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>> IT'S TIME FOR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP VOLLEYBALL HERE FROM THE EXTREME ARENA IN IOWA!

YES, RIGHT BY THE IOWA RIVER LANDING, WE BRING YOU THE CLASS TO A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHUP.

WHAT A VENUE.

IT IS NEW FOR 2022, AS IT HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC SITE.

THIS IS REALLY THE HOME ICE, THE HOME ARENA FOR THE MINNESOTA WILD MINOR-LEAGUE HOCKEY TEAM, AND BOY, BULLY BALL HAS DOMINATED THIS WEEK.

AS WE GET YOU SET FOR THE TWO A CHAMPIONSHIP, IT IS DEFENDING CHAMPION DIKE-NEW HARTFORD TAKING ON THE WOLFPACK OF WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

HI, EVERYONE.

WITH KATHY BRESNAHAN, THIS IS BJ, AND KATHY, WHAT A MATCHUP AGAIN FOR THESE TWO TEAMS, MEETING ONCE AGAIN FOR A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> YES, YOU HAVE THE CREAM OF THE CROP.

THEY ARE PRIMARILY THE BEST PROGRAMS IN THE STATE, AND THIS WILL BE A SHOWDOWN TODAY.

>> AS WE LOOK AT EACH TEAM'S RESUME COMING INTO THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH, WE TAKE A LOOK AT IT FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

HOW ABOUT THIS?

THEIR 22nd STRAIGHT TRIP TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, BOTH ARE STATE RECORDS.

THE TEAM HAS WON 17 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

HOW ABOUT SCARLETT WINTERFELD?

AND THEN HER SISTER STELLA WINTERFELD WITH A RECORD NUMBER OF KILLS.

AND THEN THE 16th TIME THEY HAVE BEEN IN A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

THEY HAVE FIVE RETURNING STARTERS.

YEAH, THEY ARE ALL GOOD READ.

PEYTON PETERSON MIGHT BE THE HEADLINER.

COMING OFF OF A SEMIFINAL PERFORMANCE IN WHICH SHE HAD 18 KILLS IN JUST THREE SETS.

PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

LET'S TURN IT OVER TO THE PUBLIC ADDRESS ANNOUNCER REX BAKER.

>> HONORED THE STATES GREATEST PREP VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS WITH INDUCTION INTO THE IOWA HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL HALL OF FAME.

TONIGHT WE HONOR THE 23rd CLASS OF INDUCTEES.

PRESENTING THE AWARDS TONIGHT IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JEAN BERGER.

IF THERE IS SUCH A THING AS VOLLEYBALL ROYALTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA, THE FAMILY OF OUR FIRST HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE DESERVES CONSIDERATION.

TONIGHT, OUR INDUCTEE JOINS HER OLDER SISTERS IN THE VOLLEYBALL HALL OF FAME AS THEY BECOME THE FIRST TRIO OF SISTERS TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME.

SHE STARRED AT UNITY CHRISTIAN FROM 1998 THROUGH 2002, AND WAS A FOUR-YEAR STARTER FOR THE AS A JUNIOR AND AS A SENIOR.

SHE EARNED ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM HONORS BOTH YEARS AND WAS CAPTAIN OF THE TEAM IN A LOSING EFFORT HER SENIOR SEASON.

SHE WAS A TWO TIME CHAMPION AND AVERAGED 3.4 KILLS PER SET.

SHE PLAYED BOTH VOLLEYBALL AND BASKETBALL.

SHE WAS A FOUR-YEAR STARTER AND LET TRIPS TO THE NIH NATIONAL TOURNAMENT.

SHE RANKS 12th IN CAREER KILLS.

FOLLOWING COLLEGE, SHE APPROACHED VOLLEYBALL AT SIOUX FALLS AND MINNESOTA CHRISTIAN.

SHE RETURNED TO IOWA AND RETURNED TO HER ALMA MATER.

SHE AND BRANDON HAVE THREE DAUGHTERS, McKENNA, JC AND ADDISON.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LET'S WELCOME HER BACK TO THE STATE VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT, FROM UNITY CHRISTIAN!

OUR NEXT HONOREE STARRED AT PROVIDENCE FROM 1996 THROUGH 2000.

AS A JUNIOR SHE WAS CAPTAIN OF THE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM AND LED HER CLASS TO THE 1A STATE CHAMPION SHIP.

WITH AN IMPRESSIVE 4.58 HITTING PERCENTAGE.

SHE WENT ON TO BECOME ONE OF THE MOST DECORATED ATHLETES IN COLLEGE HISTORY.

SHE WAS A FOUR-TIME ALL- CONFERENCE SELECTION AND AN ALL- AMERICAN, LEADING THE NIGHTS IN KILLS AND DIGS.

SHE IS FOURTH IN CAREER DIGS.

SHE ALSO COMPETED IN TRACK AND FIELD FOR THE KNIGHTS AND WAS A FOUR-TIME ALL-AMERICAN AND COMPETED AT THE OLYMPIC TRIALS.

AS A SENIOR SHE WAS A NOMINEE OF THE YEAR AWARD.

AFTER RECEIVING HER MASTERS AT WISCONSIN-LA CROSSE, SHE BEGAN A CAREER IN SURGICAL DEVICE SALES.

SHE AND HER HUSBAND NOW RESIDE IN BOULDER COUNTY, COLORADO.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SECOND VOLLEYBALL PLAYER TO JOIN THE VOLLEYBALL HALL OF FAME.

TODAY'S FINAL INDUCTEE WAS A PART OF FOUR CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS FROM 2002 THROUGH 2005.

PLAYING WITH FELLOW HALL OF FAMER AND FUTURE OLYMPIAN KAYLA VAN WORTH, SHE WAS THE UNSUNG COG TO THE GOLDEN EAGLE 'S SUCCESS.

SHE EARNED ELITE ALL-STATE HONORS AS A SENIOR.

SHE AVERAGED 3.5 KILLS THAT SEASON AND WAS NAMED TO THE 2005 ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM.

OF ALABAMA AND WAS A THREE-YEAR STARTER FOR THE CRIMSON TIDE AVERAGING OVER ONE KILO PER SET.

SHE WAS A THREE-TIME SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE ACADEMIC PERFORMER.

FOLLOWING GRADUATION, SHE HAS WORKED FOR THE TENNESSEE TITANS BEFORE MOVING BACK TO IOWA TWO YEARS AGO WHERE SHE WORKS FOR A FINANCIAL REPORTING SOFTWARE COMPANY BASED IN AMES.

SHE AND HER HUSBAND RESIDE WITH THEIR SON LINCOLN.

FROM DUBUQUE HIGH SCHOOL!

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ONCE AGAIN, PRESENTING THE HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2022, AND FROM DUBUQUE, KELLY JOHNSON.

CONGRATULATIONS!

>> NOW IT IS TIME FOR THE INTRODUCTIONS FOR YOUR TO A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, AND WHAT A GROUP FOR THE HALL OF FAME CLASS.

LET'S TURN IT BACK OVER TO REX BAKER!

>> PLEASE WELCOME TO THE FLOOR THE WESTERN CHRISTIAN WOLFPACK!

AND NOW, PLEASE WELCOME THE WOLVERINES!

IT IS NOW TIME TO INTRODUCE THE PLAYERS AND COACHES IN TODAY'S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHUP.

FIRST, FOR THE WOLFPACK, NONSTARTERS AND ASSISTANT COACHES.

NUMBER 6, PAYTON MARKS.

NUMBER 8, SHAYNA VAN DYKEN.

NUMBER 11 , NUMBER 12 , BREYA VAN KLEY.

NUMBER 12, SCARLETT WINTERFELD.

ASSISTANT COACHES, AND NOW LET'S MEET THE STARTERS FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

A SENIOR, NUMBER 3, ABBY VERBURG A SENIOR, NUMBER 5, JOCELYN OOSTENINK A SENIOR, NUMBER 9, AND THE HEAD COACH FOR THE WOLFPACK IS TAMMI VEERBEEK .

NOW LET'S MEET THE WOLVERINES.

FIRST THE NON-STARTERS AND ASSISTANT COACHES.

A SOPHOMORE, LUCY VARNEYNUMBER 1.

NUMBER 5, SHELBY OHRT.

NUMBER 9, BRIELLE COULTER NUMBER 5, SHANNON MOORMAN.

THE ASSISTANT COACHES, LAWRENCE HARMS, ABBY PEREZ, AND ADAM EATON.

NUMBER 2 , MADELEINE NORTON.

A JUNIOR, NUMBER 8, JADEN PETERSON.

A SENIOR, NUMBER 15, SOPHIA VOLKAERTS.

A JUNIOR, NUMBER 21, PEYTON PETERSON.

AND A FRESHMAN, NUMBER 10, ABBY JENSEN.

HEAD COACH IS DIANE HARMS.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS TIME TO INTRODUCE THE OFFICIALS FOR THIS AFTERNOON'S MATCH.

WERE FIRST REFEREE, DARRELL MEYER.

YOUR SECOND REFEREE, BETH WOODALL.

AND THE LINE JUDGES, JIM DOYLE AND NIKKI O'KEEFE.

THE IOWA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP BY COACHES AND SPECTATORS.

WE REQUEST YOUR COOPERATION BY SUPPORTING THE PARTICIPANTS, OFFICIALS AND SPECTATORS IN A POSITIVE MANNER.

PROFANITY, RACIAL, SEXIST, OR ABUSIVE ACTIONS DIRECTED AT TEAM REPRESENTATIVES OR EVENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AND ARE GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION AND INVITE YOU TO ENJOY THE GAME!

LET'S PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP VOLLEYBALL!

>> HERE WE GO!

IT'S TIME FOR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP VOLLEYBALL HERE ON IOWA PBS AS WE GET YOU SET FOR THIS TO A TITLE GAME ONCE AGAIN.

THEY HAVE PLAYED AGAINST EACH OTHER FOUR OUT OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

THE WESTERN CHRISTIAN WOLFPACK, WHAT DO THEY NEED TO DO TO WIN HERE?

>> I WOULD SAY THIS ABOUT IGNORING THE DIKE-NEW HARTFORD UNIFORM.

>> HOW ABOUT ON THE OTHER SIDE?

WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO 3P?

>> I THINK THEY HAVE GOT TO SERVE TOUGH, STAY IN THE MOMENT, AND TRY TO GET WESTERN OUT OF SYSTEM.

THEY ARE BOTH WELL-COACHED TEAMS.

IT IS NOT THEIR FIRST RADIO.

THEY HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE AND IT IS GOING TO BE A GREAT MATCH.

>> ONE OF THESE TEAMS HAS PLAYED OR WON THE TITLE, AND ONE OF THEM HAS PLAYED OR WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 14 OF THE LAST 15 YEARS.

IT HAS BEEN VERY IMPRESSIVE, AND DIKE-NEW HARTFORD HAS HAD A BIT OF A RUN.

QUITE IMPRESSIVE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WHAT A GREAT WAY TO BRING THE TEAMS OUT THIS YEAR.

I LOVE THE VENUE.

BUT COMING OUT THROUGH THE FIRE, YOU HAVE TO BE SO PUMPED.

I AM PUMPED ABOUT IT.

>> GIVES YOU CHILLS AND THEN WARMS YOU UP!

SO THE WOLFPACK WILL START WITH AN OPENING SERVE HERE AS YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE PETERSON'S.

PEYTON PETERSON COMING OUT OF A FANTASTIC SEMIFINALS, AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, AND WE ARE READY TO GO AS THE WOLFPACK WILL SERVE IT RIGHT AWAY, A TEAM THAT CAN REALLY GET IT OVER THE NET.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD ANSWERS RIGHT AWAY AS THEY SEND THEIR BIG GUN UP THE MIDDLE.

>> SHE WENT ABOVE THE NET AND WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO PEYTON, AND PEYTON SET THAT PRETTY.

>> PEYTON PETERSON GETTING HER FIRST KILL OF THE GAME.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT THROUGHOUT THE BROADCAST.

WESTERN IS TRYING TO GET A SIDE OUT HERE.

IT IS SHOT TO THE MIDDLE.

PETERSEN WITH A QUICK TAP.

WHAT A POINT HERE TO START THINGS OUT.

IT SHOULD BE ONE OF THOSE MOMENTUM POINTS HERE, KATHY!

>> THEY WILL KEEP PUSHING EACH OTHER HERE.

THAT IS NOT HOW YOU WANT TO SEE THAT POINT AND.

>> A LITTLE HIGH AND TOO HARD.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WILL GET THE POINT.

THEY TAKE A 2-0 LEAD ON A LONG VOLLEY.

SO HERE IS JADYN PETERSEN HERE TO SERVE.

AS WESTERN CHRISTIAN WILL GET THE POINT, AND IT PUTS OUR SCORE AT 2-1.

LET'S LOOK AT IT AGAIN.

DOUBLE HIT.

TRYING TO GO OVER FOR THE BLOCK THAT TIME WAS BIXBY, AND IT CAROMED OFF OF BOTH HANDS.

>> WOW, WHAT A -- >> WESTERN.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WEARING BLUE UNIFORMS WITH WHITE NUMBERS.

A LITTLE BIT OF DISARRAY FOR THE WOLFPACK AS THEY BOW FOR THAT POINT.

AT THE NET, VERY STRONG !

>> TURNED AROUND AND LOOKED AT THE NET A LITTLE BIT.

REALLY DIDN'T AFFECT THE PLAY, BUT THAT IS HIGH SCHOOL RULES.

>> HERE IS TAMMY VERBEEK, THE HEAD COACH FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

THE WOLFPACK ARE ABLE TO GET A BIG SHOT DOWN THE LINE BY ABBY VERBURG.

>> THE WOLFPACK GO TO THEIR OUTSIDE HITTERS.

EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THEY ARE ALL ABOUT OFFSIDES.

OTHER HITTER, WHICH I THINK THEY WILL HAVE TO DO TO KEEP DIKE-NEW HARTFORD HONEST ON THE BALL.

>> HERE IS DIANE HARMS.

YOU GO FROM ONE SIDE OF THE NET TO THE OTHER.

DIANE HARMS, WHAT A CAREER!

>> SHE IS JUST SO CALM AND COLLECTED ON THE BENCH.

BUT IF I HAD THAT MANY STATE TITLES, I WOULDN'T GET EXCITED, EITHER!

>> 32 STATE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES.

>> 5-2, WOLVERINES ON A BIT OF A RUN HERE TO TAKE A THREE- POINT LEAD, THEIR LARGEST.

WE ARE JUST GETTING UNDERWAY IN THE TWO A TITLE GAME.

AND HOW ABOUT THAT?

THE WOLFPACK WITH A QUICK, AND I MEAN QUICK ATTACK.

>> THE BLOCKERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN UP ON THAT ONE.

>> NOW A SERVICE ERROR COMMITTED BY WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

AND THAT IS ONE THING YOU CAN'T DO, IS TO HAVE COSTLY MISTAKES.

NOW HERE IS PETERSEN.

SHE IS COMMITTED TO PLAYING AT LOUISVILLE.

>> BEAUTIFUL PASS.

>> THEY ARE ABLE TO HAMMER AT HOME, IS THE WOLFPACK.

STELLA WINTERFELD ABLE TO PICK UP THE KILL.

>> YOU GIVE THAT NICE OF A PASS, THOSE OUTSIDE, AND WESTERN ARE GOING TO PUT THE HAMMER DOWN.

>> WESTERN NEEDING A BIT OF A RUN HERE.

HANDLED AND HOW ABOUT THAT?

THEY GO BACK TO WINTERFELD WHO WILL GET IT DOWN FOR ANOTHER KILL!

THIS ONE IS STARTING TO TIGHTEN UP AFTER THE WOLVERINES HAD A 3- 5 LEAD A MINUTE AGO.

WE COULD BE HERE FOR A WHILE THIS AFTERNOON, ON INTO THE EVENING!

BACK PASS THAT TIME, BUT THEY SAY IT GOT IN!

A TERRIFIC PASS THAT CAUGHT DIKE-NEW HARTFORD OFF-GUARD, AS THAT ONE WAS RULED IN!

WE ARE TIED FOR THE FIRST TIME.

TO THE OUTSIDE, AND NOW THE FIRST LEAD OF THE TWO A CHAMPIONSHIP FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN!

>> BEAUTIFUL BLOCK FOR WINTERFELD.

>> SERVING FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

WOLVERINES COULD USE A SIDE OUT.

THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HUSTLE AND THEY WON'T GET IT.

WESTERN CHRISTIAN ON A HUGE RUN AFTER FALLING DOWN 5-2 ARE ON A 6-1 RUN!

>> THEY HAVE THEIR OFFENSE RUNNING, AND DIKE-NEW HARTFORD HAS HAD NOT THE BEST ATTEMPTS AT HARD SWINGS.

THERE THEY DID.

>> I THINK WESTERN IS A LITTLE BIT TALLER, BUT I THINK THAT IS AS GOOD AS THEY ARE GOING TO DO.

>> WILL BE SERVING FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

AND WESTERN CHRISTIAN IS ABLE TO GET THE SITE OUT!

>> NOW YOU HAVE VERBURG COMING IN FROM THE OUTSIDE, SO DOESN'T LET UP.

>> WINTERFELD GETTING READY TO SERVE.

THAT IS A LINE DRIVE HANDLED BY DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

PETERSEN .

BOY, WESTERN CHRISTIAN IS BRINGING THE BIG GUNS HERE!

ABBY VERBURG WITH THE KILL!

TELL YOU WHAT, WE NOTICED HOW THE ROSTER FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN, THE NUMBER OF SENIORS THEY HAVE GOT!

BACK FROM A YEAR AGO, AND THEY REMEMBER LOSING TO DIKE-NEW HARTFORD IN CONSECUTIVE YEARS.

PETERSEN'S ATTEMPT.

BACK OUT.

OPPORTUNITY, AND LOOK AT THAT!

JADEN PETERSEN CASHES IN FOR THE WOLVERINES!

MADELINE NORTON, THE 5'9" SENIOR WILL BE SERVING.

SOFTSERVE HANDLED BY WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

FREE BALL OPPORTUNITY, AND HOW ABOUT THAT?

THAT WAS JUST GOBBLED UP RIGHT AT THE NET!

FOR >> IT IS ASKING THE DEFENSE BEHIND THAT BLOCK TO DO AN AWFUL LOT.

NOW THE BACK ROW ATTACK, AND IT GOT IN!

WINTERFELD!

WILL FORCE DIKE-NEW HARTFORD TO TAKE A TIME-OUT HERE!

IT IS A 12-8 SCORE , AND THE WOLFPACK ARE COMING TO PLAY!

LET'S GO INSIDE OF THAT DIKE- NEW HARTFORD HUDDLE WITH THEIR HEAD COACH DIANE HARMS.

>> WE HAVE TO GET IN FRONT.

WE CAN'T JUMP FORWARD.

WE HAVE TO JUMP AND PRESS.

WE TALKED ABOUT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.

YOU HAVE TO GET YOUR EYES ON THE HITTER AND GET YOUR EYES OFF THE BALL, OKAY?

WE HAVE TO HIT.

WE HAVE TO BE AGGRESSIVE.

WE CAN'T BE TIPPING ALL NIGHT.

GET THAT ARM UP AND BE CONFIDENT, SWING HIGH.

GET YOUR FEET TO THE BALL.

DON'T BE REACHING FOR IT.

GET YOUR FEET THERE, ALL RIGHT?

DEFENSIVELY, MAKE SURE WE ARE MOVING.

WE HAVE TO GET AFTER IT.

FILL IN!

HERE WE GO!

>> I THINK THIS IS A WAKE-UP CALL THAT WESTERN CHRISTIAN HAS COME TO PLAY.

THEY HAVE NOT LOST TO AN IOWA TEAM ALL YEAR.

>> SERVING PERCENTAGE OF ABOUT 95 ON THE SEASON, AND SHE PICKS ONE UP RIGHT THERE!

>> THAT COMES WITH RISK, BECAUSE YOU WILL SEE WESTERN MISS A FEW SERVES, BECAUSE THEY ARE SERVING TOP.

THEY HAVE DONE IT ALL >> LITTLE BIT OF A SCRAMBLE BY DIKE-NEW HARTFORD AND THEY CONTINUE TO BE OUT OF SORTS!

THIS IS A SIX-POINT LEAD NOW.

>> YOU CAN SEE IT IN THEIR FACES AND THEIR CONFIDENCE.

IT IS A GREAT START FOR THEM.

>> BITS BE ABLE TO STEP IN TIME!

ARE YOU AS SURPRISED AS I AM THAT PAYTON PETERSEN HAS HAD ONLY ONE KILL SO FAR?

>> EXACTLY.

A LITTLE BIT TENTATIVE, AND HITTERS CAN'T DO AS MUCH AS THEY WANT.

>> SHE GETS THE KILL!

>> EVERYBODY EXPECTS PATENT TO POUND THE BALL, SO IT WAS VERY SMART FOR HER TO DO THAT.

>> WESTERN CHRISTIAN!

THERE IS A MAGICIAN.

WE ARE SITTING UP HERE SO FAR.

ABLE TO FIND THE TEAMMATE FROM THE BACK ROW TO GET THE KILL.

>> THEY ARE CLICKING ON EVERY CYLINDER RIGHT NOW.

>> KYLIE DE JAGER READY TO SERVE IT.

>> WHY THE INFRACTION?

>> SHE IS BACKCOURT, SO SHE CAN'T GO UP AND BLOCK.

PETERSEN, WHAT A STROKE.

SHE FINDS THE BACK LEFT CORNER.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD HOPING TO GET ON A RUN AND GET BACK IN THERE.

WHEN IT IS OPEN, PETERSEN IS GOING TO FIND IT!

>> WILL SEE IF THEY CAN GET A LITTLE RUN OF THEIR OWN GOING HERE.

>> THAT WAS BLOCKED AT THE NET, AND THE WOLFPACK WILL GET THE KILL.

>> SOMETIMES THEY COME UP FURTHER THAN I THINK THEY SHOULD, AND THEY ARE LOSING SOME BALLS ON THAT BACK LINE.

THAT HAPPENED RIGHT THERE.

>> FOLKS, THAT GOT A LITTLE WHITE ON THE ATTEMPT, BUT THE EFFORT WAS THERE!

>> THAT HIT SO HARD THAT I COULDN'T EVEN SEE WHERE THE LINE WAS!

>> PETERSEN, ONE MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN MISSED.

WE WILL LET YOU JUDGE AT HOME.

18-11, WESTERN OUT TO A SURPRISING START.

PETERSEN GOING TO GO RIGHT TO THE MIDDLE ON THE ATTACK AND GETS THE SIDE OUT.

GOT A WAYS TO BATTLE BACK HERE.

>> THEY HAVE GOT TO FIND SOMEBODY ELSE OTHER THAN PEYTON TO GO AND DO IT.

YOU SEE WHAT VERBURG AND WINTERFELD ARE DOING ON THE OUTSIDE FOR WESTERN.

SOMEBODY ELSE HAS TO STEP FORWARD FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

THAT TIME THEY WERE UP AT THE CENTER.

GREAT JOB.

>> PETERSEN HAD IT.

BLOCK BACK.

BACK ROW ATTACK BY JADYN PETERSEN!

>> BEAUTIFUL.

JUST SOMETIMES THE BEAUTIFUL SIMPLE THINGS LIKE CHANGING UP, BACK COURT , JADYN CATCHES THE DEFENSE OFFGUARD.

>> A LITTLE JOSTLE AT THE NET.

WOLVERINES WILL SET IT UP.

AND THAT IS GOING TO BE OUT.

AND A TIME-OUT WILL BE TAKEN BY TAMMI VEERBEEK AND THE WOLFPACK HERE.

THE TEAM HAS BEEN AGGRESSIVE SO FAR.

LET'S GO TO THE WESTERN CHRISTIAN HUDDLE.

>> THAT IS TOO TOUGH FOR THE BACK ROW TO GET.

WE SAW IT AND WE KNOW IT.

HEY.

WE HAVE A FOUR-POINT LEAD.

DO WHAT WE DO BEST.

WE ARE PASSING GREAT.

TO OUR HITTERS.

WE TIPPED ONCE.

THE LEFT HAD TO RUN THE WHOLE WAY OVER.

WHEN THEY DO THAT, THEY CAN'T HIT OUTSIDE.

LET'S GO!

HERE WE GO!

WE WANT YOU TO SWING INTO IT.

>> TAMMI BROUGHT UP A REALLY GOOD POINT.

WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO SLOW DOWN OUTSIDE HITTERS, TIP TO THEM, ROLL SHOT TO THEM, MAKE THEM MOVE ALL OVER THE COURT.

IT IS REALLY HARD TO PICK UP A TIP THAN TO RACE ALL THE WAY TO THE OUTSIDE HIT.

>> DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WILL SERVE, RIGHT ABOVE 90%.

DUG OUT OF THE BACK.

THEY WILL PLAY IT OVER.

WESTERN, TRYING TO USE IT TO THEIR ADVANTAGE.

THE BLOCK AT THE NET.

PLAY IT BACK.

PETERSEN!

TOO STRONG FOR THE BLOCKERS TO HANDLE!

AND THAT IS TOUGH!

AND AN ACE!

>> THAT'S A TOUGH -LOOKING SERVE!

YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE SERVING FLOATERS ANYMORE.

THAT WAS JUST HANDCUFFED.

>> SEVEN-POINT LEAD, DOWN TO TWO.

AND HOW ABOUT THIS, IT IS A ONE- POINT SET!

18-17, DIKE-NEW HARTFORD GETTING AFTER IT!

>> THAT WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY MADELYN NORTON BALL FURTHER INTO THE COURT.

>> WESTERN --AND A NET VIOLATION CALLED AGAINST WESTERN!

AND WE ARE TIED AT 18, OUR SECOND TIE OF THIS SET!

WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF THINGS ALREADY AND GREAT VOLLEYBALL IN BETWEEN.

>> HUGE MOMENTUM SWINGS.

>> AND WESTERN CHRISTIAN WILL GET THE MUCH NEEDED SIDE OUT .

HOW ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE SO FAR BY WESTERN CHRISTIAN 'S STELLA WINTERFELD?

>> I AM AMAZED BY THESE OUTSIDES.

THEY HAVE BEEN GOOD ALL YEAR, BUT THEY HAVE BROUGHT IT UP A NOTCH TODAY.

>> PETERSEN.

THAT ONE GOT IN!

WE ARE TIED AGAIN AT 19.

HERE WE GO DOWN THE STRETCH.

>> LET'S SEE WHO'S GOT IT HERE FOR THE LAST PUSH.

>> WESTERN AGAIN PUSHES IT TO WINTERFELD, WHO WILL GET THE KILL.

STILL MAINTAINING THE LEAD IS WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

TRYING TO DO THIS ALL THE WAY OUT.

WIELENGA WILL SERVE.

I TELL YOU WHAT.

WE ARE SEEING SOME FANTASTIC QUARTERBACKING OUT THERE.

MADELYN NORTON WITH A TERRIFIC PASS TO SET UP ELLIE KNOCK!

>> THAT LEAVES SUCH WIDE ACREAGE TO TIP TO.

IT IS SO HARD TO COVER ALL BACKGROUND.

REALLY A HEADS-OUTPUT.

>>'S SERVICE AREA WILL KEEP WESTERN OUT IN FRONT, 21-20.

ABBY VERBURG WILL COME BACK IN ON THE ROTATION.

DROPPING BACK TO SERVE IS STELLA WINTERFELD.

A TOUGH PLAY!

THE WOLFPACK GOT OUT OF SORTS A LITTLE BIT.

EACH TEAM IS REALLY PRESSING THEMSELVES OFFENSIVELY AS YOU TAKE A LOOK AT BIXBY AND PETERSEN , WHO HAVE HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON THIS GAME AT THE FRONT LINE.

>> BIXBY IS REALLY FINDING THE OPEN SPOT.

WHAT A GREAT SERVE.

THEY ARE COVERING IT WELL BUT SHE STILL GOT A POINT OUT OF IT.

>> THAT IS GOING TO BE BLOCKED AND BLOCKED OUT!

>> YOU ALWAYS HOPE YOU HAVE THE CORRECT ANGLE SO THAT IT >> THIS ONE IS TIGHT DOWN THE STRETCH HERE.

>> YOUNG HITTERS, WHEN YOU WANT TO DO THAT, TURN YOUR PALM UPWARDS.

YOU ARE JUST WIPING OFF THAT BLOCK.

SAME THING!

>> THAT IS GOING TO BE BLOCKED OUT!

TIME-OUT TAKEN BY DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

LET'S CHECK IN WITH THE WOLVERINES.

>> SO LET'S GET A GOOD PASS.

LET'S BRING HER IN.

LET'S TAKE CARE OF IT RIGHT HERE, ALL RIGHT?

WE HAVE TO STAY AGGRESSIVE.

STAY AGGRESSIVE.

TAKE WHAT THEY GIVE OPEN, RIGHT?

SO BE CONFIDENT AND BE AGGRESSIVE.

>> WHAT I APPRECIATE ABOUT THAT TIME-OUT IS THAT DIANE GAVE THEM THE PLAY THEY ARE GOING TO RUN FOR A SIDE OUT.

SO OFTEN, I GUESS MY PET PEEVE IS THAT WE LET CENTERS CALL THE PLACE AND YOU DON'T HAVE A NFL QUARTERBACK: THE PLAY.

YOU HAVE SOPHOMORE AND JUNIOR CENTERS.

YOU HAVE A COACH SAYING, THIS IS WHAT WE ARE RUNNING.

THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO RUN SOMEBODY QUICK IN THE MIDDLE.

IT STARTS WITH THE PASS.

>> GOOD EFFORT, AND IS THAT BLOCKED OUT?

>> YES!

>> IT JUST MISSED THE LINE ON THE FAR SIDE, AND WE ARE AT POINT, 24-21!

GOING TO TRY TO SERVE IT OUT HERE.

BIXBY HANDLES THE LOB.

PETERSEN , AND IT IS LOCKED BACK FOR THE POINT, AND WESTERN CHRISTIAN WILL RALLY TO TAKE THE OPENING SET 25-21 OVER DIKE- NEW HARTFORD!

THE GIRLS STATE VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT SPENT OVER 50 YEARS IN CEDAR RAPIDS BEFORE THIS YEAR'S RELOCATION.

WE CAUGHT UP WITH EXECUTIVE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR JEAN BERGER WHO SPOKE ABOUT THE MOVE.

>> A LOT OF CHANGE FOR THE POSITIVE FOR VOLLEYBALL THAT WE WENT THROUGH IN CEDAR RAPIDS.

WE WERE THERE FOR 52 YEARS.

ANYTIME YOU ARE AT A VENUE AND YOU ARE SITTING THAT LONG, IT IS REALLY ABOUT THE PEOPLE, AND THAT IS WHAT MADE IT REALLY HARD.

ONE OF THE TRADITIONS THAT I THOUGHT WAS SO GOOD WHERE THE STUDENT SECTIONS.

THEY WERE BEHIND THEIR OWN TEAMS LOOKING DOWN ON THE PLAY.

TO HAVE A LONG RUN, THERE IS ACTUALLY TWO THAT ARE IN THE MIDST OF THE RUN, AND THAT IS DIKE-NEW HARTFORD AND WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

BOTH OF THOSE TEAMS WERE IN THE HUNT IN THOSE 50 YEARS, AND THEY STILL CONTINUED THEIR PLAY AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

THE BUILDING WAS A LITTLE DATED, SO WE DECIDED TO GO OUT TO SEE IF WE COULD GET EXTRA SPACE AND SOME TECHNOLOGICAL UPDATES.

WHAT I LIKE TO CALL THE PINK SPARKLE OF A STATE TOURNAMENT, WHAT WE CAN DO.

VIDEO BOARDS.

INTROS.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

EXTREME ARENA IS THE ONLY ARENA WE PLAY IN THAT HOSTS A COLLEGE TEAM.

SO THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA VOLLEYBALL TEAM PLAYS THERE.

SO OUR GIRLS GET EXPERIENCE A VENUE THAT IS COLLEGIATE.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY LOOK FORWARD TO.

>> BJ: WHAT A VENUE INDEED, AND WHAT AN OPENING SET!

WESTERN CHRISTIAN TAKES THE OPENING SET OVER DIKE-NEW HARTFORD 25-21 .

KATHY, REALLY ENJOYING THIS VENUE, AND THEY HAVE GONE ALL OUT TO CELEBRATE THE STATE TOURNAMENT HERE.

NO QUESTION.

THIS SET, AS WE LOOK AT THIS HIGHLIGHT REEL, IT HAD A LOT IN IT!

>> Kathy: THEY ARE IN SYSTEM.

THEY ARE POUNDING THE BALL.

COACH HARMS SAID, LET'S BE AGGRESSIVE.

WE HAVE TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE.

AND SHE IS RIGHT.

THE ONLY WAY YOU GET THE OUTSIDE HITTERS OUT OF THE GAME FOR WESTERN IS TO START GETTING THEM OFF BALANCE.

>> BJ: EACH TEAM HAD AN ATTACK AND HITTING PERCENTAGE.

.351 FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

YOU HAVE THE DIGS AND OF COURSE EACH TEAM WITH AN ACE.

>> Kathy: EXACTLY.

I THINK NORTON CAN BE AN AGGRESSIVE CENTER AS FAR AS TAKING DUMPS.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HER TAKE SOME DUMPS HERSELF IN THIS GAME.

BUT RIGHT NOW WESTERN IS ASSERTING THEIR WILL.

>> BJ: HERE WE GO, INTO THE SECOND SET.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WILL SERVE.

IT IS BEST-OF-FIVE HERE.

YOU SHOULD KNOW, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO ADJUST YOUR TV SET, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO ADJUST THE CAMERAS, BUT DURING COVID WE OBVIOUSLY LEARNED A LOT AS A COUNTRY, BUT IN HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL, THEY SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT?

KEEPING THE PLAYERS ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE COURT ALL THE WAY THROUGH IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR US.

>> Kathy: IT IS ALWAYS SUCH A PAIN TO MOVE ALL YOUR EQUIPMENT TO THE OTHER BENCH.

IT JUST MAKES SO MUCH SENSE.

>> BJ: JADYN PETERSEN GETS DIKE-NEW HARTFORD OUT TO AN EARLY LEAD OF 1-0.

MADELYN NORTON WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE.

VOLLEYBALL AT WESTERN ILLINOIS.

AND A KILL PUT DOWN BY WESTERN CHRISTIAN BY NONE OTHER THAN ABBY VERBURG , WHO IS HAVING HERSELF A NIGHT!

EIGHTH KILL OF THIS MATCH!

>> Kathy: EVERYTHING IS SPOT ON FOR GETTING THOSE OUTSIDE HITTERS WHAT THEY WANT.

>> BJ: PETERSEN ABLE TO SPOT IT ON THE BACK LINE!

SIDE OUT FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD!

>> Kathy: I LOVE THAT CAMERA ANGLE RIGHT THERE.

>> BJ: THEY COULDN'T QUITE CATCH UP TO THAT ONE.

BUT YOU KNOW THAT YOU GOT YOURSELF A REALLY GOOD TEAM OVER 300 DIGS.

>> Kathy: BOTH OF THESE TEAMS ARE SO WELL-SCHOOLED ON DEFENSE.

YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO RUN THEM OFF THE COURT BY ANY MEANS DEFENSIVELY.

THEY ARE JUST SOLID.

COOL AS A CUCUMBER.

I THINK THAT DIKE-NEW HARTFORD HAS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT SHOT THAT THEY KEEP POUNDING AWAY FROM THE OUTSIDE.

>> AND A BIG BLOCK!

WESTERN ABLE TO HANDLE IT, BUT DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WILL WIN OUT THE POINT.

>> Kathy: YOU HEARD COACH VERBEEK TALK ABOUT CALLING OUT YOUR HIT.

SHE MEANS YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU SAY YOU GOT TWO OR YOU GOT ONE, HIT LINE AND ANGLE.

THAT WAY YOU GIVE YOUR HITTERS SOME KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE.

>> BJ: THE BLOCK WENT OUT, AND GUESS WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE ACTION?

PEYTON PETERSEN!

>> Kathy: THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT PEYTON WILL BE STOPPED VERY OFTEN.

>> BJ: DID NOT PLAY IN THE OPENING SET.

JUST TOUCHES THE BALL RIGHT THERE, BUT MIGHT'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH OF A TOUCH.

DOUBLE TAP.

GOING TO BE CALLED AGAINST CULTURE.

SO IT WILL BE SIDE OUT, WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

>> Kathy: YOU CAN'T STAND THAT, BUT IT IS SO MUCH MORE LAX THAN IT WAS.

I LIKE HOW THE SPORT HAS EVOLVED.

>> BJ: HOW ABOUT THIS?

THE KILL!

>> Kathy: THEY HAVE TO.

THEY HAVE TO COME UP WITH A FEW OTHER LOOKS THERE.

>> BJ: WOLVERINES JUMPING OUT TO A THREE-POINT LEAD.

THIS IS McCUMBER'S SERVE.

>> Kathy: WHAT A PLAY!

WOW!

>> BJ: THAT ONE GOT DOWN!

>> Kathy: STELLA WINTERFELD, LET HER POUNDED IN THE MIDDLE.

THAT IS A DIFFERENT LOOK.

I LOVE WHEN YOU PUT YOUR STAR PLAYERS ON THE NET.

ELLIE KNOCK IS A SENIOR.

GIVE HER THE BALL THROUGH THE MIDDLE.

CHANGE IT UP.

KEEP WESTERN CHRISTIAN OFF- BALANCE.

>> BJ: AND THE BLOCK IS INTACT FOR KNOCK!

SHE GETS THE BLOCK, AND IT IS 8- 4.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WITH THE LARGEST LEAD HERE IN THE SET OF FOUR.

>> Kathy: THEY HAVE TO BE FRUSTRATED WITH THOSE OUTSIDE HITTERS.

THAT TANDEM OF VERBURG AND WINTERFELD.

>> BJ: SO SMOOTH IN THE MIDDLE IS STELLA WINTERFELD , REGISTERING YET ANOTHER KILL.

THAT IS HER 10th.

BOY, WINTERFELD AND VERBURG, 19 KILLS BETWEEN THEM BOTH, AND WE ARE 13 POINTS IN FOR THE SECOND SET.

JUST RUNNING OUT OF TIME AND SPACE, WESTERN CHRISTIAN WILL GET THAT POINT!

>> Kathy: GREAT HUSTLE FOR ABBY JENSEN .

I THOUGHT SHE MIGHT GET THEM BACK OVER.

WINTERFELD HAS GOT A GOOD SERVE, TOO.

SHE IS KEEPING DIKE-NEW HARTFORD OFF-BALANCE A LITTLE BIT WITH THAT SERVE .

>> BJ: GO TO THE OUTSIDE , JADYN PETERSEN!

MAKING IT A THREE-POINT LEAD HERE AT 9-6.

>> Kathy: YOU WANT THAT SETBACK JUST A LITTLE BIT SO YOU CAN WORK WITH THE BLOCKERS JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

>> BJ: SHE IS FINDING EVERYBODY IN BETWEEN, ESPECIALLY VERBURG AND WINTERFELD.

VERBURG THAT TIME.

>> Kathy: NOTHING BETTER THAN A SENIOR CENTER.

SHE DELIVERS SUCH A NICE BALL.

WOW.

>> BJ: PETERSEN ABLE TO GET THE KILL.

>> Kathy: THESE OUTSIDES FOR BOTH TEAMS ARE JUST PUTTING ON A CLINIC.

>> BJ: NOW NORTON.

IT GETS SO QUIET IN HERE, DOESN'T IT?

>> Kathy: ESPECIALLY WITH HEADPHONES ON, BUT YEAH.

>> BJ: THE DIKE-NEW HARTFORD SIDE, ANYTIME THEY SERVE, IT GETS VERY QUIET, THEN IT JUST EXPLODES WHEN YOU SEE A PLAY LIKE THAT.

>> Kathy: IT IS SO COMPACT THAT YOU HEAR THE NOISE.

YOU HEAR THE FANS.

IT IS REALLY EXCITING.

THERE YOU GO.

>> BJ: WESTERN CHRISTIAN ABLE TO GET THE SIDE OUT!

BIXBY, SHOT HANDLED.

HOW IN THE WORLD DID THAT ONE GET OVER BY PETERSEN?

IT TURNS OUT IT IS THE HUSTLE POINT FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD!

>> Kathy: THAT WAS A HUSTLE POINT!

IS THAT PEYTON THAT GOT THAT BALL UP?

>> BJ: CERTAINLY WAS.

VERBURG!

>> Kathy: WOW, NICE!

>> BJ: GET OUT OF THE WAY!

>> Kathy: THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL LINE SHOT.

SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO CHANGE IT UP.

>> BJ: BRIELLE COULTER , THE SENIOR READY TO SERVE IT UP AGAIN.

SHE HAD A NICE RUN EARLIER ON IN THE SET AND WILL GET ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT IT, AS IT IS ANOTHER SIDE OUT AGAIN, FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

WINTERFELD.

>> Kathy: I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MORE SUPERLATIVES WE HAVE FOR THESE OUTSIDE HITTERS !

>> BJ: OH NO!

OR THE CENTER!

>> Kathy: I AM ALWAYS GOING TO BE A CENTER CHEERLEADER FOR SURE.

>> BJ: HERE IN THE SECOND, THE WOLFPACK HAVE HAD TO REALLY BE ON THE DEFENSIVE WITH THE OUTSIDE HITTERS OF DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

HERE IT IS AGAIN.

LITTLE TAP.

BROEK ABLE TO GET IT OVER, AND THE OUTSIDE BLOCK BY KNOCK!

AND A TIME-OUT IS GOING TO BE TAKEN HERE BY WESTERN CHRISTIAN!

LET'S GO INSIDE OF THE WESTERN CHRISTIAN HUDDLE.

Kathy: WE HAVE TO GO DEEP, BUT THEN THE WHOLE BACK ROW SHIFTS!

IF WE CAN GET A HOLD OR A SHOOT AND REALLY DRIVE IT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE COURT, OKAY?

OTHERWISE, GET THEM GOING BACK DEFENSIVELY!

KEEP PASSING THE BALL, KEEP TALKING!

HANNAH, YOU DID A BETTER JOB WITH THAT LITTLE ROLE SHOT.

WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS GET THE BIG APPROACH.

I AM SURE THAT'S WHAT THE PHILOSOPHY IS.

>> Kathy: COACH WAS SAYING EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE SAYING.

SEND THE ROLL SHOTS TO ABBY VERBURG OR STELLA WINTERFELD.

GET THEM OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONE SO THEY ARE RUNNING ALL OVER.

THEY SAID TO MAKE THE OUTSIDE HITTERS DO THAT.

SO THEY ARE READY TO HIT.

SHE WANTS THEM TO SWITCH UP THERE HEADING A LITTLE BIT.

LIKE THAT.

>> BJ: STELLA WINTERFELD WITH ANOTHER KILL.

HER 12th OF THE MATCH!

15-11 YOUR SCORE, WOLFPACK TRYING TO MAKE A GAME OF IT HERE AS WIELENGA SERVES.

AND QUICKLY SHUT DOWN BY PEYTON PETERSEN!

>> Kathy: SHE IS FUN TO WATCH WHEN SHE HAS A PERFECT APPROACH .

>> BJ: PEYTON PETERSEN WITH NINE KILLS TO LEAD THE WAY FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD , AND NOW AN ACE!

>> Kathy: YOU SEE THEM GOING AFTER STELLA WINTERFELD, AND THEY JUST TOOK HER OUT OF -- MAYBE THEY ARE SAYING SCREENING?

I WOULD HAVE EVERY SERVE GOING TO THE OUTSIDE HITTERS.

>> BJ: THAT IS OVER 67 ACES THIS SEASON FOR PEYTON PETERSEN!

AMAZING!

AND WESTERN CHRISTIAN ABLE TO GET THE SIDE OUT.

17-12.

WOLFPACK NEED A LOT OF SERVE TIME HERE.

STELLA WINTERFELD LOOKING TO GO TO THE MIDDLE.

NO DEFLECTION.

WOLFPACK GET THE POINT.

>> Kathy: WE WILL SEE IF THEY THE MIDDLE.

>> BJ: AND A BLOCK FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN!

JAIDEN GROENEWEG!

AND FREE BALL, BLOCKED DOWN, AND HOW ABOUT THAT?

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD CAN CRASH THE NET LIKE NONE OTHER!

JADYN PETERSEN WILL GET THE KILL, HER NIGHT!

EACH TEAM, INSTEAD OF SETTING UP THEIR OFFENSE ON THE FREE BALL, THEY JUST ATTACK, ATTACK, ATTACK.

OPPORTUNITY HERE.

THE BACK DOOR, AND IT'S GOING TO PAY OFF!

WESTERN CHRISTIAN , SHAYNA VAN DYKEN ABLE TO GET THE KILL.

>> Kathy: WE HAVEN'T CALLED HER NAME MUCH TONIGHT.

SHE DOES A NICE JOB ON THAT RIGHT-HAND SIDE.

>> BJ: BIG SERVE.

GIVES IT A WHIRL.

BACK ROW ATTACK, AND THAT'S IN!

PEYTON PETERSEN!

>> Kathy: THAT LOOKS LIKE IT SHOULD BE AN EASY SET.

MADELYN NORTON PUT THAT IN THE PERFECT SPOT.

YOU ARE ACTUALLY SETTING THE BALL IN FRONT OF THAT HEATING LINE AND IT IS NOT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHEN SHE IS FRONTCOURT.

GREAT DELIVERY.

>> BJ: TOUGH PASS, AND IT WENT AROUND THE ANTENNA, AND DIKE- NEW HARTFORD WILL GET THE POINT.

THEY ARE FIVE POINTS AWAY FROM TAKING THE SECOND SET.

>> Kathy: WE HAVEN'T SEEN MANY THAT IS ONE OF THE FEW MISCUES BY EITHER TEAM.

>> BJ: AND A TIME-OUT TO BE TAKEN HERE.

LET'S GO TO THE DIKE-NEW HARTFORD HUDDLE.

>> SHOOT THE HANDS EARLY ACROSS, NOT UP.

YOU HAVE TO GET ACROSS, SO THAT IS DOWN.

GOOD JOB.

DEFENSIVELY, GET YOUR FEET GOING.

BALANCE THAT CONTACT AND MAKE A STRONG MOVE TO THE PLATFORM THERE, OKAY?

GOOD JOB.

WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT.

YOU ARE GOING THERE AND YOU ARE GOING THERE.

GET YOUR EYES ON THEM.

WE ARE RELEASING.

IF SHE TAKES IT, YOU KNOW YOU GOT IT, OKAY?

HERE WE GO!

>> Kathy: SHE REALLY WANTS HER BLOCKERS TO PUSH ACROSS THE NET.

THEY ARE PULLING STRAIGHT UP AND GETTING PULLED A LOT BY WESTERN CHRISTIAN OUTSIDE.

DOESN'T MATTER WHICH ONE.

THEY HAVE BOTH BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE AT EXERTING THEIR WILL ON THE OUTSIDE.

DIANE WANTS THEM TO BLOCK NOT HIGH, BUT A CROSS.

>> BJ: DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WILL SERVE WITH MADELYN NORTON .

BROEK TO THE OUTSIDE, AND THAT ONE IS A LITTLE BIT WIDE.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WILL MATCH THEIR LARGEST LEAD HERE OF THE SET AT SIX.

>> Kathy: IT KEEPS DEFENSE AND BLOCKERS GUESSING ABOUT WHAT HER ATTEMPT IS.

WE HAVEN'T HAD MANY THIS AFTERNOON.

THEY ALL KIND OF HURT.

>> BJ: BACK TO WORK FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

D EGER.

YOU GIVETH AND YOU TAKETH RIGHT BACK!

PLAYED UP TO THE OUTSIDE.

AND WHAT A POINT!

THAT ONE JUST WIDE, GIVING IT HER ALL, THOUGH, WAS MADELYN NORTON.

WESTERN CHRISTIAN WILL GET THE SIDE OUT , 22-17.

THAT WAS CLOSE.

>> BJ: HOW ABOUT BIXBY?

THE SET IS STARTING TO WIND DOWN HERE NOW.

WE ARE AT EXTREME ARENA IN IOWA.

WE HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP HERE IN CORALVILLE, IOWA.

AND DIKE-NEW HARTFORD IS NOW ON SET POINT!

>> Kathy: I THOUGHT D NH LOOKED A LITTLE BIT TIGHT ON THAT SET.

>> BJ: WESTERN CHRISTIAN SAYS HEY, WE ARE GOING TO HANG FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER HERE.

>> Kathy: WE ARE NOT EXPECTING STELLA WINTERFELD TO TIP THAT BALL.

>> BJ: TO WINTERFELD!

>> Kathy: NICE JOB, NICE JOB.

WELL DONE, STELLA.

>> BJ: NOT DONE YET, TO SET POINT !

LITTLE SOFTER APPROACH.

IT GOES BACK TO DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

WE GO BACK TO PEYTON PETERSEN, AND IT IS DEFLECTED OUT !

DIKE- NEW HARTFORD WILL TAKE THE SECOND SET 25-19, AND WE ARE TIED UP IN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP AT A SET PIECE HERE ON IOWA PBS!

>> BJ: OH BOY!

THE PRINTMAKERS ARE HAVING THEMSELVES A TIME IN CORALVILLE.

IT IS THE ATHLETIC STATE UNION HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT HERE AT XTREAM ARENA , AND LOOK AT THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY HERE.

WHAT WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR IS A GREAT VOLLEYBALL MATCH, AND, KATHY, THERE IS NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE IN THE TWO OUT HERE ON THE FLOOR.

>> Kathy: THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE EXPECTED TO HAPPEN.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD DID CLOSE THE GAP A LITTLE BIT ON THE KILLS THIS SET , AND THEY WERE MORE AGGRESSIVE.

I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT DNH CAN DO IS TAKE THE CENTER OUT OF IT.

GET THE BALL IN HER AREA.

IF YOU TAKE THE CENTER --IF YOU GET BROEK OUT OF THE CENTER, THAT TAKES THE OFFSIDES.

>> BJ: WESTERN CHRISTIAN CAME OUT SWINGING!

>> Kathy: VOLLEYBALL IN IOWA HAS GOTTEN SO STRONG.

YOU THINK, OKAY, SMALL SCHOOL KNOCKING OUT ONE GOOD HITTER.

NO.

UP AND DOWN THE CLASSES, YOU HAVE GOOD HITTERS.

IT IS AMAZING HOW THE SPORT HAS GROWN OVER THE YEARS.

ISN'T IT CRAZY?

>> BJ: DIKE-NEW HARTFORD , 34%, WOLFPACK AT 36%.

EACH TEAM PASSING THE BALL WELL.

DEFENSIVELY IT HAS BEEN TOUGH TO GET AROUND ON A BALL.

THE WOLFPACK WILL START OFF HERE IN THE SECOND SET WITH THE SERVE.

AND A FREE BALL OPPORTUNITY.

WHAT A SCRAMBLE.

AND THE WOLFPACK, THIS TIME, WILL HAMMER IT HOME WITH ABBY VERBURG, WHO HAS HER 13th KILL HERE IN THE WESTERN CHRISTIAN TITLE GAME .

WESTERN TAKES THE OPENING POINT FOR THE SET.

>> BJ: SEMI PRO!

HERE WE GO!

A BLOCK BACK AT THE NET FOR PETERSEN.

AND A DOUBLE HIT IS GOING TO BE CALLED AGAINST DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

WHAT A DAY OF STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS ON IOWA PBS, STARTING WITH THE 5A CHAMPIONSHIP.

WE ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHO IS GOING TO WIN THE 2A CROWN.

WESTERN IS UP 2-0, AND DIKE- NEW HARTFORD SAYS , YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET THAT THIRD POINT!

HOW ABOUT THAT?

A BACK ROW ATTACK BY PEYTON PETERSEN!

>> Kathy: WHAT I AM MOST IMPRESSED ABOUT IS THE DEFENSE.

THESE TEAMS ARE GETTING SOME BALLS UP THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY CRAZY, AND JUST HUSTLING ALL OVER.

GREAT EFFORT BY BOTH SQUADS.

>> BJ: THE WOLVERINES PICK UP THE POINT HERE, TIED AT TWO.

CONTROLLING THE NET IS GOING TO WIN THIS MATCH.

SOMEBODY HAS GOT TO SLOW DOWN THESE HITTERS.

>> BJ: NOT MANY PEOPLE ARE!

IT IS VERBURG WITH THE KILLS!

>> Kathy: WHAT CAN YOU DO EITHER WAY?

TAKE THE TEAM OUT OF SYSTEM TO CONTROL THE NET A LITTLE BIT MORE?

THEY ARE TALL ENOUGH TO GET MORE TOUCHES ON THESE BALLS.

>> BJ: DE JAGER TRYING TO PLACE THE SERVE AWAY FROM THAT INDIVIDUAL SIDE, BUT NOTHING HAPPENING.

PEYTON PETERSEN WITH THE KILL TO TIE THIS ONE UP AT THREE.

YOU THINK ABOUT THE PETERSEN FAMILY .

THE MOM IS THE HEAD COACH AT NORTHERN IOWA, AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER.

JADYN AND PEYTON HAVE TWO OLDER SISTERS, SYDNEY AND BAILEY, BOTH PLAYING AT UNI THIS YEAR.

SYDNEY STARTED HER CAREER AT TEXAS, THEN SHE SAID, I'M GOING TO COME BACK HOME.

WHAT A YEAR THAT MUST BE FOR THE PETERSEN FAMILY.

>> Kathy: UNI IS HAVING SUCH A TREMENDOUS YEAR.

ONE OF THE CLASSIEST COACHES YOU WILL EVER MEET.

>> BJ: 4-3 LEAD AND DIKE-NEW HARTFORD ADDS TO IT!

HOW ABOUT THIS?

COMING IN, SOPHIA FOLKERTS GETS THE KILL.

THAT IS HER FIRST.

>> Kathy: GOOD FOR HER!

THAT GIVES YOU A LITTLE CONFIDENCE AND MAKES YOU FEEL MORE INVOLVED.

WOW.

>> BJ: WESTERN CHRISTIAN ANSWERING BACK ON THE CALL , LEADING 5-4 HERE IN THE 2A TITLE GAME.

SO BROEK WILL SERVE IT AWAY HERE FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

INTO THE MIDDLE, THAT'S KNOCK!

MADELYN NORTON.

>> Kathy: THESE TEAMS ARE BOTH JUST PASSING PERFECTLY TO THESE CENTERS.

THAT IS WHY YOU SEE PLAYS THAT ARE SO EFFECTIVE.

GREAT SAVE.

GOOD JOB, JOCELYN.

>> BJ: AND A POINT FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD!

A LOT OF EFFORT OUT ON THE FLOOR HERE IN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP.

IT IS THE THIRD SET.

KATHY, HOW DID YOU ALWAYS VIEW THE THIRD SET AS A HEAD COACH?

PETERSEN COMES UP FOR THE ACE!

>> Kathy: I ALWAYS ASSUMED WE WON THE FIRST TWO, AND THIS WAS THE ONE TO TAKE HOME THE TROPHY, BUT YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO BE THE TEAM THAT GOES UP TO -1 .

>> BJ: 7-6, SIDE OUT FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

AND OUT OF THE ROTATION, WILLING TO WILL COME IN TO SERVE.

COMING UP WITH THE TOUGH POINT WAS WYNJA .

WINTERFELD, AGAIN, A BIG NIGHT TONIGHT.

17 KILLS FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

LET'S SEE IF THEY FIND HER AGAIN ON THE OUTSIDE.

WINTERFELD BEING DUG OUT BY JADYN PETERSEN, AND IT TURNS INTO A POINT FOR KNOCK AND DIKE- NEW HARTFORD!

>> Kathy: THAT IS A TOUGH DUMP TO TAKE BEHIND YOUR HEAD THERE AND THREAD THE LINE ON THE SIDELINE.

BEAUTIFUL TIP.

THOSE ARE THINGS THAT KEEP THE DEFENSE ON GUARD.

>> BJ: HERE IS ABBY JENSEN!

>> Kathy: NOW WE WILL SEE IF BROEK DOES THE SAME THING.

YOU THINK, I CAN DO THIS, TOO.

>> BJ: BROEK TO WINTERFELD!

TAMMI VEERBEEK, YOUR PLAYERS ARE CAUGHT UP ON THIS, LET'S GO TO BREAD AND BUTTER.

BROEK ABLE TO FIND WINTERFELD.

OR VERBURG WITH THOSE 15 KILLS .

>> Kathy: I AM IMPRESSED THAT THEY ARE BOTH SERVING 96% FOR THE MATCH.

YOU CAN'T ASK FOR MORE THAN THAT AS A COACH.

>> BJ: VERY AGGRESSIVE SERVE, AND A KILL IS GOING TO BE PUT DOWN BY VERBURG.

>> Kathy: I THINK THE UP OFFICIAL WANTS TO TALK TO THE DOWN OFFICIAL ABOUT THE HITTER GOING TO THE NET.

>> BJ: WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A >> Kathy: SHE WASN'T ON THAT SIDE, SO SHE DIDN'T SEE IT.

>> BJ: WESTERN CHRISTIAN WILL HOLD THE POINT HERE, 9-8.

READY TO RESUME ACTION HERE, AND AN ACE PUT TOGETHER BY OOSTENINK!

AND THIS IS TIED UP AT NINE.

>> Kathy: I THINK THIS IS HOW THE WHOLE MATCH IS GOING TO BE, BACK AND FORTH.

OH BOY!

THE TWO LINE JUDGES --I THINK ON THE BACK END IT WAS IN, BUT WAS OUT.

>> BJ: ANOTHER LEAD CHANGE.

JUST WHAT YOU WANT FOR A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

HERE IS THE THIRD SET.

VERBURG.

PETERSEN , GOBBLED UP, THEY GO TO THE MIDDLE, AND DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WILL GET THE POINT HERE.

>> Kathy: I REALLY THINK I WOULD KEEP XP IN THE MIDDLE.

YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS WHERE THEY WANT TO GO.

KEEP HER THERE.

>> BJ: AND AN ACE BY DIKE-NEW HARTFORD TO TAKE THE LEAD!

OUR FIFTH LEAD CHANGE IN THE SECOND SET!

11-10.

>> Kathy: YOU HAVE WESTERN WITH THE FRONTCOURT SET.

I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED AT THIS TIME THEY HAVE VERBURG COME OUT OF THE MIDDLE.

>> BJ: MAY BE A CHANGE IN PHILOSOPHY , AND ABLE TO GET DOWN FOR BIXBY!

BACK ROW ATTACK BY PETERSEN.

AND WESTERN GETS THE POINT!

FOR THE TANDEM OF VERBURG AND SHORT OF AWESOME HERE IN THIS 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!

THAT IS 36 KILLS BETWEEN THEM BOTH!

>> Kathy: WHAT IS AMAZING IS THAT THEY BOTH STARTED OFF WITH THE EXACT SAME NUMBER OF KILLS, WHICH IS A CRAZY AMOUNT.

>> BJ: SERVICE ERROR.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD UP 13-12 .

THEY ARE TRYING TO SERVE SOFT IN THE MIDDLE.

>> Kathy: THEY WANT THEM TO RECEIVE THOSE SERVES IN THE MIDDLE.

>> BJ: WAS THAT IN?

NO, OUT!

WINTERFELD THOUGHT SHE MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN ONE DOWN, BUT DIKE- NEW HARTFORD WILL MATCH THE LARGEST LEAD HERE AT TWO HERE IN THE THIRD SET.

BIG POINT.

>> Kathy: THEY HAVE TO START IN FRONT OF THAT HITTER .

>> BJ: WYNJA ABLE TO GET THE KILL, 14-13.

SO HANNAH BROEK ABLE TO GET IT GOING.

SOUTHPAW WILL LET IT FLY.

WANTS TO GO TO THE OUTSIDE -- PETERSEN'S KILL IS HANDLED, BUT THE REBOUND, RICOCHET ATTACK BY KNOCK!

>> Kathy: HOW WINTERFELD GOT A HAND ON THE DEFLECTION, THEN BIXBY PUT IT AWAY, BUT BOY, THAT IS BEAUTIFUL ON THAT EFFORT.

>> BJ: WINTERFELD HASN'T BLOCKED , AND DIKE-NEW HARTFORD EXTENDS TO THEIR LARGEST LEAD HERE AT THREE.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD HAS WON THEM, AND A TIME-OUT GOING TO BE TAKEN HERE BY WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

>> Kathy: THAT WAS A RARE HITTING ERROR, I WILL TELL YOU THAT.

>> BJ: LET'S GO TO THEIR HUDDLE.

>> WE HAVE COME BACK FROM MUCH BIGGER DEFICITS THAN THIS!

WE HAVE TO STAY AGGRESSIVE!

KEANA, THERE WAS ONE BLOCK, OKAY?

WE HAVE TO TRUST OUR TEAMMATES.

LET'S GIVE ENOUGH HEIGHT THAT THEY CAN DO SOMETHING WITH THE BALL.

BUT IF WE ARE OUT AND WE NEED TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, TRUST.

MAKE SURE WE ARE COVERING!

DON'T STAND AND WATCH!

WE ARE TALKING TO OUR HITTERS AND TAKING SWINGS.

RIGHT NOW WE NEED TO PLAY DEFENSE.

LET'S GO!

COME ON, LADIES!

WE NEED A BIG SIDE OUT.

ONE, TWO, THREE, TEAM!

>> Kathy: THIS MAKES IT HARDER FOR THE MIDDLE BLOCKER TO CLOSE GREAT SET, AND SHE ONLY HAD ONE BLOCKER BECAUSE NOBODY IS RESPECTING THE OTHER HITTERS.

BOTH TEAMS ARE REALLY POUNDING THE OUTSIDE.

>> BJ: DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WITH PEYTON PETERSEN.

WINTERFELD, AND THAT'S OUT!

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WILL GET THE POINT, WINTERFELD WITH A COUPLE OF ATTACKING ERRORS, AND THIS LEAD GROWS TO FOUR!

I THOUGHT WESTERN GOT WHAT THEY WANTED THERE.

JUST GOT TO EXECUTE.

>> Kathy: THEY HIT THAT SHARP ANGLE SO WELL.

>> BJ: AND AN ACE FOR PEYTON PETERSEN !

>> Kathy: LITTLE SHIFT IN MOMENTUM HERE.

THIS IS WHERE YOU DON'T WANT YOUR TEAM TO PRESS.

THEY JUST NEED TO SET IT OUTSIDE AND LET WINTERFELD PUT IT HOME.

>> BJ: THAT'S GOING TO BE IN.

WINTERFELD WITH HER 19th KILL.

BIG SIDE OUT THERE FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN .

>> Kathy: PERFECT PASS .

MY GOSH, THE FRESHMAN IS GOOD.

>> BJ: 18-15.

>> Kathy: WE SAW ELLIE STRUGGLE A LITTLE BIT ON THAT SERVE PLAY THE LAST TIME THEY WERE IN THIS ROTATION.

I DON'T THINK YOU STOP GOING TO HER, THOUGH.

SHE IS VERY EFFECTIVE THEY ARE.

>> BJ: PETERSEN, SHOT ATTEMPT BROUGHT BACK IN , DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WITH IT.

AND IT GOT IN, DOWN IN THE LOWER CORNER.

>> Kathy: JADYN PETERSEN IS NOT AS TALL AS SOME OF THE OTHER HITTERS OUT HERE.

BUT I KNEW THAT SHE WOULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING TO SEND VERBURG BACK TO HER SIDE OF THE NET.

I THINK HER MOM WAS A COACH OR SOMETHING.

>> BJ: SHE HAS SEEN A LOT OF VOLLEYBALL, RIGHT?

>> Kathy: DON'T THEY?

>> BJ: YEAH!

19-16 OFF OF THE SERVICE ERROR.

WESTERN CHRISTIAN WILL DROP BACK WITH STELLA WINTERFELD AGAIN.

JADYN WITH THE TAP, HANDLED BY WESTERN.

BROEK TO THE OUTSIDE, AND HOW ABOUT THAT?

VERBURG WITH THE KILL!

>> Kathy: BEAUTIFUL!

>> BJ: AND A TIME-OUT GOING TO BE TAKEN BY DIKE-NEW HARTFORD!

IT IS A TWO-POINT SET.

THE LARGEST LEAD BY THE WOLVERINES WAS AT FIVE.

LET'S GO TO THEIR BENCH!

>> YOU HAVE TO GET REALLY TIGHT .

WE CAN'T JUMP FORWARD.

REMEMBER THAT WE ARE JUST GOING TO LOAD DOWN.

WE CAN'T STEP IN BECAUSE OUR HANDS ARE BEHIND OUR HEAD.

WE HAVE TO STAY LOW, GET TIGHT AND PRESS THAT IN.

LET'S GET THIS ONE.

TAKE CARE OF THIS ONE.

CROSSCOURT.

LET'S NOT GO SHORT.

LET'S GET THE BALL DEEP SO THAT WE HAVE MORE TIME TO REGROUP, OKAY?

HERE WE GO!

>> Kathy: SHE STILL WANTS MORE OF HER BLOCKERS TO PENETRATE ACROSS AND JUST REMINDING THEM OF FUNDAMENTALS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PREACHING ALL YEAR.

BUT SHE WANTS THEM TO STOP TIPPING AND SHOOT THE DEEP CORNERS.

AND IT GIVES THE DEFENSE -- GIVES DIKE-NEW HARTFORD MORE TIME TO GET BACK INTO DEFENSE.

>> BJ: SO WE ARE INTO THE 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, THE THIRD SET , TIED AT A SET APIECE.

WINTERFELD OUT TO JADYN PETERSEN.

PLAYED UP, VERBURG.

BLOCKED AT THE NET!

BIXBY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SET AND COVER THAT SHOT!

>> Kathy: GREAT READ ON THAT!

>> BJ: DIKE-NEW HARTFORD BACK TO A THREE-POINT LEAD.

>> Kathy: THEY WANTED THAT OUTSIDE HITTER TO TAKE IT , BUT OH -- >> BJ: VERBURG WITH THE SHOT, AND JADYN MIGHT HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN INDECISION THERE, AND IT COST DIKE-NEW HARTFORD THE POINT.

20-18.

>> Kathy: SEVEN INCHES.

GOAT TO HERO.

>> BJ: BIXBY THEY WILL GO UP A SET!

WESTERN CHRISTIAN, DOWN AS MANY AS FIVE, NOW HAS THE LEAD TRIMMED TO ONE , AS WE ARE HITTING THE HOME STRETCH!

WHAT A 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR VERBURG AND WINTERFELD, EACH WITH 19 KILLS.

WE ARE KEEPING TRACK OF THAT AS WE GO ALONG HERE.

BALANCED APPROACH BY DIKE-NEW HARTFORD, BUT AN ATTACK ERROR WILL TIE THIS ONE UP AT 20.

NINE TIMES WE HAVE BEEN TIED!

WE HAVE HAD FOUR LEAD CHANGES, NOW A TIME-OUT TAKEN BY DIKE- NEW HARTFORD.

LET'S GO TO THE WESTERN CHRISTIAN HUDDLE.

>> HEY, FIVE POINT GAME, OKAY?

JOCELYN, MOVE OVER A LITTLE BIT.

ABBY, BE PREPARED THAT THEY MIGHT TRY TO MAKE YOU PICK ONE UP.

IF YOU NEED TO RUSH IN AND HELP, THEN HELP.

THE BALL MUSTN'T HIT THE FLOOR!

GIVE ABBY ENOUGH THAT SHE CAN GO, OKAY?

AND SWING AWAY, BABY!

LET'S GO!

BELIEVE IT!

BELIEVE!

BELIEVE!

ONE, TWO, THREE, BELIEVE!

>> Kathy: SWING AWAY!

>> BJ: GOT TO LOVE IT!

TAMMI VEERBEEK, THE HEAD COACH FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

27 YEARS AS A HEAD COACH, OVER 1000 WINS, IN FACT, 1085 TO BE EXACT.

HAS HER TEAM TIED UP AT 20 HERE IN THE THIRD SET.

BROEK TO THE OUTSIDE.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WILL PLAY IT UP TO THE FRONT, NOW A BACK ROW ATTACK!

AND IT IS A SNEAKY ATTACK, AS PEYTON PETERSEN GETS THE KILL!

>> Kathy: FINALLY GOT BACK TO THE FRONT COURT , BUT THEY HAVE GOT TO GET A STOP HERE!

>> BJ: 15th KILLED BY PEYTON PETERSEN.

SISTER JADYN HAS 10.

>> Kathy: GOT TO GET --OH, THEY SWITCHED IT UP!

I THOUGHT FOR SURE THEY WOULD GO TO VERBURG.

SHOWS WHAT I KNOW.

>> BJ: AND THAT WILL BE RULED OUT!

WESTERN CHRISTIAN WILL GET THE POINT!

BOY, ROLL THROUGH THIS HERE!

>> Kathy: SHE CAME IN WITH THE APPROACH BECAUSE OF HOW THE PLAY WAS BROKEN UP.

SHE TRIED TO SWING IT TO THAT LINE.

JUST A GREAT --IT JUST WAS WIDE.

>> BJ: HALEY D EGER WITH THE SERVE.

THE POINT, AND THE IT WAS 18-13, WESTERN CHRISTIAN ON A BIG RUN TO TAKE A 22-21 LEAD!

WITH A BLOCK IN THE MIDDLE, NORTON, BACK TO THE OUTSIDE, VERBURG WITH THE KILL!

WOW!

>> Kathy: WHAT A COMEBACK!

WE SAID EARLY ON THAT MOST WOULD BE INTIMIDATED BY DIKE- NEW HARTFORD'S UNIFORM.

BUT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE INTIMIDATED.

>> BJ: VERBURG, IT WORKS!

AND IT IS NOW THE LARGEST LEAD FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN!

DE JAGER WILL TRY TO SERVE IT UP.

TO THE OUTSIDE, PEYTON PETERSEN, THAT WILL BE OUT, AND WESTERN CHRISTIAN WILL TAKE THE THIRD SET AND TAKE A TWO SET TO ONE LEAD ON THE TWO-TIME DEFENDING STATE CHAMP DIKE-NEW HARTFORD!

WHAT A MATCH!

WE HAVE THE FOURTH SET WHEN WE RETURN, HERE ON IOWA PBS!

>> BJ: SO AFTER THREE SETS, IT IS A LEAD ON DIKE-NEW HARTFORD!

WE ARE IN CORALVILLE, IOWA, AND WHAT A SIGHT!

THIS IS OUTSIDE.

I WILL TELL YOU WHAT.

WE HAVE BEEN TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT VENUES FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, TOURNAMENTS.

CORALVILLE, YOU HAVE TURNED OUT!

A HUGE THUMBS UP!

WHAT A WAY TO CELEBRATE.

ALL THE RESTAURANTS DECKED OUT IN PINK.

EVERYBODY KNEW THAT THE STATE VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT WAS RIGHT HERE IN CORALVILLE.

WITH KATHY BRESNAHAN, I AM BJ.

WHAT A COMEBACK, DOWN BY AS MANY AS FIVE IN THAT THIRD SET!

>> Kathy: THEY BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES.

THEY SAY, YOU STOP US.

YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT YET.

WE ARE GOING WITHOUT POWER.

COACH WANTS THEM TO SWING AWAY, AND THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

THE THIRD SET HIGHLIGHTS , AND THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL SEE HERE!

>> Kathy: WINTERFELD AND VERBURG ARE JUST NOT BEING STOPPED.

THEY ARE KEEPING THE OFFENSE OFF-BALANCE FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

WESTERN CHRISTIAN IS RUNNING WHATEVER THEY WANT ON EVERY PLAY.

>> BJ: HERE'S YOUR STATISTICS.

THROUGH THREE SETS, LOOK AT THE HITTING PERCENTAGES.

STILL REALLY GOOD.

WOLF PACK WITH 47 A SETS, AND YOU SEE WHERE EVERYBODY HAS BEEN ABLE TO PICK UP.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD HASN'T HAD THE ADVANTAGE IN ACES.

THEY ARE GOING TO START OFF FIRST SERVING WITH MADELYN NORTON, WHO TRIES TO GET THINGS GOING.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD TRYING TO FORCE A FIFTH SET .

SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE AS WE GET THINGS STARTED HERE IN THE FOURTH.

LITTLE BIT OF A MISSED PLAY, AND WESTERN CHRISTIAN -- >> Kathy: JUST AN EASY FREE BALL.

SO UNCHARACTERISTIC.

>> BJ: THAT WAS A BIG COMEBACK BY WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

>> Kathy: THEY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO SLOW DOWN THE OUTSIDE HITTERS.

YOU HAVE PERFECT PASSES COMING ON SERVES.

>> BJ: BIXBY GETS IN ON THE ACTION.

GREAT PASS FROM NORTON , AND WE ARE TIED UP AT ONE APIECE.

>> Kathy: JUST NOT GETTING ENOUGH TOUCHES FROM WINTERFELD AND VERBURG ON THE OUTSIDE FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

>> BJ: WESTERN CHRISTIAN WITH AN ATTACK ERROR.

>> Kathy: HUGE DIFFERENCE WITH VERBURG, WHAT THE HITTER HAS WITH OPTIONS.

>> BJ: AT WHAT POINT DOES YOUR ARM GET TIRED IF YOU ARE WINTERFELD OR VERBURG?

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD JUMPING OUT TO A LEAD HERE AT 3-1.

>> Kathy: HAD 118 SWINGS IN THE SEMIFINALS.

>> BJ: MY SHOULDER IS ASKING FOR SOME ADVIL JUST HEARING THAT, AS DIKE-NEW HARTFORD TAKES ADVANTAGE OF AN ERROR!

THE JUMP OUT TO A 4-1 LEAD.

WESTERN CHRISTIAN WANTING TO GET A TIP BUT NOT GETTING IT.

JADYN PETERSEN AGAIN.

>> Kathy: WHAT A GREAT SERVE.

>> BJ: THERE IS PEYTON!

PEYTON'S PLACE!

THAT HAS GOT A KNACK TO IT!

THE LEAD FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD!

>> Kathy: THAT WAS GOOD, I LIKE THAT!

NICE SERVE.

BOY, THAT IS A TOUGH SERVE TO MAKE.

>> BJ: VERBURG, DUGOUT.

BATTLE AT THE NET, AND THIS ONE IS STILL GOING!

THEY WILL SAY THAT A LIFT WILL BE CALLED AGAINST DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

WESTERN CHRISTIAN GETS THE MUCH- NEEDED SIDE OUT AT 5-2.

>> Kathy: GOOD CALL.

>> BJ: PEYTON PETERSEN WITH THAT BALL , AND SHE WILL HOLD UP HER ARM.

WESTERN CHRISTIAN KEEPING IT ALIVE.

BIXBY GETS THE KILL!

THAT IS GOING TO BE KILL NUMBER NINE FOR MARYN BIXBY.

>> Kathy: THAT TAKES SOME OF THE PRESSURE OFF THE OUTSIDES.

>> BJ: AND WESTERN CHRISTIAN GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY HERE, IT IS 6-3.

>> Kathy: BRIELLE COULTER SERVED THAT BALL, BUT IT WAS SERVED BAD.

BAD CONTACT.

>> BJ: BOY, BATTLE AT THE NET , AND YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO LEAVE IT OUT THERE!

PUTTING IT RIGHT BACK DOWN WAS KIANA WYNJA.

ORG, CORRECTION, STELLA WINTERFELD!

NEED A SIDE OUT?

JUST GO TO PEYTON!

HOW DO YOU NOT BECOME ONE- DIMENSIONAL HERE?

PEYTON PETERSEN SEEMS TO BE THE ONE THAT HAS GOT THE MOMENTUM.

>> Kathy: YOU HAVE TO MIX IT UP SOME TO DIVERSIFY, BUT WESTERN CHRISTIAN IS NOT DISGUISING WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

THEY ALWAYS HAVE A LEAD WHEN SHE LEAVES THE FRONT COURT.

SHE IS ALWAYS SUCH A DYNAMIC HITTER.

>> BJ: McCUMBER WITH AN AGGRESSIVE SERVE, AND WINTERFELD DOESN'T CARE!

>> Kathy: THAT WAS REALLY AN AMAZING SWING FROM HOW FAR OFF THAT BALL WAS FROM THE NET.

NICELY DONE BY BROEK, AND GREAT SWING COMING OVER HER SHOULDER LIKE THAT.

>> BJ: GOING ON, AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, TO PLAY AT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE , AND A SERVICE ERROR BY WESTERN CHRISTIAN!

>> Kathy: THOSE ARE THE SERBS THAT WERE NOT CALLED DURING MY DAYS AS A COACH.

>> BJ: PEYTON PETERSEN ALREADY WITH A NUMBER OF ACES HERE , AND THIS TIME WINTERFELD, FED WELL FROM HER GROUP!

>> Kathy: BEAUTIFULLY DONE.

NICE TEMPO.

>> BJ: A LIFT IS GOING TO BE CALLED.

WE HAD SOME INDECISION THAT TIME ABOUT WHO TO GO TO.

PETERSEN WAS CALLING HER ROW.

9-7.

>> Kathy: SHE DELIVERED TWO.

SHE HAS A GOOD BACK ROW SWING.

>> BJ: BLOCKED AT THE BACK NET!

HOW ABOUT VERBURG?

>> Kathy: THIS IS HUGE FOR WESTERN.

THEY TAKE THE LEAD HERE, THEY ARE GOING TO BELIEVE THEY CAN WIN THIS.

>> BJ: DOWN BY FOUR EARLIER IN THE SET.

THE GROUP WILL PLAY IT UP NOW TO THE OUTSIDE, AND ANOTHER KILLED BY WINTERFELD!

TIME-OUT FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD!

>> Kathy: YOU SEE THESE LITTLE GIRLS SITTING OUT THERE, THESE ARE THEIR HEROES ON THE COURT!

>> IF THEY ARE CHEATING OUT, THEY ARE SITTING THERE.

YOU REALLY NEED TO OVER SQUARE, LET THAT BALL REALLY COME IN SO THAT WE CAN PUSH STRAIGHT.

YOU ARE REALLY SETTING US DIAGONAL.

WE HAVE TO CORRECT THAT, OKAY?

WE HAVE TO PUSH SO THAT WE CAN COME IN AND GET A STRONG, SOLID APPROACH, OKAY?

LET'S BRING YOU AROUND BEHIND ON THE SIX.

LET'S BRING HER ON THE SIX.

LET'S FEEL THAT BLOCK.

OKAY?

FEEL THE BLOCK.

WE GOT TO GET AFTER IT NOW.

HERE WE GO!

LET'S GO!

>> Kathy: I WONDERED IF THEY WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE SETTING A BAD SET OUT OF THIS ROTATION AND JUST GIVING THEM A DIFFERENT LOOK.

THAT IS WHAT SHE JUST ASKED FOR.

THAT DOES MAKE SENSE.

FRONTCOURT CENTER, MAYBE IT IS TIME FOR NORTON TO COME AND DO SOMETHING.

SHE IS GOING BEHIND.

>> BJ: JADYN PETERSEN!

OH, HELLO!

>> Kathy: SIMPLY BY ELLIE KNOCK COMING AROUND FOR A SWING BEHIND THE HEADER, BEHIND THE CENTER, MADE THAT MIDDLE HESITATE ENOUGH THAT JADEN HAD MORE OF A GAP.

>> BJ: FREE BALL OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

BACK ROW ATTACK !

PEYTON PETERSEN !

WHO NEEDS THE BALL MORE, JADYN OR PEYTON HERE?

TRYING TO FORCE A FIFTH SET!

AT THE NET, GOING TO BE PLAYED TO THE BACK.

JADYN PETERSEN, DID SHE GET IT IN?

>> Kathy: VERY NICE!

>> BJ: 12-9!

THIS IS WHERE CHAMPIONS SHINE.

ABBY JENSEN'S SERVE TO THE OUTSIDE, VERBURG -- >> Kathy: I HOPE WE GO FIVE, BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO END IN A CLASSIC FIFTH SET.

>> BJ: BACK TO A FOUR-POINT LEAD AFTER THIS ONE WAS TIED AT NINE.

>> Kathy: WHAT IS BIG IS THAT THEY BUILT THIS LEAD WITH PEYTON IN THE BACKCOURT.

THEY HAVEN'T BUILT LEADS WITH PEYTON IN THE BACKCOURT BEFORE.

>> BJ: AND ATTACK ERROR , AGAIN BY WESTERN CHRISTIAN , AND NOW TAMMI VEERBEEK, THE HEAD COACH FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN , WANTS, NEEDS AND GETS A TIME-OUT HERE, HER TEAM DOWN BY FIVE.

LET'S GO TO THE HUDDLE.

>> RIGHT, RIGHT.

MAKE SURE YOU GET A BIG APPROACH.

WE NEED TO THROW IN A DIFFERENT ATTEMPT HERE.

MAKE SURE WE GET IT HIGH ENOUGH FOR HER.

OKAY?

MAKE SURE SHE CAN GET UP ON TOP OF IT, BUT ALSO, WE NEED TO STICK SOME PASSES.

WE ARE SCRAMBLING A LITTLE BIT.

YOU CAN FEEL IT, WE ARE FINE!

WE WERE DOWN BUT FIVE AND WE CAME BACK.

REMEMBER, WE ARE UP 2-1.

DON'T YOU FORGET THAT, BABY, OKAY?

LET'S GO!

LET'S GO!

>> Kathy: DON'T YOU FORGET THAT, BABY!

>> LET'S GO!

ALL HITTERS READY!

TEAM, ONE, TWO, THREE, TEAM!

>> Kathy: SHE DID SUGGEST, MAYBE WE GO LOOK AT ANOTHER HITTER RIGHT NOW.

SHE SAYS TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE ABBY VERBURG THE HIGHER PERCENT SO THAT SHE CAN REACH AT THE TOP.

BECAUSE SHE HAS AN AMAZING VERTICAL.

>> BJ: ONE THING THAT WE REALLY APPRECIATE , AND I HOPE YOU DO, THE COACHES ARE ALLOWING THEM TO BE MIKED UP.

WE ARE GETTING SUCH TREMENDOUS INSIGHT HERE ON IOWA PBS.

>> Kathy: I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE MIC'd !

>> BJ: WE ARE MAKING UP FOR LOST GROUND RIGHT NOW, OKAY?

AND BIXBY IS MAKING UP FOR SOME LOST GROUND RIGHT NOW, AS DIKE- NEW HARTFORD WANTS FIVE!

THEY WANT TO GO TO THE FIFTH SET, SOMETHING THEY HAVE NEVER PLAYED IN ALL SEASON!

AND AN ACE!

NO, IT IS STILL ALIVE!

OH MY!

>> Kathy: I WAS GOING TO SEE IF WESTERN, I WONDER IF THEY HAVE PLAYED FIVE THIS >> BJ: WE WILL DO SOME RESEARCH HERE.

TAMMI VEERBEEK WANTS TO GET A TIME-OUT.

HER TEAM IS NOW DOWN BY EIGHT.

>> Kathy: THERE IS HOPE, BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ALL SEASON -- I'M SORRY.

>> WAY TO BE UP ON THAT, OKAY?

MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS RUNNING THROUGH WHERE WE ARE GOING.

YOU HAVE TO PULL HERE.

YOU HAVE TO GET RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.

YOU CAN GO BOTH WAYS FOR TIPS.

YOU HAVE TO HELP US OUT.

DON'T JUST COME STRAIGHT UP BEHIND MADELEINE.

YOU HAVE TO HELP US OUT BOTH WAYS.

DON'T GET AHEAD OF THE LINE.

OKAY?

HERE WE GO!

>> Kathy: SHE WANTS HER RIGHT BACK TO COME IN AND HOPES THAT THEY CAN PICK UP THESE TIPS.

NOW IS A LOT OF TIMES WHERE THE HITTER CAN COME IN WITH A TIP.

>> BJ: WESTERN NEEDS A TIP HERE AND THEY GET ONE!

VAN DYKEN ABLE TO PICK UP THE KILL.

YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

HOW MANY FIVE SET MATCHES HAVE THEY PLAYED THIS YEAR?

JUST ONE.

IT WAS BACK ON SEPTEMBER 27th AGAINST SIOUX FALLS CHRISTIAN IN WHICH THEY LOST 3-2.

WESTERN CHRISTIAN'S ONLY LOSSES THIS YEAR ARE TO OUT-OF-STATE TEAMS.

AND DIKE-NEW HARTFORD GETS THEIR LEAD BACK TO EIGHT AND 18- 10 WITH ANOTHER KILL OUT OF PETERSEN.

>> Kathy: EVEN IF WESTERN CHRISTIAN CAN'T WIN THIS SET, THE NEED TO MAKE A RUN.

YOU CAN'T GET BLOWN OUT IN THE FOURTH SET.

BOY, THAT WAS A DEEP SERVE.

>> BJ: NORTON WITH THE ACE!

>> Kathy: BEAUTIFUL FLOATER.

>> BJ: THIS THING WAS TIED AT NINE, AND IT IS A 10-1 RUN HERE BY THE WOLVERINES OF DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

>> Kathy: THEY ARE TALKING MORE.

THEIR BODY LANGUAGE IS MORE RELAXED ON THE COURT.

>> BJ: BACK TO BACK ACES !

OKAY!

>> Kathy: THIS IS WHERE THE COACH FEELS THE WHEELS ARE FALLING OFF, RIGHT?

BUT ALL IT TAKES IS ONE BIG BLOCK FROM WESTERN OR ONE BIG TERMINATION ON THE OUTSIDE AND THEY ARE RIGHT BACK INTO IT MENTALLY.

>> BJ: BACK ROW ATTACK , HANDLED BY DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

BROEK TRIED TO SNEAK ONE IN THERE.

THIS WILL BE BLOCKED AT THE NET.

VERBURG -- >> Kathy: BOTH TEAMS REALLY WANTED TO POUND THE FLOOR WITH THAT BALL!

THAT IS REALLY AGGRESSIVE THERE.

YOU SHOULD BE!

>> BJ: NOW DE JAGER!

>> Kathy: OH BOY.

THAT IS THOSE WOBBLY WHEELS I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

EVERYBODY FEELS PRESSURE.

THIS IS TOUGH.

NOW IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO TURN THAT AROUND.

YOU COULD DO IT RIGHT HERE WITH A BIG SWING.

>> BJ: PETERSEN WITH THE KILL!

PEYTON PETERSEN WITH HER 19th KILL .

TEAM UP 22-11, AND NOW JADYN PETERSEN WILL DROP BACK TO SERVE!

AND AN ACE!

OH!

>> Kathy: THOSE ARE TOUGH SERVES TO PASS WHEN THEY ARE HITTING THAT DEEP LINE.

>> BJ: THIS MATCH HAS TURNED ON A DIME.

THAT IS GOING TO BE AN ERROR?

23-12.

IT MIGHT BE TIME TO GET THE POPCORN IN THE MICROWAVE AND COME BACK FOR THE FIFTH SET!

THAT IS WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS HEADING TO.

AS THE WOLF PACK HAVE SEEN THIS ONE SLIP AWAY FROM THEM, AND PEYTON PETERSEN HAS PUT THIS ONE AT SET POINT.

>> Kathy: THAT BALL WAS SO FAR OFF THE NET.

I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE MADE THAT .

>> BJ: BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE HAVE SEEN FIVE SETS IN A STATE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH, ESPECIALLY IN 2A!

VERBURG WILL TRY TO SERVE IT OUT NOW, NOW VERBURG AND WINTERFELD HAVE BEEN OUT OF SORTS HERE DOWN THE STRETCH.

WINTERFELD WITH A QUICK TAP.

BROEK, HANDLED BY DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

PEYTON PETERSEN!

THAT ONE HIT THE ANTENNA AND WENT THROUGH, BUT THEY SAY NO, NO, NO!

WE ARE NOT GOING TO THE FIFTH JUST YET!

>> Kathy: THAT IS A COUPLE TIMES NOW THAT DNH , YOU CAN SEE IT IN THEIR FACE, THEY ARE JUST LIKE, I JUST WANT TO POUND THIS BALL!

MAKE A LITTLE RUN HERE, WESTERN.

CARRY IT OVER TO THE NEXT GAME.

>> BJ: PEYTON PETERSEN, AND WHAT A SMASH TO END THE FOURTH SET!

IT WILL BE A RACE TO 15 WHEN WE RETURN!

THE FIFTH AND FINAL SET IN THE 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP COMES YOUR WAY HERE IN MERE MOMENTS AS YOU ARE WATCHING IT HERE ON IOWA PBS!

>> BJ: WE GO TO THE FIFTH AS DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WON THE FOURTH SET.

COACH, WE ARE GOING TO THE FIFTH SET!

>> Kathy: THIS IS SO EXCITING!

>> BJ: WHAT A MATCH SO FAR, BUT THE MOMENTUM IS CLEARLY ON DIKE- NEW HARTFORD'S SIDE.

HOW DOES WESTERN GET THIS THING TURNED AROUND?

>> Kathy: AS SOON AS IT GOT TIGHT, THEY WEREN'T RECEIVING OR PASSING AS WELL.

THEY JUST NEED ONE BIG KILL AND THAT WILL CHANGE THE MOMENTUM.

I THINK THEY UNLEASHED THE THAT SET THEY LOOK BETTER THAN THEY HAVE THE WHOLE NIGHT.

>> BJ: WELL.

WE HAVE PLAYED FOUR SETS, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE FOURTH SET.

WE CALLED IT PEYTON'S PLACE.

WESTERN ACTUALLY HAD QUITE THE SCRAMBLE EARLY ON.

WINTERFELD AND VERBURG HAD QUITE THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP HERE.

44 KILLS BETWEEN THE TWO.

>> Kathy: DNH WAS JUST ON FIRE IN THAT SET.

THEY WENT WITH THEIR POWER AND IT WAS AFFECTED.

THE OTHER HATERS PICKED IT UP, TOO.

IT WASN'T JUST PEYTON.

>> BJ: I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.

IF THERE IS ONE COACH WHO CAN REALLY GET HER TEAM TO BREAK THE ICE, YOU KNOW THAT IS TAMMI VEERBEEK AND THE WOLF PACK, WHO ARE GOING TO START HERE IN THE FIFTH SET.

IT IS A RACE TO 18.

SHE IS GOING TO LOOSEN THEM UP A LITTLE BIT.

THEY GOT TIGHT IN THE FOURTH SET.

RIGHT AWAY, THAT IS GOING TO BE OUT!

AND THE WOLF PACK OF WESTERN CHRISTIAN WILL START THE FIFTH SET WITH A ONE-POINT LEAD.

>> Kathy: SHE IS GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE RIGHT HERE.

JADYN.

>> BJ: SCORES TABLE TOOK THE PUNISHMENT, PEYTON FROM THE BACK ROW!

OH MY, DOUG OUT OF THE BACK!

WHAT EFFORTS!

JADYN, THAT TIME SHE GETS IT DOWN, AND WE ARE TIED AT ONE!

>> Kathy: JUST A MARVELOUS EFFORT!

>> BJ: NORTON WITH THE PASS BUT GOT EXTRA MOVEMENT WITH THE DOUBLE HIT , AND WESTERN CHRISTIAN WILL GET THE POINT.

THEY ARE UP 2-1.

>> Kathy: I THINK WE CAN GUARANTEE THAT NEITHER TEAM IS GOING TO BLOW OUT THE OTHER ONE DURING THIS FIFTH SET.

IT IS JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

>> BJ: BOY, NICE, DEEP SERVE !

THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE BLOCKED BACK UP, AND PEYTON PETERSEN , WHAT GREAT BODY CONTROL!

WENT WITH A CHANGE-UP THAT TIME TO TIE IT AT TWO.

>> Kathy: WESTERN DID A GREAT JOB READING IT.

THEY JUST COULDN'T QUITE CORRAL IT.

>> BJ: VERBURG WITH A BLOCK AT THE NET!

SOPHIA FOLKERTS COMING TO PLAY!

>> Kathy: YOU SEE PEYTON NOW ON THE INSIDE FOR WESTERN, AND YOU ARE KIND OF GETTING USED TO THE HITTERS NOW.

>> BJ: FIRSTLY CHANGE.

BROEK TO THE OUTSIDE, VERBURG WANTED IT BACK.

BACK ROW ATTACK BY WINTERFELD, HANDLED BY DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

PETERSEN!

OH, TOO MUCH ELECTRICITY IN MET BALL, AND IT IS 4-2.

>> Kathy: YOU SAW VERBURG CHANGE-UP HER HEAD , AND DIKE- NEW HARTFORD WAS ABLE TO COUNTERACT.

PEYTON JUST DID THE SAME THING.

THAT WAS MORE OF AN OFF SPEEDBALL BUT JUST MUSCLES UP THE BLOCKER.

THERE YOU GO.

>> BJ: YOU GET A COUPLE OF THOSE TIME-OUTS, AND WESTERN CHRISTIAN IS GOING TO TAKE THE TIME OUT RIGHT NOW, DOWN 5-2.

>> JUST TAKE A DEEP BREATH, EVERYONE.

WE ARE ALL RIGHT.

WE JUST HAVE TO GET SOME MORE PASSES AND WATCH THEM ALL THE WAY IN.

LET'S MAKE SURE WE ARE COVERING OVER THERE, OKAY?

YOU BE READY.

KEEP THE CORNERS AS YOU NEED TO, OKAY?

WE ARE ALL RIGHT!

LET'S GO!

GIVE IT EVERYTHING WE GOT, OKAY?

THEY GOT FIVE POINTS.

IF WE SIDE OUT RIGHT HERE WE GET THEM RIGHT BACK, OKAY?

WE HAVE COME BACK AGAINST BETTER TEAMS.

LET'S GO!

>> Kathy: SHE WANTS HIM TO LOOK FOR DEEP CORNERS.

TRY TO GET DIKE-NEW HARTFORD TO PLAY SIDELINE TO SIDELINE ON DEFENSE.

>> BJ: SHE IS RIGHT.

IF YOUR TEAM HAS COME BACK FROM A BIGGER DEFICIT IN THE THIRD SET , THEY WERE DOWN 18-13, THEY WON 25-21, AND A SERVICE ERROR GIVES WESTERN CHRISTIAN SOME OXYGEN HERE, 5-3 YOUR SCORE.

>> Kathy: THAT IS A BACK BREAKER.

NOBODY FEELS WORSE THAN THE SERVER DOES.

>> BJ: TO PETERSEN, AND FREE BALL HERE FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

TO THE OUTSIDE, TO KNOCK, AND IT IS CASHED IN HERE BY WESTERN CHRISTIAN!

WINTERFELD!

>> Kathy: I LOVE HER!

SHE IS JUST A SPARK FOR THAT TEAM!

SHE IS JUST DIALED UP!

>> BJ: THE CELEBRATION GIVING CAFFEINE THE SHAKES!

SHE HAS GOT 23 KILLS.

PETERSEN HAS HER SHOT CLOCK BACK , AND HERE COMES WESTERN CHRISTIAN !

WYNJA!

>> Kathy: THAT IS A BIG BLOCK.

MENTALLY, THAT IS A HUGE BLOCK IF YOU STOP THEM ON THAT SIDE.

>> BJ: TIED AT FIVE.

AND WHEN YOU NEED A BIG POINT, YOU GO TO THE SLUGGER!

>> Kathy: THEY ARE STILL GOING TO GO TO HER, AND SHE SWITCHED UP HER SWING THAT TIME, AND IT MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

YOU WANT TO GET OVER THE SHORTER BLOCKER.

>> BJ: HOW ABOUT THAT?

AN ACE!

>> Kathy: I THOUGHT THAT PAUL WAS GOING TO GO RIGHT INTO THE NET.

>> BJ: LEAD BACK TO TWO.

WINTERFELD!

24 KILLS ON THE NIGHT.

>> Kathy: SHE IS HITTING RIGHT OVER NORTON.

THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENCE IN HEIGHT AND ELEVATION.

>> BJ: IT IS A RACE TO 15.

TO THE OUTSIDE, PEYTON PETERSEN, WAS THAT OUT?

NO, THEY SAY IT IS IN!

SIDE OUT FOR DIKE-NEW >> Kathy: GREAT JOB GOING WITH THAT LINE, CHANGING IT UP!

BUT NOW SHE IS BACKCOURT!

>> BJ: SOME BIG MOMENTS HERE FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD .

WESTERN -- >> Kathy: GREAT READ BY JENSEN.

>> BJ: BACK ROW ATTACK , THAT ALMOST GOT IN!

WESTERN NOT AGREEING WITH THE CALL, AND IT IS NOW 9-6!

>> Kathy: WANTS A TIME-OUT ON THAT ONE.

NOBODY IS TOUGHER THAN CALLING LINES.

I WOULD RATHER BE A BULLFIGHTER!

>> BJ: IN COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL YOU GET A COUPLE OF CHALLENGES, AS WE GO TO THE DIKE-NEW HARTFORD HUDDLE HERE.

>> YOU HAVE TO GO THERE AND SEAL THE ANTENNA!

DON'T LET THE BALL COME THROUGH THERE, OKAY?

COMMUNICATE WHO WAS GOING TO SET THE BALL.

COMMUNICATE WHO IS SETTING.

DON'T FORGET ABOUT YOURSELF AND YOU WILL BE FINE.

ALL RIGHT?

DIG IN.

EVERYBODY FOCUS.

EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT WE ARE DOING.

HERE WE GO!

>> Kathy: TALKED ABOUT TAKING AWAY THE LINE.

I COULDN'T SEE WHO SHE WAS TALKING TO.

I THINK SHE JUST TOLD HER CENTER, TOO.

I WAS NEVER BIG TO HAVE MY CENTER DROP, BUT THE LONGER THE RALLY, THE MORE LIKELY THE DEFENSE IS NOT IN THE RIGHT SPOT TO TAKE THAT BALL IN.

>> BJ: HERE IS PEYTON PETERSEN, AND THAT IS GOING TO BE BLOCKED OUT.

>> Kathy: THAT WAS A BIG-TIME KILL.

THE HITTER MADE THE ADJUSTMENT.

>> BJ: SIDE OUT FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

PEYTON PETERSEN!

AND THAT ONE WENT INTO THE ANTENNA.

THE WOLFPACK WILL GET THE POINT.

IT IS BACK TO A 12-POINT EDGE.

>> Kathy: GOOD CHOICE!

>> BJ: AND IT PAID OFF!

>> Kathy: YOU JUST KNEW THEY HAD TO GO TO SOMEBODY ELSE, YOU KNOW?

>> BJ: SIDE OUT FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

MARYN BIXBY ON THE ROTATION WILL COME BACK IN.

THIS HAS BEEN A VERY GOOD LINEUP FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD HERE TODAY.

AND IT IS AN ACE!

>> Kathy: SO GLAD.

JENSEN IS A FRESHMAN.

SHE MISSED A PRETTY BIG SERVER EARLIER.

THAT WAS A HUGE ACE !

FOR A 14- YEAR-OLD KID, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

ANOTHER GOOD SIR.

>> BJ: THAT IS GOING TO BE OUT.

ANOTHER ATTACKING ERROR.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WITH THEIR LARGEST LEAD HERE AT FOUR AT 12- 8!

>> Kathy: WESTERN IS NOT OUT OF IT!

>> BJ: JENSEN AGAIN, AND SERVICE ERROR.

BACK AT THREE.

>> Kathy: WINTERFELD HAS A GOOD SERVE.

LET'S SEE WHAT THEY ARE GOING AFTER HERE FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

>> BJ: THEY GO TO THE MIDDLE FOR BIXBY!

>> Kathy: PEYTON PETERSEN, PERFECT DELIVERY TO RUN A QUICK ATTACK ON THE MIDDLE.

>> BJ: TWO POINTS AWAY FROM A THREE-PEAT!

NOW THEY NEED TO MAKE A RUN.

>> Kathy: THEY CAN'T TRADE SIDE OUTS NOW.

>> BJ: OOSTENINK .

JADYN PETERSEN!

NO DEFLECTION!

13-11.

TIME-OUT GOING TO BE TAKEN BY DIKE-NEW HARTFORD!

OKAY!

13-11, LET'S GO TO THE WESTERN CHRISTIAN HUDDLE.

13-11, DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WITH A TWO-POINT EDGE HERE ON WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

>> Kathy: THINK COACH TURNED OFF THE MIC?

>> BJ: BREAK IT DOWN.

WHAT WILL BE THE DIFFERENCE HERE?

>> Kathy: OBVIOUSLY DIKE-NEW HARTFORD NEEDS TO SIDE OUT HERE.

IF THEY SIDE OUT, THEY ARE GOING TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP.

HOWEVER, IF WESTERN SCORES HERE, I COULD SEE WESTERN COMING BACK AND TAKING THIS ALL THE WAY THROUGH!

THEY DON'T WANT TO GET A SIDE OUT WITH PEYTON BACK IN THE FRONTCOURT.

>> BJ: OOSTENINK READY TO GO HERE.

NORTON PLAYS IT OVER TO JADYN PETERSEN.

GOOD DIG OUT OF THE BACK HERE, AND THAT GETS OFF OF THE DIG!

WE ARE AT CHAMPIONSHIP POINT!

>> Kathy: I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE BEST DIG BACK THERE.

AND YOU HAVE PEYTON IN THE FRONTCOURT.

>> BJ: PEYTON -- >> Kathy: BALL CONTROL OVER.

>> BJ: NORTON, BACK TO PEYTON -- >> Kathy: I THOUGHT THE MIKE COLE DOUBLE ON THAT, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT ON CHAMPIONSHIP POINT.

>> BJ: AND VERBURG , WHO HAS BEEN THERE ALL AFTERNOON, HOW ABOUT THIS?

24 COMBINED KILLS FOR VERBURG AND WINTERFELD.

PEYTON PETERSEN LEADING THE WAY, THOUGH, OF ALL PLAYERS, WITH 26 KILLS AND 11 DIGS.

TIGHT BALL!

THIS ONE NOT DONE YET, 14-13!

>> Kathy: COACH VERBEEK IS HITTING THE SCORES TABLE AND SHE IS FIRED!

>> BJ: FINAL TIME-OUT HERE TAKEN BY DIKE-NEW HARTFORD!

>> OVER-THE-TOP, USE THEM, OKAY?

JUST GET YOUR FEET HIGH AND DEEP.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING FANCY.

SO WE ARE JUST GOING TO RELAX.

QUICK PASS.

BRING HER ON THE FLOOR.

JADYN.

ONE PASS IS ALL WE NEED!

HERE WE GO!

>> Kathy: EVERYBODY IN THE ARENA KNOWS WHERE THE BALL IS GOING.

IF I WANTED ANYBODY BUT PEYTON PETERSEN IN THIS SITUATION, SHE WOULDN'T BE MY CENTER FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP POINT.

>> BJ: HALEY WIELENGA WILL SERVE.

>> Kathy: GOOD SERVE, HALEY.

A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THAT ONE.

>> BJ: NORTON PLAYS IT UP.

VERBURG!

>> Kathy: THE PROBLEM IS THESE LAST FEW POSSESSIONS.

THEY ARE SCRAMBLING.

>> BJ: VERBURG!

HEY, THIS ONE IS TIED UP AT 14 >> Kathy: WHAT A COMEBACK!

NO TIME-OUTS!

>> BJ: THIS ONE AIN'T DONE YET!

NORTON, TO THE MIDDLE!

VERBURG!

>> Kathy: DON'T CELEBRATE TOO SOON!

>> BJ: VERBURG THIS TIME WILL GET DOWN, AND NOW WESTERN CHRISTIAN , ARE YOU KIDDING ME, IS AT CHAMPIONSHIP POINT!

DOWN BY FOUR, THEY HAVE RALLIED TO TAKE A ONE-POINT LEAD, AND NOW IT IS CHAMPIONSHIP POINT!

BIG TIME SERVED BY WIELENGA!

AND THEY WON IT!

>> Kathy: THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT!

EVERY COACH IS SOBBING FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN .

>> BJ: WHAT A CLASSIC !

YOUR CLASS 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GOES TO WESTERN CHRISTIAN!

THEY WIN THE OPENING SET, DROP THE SECOND SET, WIN THE THIRD, THEN COME FROM BEHIND IN THE FOURTH, AND YES , DISBELIEF, BUT THERE IS A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP HEADED BACK TO NORTHWEST IOWA, TO WESTERN CHRISTIAN , FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2019!

FOLKS, IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS!

WHAT A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH!

>> Kathy: BOY OH BOY, BOTH TEAMS WENT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP POINT.

THERE IS NOTHING MORE FUN THAN THAT PILE-ON .

THAT IS ALL WESTERN.

FOR THREE CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS THEY HAD TO HOLD THEM OFF!

IT WAS OOSTENINK WHO WAS SERVING, THE LIBERO , AND IT IS SO TOUGH IN THAT SITUATION.

>> BJ: YES, TAMMI VERBEEK , IT IS --I DON'T KNOW IF THIS CELEBRATION IS GOING TO STOP, FOLKS!

WHAT A COMEBACK!

>> Kathy: IT IS SO EVEN.

BOTH TEAMS WERE SIMILAR IN KILLING EFFICIENCY.

THEY ARE GETTING THE CROWD GOING NOW!

>> JIM BEAMER OF THE IOWA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC UNION BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

FANS, YOUR 2022 CLASS 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM!

FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN, ABBY VERBURG!

FROM DIKE-NEW HARTFORD , JADYN PETERSEN!

FROM SUMNER-FREDERICKSBURG, ISABEL ELLIOTT!

FROM HINTON, BAILEY!