 5 – North Fayette Valley @ West Delaware
The class 3A and 4A state qualifying cross country meets were held Wednesday. In 4A, the Western Dubuque girls team qualified for state with a third-place finish in Dubuque. Cedar Falls and Pleasant Valley each finished with a score of 34, followed by the Bobcats who had a total place score of 110, five spots ahead of Dubuque Senior. The Bobcats were led by freshman Emma Neiss who was 5th in a time of 18:49.2. In the boys’ race, Western Dubuque junior Joel Klein advanced to the state meet with 13th place finish in 16:23.7. In class 3A at Independence, West Delaware had two girls qualify for state – senior Brynn Kartman who was 12th at 20:36.7, and freshman Aurora Milroy who placed 13th with a time of 20:37.9. The 1A and 2A state qualifying cross country meets are today. In 1A, Beckman Catholic and Maquoketa Valley are among the schools at North Linn, while Ed-Co runs at Luther College. In 2A, Cascade and Anamosa are part of the field at the meet hosted by Monticello.
The Iowa High School Football playoffs begin tomorrow night for local schools. Here is that schedule:
Eight Player
Waco @ Ed-Co
Class A
Maquoketa Valley @ Danville
Class 1A
Cascade @ Grundy Center
Sumner-Fredericksburg @ Beckman Catholic (on KDST)
Class 2A
Anamosa @ Wilton
Class 3A, 4A and 5A schools wrap up the regular season this week. Western Dubuque hosts Burlington tomorrow night, while West Delaware hosts Clear Lake
Thursday Night Football – New England @ Chicago