DES MOINES — It’s staying. The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union board of directors voted unanimously Saturday to keep the state volleyball tournament in Cedar Rapids. “It was a bit of compromise,” IGHSAU Executive Director Mike Dick said. “The folks at Cedar Rapids gave a proposal, we countered, then we reached a compromise.” The [...]
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Mike Dick said Thursday that Cedar Rapids city officials have confirmed to him that the U.S. Cellular Center will not be ready for the 2012 state volleyball tournament. “Obviously, we’re a little disappointed,” said Dick, executive director of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. “I think the people from Cedar Rapids were disappointed they [...]
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Right now, the site of the 2012 state volleyball tournament is a multiple-choice question: Will it be at the U.S. Cellular Center? Will it be at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena? Will it be somewhere else? John Frew, project manager for the U.S. Cellular Center, acknowledged that it’s not a lock that the facility will [...]
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IOWA CITY — Kathy Bresnahan has been named the national high school volleyball coach of the year by prepvolleyball.com. Bresnahan led Iowa City West to back-to-back Class 4A state championships in 2010 and 2011. The most recent journey was a bittersweet one.
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — More awards have rolled in for the Mount Mercy volleyball program, with junior outside hitter Brittney Thomas earning national and regional honors, four Mustangs garnering academic awards and several individuals receiving team awards at the annual postseason banquet. Thomas, a three-time first-team all-Midwest Collegiate Conference selection, was named an NAIA honorable [...]
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MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa — A total of four Mount Mercy volleyball players picked up postseason honors, the Midwest Collegiate Conference announced this week. Among them was junior outside hitter Brittney Thomas, a first-team all-conference pick for the third year in a row. Thomas set school records for single-season and career kills this fall. She finished [...]
continue »CEDAR RAPIDS- A 20 year tradition of the Iowa High School Girls State Volleyball Tournament continued Wednesday in Cedar Rapids, but this time in a different location. Normally it’s held in the US Cellular Center, but because of renovations as part of the new convention complex, it’s being held at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena. [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Mount Mercy geared up for the postseason with a 25-16, 25-20, 25-17 victory over Iowa Wesleyan in a Midwest Collegiate Conference regular season finale on Tuesday at Hennessey Recreation Center. Junior Brittney Thomas and seniors Deidre Schaefer and Becca Lampe were Mount Mercy’s offensive leaders, combining for 39 of the team’s [...]
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FOREST CITY, Iowa — The Mount Mercy volleyball team traveled to Waldorf on Tuesday and picked up an important league win over the Warriors at Hanson Fieldhouse. The Mustangs (16-9, 2-4 MCC) had only four hitting errors while winning the first two sets, 25-18 and 25-19. After the Warriors (6-24, 1-5 MCC) extended the match [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The Mount Mercy duo of Brittney Thomas and Becca Lampe was too much for Calumet St. Joseph (Ind.) as the Mustangs swept the Crimson Wave, 25-11, 25-20, 25-18, in a non-conference match on Friday at Hennessey Recreation Center. Thomas, who set Mount Mercy’s career kills record last week, had a team-high [...]
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