The state volleyball tournament continued yesterday in Coralville. In class 2A, Beckman Catholic advanced to the title match with a five set victory against Grundy Center. Set scores were 18-25, 25-22, 25-19, 18-25 and 15-12. The Blazers, who rallied from down 10-5 in the fifth set, will play Hinton in the championship match at 4:45 today. This is the third finals appearance for Beckman Catholic, which had runner-up finishes in 2000 and 2019. In class 4A, top ranked Norwalk defeated Western Dubuque in straight sets, winning 25-15 in all three. The Bobcats close the season at 33-7. Here are the full results from Wednesday:
Class 5A
Waukee Northwest 3, Iowa City West 0
Dallas Center-Grimes 3, Ankeny 2
Class 4A
Norwalk 3, Western Dubuque 0
Clear Creek Amana 3, Assumption 0
Class 3A
Western Christian 3, Humboldt 1
Cherokee 3, MOC-Floyd Valley 0
Class 2A
Hinton 3, Riverside 1
Beckman Catholic 3, Grundy Center 2
Class 1A
Ankeny Christian 3, Holy Trinity Catholic 0
Janesville 3, Gehlen Catholic 0
Thursday championship match schedule
5A – Waukee Northwest vs Dallas Center-Grimes 10 AM
4A – Norwalk vs Clear Creek Amana 12:15 PM
3A – Western Christian vs Cherokee 2:30 PM
2A – Beckman Catholic vs Hinton 4:45 PM *on KDST
1A – Ankeny Christian vs Janesville 7 PM
The Iowa High School Football playoffs continue this week with the quarterfinals. 8-Player games are tonight, with all other classes playing on Friday. Here are games for local schools:
8-Player – Ed-Co @ Iowa Valley
Class A – Maquoketa Valley @ Lynnville-Sully
Class 3A – West Delaware @ Solon
Class 4A – Waverly-Shell Rock @ Western Dubuque (on KDST)
Men’s college basketball score from Wednesday
Drake 101, Central College 48
Women’s college basketball tonight
Eastern Illinois @ #10 Iowa 7 PM
Nicholls @ Iowa State 6:30 PM
Thursday Night Football – Jacksonville @ Baltimore