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TIPTON — The 2018 Tipton volleyball team gave themselves, Tiger fans, and Class 3A a run for the ages last year marching to the Class 3A state title match. The Tigers gave top-ranked Carroll Kuemper a fight but came up short in their quest for a state championship. The 2019 team is a collection of new and old, but this year’s Tigers will carry the same dream with them to get a state title. The Tigers won a program-high 39 matches, claimed the River Valley Conference title and rolled through the postseason last fall. The Tigers will begin their quest this week when they kick o the season in Lisbon.
The Tigers won their third straight RVC South Division title, and second outright, after sharing the crown in 2017. Tipton head volleyball coach Amy Calonder said that her team is excited to get back to playing matches.
“We had a good summer,” said Calonder. “We had open gyms, took a group of nine to Iowa State for a team camp and did well, and we had our two a day practices too. We went to Cedar Rapids Prairie for a scrimmage,” she said.
The Tigers benefited from lengthy win streaks last year. The Tigers began the 2018 season by winning their first two matches before losing twice. The Tigers then won their next 21 matches before losing again. The Tigers reached the championship match by winning 12 of their last 13.
“The win streaks were helpful, and we are going for that again. A lot of people don’t know what we have, but we do. Everyone knows Sommer and our returners. But they don’t know what we have around them. We like that. We think that will be to our advantage,” said Calonder.
The Tigers return three pieces of their rotation last year who are seniors. They include Class 3A Player of the Year Sommer Daniel, middle hitter Kamryn Chapman and backrow specialist Karlee Kamberling.
Daniel led Class 3A in kills with 476 and was in the top-10 in serve success going 407-for-440 with 54 aces. Daniel had 500 assists, 32 blocks, and 339 digs. Chapman was third on the team last year with 197 kills. She served 217-for-235 with 18 aces. Chapman had a team high 66 blocks and had 56 assists. Kamberling led Tipton with 400 digs and added 50 assists. “Sommer is an amazing player. She is so smart on the oor. Getting the captain of the 3A All-tournament team was even a bigger deal especially since we were runners-up. She makes people around her better. She is a leader,” said Calonder.
“Kamryn has done a great job of getting ready for this season. She is a smart player. She has been a leader this summer. Karlee is con dent. She does what she knows to do and is a solid receiver back there,” she said.
Calonder said that she expects the rest of the squad will step up after practicing for nearly two years against the senior class that helped lead the Tigers to back-to-back state appearances.
“Those girls worked hard to make the seniors last year better. In turn, they got better. Those seniors were amazing. I was never like ‘oh no, what are we going to do’ because I knew that they were playing against really good players in our own gym. We had some battles last year. Those girls competed with them. They are ready to take control of the team,” said Calonder.
Senior hitters Grace Nichols and Bailey Schmidt also return. The Tigers will have four juniors moving up to see time as well in Alex Ho man, Hailey Stewart, Ashlynn Downs, and Kelly Lieser. Sophomore Carly Pu er also returns and looks to crack the Tigers rotation.
The Tipton volleyball team had a season like no other last year, reaching the state tournament for the rst time in program history. The Tigers won 2 of their 39 matches they played and won.
The Tigers graduated 2018 seniors Madison O’Leary, Amanda Smith, Jamie Kofron, Emily Hermsen, Laken Hermiston, and Blake Ehler.
The Tigers will have home RVC matches this season against Durant, West Liberty, Monticello, and West Branch. The rst RVC match is Thurs- day, September 5 when THS goes to Iowa City Regina. The Tigers will play in four tournaments starting with the Lisbon Tournament on August 27. Other tournaments are Mt. Vernon, North Cedar, and Linn-Mar.
Wildcats Will have A New Team And Coach This Season
DURANT — The Durant Wildcat volleyball team will look di erent this year after graduating nine seniors off of last year’s squad that won 26 matches and advanced to the Class 2A Regional Final round. Durant head Coach Mark Lau helped the Wildcats to a lot of memories. Lau however, had moved on and his assistant coach Paul Beadel takes over. The Wildcats began last season with a 6-match win streak and made a run in the postseason winning 12 of their last 13 matches before falling to Dyersville-Beckman in the Regional Final.
Durant graduated nine seniors from last year’s team. They were Aubrin Dittmer, Ruby Kappeler, Annie Taylor, Elizabeth Wurzer, Paige Werthmann, Jada Rock, Mallory Warner, Kamryn Meyer, and Hannah Happ. Dittmer went to Kirkwood Community College to play volleyball while Kappeler, Mey- er, and Happ each are going to college to play athletics.
Meyer and Dittmer led in kills with 259 and 249. Meyer and Kappeler led in blocks with 52 and 42. Kappeler led in assists with 656 and Happ in digs with 314. Warner and Taylor led in blocks with 127 and 107. Durant has two seniors back in Meg Koenig and Kira Schult. Koenig had 103 assists, 39 digs, 4 blocks and served 44-for-50. Schult had 18 kills, served 30-for-33, had 18 digs and 7 blocks. Also back are Ellie Olsen, Makenna Buesing, Peyton Buesing, Brooklyn Bullard, Ally Happ, and Kylie Schult.
The Tigers return three pieces of their rotation last year who are seniors. They include Class 3A Player of the Year Sommer Daniel, middle hitter Kamryn Chapman and backrow specialist Karlee Kamberling.
Daniel led Class 3A in kills with 476 and was in the top-10 in serve success going 407-for-440 with 54 aces. Daniel had 500 assists, 32 blocks, and 339 digs. Chapman was third on the team last year with 197 kills. She served 217-for-235 with 18 aces. Chapman had a team high 66 blocks and had 56 assists. Kamberling led Tipton with 400 digs and added 50 assists. “Sommer is an amazing player. She is so smart on the oor. Getting the captain of the 3A All-tournament team was even a bigger deal especially since we were runners-up. She makes people around her better. She is a leader,” said Calonder.
“Kamryn has done a great job of getting ready for this season. She is a smart player. She has been a leader this summer. Karlee is con dent. She does what she knows to do and is a solid receiver back there,” she said.
Calonder said that she expects the rest of the squad will step up after practicing for nearly two years against the senior class that helped lead the Tigers to back-to-back state appearances.
“Those girls worked hard to make the seniors last year better. In turn, they got better. Those seniors were amazing. I was never like ‘oh no, what are we going to do’ because I knew that they were playing against really good players in our own gym. We had some battles last year. Those girls competed with them. They are ready to take control of the team,” said Calonder.
Senior hitters Grace Nichols and Bailey Schmidt also return. The Tigers will have four juniors moving up to see time as well in Alex Ho man, Hailey Stewart, Ashlynn Downs, and Kelly Lieser. Sophomore Carly Pu er also returns and looks to crack the Tigers rotation.
The Tipton volleyball team had a season like no other last year, reaching the state tournament for the rst time in program history. The Tigers won 2 of their 39 matches they played and won.
The Tigers graduated 2018 seniors Madison O’Leary, Amanda Smith, Jamie Kofron, Emily Hermsen, Laken Hermiston, and Blake Ehler.
The Tigers will have home RVC matches this season against Durant, West Liberty, Monticello, and West Branch. The rst RVC match is Thurs- day, September 5 when THS goes to Iowa City Regina. The Tigers will play in four tournaments starting with the Lisbon Tournament on August 27. Other tournaments are Mt. Vernon, North Cedar, and Linn-Mar.
Wildcats Will have A New Team And Coach This Season
DURANT — The Durant Wildcat volleyball team will look di erent this year after graduating nine seniors off of last year’s squad that won 26 matches and advanced to the Class 2A Regional Final round. Durant head Coach Mark Lau helped the Wildcats to a lot of memories. Lau however, had moved on and his assistant coach Paul Beadel takes over. The Wildcats began last season with a 6-match win streak and made a run in the postseason winning 12 of their last 13 matches before falling to Dyersville-Beckman in the Regional Final.
Durant graduated nine seniors from last year’s team. They were Aubrin Dittmer, Ruby Kappeler, Annie Taylor, Elizabeth Wurzer, Paige Werthmann, Jada Rock, Mallory Warner, Kamryn Meyer, and Hannah Happ. Dittmer went to Kirkwood Community College to play volleyball while Kappeler, Mey- er, and Happ each are going to college to play athletics.
Meyer and Dittmer led in kills with 259 and 249. Meyer and Kappeler led in blocks with 52 and 42. Kappeler led in assists with 656 and Happ in digs with 314. Warner and Taylor led in blocks with 127 and 107. Durant has two seniors back in Meg Koenig and Kira Schult. Koenig had 103 assists, 39 digs, 4 blocks and served 44-for-50. Schult had 18 kills, served 30-for-33, had 18 digs and 7 blocks. Also back are Ellie Olsen, Makenna Buesing, Peyton Buesing, Brooklyn Bullard, Ally Happ, and Kylie Schult.
Durant will play home RVC matches against Iowa City Regina, West Branch, Wilton and Anamosa. The Wildcats open River Valley Conference play on the road at Mid-Prairie on September 5. The Wildcats will play in weekend tournaments in Marion, North Cedar, Northeast, and their own home tournament.
Beavers Return Many From 2018 State Team
WILTON — The Wilton volleyball team made an incredible run to the 2018 Class 2A state tournament before bowing out in the 2A quarterfinals. The Beavers upset the top-ranked team in Class 2A, Grundy Center, in the Regional Final match. The Beavers won 36 matches last year. The Beavers fell to Dyersville- Beckman in the Class 2A quarter nals. Wilton began the season winning 16 straight matches. Wilton was ranked last year in the IGHSAU Class 2A poll. The Beavers also had a 12-match win streak late in the year.
The Beavers will have one senior this year in Taylor Garvin. Garvin had 49 kills, served 20-for-21 with 3 aces, and had 32 digs.
Also back are sophomores Kelsey Drake, Ella Caffery, Alexa Garvin, Peyton Souhrada, and Mallory Lange. Drake was one of four Beaver players with over 100 kills with 141. She was one of the top servers last year for the Beavers going 318-for-334 with 30 aces. She had 219 digs, 7 blocks, and 16 assists. Caffery was one of the top setters in the RVC with 804 assists. She had 31 blocks, 131 digs,
82 kills and served 299-for-336 with 30 aces. Alexa Garvin had 61 kills and was second on the team in serving, going 339-for-365 with 31 aces. She also had 157 digs. Souhrada had 129 assists, 32 digs, 15 kills, and served 47- for-48 with 5 aces. Lange had limited playing time.
Also out are Courtney Bishop, Taylor Drayfahl, Kenzie Pallischeck, Olivia Oveson, and Jozalynn Zaiser.
Wilton will play home RVC matches against West Liberty, Tipton, Iowa City Regina, and Northeast. The Beavers will play in weekend tournaments at Easton Valley, Clinton, Washington and they will host their home tournament.
Knights favored in the RVC North Division
CLARENCE — The North Cedar volleyball team will have a new coach for the 2019 season. Longtime coach Traci Smith resigned after last season and Kori Boleyn was hired to take her place. Boleyn coached the Knights before and is in her second stint as the Knights head coach. Boleyn takes over a Knight team that was 21-18 last season.
North Cedar had two all-conference players last seas in Nicole Sander and Sydney Dennis. Dennis returns this year. Sydney Dennis was named to the RVC North Division team and senior Nicole Sander was an honorable mention selection.
For North Cedar, Dennis was in the top-10 in three of four statistical categories in the RVC North this season. Dennis had 181 assists, 152 kills and served 282-for-299 with 39 ace serves. She was second in the RVC North with 382 digs. Sander had 249 digs, 33 assists and was fth in the RVC North in blocks with 56. Sander was ninth
in the RVC North in kills with 162 and served 284-for-305 with 18 ace serves this year. Dennis earned her second RVC North Division pick after earning the honors as a freshman in 2017.
Dennis and senior Emma Boleyn are the top returners in kills. Dennis had 152 and Boelyn 126. Also back are junior Kelly Proesch with 82 kills and senior Kayla Syring with 33 kills. That quartet is four of the top-6 Knight leaders in kills last season. Dennis is the top server back after serving 282- for-299 with 39 aces. Also back to assume a lot of the serving are Kayla Syring who was 162-for-183 with 25 aces and Proesch was 89-for-110 with 20 aces.
Dennis is the top assist leader back and will be counted on for setting duty. Boleyn is back after being one of the top blockers in the area with 106 total blocks. Dennis and Kassidie Galloway will be back to anchor the serve receive game.
The Knights play in weekend tour- naments at Maquoketa on August 31, Mount Vernon on September 7, Springville on September 21, and at CPU on October 12. The Knights will host their annual volleyball tournament on Saturday, September 28. Teams there will be Calamus- Wheatland, Durant, Ed-Co, Midland, Springville, and Tipton.
The Knights host RVC home matches with Anamosa, Bellevue, West Liberty, and Monticello.
North Cedar graduated many from 2018. They were Kiara Musser, Jaylin Pearson, Katie Thompson, Erica Jones, Callie Meyer, Nicole Sander, and Kayla Sander.
The 2019 North Cedar roster are Caitlin Jensen, Alex Wachendorf, Kayla Syring, Lacey Rouse, Sydney Dennis, Kassidie Galloway, Carly Meier, Andrea Wachendorf, Averee Kasik, Kendall Smith, Kelly Proesch, Emma Boleyn, Jenna Syring, and Kayla Paup.
Beavers Return Many From 2018 State Team
WILTON — The Wilton volleyball team made an incredible run to the 2018 Class 2A state tournament before bowing out in the 2A quarterfinals. The Beavers upset the top-ranked team in Class 2A, Grundy Center, in the Regional Final match. The Beavers won 36 matches last year. The Beavers fell to Dyersville- Beckman in the Class 2A quarter nals. Wilton began the season winning 16 straight matches. Wilton was ranked last year in the IGHSAU Class 2A poll. The Beavers also had a 12-match win streak late in the year.
The Beavers will have one senior this year in Taylor Garvin. Garvin had 49 kills, served 20-for-21 with 3 aces, and had 32 digs.
Also back are sophomores Kelsey Drake, Ella Caffery, Alexa Garvin, Peyton Souhrada, and Mallory Lange. Drake was one of four Beaver players with over 100 kills with 141. She was one of the top servers last year for the Beavers going 318-for-334 with 30 aces. She had 219 digs, 7 blocks, and 16 assists. Caffery was one of the top setters in the RVC with 804 assists. She had 31 blocks, 131 digs,
82 kills and served 299-for-336 with 30 aces. Alexa Garvin had 61 kills and was second on the team in serving, going 339-for-365 with 31 aces. She also had 157 digs. Souhrada had 129 assists, 32 digs, 15 kills, and served 47- for-48 with 5 aces. Lange had limited playing time.
Also out are Courtney Bishop, Taylor Drayfahl, Kenzie Pallischeck, Olivia Oveson, and Jozalynn Zaiser.
Wilton will play home RVC matches against West Liberty, Tipton, Iowa City Regina, and Northeast. The Beavers will play in weekend tournaments at Easton Valley, Clinton, Washington and they will host their home tournament.
Knights favored in the RVC North Division
CLARENCE — The North Cedar volleyball team will have a new coach for the 2019 season. Longtime coach Traci Smith resigned after last season and Kori Boleyn was hired to take her place. Boleyn coached the Knights before and is in her second stint as the Knights head coach. Boleyn takes over a Knight team that was 21-18 last season.
North Cedar had two all-conference players last seas in Nicole Sander and Sydney Dennis. Dennis returns this year. Sydney Dennis was named to the RVC North Division team and senior Nicole Sander was an honorable mention selection.
For North Cedar, Dennis was in the top-10 in three of four statistical categories in the RVC North this season. Dennis had 181 assists, 152 kills and served 282-for-299 with 39 ace serves. She was second in the RVC North with 382 digs. Sander had 249 digs, 33 assists and was fth in the RVC North in blocks with 56. Sander was ninth
in the RVC North in kills with 162 and served 284-for-305 with 18 ace serves this year. Dennis earned her second RVC North Division pick after earning the honors as a freshman in 2017.
Dennis and senior Emma Boleyn are the top returners in kills. Dennis had 152 and Boelyn 126. Also back are junior Kelly Proesch with 82 kills and senior Kayla Syring with 33 kills. That quartet is four of the top-6 Knight leaders in kills last season. Dennis is the top server back after serving 282- for-299 with 39 aces. Also back to assume a lot of the serving are Kayla Syring who was 162-for-183 with 25 aces and Proesch was 89-for-110 with 20 aces.
Dennis is the top assist leader back and will be counted on for setting duty. Boleyn is back after being one of the top blockers in the area with 106 total blocks. Dennis and Kassidie Galloway will be back to anchor the serve receive game.
The Knights play in weekend tour- naments at Maquoketa on August 31, Mount Vernon on September 7, Springville on September 21, and at CPU on October 12. The Knights will host their annual volleyball tournament on Saturday, September 28. Teams there will be Calamus- Wheatland, Durant, Ed-Co, Midland, Springville, and Tipton.
The Knights host RVC home matches with Anamosa, Bellevue, West Liberty, and Monticello.
North Cedar graduated many from 2018. They were Kiara Musser, Jaylin Pearson, Katie Thompson, Erica Jones, Callie Meyer, Nicole Sander, and Kayla Sander.
The 2019 North Cedar roster are Caitlin Jensen, Alex Wachendorf, Kayla Syring, Lacey Rouse, Sydney Dennis, Kassidie Galloway, Carly Meier, Andrea Wachendorf, Averee Kasik, Kendall Smith, Kelly Proesch, Emma Boleyn, Jenna Syring, and Kayla Paup.
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