The Iowa Class 1A girls volleyball tournament had its opening round Wednesday night and Harris-Lake Park’s three-game sweep of Spalding Catholic, 25-20, 25-14, 25-19, not only means a trip to the regional quarterfinals, but it also established a new school record at 25 match wins on the season. Sophomore Lydia Brandt finished with eleven kills, twelve assists and four aces. Freshmen Noreen Morrow had seven kills and Macy Gunderson ten set assists. Senior Sam Brueggeman recorded 14 digs and three aces. The Wolves will play next Tuesday at George-Little Rock against the hometown Mustangs, who defeated Clay Central-Everly in three games, 25-18, 25-21, 25-17.
Graettinger-Terril found itself in a dogfight on the road against West Bend-Mallard, and the Knights would ultimately fall just short in a five-set thriller, 25-19, 25-20, 23-25, 13-25, 15-13. Senior Nikki Brown tallied a career-high 24 kills in the match and fellow senior Lindsay Flaharty had 15 assists. G-T’s season ends with a 7-25 record. West Bend-Mallard will now move on to play North Sentral Kossuth, who used three sets to defeat Armstrong-Ringsted, 25-8, 25-7, 25-13.
Other Class 1A regional scores include Ruthven-Ayrshire securing a road win to head to the second round, taking down Laurens-Marathon in a three-game sweep, 25-23, 25-15, 25-19. The Raiders will draw Bishop Garrigan in the quarterfinals.
