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Class 5A - Pleasant Valley Spartans vs. Waukee Northwest Warriors
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The Pleasant Valley Spartans play the Waukee Northwest Warriors for the 5A title.
The Pleasant Valley Spartans play the Waukee Northwest Warriors for the 5A title. Programming support for the 2024 IGHSAU Girls State Volleyball Championships is provided by Fareway, Farmers Mutual Hail and Musco Lighting.
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Class 5A - Pleasant Valley Spartans vs. Waukee Northwest Warriors
Special | 2hVideo has Closed Captions
The Pleasant Valley Spartans play the Waukee Northwest Warriors for the 5A title. Programming support for the 2024 IGHSAU Girls State Volleyball Championships is provided by Fareway, Farmers Mutual Hail and Musco Lighting.
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>> IT IS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7th.
HERE IS A LOOK AT THE EXTREME MARIA IN IOWA.
CHAMPIONSHIP DAY.
AS WE HAND OUT THOSE TROPHIES HERE.
THE FINAL DAY OF VOLLEYBALL IN THE STATE OF IOWA AND IT WILL BE A GOOD ONE.
WE START WITH THE 5A CHAMPIONSHIPS.
WALKING NORTHWEST, LAST YEAR'S CHAMPION, LOOKS TO TAKE DOWN THE OVERALL SEED PLEASANT VALLEY.
GREETINGS, MY FRIENDS.
WE BEGIN WITH ONE OF THE BEST MATCHUPS OF THE DAY.
16:02:02 >> WE DO.
PLEASANT VALLEY BRINGS VETERAN EXPERIENCE.
THE DEFENDING CHAMPS ARE THE ONES TO BEAT TODAY.
I'M EXPECTING A HARD-FOUGHT BATTLE16:02:13 THIS MORNING.
16:02:14 >> LET'S INTRODUCE YOU16:02:15 TO THESE TWO SCHOOLS.
IT WILL START16:02:16 WITH THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS.
THEY HAD A LITTLE SLUMP TOWARD THE END OF THE REGULAR SEASON BUT THEY TOOK IT TO ANOTHER GEAR.
AVENGING BOTH LOSSES.
YOU LIKE ON THE TEAM THAT HAS HELPED THEM GET TO THIS POINT.
16:02:37 >> LOGAN16:02:38 VOTE, A SOPHOMORE, OUTSIDE HITTER.
16:02:39 SHE IS TALENTED AND PHYSICAL.
SHE LEADS THE OFFENSE AND THEY NEED HER TO BE STRONG TODAY.
16:02:46 >> PLEASANT VALLEY ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SIX STRAIGHT TRIP.
MATCH WINNING STREAK.
NUMBER ONE OVERALL WINNING TEAM >> ANOTHER OUTSIDE HITTER, JUNIOR, ISABEL KRAMER.
LEADING ALL 5A WITH FOUR KILLS PER SET.
16:03:07 >> LET'S TAKE IT TO TIM FITZPATRICK WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THESE TWO TEAMS.
>> WAUKEE NORTHWEST FANS, HERE THEY ARE!
AND PLEASANT VALLEY FANS, GIVE IT UP FOR YOU SPARTANS.
>> GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO EXTREME ARENA FOR THE 5A CHAMPIONSHIP.
IT IS TIME TO MEET THE TEAMS.
TIME TO MEET THE TEAMS AND PLAYERS.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO EXTREME ARENA FOR THE 5A CHAMPIONSHIP.
IT IS TIME TO MEET THE PLAYERS AND COACHES IN TODAY'S MATCHUP.
LET'S16:05:28 MEET THE TEAM FROM WAUKEE NORTHWEST.
HERE ARE THE WOLVES.
NUMBER TWO, COLLINS.
16:05:40 >> NUMBER FOUR, EDGINGTON.
NUMBER SIX, LYDIA BURROW, NUMBER SEVEN, ANA PELT.
NUMBER EIGHT, KATY WILLIS.
AND NUMBER 15, GRACE COOPED OF.
YOUR COACHES,16:05:58 JENNIFER'S FANNING, KAYLEE ROUGH PART, ADDIE WALKER AND FRANCIS LUGOSI.
AND KNOW YOUR STARTERS.
FOR THE WOLVES OF WAUKEE NORTHWEST, 5-FOOT NINE SOPHOMORE.
NUMBER FIVE, AVERY VOTE.
A 6-FOOT ONE SOPHOMORE, NUMBER NINE, LOGAN VOTE.
5-FOOT 10 FRESHMAN NUMBER 10, AVERY CORDIS.
NUMBER 11, PIPER LUDWIG.
SIX '01 SOPHOMORE, CASSIDY DENENBERG.
16:06:43 >> YOUR LIB ERO, LONDON TAYLOR.
JODY VOGT.
LET'S MEET THE SPARTANS.
NUMBER TWO, REESE O'DONNELL.
16:07:04 NUMBER FOUR, KAREN WILL IT.
NUMBER SEVEN, LAUREN ROME.
NUMBER 11, OLIVIA HOSKINS.
NUMBER 12, HALEY ASSELIN.
NUMBER 23, MACY'S WEIRS.
NUMBER 26, RILEY JOHNSON.
YOUR ASSISTANT COACHES, APRIL RAO, CLAIRE LIPTAK, MOLARS -- MARISSA ROBERTSON.
AND HERE YOUR STARTERS FOR THE SPARTANS OF PLEASANT VALLEY, A 6-FOOT TWO SENIOR, STELLA SMITH.
A 6-FOOT JUNIOR NUMBER NINE, HENDLEY SCHMIDT.
6-FOOT JUNIOR NUMBER 13, CARSON KELLY.
6-FOOT JUNIOR NUMBER 14, ISABEL KRAMER.
5-FOOT 11 SENIOR, NUMBER 17, GABRIELLA REAGAN'S.
16:08:05 >> 5-FOOT NINE SOPHOMORE NUMBER 20, ADDISON ALLAMAN.
NUMBER THREE, ABBY STATS.
HEAD COACH FOR THE SPARTANS, AMBER WHOLE.
NOW LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LET ME INTRODUCE TO YOU THE OFFICIALS.
THE IOWA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC UNIT, YOUR FIRST REFEREE, JAY GRASSLEY.
SECOND REFEREE, SAMANTHA STONE.
AND YOUR LINE JUDGES, TED MOSHER AND ANA MARTIN REUTER.
FANS, AT THIS TIME, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE STAND IF YOU ARE ABLE TO WE WOULD DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FLAG AS WE HONOR OUR VETERANS.
OUR GREAT COUNTRY OF AMERICA AND THOSE THAT PROTECT OUR FREEDOM EACH AND EVERY DAY WITH THE SINGING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM TODAY PERFORMED BY THE HIGH SCHOOL UNDER THE DIRECTION OF LANDON STELZER.
16:09:08 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM.
Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
>> BEAUTIFUL RENDITION OF OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM.
NOW IT IS TIME TO SET THE STAGE AND SEE WHAT WE THINK ARE GOING TO BE SOME OF THE KEYS TO THIS 5A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AS BETH WEST, OUR ANALYST, BREAKS THINGS DOWN.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WILL TAKE TO WIN THE 5A TITLE?
16:10:46 >> STARTING WITH WAUKEE NORTHWEST,16:10:47 WE MENTIONED HOW THEY HAVE16:10:48 A YOUNG ROSTER.
NO SENIORS ON THE ROSTER.
BUT THEY ARE PHYSICAL BLOCKERS AND THEY ARE SKILLED IN TAKING OVER THE NET.
AND THE FRONT ROW NEEDS TO BE ACTIVE AND AGGRESSIVE TO WIN THE NET BATTLE.
AND THEN WAUKEE NORTHWEST JUST NEEDS TO CONTINUE THEIR WINNING MOMENTUM TO DEFEND THEIR STATE TITLE.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR THEM TO EXECUTE THEIR GAME PLAN WITH ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT.
16:11:12 >> YOU CAN FEEL THE EXCITEMENT IN THE HUDDLE AND IN THE BUILDING.
ONE OF THE KEYS FOR PLEASANT VALLEY, THE NUMBER ONE RANKED TEAM.
16:11:20 >> PLEASANT VALLEY, LED BY KREMER ON THE OUTSIDE.
WE TALKED ABOUT HER.
THEY ALSO HAVE TALENTED SUPPORTING ATTACKERS IN THE MIDDLE.
SMITH AND RAGINS.
THEY WANT TO UTILIZE THE BALANCE OFFENSE TO KEEP WAUKEE NORTHWEST GUESSING ON WHO THEY WILL SET.
AND THEY WANT TO LEVERAGE THEIR EXPERIENCE AGAINST THIS YOUNG NORTHWEST TEAM.
THE SPARTANS HAVE EIGHT SENIORS, EIGHT JUNIORS ON THE STATE ROSTER.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR THEM TO PLAY WITH16:11:47 POISE AND CONFIDENCE THAT COMES WITH THAT VETERAN EXPERIENCE.
16:11:50 >> WE HAVE VETERAN OFFICIALS HERE AS WELL.
AND WE ARE JUST MOMENTS AWAY FROM THE OPENING SERVE.
WAUKEE NORTHWEST, THE NUMBER SIX SEED IN THE 5A WILL BE WEARING THE DARK UNIFORMS.
THERE IS16:12:02 A LOOK AT PLEASANT VALLEY WITH THE WHITE UNIFORMS ON YOUR SCREEN.
>> PLEASANT VALLEY REPRESENTING THE MISSISSIPPI ATHLETIC CONFERENCE.
THEY16:12:14 WENT 8-1 IN THE CONFERENCE AND WAUKEE NORTHWEST REPRESENTING THE CMIL.
WE WILL HAVE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS INCLUDING BEING ABLE TO LISTEN INSIDE THE HUDDLES FROM THESE EXPERIENCED COACHES.
AND WE ARE READY FOR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP VOLLEYBALL.
WAUKEE NORTHWEST WORKING IT TO THE OUTSIDE.
OFF THE TOP OF THE NET.
GREAT EFFORT DEFENSIVELY IN THE BACK ROW.
A QUICK SET MIDDLE.
THAT IS DOWN TO THE FIRST POINT.
THERE WILL BE A LOT OF POINTS TODAY.
A GOOD RALLY IN THE FIRST POINT GOES TO PLEASANT VALLEY.
16:13:02 >> PLEASANT VALLEY GETTING16:13:03 THE16:13:04 MIDDLE INVOLVED RIGHT AWAY IN THIS FIRST POINT.
RAGINS CUTTING IT BACK IN16:13:12 THE MIDDLE ON THAT QUICK SHOT.
16:13:13 >> RAGINS TREMENDOUS.
A SENIOR.
158 KILLS.
BUT IS SO EFFICIENT HITTING NEARLY 450 FROM AN ATTACK PERCENTAGE.
MIDDLES USUALLY HAVE A HIGH ATTACK PERCENTAGE BUT RAGINS TAKES IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL.
LOOKING TO GET ON THE BOARD.
ANOTHER VERY LONG RALLY HERE IN THIS OPENING SET.
PATIENCE AND A PUSH.
A NICE DEFENSIVE PLAY THERE.
BY ALLAMAN.
IT IS 2-0.
THESE TWO TEAMS HAVE A REALLY TOUGH DEFENSE.
THEY WILL DIG A LOT OF BALLS.
GET READY FOR MORE LONG RALLIES, ERIC.
16:14:02 >> BUCKLE UP.
IT WILL16:14:03 TAKE A WHILE TO EARN THE POINT.
GOOD BACK ROAD DEFENSE BY BOTH TEAMS AND THAT IS WHAT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE KEY FACTORS LEADING THEM TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
DIG AFTER DIG.
GOOD PASSING.
BACK ROW SWAYING.
LOVE THE EFFORT.
HOLY BUCKETS!
WHAT APPLY!
AND IT IS A 3-0 START FOR PLEASANT VALLEY.
16:14:36 >> HOW TO THE SPARTANS GET THAT UP?
THEY ARE RELENTLESS PURSUING THE BALL ALL THE WAY TO THE SIDELINES, TO THE TABLE AND THEN ABLE TO PUT A THREE BALL OVER.
UNFORTUNATELY A WOLVES ERROR TO END IT.
16:14:48 >> 3-0, THE SCORE IN THE OPENING SET.
UNORTHODOX SWAYING.
AND OFF THE HANDS OF THE BLOCK AND OUT OF BOUNDS.
GLADLY PUT THERE.
COULD NOT CONTROL THE BLOCK.
I WOULD THINK JODY VOGT MIGHT CALL A TIMEOUT SOON AS IT IS 4-0 IN FAVOR OF PLEASANT VALLEY.
CONTROLLING THE SERVE.
IT WILL BE A SERVICE ACE.
EVERYTHING CLICKING FOR THE SPARTANS WHO ARE THE 27 MATCH WINNING STREAK.
AND THERE IT IS.
A TIME NOW AFTER A QUICK 5-0 START.
16:15:33 >> REALLY IMPORTANT TO START STRONG IN ANY MATCH.
BUT ESPECIALLY THE STATE TITLE MATCH.
THERE ARE NERVES AND EXTRA ENERGY.
IT IS REALLY LOUD IN HERE.
THESE TWO SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES BROUGHT INCREDIBLE CROWDS.
SO A REALLY GOOD JOB FROM PLEASANT VALLEY TO START STRONG.
16:15:49 >> HERE'S A LOOK AT THE 5A TOURNAMENT BRACKET.
AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN, YOU SEE PLEASANT VALLEY.
NOT ONLY DID THEY WIN IN THE QUARTERFINALS BUT THEY SWEPT WAUKEE.
NOT ONLY DID THEY WIN IN THE SEMI FINALS BUT THEY SWEPT DOWLING CATHOLIC.
SO THEY HAVE NOT EVEN LAUNCHED A SET HERE EAT.
AND WAUKEE NORTHWEST, THEY SWEPT ANKENY AND THEN A THRILLER GAME FIVE YESTERDAY IN THE SEMI FINALS AGAINST ANKENY CENTENNIAL.
WE TOLD YOU NORTHWEST GRADUATED A TON OF TALENT OFF OF LAST YEAR'S CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM RETURNING FOUR LETTER WINNERS.
THAT IS THE FIRST POINT.
IT COMES FROM A SERVICE ERROR.
NOW LET'S SEE WHAT WAUKEE NORTHEAST CAN DO.
JENNY LUBITSCH TO SERVE AS SHE LEADS THE TEAM IN ASIS WITH 47.
QUICK SIDE OUT.
AND THEY GET THE POINT AND THE BALL BACK.
16:16:57 >> GOOD PASS.
YOU CAN SEE REAGAN GOING16:17:03 TO THE SUTTER ON THAT QUICK ONE.
AND CUTTING IT BACK.
AVERY VOGT ON THE DEFENSE.
16:17:09 UNABLE TO CONTROL IT FOR THE WOLVES.
>> QUICKSET MIDDLE AGAIN.
OFF ON THE COMMUNICATION AS SMITH WAS IN THE AIR.
BUT THE HANDOFF IS A TOUGH ONE.
THAT QUICKSET.
AND THE SECOND POINT COMING FOR WAUKEE NORTHWEST.
A NICE PASS.
THE SET ARE WORKING HARD AND IT RESULTS IN ANOTHER KILL.
ACROSS COURT SWAYING.
THAT BUILDS THE LEAD BACK UP TO FIVE IN THE ROTATION.
CHECKING IN AS THEY GET SET FOR ANOTHER SERVE COMING FOR PLEASANT VALLEY.
BIG TIME SWING GOING RIGHT AT THE MIDDLE BLOCKER.
THAT IS A LOGAN VOGT, THE SOPHOMORE MIDDLE HITTER.
16:18:14 >> RUNNING A TWO BALL IN THE MIDDLE.
NORMALLY WE SEE HER ON THE OUTSIDE.
SO A GOOD CHANGE IN THE HITTING PLAN THERE.
SHE HAMMERS THE.
SO CLOSE TO THAT 10-FOOT LINE.
GREAT SHOT JOB BY ANA PELZ, THE DOG KEPT S AND A NICE BLOCK BY CORTEZ, THE FRESHMAN.
PLEASANT VALLEY LEADING BY FOUR.
WELL OFF THE NET.
BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER.
16:18:44 >> ISABEL KREMER USUALLY ON THE LEFT SIDE.
SWINGING RIGHT SIDE IN THAT PATTERN.
HIGH, DEEP ACROSS THE COURT.
IT IS HARD TO DEFEND THE CORNERS.
AND ISABEL KREMER IS A SOLID PLAYER AND KNOWS HOW TO FIND THE16:19:04 CORNERS.
16:19:05 >> 285 KILLS THE SEASON.
A 4-2-6 KILL EFFICIENCY AND AVERAGING NEARLY FIVE PER SET.
NICE RETURN BY LOGAN VOGT.
AND IT FEELS LIKE WAUKEE NORTHWEST, AFTER DIGGING THE FIVE-POINT HOLE EARLY, ARE STARTING TO GET INTO THE FLOW.
GET A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE AS THEY ARE TRADING POINT FOR POINT EARLY IN THE FIRST SET.
16:19:30 >> SETTLING16:19:31 DOWN A LITTLE BIT ON THE OFFENSE.
THE WOLVES TRYING TO GET THE PHYSICAL TOLL BLOCK IN FRONT OF THESE SPARTAN HITTERS.
16:19:42 >> IT IS IMPORTANT.
>> IT16:19:43 IS.
THEY ARE GETTING TOUCHES.
BUT EARLY-ONSET ONE, WE SAW THE SPARTANS GO OFF THE HANDS OF THE WOLVES.
SO TRYING TO GET THAT BLOCKS THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR THEM GOING16:19:52 FORWARD.
16:19:53 >>16:19:54 SMITH HAD A GOOD SERVANT BUT DISGUISING16:19:55 THE SET, EVERYONE IN THE ARENA THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO SET IT.
NO.
DUMPS IT OVER FOR AN EASY POINT.
16:20:05 >> VOGT JUMP SAID SWITCH GIVES HER THE ABILITY, LIKE YOU SAID, TO16:20:07 DISGUISE THAT SO WELL.
16:20:10 >> A BIG SWING.
AND ANOTHER POINT FOR PLEASANT VALLEY AS THEY ARE THE FIRST TO DOUBLE DIGITS HERE.
REAGAN SUCH A STRONG PLAYER COME THAT SENIOR WITH 158 KILLS IN THE SEASON.
16:20:25 >> WE HAVE SEEN HER CUT IT16:20:26 BACK TO HER LEFT AND EACH TIME ON HER MIDDLE SWAYING.
IF I WERE WAUKEE NORTHWEST, I WOULD MOVE THAT OVER A LITTLE BIT AND SEE IF SHE CAN HIT THE STRONG SIDE.
I KNOW THEY ARE TAKING THAT AWAY.
TO KNOW THEY ARE COMING BACK.
16:20:43 >> BOTH HAD A GOOD SWING BUT SALES OUT OF BOUNDS.
JUST GET OUT OF THE WAY AND LET THE BALL GO RIGHT PAST YOU AND OUT OF BOUNDS.
16:20:59 >> A SIX-POINT LEAD NOW.
THE LARGEST16:21:01 OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.
THEY NEEDED A POINT AND WAUKEE NORTHWEST GOT IT THERE.
16:21:11 >> WE SAW THE OFF SEE OFFSPEED SHOT.
OUT OF SYSTEM BALL.
FROM BEHIND THE SHOULDER.
TIMING THE APPROACH CORRECTLY.
JUST CHANGING THE SPEED ON THE SWING TO THROW OFF THE SPARTANS 16:21:34 >> OUT OF BOUNDS.
WE LOOK AT THIS BLOCK ATTEMPT.
THE BLOCK WAS THERE BUT THE BALL SKIPS THROUGH.
16:21:41 >> YOU SAW THEM ON THE REPLAY FLOATING OFF THE NET.
THEY WANT TO GET TIGHT AND SEALED OBVIOUSLY WITHOUT TOUCHING THE NET.
THAT IS HOW YOU CAN GET IT THERE IS A HITTER.
16:21:52 >> WAUKEE NORTHWEST COACHED BY JODI VOGT.
OUTSTANDING ALL-CONFERENCE PLAYER.
VERY WELL KNOWN IN THIS DEPARTMENT.
BROTHERS COACHING IN THE NFL.
SHE WAS AN OUTSTANDING PLAYER AS WELL.
>> AND MAKING IT 13-7.
AND THE ROTATION16:22:19 TO THE BACK ROW,.
AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, HEAD COACH16:22:31 AMBER HALL, 14th SEASON16:22:32 LEADING PLEASANT VALLEY.
HER CAREER COACHING RECORD, 295 VICTORIES.
AND MANY OF THOSE TAKING PLACE AT PLEASANT VALLEY.
16:22:48 >> SHE SAID THIS IS ONE OF16:22:49 THE BEST TEAMS SHE HAS EVER HAD OR HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COACH.
CLOSE TO THE NET.
LOGAN VOGT A LITTLE TOO CLOSE THERE.
NOW IT IS GETTING DOWN TO CRUNCH TIME WHERE WAUKEE NORTHWEST CANNOT ALLOW16:23:11 PLEASANT VALLEY TO PUT A RUN TOGETHER.
16:23:12 >> A SET OF MINI GAMES.
FIRST OF 10, FIRST OF TONY AND A FINAL PUSH TOO.
YOU ARE RIGHT.
IT IS CRUNCH TIME.
WANTING TO MAKE THAT MARGIN SO THAT WAUKEE NORTHWEST CAN COME BACK AND TIE IT UP HERE.
16:23:34 >> ON THE OTHER SIDE, PLEASANT16:23:35 VALLEY STEPPING ON THE GAS TO FINISH THIS OFF.
THEY HAVE NOT TRAILED IN THE OPENING SET.
ANOTHER KILL FOR VOGT.
LET'S LOOK AT THE HITTING PERCENTAGES AS A TEAM.
NUMBER 38, FOR PLEASANT VALLEY.
AND FOR WAUKEE NORTHWEST, JUST 136.
PRETTY LOPSIDED IN THE STATS AS THEIR SIX POINTS SEPARATING THESE TWO SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW.
ANOTHER KILL.
16:24:08 >> GOOD JOB TO GO HIGH16:24:09 OFF THE HANDS OF THE BLOCKERS.
AGAIN, ANOTHER NON-SITTER ASSISTING ON THAT ONE.
GETTING ENOUGH THE TOUCH OF A BLOCK.
16:24:22 >> A GOOD PASS.
PLEASANT VALLEY HAS LOOKED VERY STRONG AND THIS OPENING SET.
TRYING TO FINISH THE JOB.
HOW DO YOU FEEL THE MOMENTUM SHIFTING A LITTLE BIT WITH THE NUMBERS SUCCEED AT WAUKEE NORTHWEST.
16:24:45 >> GOOD COVERAGE FROM THE16:24:46 WOLVES.
SPARTANS GETTING MULTIPLE16:24:47 BLOCK TOUCHES WHERE IT CAME BACK ON THE WAUKEE NORTHWEST SIDE.
RESETTING FOR ANOTHER SWING.
16:24:59 >> THE SET WAS THERE.
SOARING HIGH IS KREMER.
WHAT CAN SHE NOT DO?
16:25:07 >>16:25:08 A MONSTER SWING.
RIGHT TO THE MIDDLE.
REALLY GOOD ELEVATION ON HER SWING.
16:25:19 >> I LOVE THE EFFORT AND THE HUSTLE.
TRYING TO GET TO EVERY BALL HERE.
IN THE ROTATION, ANNA PELDS WILL CHECK IN.
MAKING KREMER IN THE ROTATION.
ANNA PELDS WILL SERVE FOR WAUKEE NORTHWEST.
TRAILING BY FOUR.
MAKE IT FIVE.
YOU HAVE TO BE AGGRESSIVE WITH THE SERVING.
A LITTLE TOO MUCH ON THAT ONE.
16:25:56 >> AGGRESSIVE AND BALANCING16:25:57 IT WITH PLACEMENT AND WORKING THE BACK LINE.
SMART CHOICE.
GOOD IDEA.
MAKE THOSE PASTORS COMMUNICATE AND TALK.
AND THEY DID A GOOD JOB, THE SPARTANS, CALLING THAT ONE OUT.
16:26:07 >> JUST A LITTLE MISS HIT ON THAT ONE.
JUST CAME OFF OF HER HAND A LITTLE AWKWARD.
16:26:13 >> PLEASANT VALLEY HAS BEEN DOMINANT.
WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IOWA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS.
THE WON STATE TRACK AND STATE SOFTBALL.
WAS SICK AND THEY WON.
RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE PLAYING FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP IN VOLLEYBALL.
16:26:40 >> THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
WOW!
GOOD COACHING.
16:26:42 GOOD STUDENT ATHLETES, COMMITTED TO THEIR SPORTS AND MULTISPORT ATHLETES I'M SURE BETWEEN ALL OF THOSE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
16:26:47 >> I LIKE THE ATTEMPT WITH THE SWING.
BUT THEY ARE THERE TO SHUT IT DOWN.
16:26:58 >> GOOD PRESS.
GOOD SEAL.
INTO THE NET.
END OF THE16:27:08 BLOCK.
GOOD JOB BY WAUKEE NORTHWEST.
AND A SECOND BLOCK.
16:27:20 >> BLOCK PARTY HERE FROM EXTREME16:27:21 ARENA.
16:27:22 THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WAUKEE NORTHWEST16:27:23 NEEDS TO DO TO GET BACK INTO THIS ONE.
GOOD JOB GETTING A NICE SWING OUT OF THIS, NOT GOOD PASS OPPORTUNITY.
AND THE LEAD IS EVAPORATING.
16:27:41 >> LOGAN VOGT SERVING.
THE SOPHOMORE COACHES DAUGHTER.
45 ACES, SECOND-BEST OF THE TEAM.
>> EXPLAINED THIS RULE TO THE16:28:03 VIEWERS THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT16:28:04 IS.
16:28:05 >> A FANTASTIC DIG IN THE BACK ROW FROM LOGAN VOGT.
TWO CONTEXT WHEN YOU ARE NOT16:28:12 TALKING THE BALL SMOOTHLY AND CONSISTENTLY.
BASICALLY TOUCHING IT TWICE.
AS A SET, YOUR HANDS ARE16:28:18 NOT FOLLOWING THROUGH COMPLETELY.
1-2, DOUBLE CONTACT.
>> VOGT TALLIES HER FOURTH KILL.
SHE IS LEADING WAUKEE NORTHWEST IN THAT CATEGORY.
MEANWHILE, KREMER HAS SIX ON 12 ATTEMPTS.
NO HITTING ERRORS.
KREMER ALONE HITTING 500.
VERY EFFICIENT OPENING SET FOR PLEASANT VALLEY AS THEY LEAD NOW BY FIVE NEEDING FOUR POINTS TO SECURE THE FIRST SET.
16:29:00 >> YOU MENTIONED RAGINS.
SHE HAD ANOTHER KILL OUT OF THE MIDDLE.
PRETTY IMPRESSIVE WHAT SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO.
SO CONSISTENTLY HERE IN SET ONE.
>> THAT IS JAY CROSSLEY, SON OF SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY WHO COME A LONG TIME SUPPORTER.
WITH THE TEAM CAPTAIN.
18 DELAY WARNING.
JAY GROSSLY, IF YOU KNOW VOLLEYBALL IN THE STATE OF IOWA, HE COACHES AU AND IS ONE OF THE BEST OFFICIALS OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE HE IS COACHING, THE OFFICIAL HERE IN16:29:51 CLASS 5A.
>> IT IS ALLOWED IN THIS ARENA THIS MORNING.
16:29:54 AND SO SOMETIMES, THE CALL FOR A SERVE OR WANTING TO CALL A TIMEOUT GOES SIMULTANEOUSLY.
LIKE YOU SAID, 18 DELAY.
NOTHING, NO POINTS CHANGING OR ANYTHING HARMED IN THAT REGARD.
BUT WE ARE BACK TO ACTION.
16:30:11 >> THE SWING, THE BLOCK AND NOW A TIMEOUT FOR WAUKEE NORTHWEST AS IT IS 22-16 OFF OF THAT PLAY RIGHT THERE.
A LOT OF PINK.
YOU MAY NOTICE A LOT OF PINK ALL AROUND HERE.
A LOT OF PINK HERE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE EXTREME ARENA AS WELL.
PART OF A GREAT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE GIRLS ATHLETIC UNION AND THE IOWA CITY AREA SPORTS COMMISSION WHO DOES AN AWESOME JOB OF PAINTING CORALVILLE PINK FOR THE GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT.
IT WASN'T THIS WAY MAY BE FIVE, SIX OR SEVEN YEARS AGO BUT REALLY EMBRACING IT AND IT IS NOT JUST FOR THE VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS.
YOU WILL SEE IT AT WELLS FARGO AND THE GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP FOR BASEBALL AND SWIMMING AND ALL OVER THE PLACE.
IT POPS ON TV.
16:31:15 >> THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB POSTING CHAMPIONSHIPS AND A VARIETY OF LOCATIONS AND VENUES ACROSS THE STATE.
THESE IOWA GIRLS GET A TOP-NOTCH EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY MAKE IT TO STATE IN ANY SPORT.
16:31:33 >> TIMEOUT.
LOGAN VOGT16:31:34 WITH THE KILL.
AND A CHANCE TO SERVE.
SHE NOW HAS FIVE.
OUT OF THE ROTATION COMES ANNA PELDS.
SERVING WILL BE AVERY VOGT.
PLEASANT VALLEY, A16:31:48 CALM PAUSE AND COOL DEMEANOR.
NOT THE BEST PASS BUT IT RESULTS IN A POINT.
A GREAT JOB BY THE SETTER DISGUISING IT AS KELLY, CARSON KELLY, THE JUNIOR, HAS 52 KILLS ON THE YEAR TO GO ALONG WITH ALL OF HER 384 ASSISTS.
SHE CAN BE AN OFFENSIVE WEAPON BESIDES SETTING UP16:32:18 HER TEAMMATES.
16:32:19 >>16:32:20 WE HAVE TO KNOCK IT OVER ON THIS SHOT AND THEY DO.
16:32:24 >> MIRACULOUSLY, IT STAYS INSIDE AND INBOUNDS.
AND THIS WORKS FOR A POINT.
16:32:39 >> ABOUT THREE OR FOUR POINTS AND THAT RALLY ON BOTH SIDES.
I THOUGHT IT WAS OUT OF THE REACH OF THESE ATHLETES AND THEY KEEP DIVING AND GETTING IT UP.
PRETTY INCREDIBLE, THE EFFORT THEY ARE PUTTING FORWARD.
A LITTLE HYPED16:32:54 UP.
MIGHT HAVE MISSED THAT SERVE.
TIME TO SETTLE16:32:57 IN.
16:32:58 >> PLEASANT VALLEY IS NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER SIX, WAUKEE NORTHWEST.
A WHISTLE.
AND IT WILL BE A POINT FOR WAUKEE NORTHWEST.
WE EXPLAINED THAT EARLIER ON.
KIND OF OF BALLHANDLING MYSTIQUE.
16:33:22 >>16:33:23 ONE OF THE SKILLS AND VOLLEYBALL THAT16:33:24 IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT AT THE HIGH16:33:25 SCHOOL TO THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL FOR DIVISION I WITH A CHANGE IN RURAL REGARDING DOUBLES AT THE DIVISION I LEVEL.
IN HIGH SCHOOL, CANNOT DO IT.
NO DOUBLES.
16:33:37 >>16:33:38 AMAZING EFFORT.
BUT WAUKEE NORTHWEST GETS THE POINT.
AND AGAIN, WAUKEE NORTHWEST IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
FACING SETPOINTS YET AGAIN.
BUT NO ROOM FOR ERROR PLEASANT VALLEY NEEDS ONE MORE.
CAN THEY GET HERE?
YES, THEY CAN.
SET ONE GOES TO PLEASANT VALLEY ON A 27 MATCH WINNING STREAK.
34-2 OVERALL AS A WIN IT 25-20.
A SPIRITED EFFORT ON BOTH SIDES.
WE ARE BACK WITH THE SECOND SET FROM EXTREME ARENA RIGHT AFTER THIS.
WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED ON IOWA PBS!
>> WELCOME BACK.
>> PLEASANT VALLEY UP TO A QUICK START.
THEN WAUKEE NORTHWEST SETTLED IN.
DEFENSE ON BOTH SIDES.
WE TALKED ABOUT16:35:54 PLEASANT VALLEY AND BEING CONSISTENT AND16:35:55 BEING POISED WITH THEIR EXPERIENCE.
16:35:56 >> HE SPOKE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE16:36:01 OPENING SET.
IF YOU WATCH FROM ALL CAMERA ANGLES.
LOOK AT THE STATS.
ONLY THREE PEOPLE HAD OFFENSE OF POINTS.
KRAMER WITH EIGHT.
FIVE, FOR RAGINS AND ONE, FOR KELLY.
MORE SPREAD OUT FOR WAUKEE NORTHWEST.
LOGAN VOGT16:36:19 HAD SIX KILLS.
THE NEXT HIGHEST HAD TWO.
NEXT IS THE HITTING PERCENTAGE.
BOTH TEAMS HAD 12-14 KILLS BUT MORE EFFICIENT WAS PLEASANT VALLEY WITH THE ATTEMPT.
16:36:41 >> PLEASANT VALLEY, EIGHT HILLS.
HITTING 500.
AND RAGINS IN THE MIDDLE.
FIVE, FOR FIVE.
HITTING A SOLID 100.
AS A TEAM, 3:45 IS A FANTASTIC HITTING PERCENTAGE.
16:37:00 >> TWO16:37:01 SERVICE ACES AND FOR PLEASANT VALLEY16:37:02 AND THAT16:37:03 IS THE DIFFERENCE.
WHEN IT IS TIGHT.
16:37:04 IT IS A GAME OF INCHES.
SO CLOSE BETWEEN A WIN OR A LOSS AT THIS 5A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.
IT WILL INTERESTING TO SEE HOW WAUKEE NORTHWEST RESPONDS.
IN THE SEMI FINALS, THEY SQUEAKED OUT A WIN AVENGING A LOSS TO CENTENNIAL.
THE SCORES WERE 25-21.
25-22, 16-25.
23-25 AND 1816.
A THRILLER SET.
DO THEY HAVE ENOUGH IN THE TANK?
BECAUSE THAT HAD TO HAVE JUST BEEN A SICKLY, MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY EXHAUSTING JUST TO GET TO THIS MATCH.
16:37:40 >> EXACTLY.
WALKING NORTHWEST BACK AND FORTH.
OF 2-0.
THEN A FIFTH SET.
AT THE END, TIED.
FINALLY, LIKE YOU SAID, THEY SQUEAK IT OUT 18-16.
I HOPE THEY GET SOME GOOD SLEEP LAST16:37:58 NIGHT.
THEY WILL TURN IT UP.
WE MENTIONED GETTING OFF TO A SOLID,16:38:07 FRESH START AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SET.
16:38:10 >> WAUKEE NORTHWEST, FOR THE FIRST TIME CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH, HAS16:38:19 THE LEAD.
A GOOD SERVE AND BLOCK.
THAT IS ONE AREA THAT WAUKEE NORTHWEST BEAT PLEASANT VALLEY.
16:38:27 >> THEY HAVE16:38:28 A TALL FRONT LINE FOR THE WOLVES.
16:38:29 THEY ARE YOUNG BUT THEY KNOW HOW TO BLOCK.
THEY CONCEAL THE NET.
TWO POINTS IN A ROW HERE.
AGAINST THE TOP SPARTAN HITTERS.
1, BLOCK ON KRAMER.
2, BLOCK ON REAGAN.
GOOD JOB IDENTIFYING THE HITTERS.
FOLLOWING, TRACKING AND PRESSING STRONG OVER THE NET.
16:38:52 >> THEY DID NOT NEED TO BLOCK THE ON.
IT IS A LITTLE DEJA VU AND RIVERS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS THE THING.
BUT JUST LIKE HOW THE FIRST16:39:02 SET STARTED WITH PLEASANT VALLEY ON A RUN, THE SECOND SET STARTS WITH ANOTHER RUN.
BUT FOR WAUKEE NORTHWEST, GREAT SURVEYING.
VERY WELL DISGUISED.
A LITTLE HOLE DOUG BY PLEASANT VALLEY BUT MANAGEABLE TO GET OUT.
WHAT A GREAT INDIVIDUAL PLAY GOOD JOB FROM THE KELLY SETTER.
IDENTIFYING THE MIDDLE OF THE COURT.
KNOWING HER HITTERS WERE STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT.
TAKING MATTERS INTO HER OWN HANDS TO GET THAT SITE OUT FOR HER TEAM.
AND THE LITTLE EXTRA HELP FROM THE TOP FOR THE ACE.
16:39:40 >> YOU DON'T WANT TO GAMBLE AND SERVE IT TO THE TOP OF THE NET ENDED THAT TAPE.
BUT IF YOU CAN GET IT WITH ENOUGH POWER MOMENTUM SPIN AND IT CAN JUST DRIBBLE OVER, CHANCES ARE THE DEFENSE CANNOT GET TO IT.
IT'S LIKE A GAME OF PRICES RIGHT.
>> EXACTLY.
YOU DON'T WANT16:40:05 TO TRUST THE16:40:06 NET BUT GENERALLY, YOUR AIMING BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE ANTENNA AND THE NET.
YOU WANT TO DRIVE IT THROUGH THE ZONE AND REALLY MAKE IT TOUGH FOR THE OTHER TEAM TO PASS IT.
16:40:20 >> A 3-016:40:21 DEFICIT.
NO PROBLEM AT ALL FOR PLEASANT VALLEY AS NUMBER THREE GOES BACK TO SERVE.
THIS IS ABBY STATS, THE SENIOR.
SHE HAS BEEN A PLAYER FOR A LONG TIME.
AND A HUGE REASON WHY SHE HAS A BIG SMILE ON HER FACE.
16:40:35 >> SHE HAS ANOTHER ACE.
>> SHE HAS, HEADING INTO THIS CHAMPIONSHIP,16:40:44 21 ACES, WHICH IS THIRD-BEST ON THE TEAM.
16:40:49 >> BLOCKED BUT IT GOES OUT OF BOUNDS.
GOOD JOB ATTACKING THE BLOCK AND THE KILL WILL GO.
I WANT TO GO BACK TO STATS.
NOT16:41:02 THE16:41:03 TALLEST PLAYER BUT VOLLEYBALL IS SO AMAZING BECAUSE THERE IS KIND OF A POSITION FOR EVERYBODY.
16:41:08 >> ABSOLUTELY.
AS A LIBERO, WHAT IS KEY IS BEING QUICK.
BEING ABLE TO READ16:41:14 AND REACT.
SO REFLEXES, BALL CONTROL.
AS A BACKROAD OFFENDER, WHETHER YOU ARE 4-FOOT 10, 6-FOOT THREE.
WHATEVER HEIGHT AND SIZE YOU ARE, WHAT MATTERS IS READING WHAT IS COMING AT YOU AND REACTING TO IT QUICKLY AND A STRONG AND SOLID PLATFORM TO KEEP THE BALL ALIVE.
ABSOLUTELY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THE TALLEST IN THE FRONT ROW TO HIT AND BLOCK.
THERE IS A SPOT FOR EVERYONE.
JUST DEPENDING ON YOUR VARIOUS SKILLS.
I COULD NOT BE A SETTER.
MY HANDS ARE HORRIBLE.
SO BACK ROW STUDYING, HITTING.
BLOCKING.
A LOT OF DIFFERENT SKILLS IN THE SPORT OF VOLLEYBALL.
16:42:01 >> ONE'S SKILL IS SLAMMING16:42:02 IT DOWN TO THE COURT AS HARD AS YOU CAN.
KREMER HEATING UP.
AS WE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS, THE APPROACH IS PERFECT.
16:42:11 THE BLOCK WAS THERE.
UP AND OVER THE BLOCK.
16:42:19 >> OFTEN OVER.
16:42:20 SHE CAN HIT SHARP AROUND IT.
USING HER HAND AND HER WRIST HITTING AT DIFFERENT ANGLES.
VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE JUST SAW FROM WAUKEE NORTHWEST.
AND IS STRONG AND SOLID SWING WORKING AROUND.
16:42:32 >> FOUR KILLS ON EIGHT ATTEMPTS.
NO HITTING ERRORS.
HITTING 500.
THAT WILL BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR AN ACE.
YOU CAN SCORE WITH A BIG SWING AT THE NET AND YOU CAN SCORE WITH AGGRESSIVE SERVING AS WELL AS ANNA PELDS, THE DS.
16:43:01 >> THAT IS THE FUN THING ABOUT16:43:02 VOLLEYBALL.
A POINT IS A POINT, WHETHER IT IS A SOFT TIP OR WHETHER IT IS ON PURPOSE OR WHETHER IT IS BY ACCIDENT OR WHETHER IT IS A HARD SLAM.
YOU DON'T GET MORE POINTS IF YOU HIT IT AT HIGHER MILES PER HOUR.
A POINT16:43:17 IS A POINT.
16:43:18 >> YES.
TRYING TO DISGUISE IT.
PLAYING A GAME OF CHESS.
TRYING TO MIX UP WHAT YOU ARE THROWING AT YOUR OPPONENT.
16:43:24 >> TIED AT SEVEN.
STELLA SMITH.
RIGHT NOW, TRYING TO GET HER 30TH ACE.
16:43:35 >> SMITH, A SENIOR.
PATIENT AND COMPOST.
ANOTHER ATTACK.
>> PLEASANT VALLEY, KNOWING THAT LOGAN VOGT IS A TOP ATTACKER FOR NORTHWEST.
TWICE IN A ROW, THEY GET BLOCK TOUCHES.
THE WOLVES UNABLE TO KEEP IT ALIVE ON THAT COVERAGE.
16:44:12 >> DOWN FOR THE16:44:13 POINT.
LOVE THE PURSUIT.
DIVING RIGHT INTO THE FRONT ROW.
CAUGHT BY HER TEAMMATES.
I BELIEVE ONE OF THE TEAMMATES THAT CAUGHT HER, I WANT TO BRING THIS UP.
IT IS NUMBER 23, BASEY SWEARS.
SHE IS A SOPHOMORE AND SHE IS ON CRUTCHES.
SHE HASN'T BEEN WITH THE TEAM OR ABLE TO PLAY.
ONE OF THE TOP SOPHOMORE ATTACKERS IN THE STATE.
PLEASANT VALLEY IS SO GOOD THAT THEY COULD NOT ONLY PLAY FOR A STATE TITLE WITHOUT HER, MIGHT WIN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WITHOUT HER, BUT HOW GOOD WOULD THEY BE WITH HER?
THAT IS SPORTS,16:44:48 RIGHT BOTH?
DEALING WITH ADVERSITY AND INJURY AND THINGS.
EVEN THOUGH SHE IS NOT ON THE COURT, SHE IS HERE TO HELP CHEER ON HER TEAMMATES.
16:44:58 >> EXACTLY.
A TOUGH SQUAD FOR SURE.
BEING ABLE TO FILL IN FOR HER AFTER HER INJURY.
SO PROVIDING LEADERSHIP AND ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT TO HER TEAMMATES.
BUT IT IS16:45:12 KIND OF CRAZY TO THINK HOW TOUGH THEY MIGHT BE IF SHE WERE STILL PLAYING.
16:45:19 >> YOU KNOW SHE WILL BE BACK AS SHE IS JUST A SOPHOMORE.
10-8, THE SCORE IN THE SECOND SET.
ANOTHER HEADFIRST DIVE.
LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS.
WITHIN > >> A LOT OF THEM HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND BEING IN HIGH COMPETITION, STRESSFUL ENVIRONMENTS.
MAY BE ON THE SOCCER FIELD.
HOW DOES IT TRANSFER WHEN YOU ARE PLAYING16:53:32 FOR A VOLLEYBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP?
16:53:33 >> EXACTLY.
AND I LIKE WHEN THEY ARE COACHED BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT SPORTS.
OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE UTILIZING DIFFERENT MUSCLES ON DIFFERENT THINGS PHYSICALLY.
FROM A MENTAL PERSPECTIVE, BUILDING THAT PERSEVERANCE AND WORKING WITH OTHER TEAMMATES.
FANTASTIC FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
BRINGING IT BACK TO KICKING THE VOLLEYBALL.
YOU HEAR A LOT ABOUT BETTERING THE BALL.
MAKING THE TOUCH BETTER ABOUT HOW YOU ARE CURRENTLY CONTACTING IT.
BETTERING THE BALL.
>> WE HAVE A GOOD ONE AS WE HEAD DOWN THE HOME STRETCH FOR THE SECOND SET.
PV WOULD WANT NOTHING MORE THAN TO GO UP TWO SETS, TO ONE.
WAUKEE NORTHWEST HAS LED THE MAJORITY OF THE SET.
WAUKEE NORTHWEST, SOMEBODY GOT IN THE NET.
NOW WE ARE DEADLOCKED AT 18 ALL AND IS SERVED COMING FROM STELLA SMITH.
16:54:49 >> THE BLOCK WAS16:54:50 THERE.
THEY READ IT WOULD BE A SHORT TIP.
TRYING TO HANG IN THE AIR TO GET IN TOUCH AND BRING IT BACK OVER WHICH THEY DID.
UNFORTUNATELY ON THE FOLLOW-THROUGH, GOT THE NET.
16:55:02 >> A LITTLE BIT OUT OF SORTS AS THEY APPROACH THE SET AND EVERYTHING JUST OUT OF SYNC.
TAKING ADVANTAGE HERE IS PLEASANT VALLEY ON THE 27 MATCH WINNING STREAK.
SMITH, A MIDDLE HITTER, CAN PLAY BACK ROW WITH THE BEST OF THEM.
THERE SHE IS WITH A NICE PASS.
A SMART PLAY TO SEND IT OVER WAS AVERY VOGT.
OFF THE HANDS.
TO THE OUTSIDE.
IS IT IN?
IT IS.
ALL TIED IN 19.
16:55:43 >> THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE.
LOGAN VOGT ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
16:55:52 >> AND NOW SHE WILL SERVE FOR WAUKEE NORTHWEST.
AND16:55:55 IT IS A SERVICE ACE.
VOGT.
A SOPHOMORE, HAD COME IN THE REGULAR SEASON, 45 ACES.
ARGUABLY NONE BIGGER THAN THAT ONE RIGHT THERE.
16:56:10 >> A HUGE ACE.
FIRST OF 20.
NOW PUSHED TOO.
>> RAGINS, THE MIDDLE HITTER.
TYING IT UP AT 20.
AND THEIR LOCATION, KELLY WILL CHECK IN.
16:56:34 >> SO IMPRESSED WITH RAGINS TODAY.
GOING BACK TO HER LEFT.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT16:56:37 IN THE FIRST SET.
SHE LIKES THAT SHOT AND16:56:40 SHE DOES VERY EFFECTIVELY.
16:56:43 >> BOTH TEAMS HITTING OVER IT 200 ATTACK PERCENTAGE HERE IN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.
21-20.
16:56:55 >> WE JUST SAW COACH VOGT TELLING THE BLOCKERS16:57:01 TO MOVE THAT OVER.
SAME THING.
BACK TO THE16:57:04 LEFT.
SHE WILL KEEP GOING TO IT.
UNTIL THEY STOP HER, SHE KNOWS WHERE TO PLACE IT FOR THE SPARTANS.
16:57:10 >> POWER BY KAYLEE CORDS.
PLAYING LIKE AN UPPER FRESHMAN.
NOW SHE WILL GET A CHANCE TO SERVE.
5-FOOT 10 MIDDLE HITTER.
16:57:22 SHE MIGHT GROW A FEW MORE INCHES.
16:57:25 >> WHO16:57:26 KNOWS.
16:57:27 >> WHEN EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF THESE UNDERCLASSMEN FOR WAUKEE NORTHWEST.
16:57:31 FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORES THAT WANT TO COME BACK16:57:37 AND HAVE THIS TASTE16:57:38 OF STATE VOLLEYBALL AND CHAMPIONSHIP VOLLEYBALL AGAIN AND AGAIN.
16:57:40 >> HOW SPECIAL THAT HEAD COACH JODI VOGT16:57:50 GETS TO COACH TWO OF HER DAUGHTERS.
16:57:51 >>16:57:52 LAST YEAR WAS THREE.
16:57:53 >> A PRETTY COOL EXPERIENCE.
MOST DO NOT HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
PLEASANT VALLEY PLAYING SOME GREAT VOLLEYBALL AS WE WRAP UP THE SECOND SET.
THEY WERE READY FOR THAT.
A GOOD PASS.
IN THE NET DEFENSIVELY WILL BE WAUKEE NORTHWEST.
23-21.
AND ELBOW ON THE WAY UP CAUGHT IN THE NET.
>> A GOOD SWING FOR HOW FAR BACK SHE WAS OFF THE NET.
RETURN.
AND DOWN FOR THE POINT.
A MIDDLE HITTER SOPHOMORE PUNCHING IT THROUGH TO MAKE IT 23-22.
16:58:48 >> THIS IS SOME HIGH LEVEL, HIGH-CALIBER VOLLEYBALL HERE IN THE 5A RALLIES BACK AND FORTH.
CHASING IT DOWN.
16:58:59 >> WHO ELSE BUT KREMER ON THE OUTSIDE?
16:59:14 >> THAT IS THE GO TO A.
SHE HAS PROVEN SHE CAN PUT IT AWAY.
WHY NOT CONTINUE TO GO TO WHAT WORKS AND WHAT THEY TRUST IN AND WHAT THEY CAN DO.
16:59:20 >> LET'S LISTEN AND SAID THE HUDDLE WITH THE COACH.
16:59:29 >> IT IS LIKE16:59:30 ANY OTHER GAME YOU PLAYED THIS WEEK.
YOU GET ONE POINT AT A TIME AND KEEP FIGHTING.
WE ARE EFFECTIVE WHEN16:59:38 WE RUN THE OFFENSE.
>> WE APPRECIATE JODI VOGT AND THEIR FOURTH SEASON.
WAS LISTEN TO THE OTHER HUDDLE.
16:59:52 >> STELLA, BE READY FOR ONE.
SHUT HER DOWN.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO.
17:00:01 >> WE APPRECIATE AMBER HALL AND HER 14TH SEASON LETTING US PUT THE MICROPHONE ON SO WE CAN BRING YOU, THE VIEWERS AT IOWA PBS ALL THE SIGHTS, SOUNDS AND MOTIONS FROM THE EXTREME ARENA.
ERIC BRALEY AND BETH WEST ON THE CALL.
IT IS SET POINT.
ARE THEY GOING TO RUN OUT OF ROOM?
THEY ARE.
WE HAVE TALL CEILINGS HERE JUST NOT ENOUGH SPACE TO TRACK IT DOWN.
17:00:32 >> THAT IS A BIG SWING FROM DANNENBERG.
RUNNING THE SLIDE17:00:41 BEHIND.
DROOLING IT DOWN THE LINE.
A GOOD TOUCH FROM THE SPARTANS.
LIKE YOU SAID, THEY RAN OUT OF ROOM.
STAYING ALIVE, WAUKEE NORTHWEST.
17:00:50 >> SETPOINT AGAIN.
BLOCKED.
GOING NEAR KRAMER.
TO THE NET.
17:00:56 >> 24 ALL HERE IN THE SECOND.
17:01:04 >> THE RIGHT IDEA FROM KRAMER.
17:01:05 SHE GOT BLOCKED ON THE FIRST ONE.
HER TEAM COVERED IT.
SHE WAS TRYING TO GO SHARP.
TRYING TO17:01:11 WORK AROUND THE BLOCK.
THE RIGHT IDEA.
JUST INTO THE NET.
17:01:14 >> FIGHTING OFF17:01:15 TWO SETPOINTS.
AND NOW A BLOCK ON THE RUN CONTINUES.
REVERSED AS WAUKEE NORTHWEST HAS A SET POINT IN THEIR FAVOR AND A TIMEOUT ON THE COURT.
THE FANS THAT TRAVELED FROM WAUKEE ARE LOVING THIS.
17:01:32 >> SOME WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE BY PLEASANT VALLEY.
LET'S SEE WHAT AMBER HALL HAS TO SAY.
>> MIND OVER MATTER.
THEY HAVE TO BELIEVE THEY CAN DO IT.
RIGHT.
WAUKEE NORTHWEST JUST DID IT.
17:02:14 >> WHAT A GREAT INSTRUCTION FROM AMBER HALL TO THE PLEASANT VALLEY SQUAD.
SAYING, WE WILL GET A GOOD PASS.
WE HAVE GREAT OPTIONS IN THE FRONT ROW.
WE WILL DO THIS.
NOT IF OR MAYBE BUT WE ARE.
17:02:29 >> THERE17:02:30 IS A GOOD PASS.
A GOOD SET.
THE ATTACK.
THE BLOCK WAS THERE.
WE PLAY ON AND IT IS INTO THE NET AND A RUN CONTINUES FOR WAUKEE NORTHWEST.
WE DIDN'T THINK THIS WOULD BE A SWEEP, DID YOU?
17:02:44 >> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
THESE NUT TWO TEAMS, NO.
17:02:53 >> THE DEFENDING CHAMPS.
TIED AT 1-1 BACK WITH THE THIRD SET AFTER THIS FROM EXTREME ARENA IN CORALVILLE.
> >> THIS IS WHAT MAKES CHAMPIONSHIP THURSDAY FUN.
17:04:36 >> A FANTASTIC FIRST TWO SETS OF THIS MATCH.
A LOT OF LONG RALLIES AND QUALITY SWINGS ON BOTH SIDES.
WE ARE BACK TO 1-1 AND EVEN AGAIN.
17:04:45 >> I WANT TO SEE SOME HIGHLIGHTS.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE17:04:51 SECOND17:04:52 SET.
SET TWO HIGHLIGHTS HERE ON IOWA17:04:53 PBS.
PRETTY BALANCED.
BUT WE ARE SEEING THE LEADERS THAT HAVE CARRIED THE TEAMS ALL SEASON LONG START TO EMERGE WITH THE NUMBERS THEY ARE PUTTING UP THROUGH THE SETS.
17:05:05 >>17:05:06 WE TALKED ABOUT THE17:05:07 HIGH HITTING PERCENTAGE FOR PLEASANT VALLEY IN SET ONE.
THEY CONTINUE AS A TEAM TO HIT WELL.
THEY ARE STILL HITTING.
269.
SO A GOOD TEAM AVERAGE.
THEY HAD A FEW MISCUES ESPECIALLY AT THE END BECAUSE WAUKEE NORTHWEST FOCUSING THEIR BLOCK ON ISABEL KREMER ON THE OUTSIDE.
RAGINS IN THE MIDDLE DOING FANTASTIC AND HITTING 700.
SO THEY HAVE GOT WEAPONS.
THEY ARE GOING TO REBOUND WELL.
BUT IMPRESSED WITH THE WAUKEE NORTHWEST BLOCK.
BLOCKED THEIR TWO SETS.
EVEN IF IT IS NOT COUNTED ON THE STAT SHEET, THEY ARE GETTING A LOT OF GOOD TOUCHES.
SLOWING DOWN THE SPARTANS17:05:48 SWING.
17:05:49 SO THAT THE WOLVES DEFENSE CAN PICK IT17:05:50 UP AND TRANSITION THAT INTO THE OFFENSE.
17:05:51 >> WE PLAYED ONE HOUR AND WE ARE BACK WHERE WE STARTED, TIED, AS WE GET READY FOR THE THIRD SET.
IN THE SECOND SET, THERE WERE 14 TIES AND EIGHT CHANGES PICK THE LAST17:06:09 WAS PLEASANT VALLEY ON THE COST, ON THE BRINK OF TWO SETS TO NONE.
CANNOT GET IT DONE AS THEY CAME FROM BEHIND.
FOUR TO HAVE TEAM BLOCKS AS THAT HAS BEEN17:06:27 A FOCAL POINT OF THEIR SUCCESS HERE IN CORALVILLE.
OUT OF BOUNDS.
BUT IT WAS TOUCHED.
FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT SET, WAUKEE NORTHWEST GETS THE POINT.
17:06:42 >> THE CONNECTION BETWEEN AVERY AND DANNENBERG GETS MORE COMFORTABLE AS THE MATCH GOES ON.
A GOOD SET.
DANNENBERG FEELING CONFIDENT.
17:06:53 >> SO KREMER HAS 13 OF THE TEAM KILLS.
IS THAT CONCERNING OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT WAUKEE NORTHWEST COULD POTENTIALLY SLOW DOWN BECAUSE IT IS GOING EARLY AND OFTEN WITH IS ABOUT KRAMER.
13 OF 30 TOTAL TEAM KILLS.
17:07:19 >> SHE IS17:07:20 TALENTED OUTSIDE.
IT IS NOT CONCERNING FROM17:07:21 THE STANDPOINT OF A GOOD PLAYER.
17:07:26 >> TRYING TO PUT UP A17:07:27 GOOD BLOCK IF YOU17:07:28 ARE WAUKEE NORTHWEST TO GET TOUCHES TO SLOW HER DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
BUT SHE WILL GET IT REGARDLESS.
CONTAINING AN SLOWING DOWN ARE LIKELY THE FOCUSES.
FOR PLEASANT VALLEY, THEY KNOW THEY17:07:45 HAVE MORE17:07:46 WEAPONS AND MORE ATTACKERS THAN JUST17:07:47 KREMER.
RAGINS DOING WELL.
SMITH IN THE MIDDLE.
POTENTIALLY GETTING OTHERS INVOLVED SO THAT WAUKEE NORTHWEST HAS TO FOCUS17:07:57 THE BLOCK17:07:58 AND GIVE KREMER MORE OPPORTUNITIES.
17:07:59 >> SHE IS THE ONLY PLAYER, KREMER WITH DOUBLE-DIGIT KILLS THROUGH THE FIRST TWO SETS.
ALMOST CAME AWAY WITH ANOTHER ONE THERE.
EARLY ON HERE IN THE THIRD SET.
KEPT ALIVE.
TRACKING IT DOWN.
SIDE TIP.
AND IT IS DOWN FOR ANOTHER KREMER KILL.
14 NOW.
SECOND POINT FOR PV.
17:08:27 >>17:08:28 GOOD CHANGE OF SPEED FROM KREMER THROUGHOUT THE FIRST FEW SWINGS.
SHE HAMMERED IT AND MADE AN ADJUSTMENT TO PARADE OVER THE BLOCK.
17:08:39 >> REALLY LEADING ON THE SWING FROM THE SET.
PUSHING IT OVER.
NEEDING TO SEND IT OVER ON THREE.
THEY DO BUT IT IS TOO LONG.
TURNING.
AWKWARDLY TO MANIPULATE YOUR BODY.
AND TOO MUCH ON THAT IS THAT SALES OUT OF BOUNDS.
17:09:12 >> AS AN OUTSIDE HITTER,17:09:13 YOU ARE GETTING ALL SORTS OF SETS.
MIGHT COME OFF THE PLATFORM OR THE HANDS.
SOME COME FROM BEHIND YOUR SHOULDER PICKS THEM ARE PERFECT.
RIGHT ON.
SOME ARE TIGHT.
YOU LEARN TO ADJUST.
AS AN OUTSIDE HITTER, HE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A TOOL BAG OF DIFFERENT SHOTS YOU CAN PULL OUT DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF SET THAT YOU GET.
SO HE TALKED ABOUT THAT ONE COMING AWKWARDLY FROM BEHIND.
AND THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
17:09:40 >> INTO THE FRONT ROW.
SHE HAS HAD A TREMENDOUS SEASON FOR PLEASANT VALLEY.
SMITH RIGHT NEXT TO HER.
SMITH TIP.
KREMER IS BLOCKED BUT HE GOES OUT OF BOUNDS AND A POINT FOR17:10:07 PLEASANT VALLEY.
SIX CONSECUTIVE TRIPS TO STATE FOR THE SPARTANS.
A LOOK BACK AT THE'S DECISION FLYING IN.
ONE BLOCKER ACROSS FROM HER.
OUT OF BOUNDS.
OFF THE BLOCK.
AND A SIDE OUT AS NUMBER SEVEN CHECK SOON.
NUMBER SEVEN, FOR PLEASANT VALLEY.
AND ANNA PELDS, NUMBER SEVEN FOR NORTHWEST.
YOU SEE FROM THE CAMERA, HOW POWERFUL THAT WAS.
17:10:43 >> A GOOD VIEW.
USING THE HANDS OF THE BLOCKER.
THE SPARTAN BLOCKER A LITTLE OFF THE NET.
17:10:52 >> A17:10:53 ROLE SHOT.
HOW DID THAT FIND A WAY TO GET DOWN TO THE COURT?
17:10:57 >> REALLY SMART PLACEMENT.
SHOT FROM LOGAN VOGT.
DUG IT UP AND HAD17:11:04 TO APPROACH IT RIGHT AWAY.
AND SO SHOOTS IT DOWN THE LINE.
17:11:13 >> PLEASANT VALLEY, WEARING THE WHITE TOPS.
WAUKEE NORTHWEST IN THE DARK UNIFORMS.
GOING TO BE A POINT FOR PV.
AND AMBER HALL AND HER 14TH SEASON, YOU SEE IN THE SCREEN, REALLY LIKING THE WAY HER TEAM HAS COME OUT KIND OF SETTING THE TONE EARLY AND GETTING THAT FIRST SET VICTORY.
AND THEN YOU HAVE TO EVAPORATE AT THE END OF THE SECOND WHO IS GOING TO COME UP AND START THE THIRD SET.
YOU HAVE TO BE HAPPY.
17:11:53 >> HANGING IN THERE EARLY.
WE HAVE HAD SOME CLOSE CALLS ON A FEW OF THESE.
TO SOME HIGH-LEVEL VOLLEYBALL.
>> FLYING IN FROM THE BACK.
FLYING IN FROM THE BACK.
KREMER.
AND THE SPARTANS PULL WITHIN ONE.
>> I LOVE BOTH SIDES OF THE NET.
UTILIZING THE BACK ROW ATTACKS.
WHEN YOU HAVE A TALENTED PLAYER LIKE KREMER FOR THE SPARTANS OR LIKE LOGAN VOGT FOR NORTHWEST,17:12:34 UTILIZE THEM IN THE FRONT ROW.
THE BACK ROW, HAVE THE TALENT AND ABILITY TO HIT FROM ANYWHERE.
GO AHEAD AND SET THEM.
17:12:45 >> INTO THE NET17:12:46 AND WE ARE TIED AT SEVEN.
LOOKING TO KEEP THE PRESSURE APPLIED17:12:55 HERE IS STELLA SMITH, THE SENIOR.
20 AND THE REGULAR-SEASON.
THE PAST KIND OF DRIFTED TIGHT TO THE NET.
ABLE TO THROW IT UP.
AND17:13:10 IT IS HAMMER TIME, FOR CORDIS.
17:13:19 >> LOOK AT THE ELEVATION ON THE APPROACH JUMP.
A GOOD17:13:22 VERTICAL.
AND ADDING THAT TO THE NOT.
ABLE TO CRUNCH AND HAMMER IT DOWN FOR A KILL.
17:13:28 >> FOUR KILLS HERE.
FOR WAUKEE NORTHWEST.
EIGHT TAKE EIGHT IN THE THIRD.
AS PLEASANT VALLEY WON THE FIRST SET AND WAUKEE NORTHWEST WON THE SECOND.
VOGT SETTING IT UP.
PLEASANT VALLEY JUST GETTING IT OVER THE BLOCK.
AND A SMART DECISION.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEND OVER ON TWO OR THREE RIGHT AWAY IMMEDIATELY.
TAKING IT OVER FOR THE KILL.
17:14:06 >> RAGINS CONTROLLING THE NET MAKING17:14:07 SURE SHE IS TRACKING WHERE THE BALL IS GOING.
SHE WANTS TO17:14:11 OWN MATT AND MAKE SURE NOTHING GETS THROUGH, AS A MIDDLE.
AND A GOOD RESPONSE RIGHT AFTER IT TO GET THE SIDE OUT.
17:14:17 >> SIDE OUT AND SURVEYING, FOR AVERY VOGT, THE SETTER.
YOU CAN TELL17:14:26 SHE JUST KNOWS THE GAME OF VOLLEYBALL INSIDE OUT.
VERY INTELLECTUALLY SMART.
17:14:33 >> HIGH VOLLEYBALL17:14:34 IQ.
JUST AS A REALLY GOOD JOB DISTRIBUTING TO HER HITTERS KNOWING WHEN AND WHERE SHE NEEDS TO SET UP HER TEAMMATES.
SO A GOOD JOB FROM AVERY VOGT RUNNING THE OFFENSE.
SPARTANS, TALKING ABOUT SETTERS AGAIN.
KELLY, THAT WAS SMART.
17:14:57 >> CARSON KELLY, NUMBER 13, THE JUNIOR.
384 ASSISTS IN THE REGULAR-SEASON.
A LOT OF THEM GOING TO KRAMER THERE.
17:15:11 >> IT JUST GOES IN BOUNDS.
ACROSS THE COURT KILL FOR THE POINT.
10-10.
AND THE SERVE IS JENNY LADWIG.
SO MANY UNDERCLASSMEN ON THIS SQUAD THAT ARE NOT ONLY ON THE TEAM BUT ARE PLAYING MEANINGFUL MINUTES.
MEANINGFUL ROLES.
BLOCK POINT.
THEY DO IT AGAIN.
LADWIG AND ON THE FUN.
A GOOD PERCENTAGE OF POINTS COMING FROM THE DEFENSIVE BLOCKS.
17:15:56 >> GETTING THE BLOCK UP AND EARLY.
PRESSING OVER BETWEEN LADWIG AND DANNENBERG.
SOLID ARMS GOING OVER.
>> THE EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE SETTER AND THE HITTER REACHING BACK AND UNABLE TO MAKE CONTACT.
IT JUST FEELS LIKE WE WILL BE NECK AND NECK.
IT IS EIGHT TAKE17:16:26 EIGHT.
NOW IT IS 11-11.
AND WE WILL TURN IT UP TO ANOTHER LEVEL WHEN WE HIT 20.
17:16:34 >> A PUSH TO TRY TO BE THE17:16:35 TEAM THAT HAS THE ADVANTAGE GOING INTO THE FOURTH SET.
SO MUCH POWER ON NOT.
IT SALES MULTIPLE ROWS UP INTO THE ARENA OFF OF THE RICOCHET FOR MY UTILIZING HER STRONG APPROACH AND FAST ARM SWING TO GET THE POWER LIKE YOU SAID.
DRIVING IT DOWN THE LINE.
NOT ANYWHERE CLOSE.
POPPED UP BUT NONRETURNABLE.
YOU SEE THE CELEBRATION ON WAUKEE NORTHWEST.
WHEN I'D PLAYED SPORTS, I DID A LOT OF HIGH-FIVES.
THEY ARE LITERALLY SHOVING EACH OTHER LIKE, WE ARE DOING THIS.
A GREAT PLAY.
17:17:21 >> I WAS JUST THINKING, BE CAREFUL.
THAT IS WHAT WE THINK.
BUT THEY ARE HAVING A BLAST.
THEY ARE PLAYING WITH THAT ENERGY WE TALKED ABOUT.
EXECUTING WITH ENERGY.
SOMETIMES AS A YOUNG SQUAD, THAT IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
LET'S GET AFTER IT.
SPARTANS WITH A RESPONSE.
FROM KREMER.
I LIKE THE MIXUP.
MOVING KREMER AROUND.
MAKING THE WOLVES BLOCK A JUST.
17:17:50 >> KREMER WITH 18 KILLS.
HOW MANY WILL SHE END UP WITH?
30?
SHE IS ON ANOTHER LEVEL IN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH HERE AT 5A.
VOGT WITH 14.
DOUBLE-DIGIT KILLS.
AND IT IS WAUKEE NORTHWEST ABLE TO GET THE POINT17:18:17 AND THE SIDE OUT.
17:18:22 >> WE ARE SEEING THE VERSATILITY17:18:23 OF LOGAN VOGT JUSTIN THESE LAST17:18:24 FIVE POINTS.
WE SAW A HARD-LINE SHOT.
HARD CROSSCOURT AND A SHOT OVER THE BLOCK.
SHE CAN MIX IT UP DEPENDING WHAT THE SET AND WHAT THE BLOCK IS SHOWING HER.
17:18:34 >> THAT IS NO DOUBTS.
LOOKING AT ALL CYLINDERS THEY ARE.
NOT MUCH YOU CAN DEFENSIVELY DO ON A PLAY LIKE THAT FOR THE PAST, THE SET17:18:50 AND EVERYTHING IS JUST PERFECT FOR AN OUTSTANDING HITTER.
ONE OF THE BEST IN THE STATE.
FOLLOWING IT UP WITH A SERVICE ACE.
AND SHE IS NO DOUBT THE MVP SO FAR AND THE THIRD SET.
KREMER.
DID SHE GET17:19:11 ANOTHER ACE?
NO.
THE DOUBLE BLOCKAGE.
RETURN.
BUT IT GOES OUT OF BOUNDS.
POINT MORE IMPORTANTLY PROBABLY ABLE TO GET A17:19:23 SIDE OUT AND GET SOME SERVES GOING.
17:19:25 >> GOOD TOUCH.
HOLDING STRONG.
DIGGING IT.
OUT OF PLAY FOR THE WOLVES POINT.
EVERYWHERE.
17:19:42 >> YOU HAVE SPRINGS FOUND SAYING.
>> 16-14 AS COACH VOGT MOVES ON.
LET'S GET THE NECK CAMERA.
17:19:57 >> SHE IS EVERYWHERE.
17:20:01 >> I LOVE ONE IT IS A BATTLE BACK AND FORTH ABOVE THE NET.
AND IT ILLEGAL SET.
YOU CAN SEE THE ROTATION OF THE BALL.
THAT IS WHAT A LOT OF VIEWERS PROBABLY DON'T KNOW.
WE DON'T HAVE JUST A SOLID WHITE COLORED VOLLEYBALL LIKE 20-30 YEARS AGO WE DID.
IT IS MULTICOLORED.
NUMBER ONE, IT LOOKS COOL.
NUMBER TWO, IT HELPS THE OFFICIALS.
THEY CAN TELL THE ROTATION MIGHT BE A LITTLE OFF.
ANOTHER POINT IN ANOTHER SIDE OUT.
NOT A LOT OF LONG ROUNDS OF TWO, THREE OR FOUR POINTS IN A ROW.
>> GOOD JOB FROM CORTEZ THIS TIME AS IT WAS TIGHT.
KIND OF REVERSING THE FLOW AND THE OTHER WAY.
AWAY FROM THE SPARTAN DEFENSE.
17:21:00 >> WORKING THE17:21:01 OUTSIDE.
A LITTLE WRINKLE IN THE OFFENSE OF ATTACK.
AS ONE.
A POINT AND A SERVE.
CLEANING UP A WET SPOT.
OUTSTANDING JOB BY OFFICIALS THAT GET A POINT SYSTEM TO GET A CHANCE TO WORK STATE.
CLEARLY YOU WANT YOUR BEST OFFICIALS IN THE STATE OF IOWA WORKING THE STATE TOURNAMENT AND THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES.
17:21:29 >> THEY DO A17:21:30 GOOD JOB THROUGHOUT THE SEASON AND AN HONOR TO GET ENOUGH POINTS IN THE PROCESS TO BEEN OFFICIATE AT STATE.
A LITTLE REWARD FOR THEM AS WELL.
17:21:44 >> IN THE NET VIOLATION CALLED AND WEIRD TIED AT 17.
MIGHT AS WELL JUST STARTED 20, RIGHT.
ALL THIS WORK.
NOW A TIMEOUT CALLED BY WAUKEE NORTHWEST.
>> THEY ARE UTILIZING EVERY POINT.
17:22:06 GETTING THE FULL CHAMPIONSHIP EXPERIENCE.
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17:23:00 >> STRONG TEAMS HERE IN IOWA.
AND SO FUN TO BE UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL AND17:23:09 GETTING TO WITNESS THESE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES HERE IN THE EXTREME ARENA.
17:23:18 >> PLEASANT VALLEY WITH THE EDGE.
AND A CHANCE TO SERVE.
AS LINDA BACK HERE AGAIN.
A SENIOR.
BLOCKED.
GIVING WAUKEE NORTHWEST A LITTLE TASTE OF THEIR OWN MEDICINE.
THEY HAVE DONE SO WELL IN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.
LOOK AT THE TIMING.
SHOULD REALLY GOOD FROM THE SPARTANS.
THAT WAS A LOWER FAST TEMPO SET TO THE OUTSIDE SO THE SPARTANS MOVING QUICK17:23:54 LATERALLY TO GET THAT DOUBLE BLOCK.
17:24:03 >> 19-17.
BACK ROW SWING.
JUST MUSCLING IT THROUGH.
I SAW NO GAP.
NO HOLE IN THE BLOCK WHATSOEVER.
SO SHE MADE A HOLE.
17:24:12 >> SHE MADE A HOLE.
THE BLOCK WAS UP.
SHE CAN DO IT ALL.
NICE JOB17:24:18 RUNNING THE17:24:19 BACK ROW ATTACK OUT OF THE MIDDLE.
17:24:20 >>17:24:21 AVERY VOGT SURVEYING.
OUT OF THE NET.
STILL PLAYING VOLLEYBALL.
GREAT PLACEMENT.
17:24:31 >> SMART.
VERY SMART ON THE PLACEMENT.
17:24:33 >> DON'T HAVE TO SEND IT OVER AND THREE.
IF YOU SEE THE ENTIRE OPPONENT'S DEFENSE CREEPING UP CLOSE TO THE NET AND SCRAMBLE MODE, THAT GOLDEN CORNER WAS WIDE OPEN.
>> THE WORST SHOT WAS THE BEST SHOT GETTING THE POINT.
MEANING THAT SHE WAS LEANING17:25:10 BACK AND NOT HER REGULAR APPROACH.
BUT THE PLACEMENT MATTERED MORE THAN THE POWER ON THAT.
17:25:16 >> THE TIMING WAS COMPLETELY OFF.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
WHETHER YOU DO SOMETHING ON PURPOSE OR AN ACCIDENT, SOMETIMES IT WORKS AND THEY GOT THAT POINT.
FOLLOWING UP WITH THE ACE.
HAD A BIG AT THE FOUR-POINT MARGIN?
IT WAS 17-17.
17:25:31 >>17:25:32 IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE.
LET'S SEE17:25:33 WHAT WAUKEE NORTHWEST IS TALKING ABOUT17:25:34 IN THE HUDDLE RIGHT NOW.
17:25:42 >> LEAVE EVERYTHING ON THE COURT.
CROSS ON THE BLOCK.
IF YOU GET IN TROUBLE ON DEFENSE, PLAY THE BALL HIGHS SO17:25:46 SOMEBODY ELSE CAN BETTER THE BALL.
YOU CAN DO THIS.
LET'S GO.
17:25:54 >> BETTER THE BALL.
SOMETHING17:25:55 YOU17:25:56 TALKED ABOUT EARLIER ON IN THE BROADCAST.
1 POINT AT A TIME.
AGAIN, DEMEANOR.
THE BROTHERS OR COACHES.
A STANDS OUT.
TREMENDOUS DIVISION I VOLLEYBALL PLAYER.
TRYING TO PASS THAT ON TO YOUR TEAM.
REMOVE WHEN WE WERE DOWN BY TWO AND CAME BACK TO WIN IN THE SECOND SET?
WE COULD DO IT AGAIN.
17:26:23 >> A GREAT MESSAGE FROM17:26:24 COACH VOGT GETTING THE TEAM RILED17:26:25 UP TO GET THE NEXT POINT AND A PUSH FROM THERE.
17:26:31 >> PLEASANT VALLEY HAS17:26:32 OTHER17:26:33 IDEAS.
JUMPING OUT OF THE JAM WAS RAGINS FOR THIS SOLO STUFF.
TIMING IT PERFECT.
17:26:40 >> STAYING HOME AND BEING READY.
17:26:46 >> NEARLY IDENTICAL STATISTICAL NUMBERS AS WE ARE WRAPPING UP THIS THIRD SET.
AND SETPOINTS LEADING BY SIX, PLEASANT VALLEY.
>> NEEDING ONE MORE TO GO UP TWO SETS, TO ONE.
A BLOCK.
LAST TOUCH OUT OF BOUNDS OFF THE BLOCK.
AND NOW, NET NORTHWEST WAUKEE NORTHWEST NEEDS TO PUT A BIG RUN TOGETHER WITH NO ROOM FOR ERROR.
TWO POINTS IN A ROW.
NOW A FOUR-POINT DEFICIT.
WAUKEE NORTHWEST, DEFENDING CHAMPIONS.
SUPPOSED TO BE A REBUILDING YEAR.
PART OF IT CHAMPION TRYING TO TAKE DOWN NUMBER ONE, PLEASANT VALLEY.
THIRD TIME IS A CHARM.
OVER THE NET.
A LONG RALLY HERE.
PRETTY MUCH EVERY PLAYER IS GETTING INVOLVED.
WE MIGHT SEE A TIMEOUT.
IT IS NOW 24-21.
17:28:28 >> THAT WAS A RALLY.
BACK AND FORTH.
HARD-HIT AND UNCONVENTIONAL SHOTS.
JUST STAYING ALIVE.
SPARTANS TRYING TO PUT IT AWAY.
17:28:43 >> NOT ON THAT ATTEMPT.
IT IS NOW 24-22.
DO YOU BELIEVE?
WAUKEE NORTHWEST DOES.
THEY GOT INTO THIS.
THE WORK IS NOT DONE.
LET'S LISTEN TO THE PLEASANT VALLEY HUDDLE AND HEAD COACH, AMBER HOME.
17:29:04 >> THEY ARE SCARED.
17:29:05 WE ARE NOT.
WE WILL HAVE JOINT COMMUNICATION.
WE WILL GET A GREAT SET AND PUT THE BALL DOWN.
YOU CAN DO THIS.
BELIEVE IN YOURSELF.
LET'S FINISH IT RIGHT HERE.
PLAY FOR EACH OTHER.
LET'S GO.
17:29:22 >> LET'S GO.
17:29:25 >> NOT TALKING STRATEGY.
TALKING ABOUT MORE OF A MENTAL ASPECT.
IF YOU PLACE SCARED, YOU ARE ON YOUR HEELS AND YOUR TENTATIVE AND YOU ARE NOT TAKING CHANCES AND YOU MAY NOT WIN.
17:29:41 >> THEY WANT TO STAY AGGRESSIVE.
SHE MENTIONED PLAYING FOR EACH OTHER WHICH TAKES THE FOCUS OFF OF YOURSELF.
NO NEED TO GET INTO YOUR OWN HEAD.
VOLLEYBALL AS A TEAM SPORT.
THERE ARE SIX PEOPLE OUT THERE ALL HELPING EACH OTHER PICK THEY NEED 1 POINT ONE PASS,17:29:58 ONE SET, ONE SWING.
17:30:01 >> NUMBER ONE, TO SERVE.
GENOA WITH A GOOD ONE.
RETURNED AND DOWN.
THEY FIGHT OFF A FURIOUS RALLY BY WAUKEE NORTHWEST.
PLEASANT VALLEY, THE NUMBER ONE SEED IS ONE SET AWAY FROM CLAIMING17:30:26 THE 2024 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE OF CLASS 5A.
BACK WITH THE FOURTH SET RIGHT AFTER THIS FROM CORALVILLE AT EXTREME ARENA HERE ON IOWA PBS.
>> WAUKEE NORTHWEST HAS ONLY WON17:31:53 ONE OF THE THREE.
THEY CAME BACK TO WIN THE SECOND.
26-24.
AND THEN COMING AND HOLDING ON FOR THE VICTORY AND THE THIRD SET.
THEY LOOK LIKE A CHAMPIONSHIP17:32:05 TEAM.
17:32:06 THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.
THIS YEAR, WAUKEE NORTHWEST IS MAKING IT VERY CHALLENGING FOR THEM TO GET THE TROPHY AND REALLY, I LIKE WHAT I SAW OUT OF PLEASANT VALLEY DOWN THE STRETCH JUST FINISHING AND FINALLY GETTING THAT POINT.
17:32:23 >> HAVING A LONG RALLY.
KEEPING THE POINT ALIVE FOR PLEASANT VALLEY.
THE SCRAPPY DEFENSE.
COVERING THE HITTERS.
GIVING THE OFFENSE ANOTHER CHANCE TO PUT IT AWAY AND THEY SERVED AGGRESSIVE TO FINISH IT OUT LIKE YOU SAID IN THE THIRD SET.
DID NOT WANT TO REPEAT A SET TOO.
>> LET'S LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHTS17:32:44 AND WE WILL LEAVE IN THE STATISTICS THROUGHOUT THREE SETS.
THERE IS NO DOUBT BOTH OF THESE SCHOOLS DESERVE TO PLAY FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
SO MANY DIFFERENT PLAYERS GETTING INVOLVED.
YOU SEE DANNENBERG, THE MIDDLE HEADER.
YOU SEE THE OUTSIDE, NUMBER NUMBER 10 -- NUMBER 10, CORTEZ.
PLEASANT VALLEY, THEY ARE STACKED AND GETTING A TON OF KILLS.
I HAVE JOKINGLY SAID, HOW MANY KILLS WILL KREMER GET?
30?
SHE IS AT 21.
I'M GUESSING SHE WILL GET 30.
17:33:11 >> 30 IS AND REACH ABSOLUTELY AND SET FOUR.
TO BE DETERMINED ONSET FIVE.
THE WOLVES WILL HAVE TO BATTLE TO MAKE IT A BALL GAME HERE AND WIN SET FOUR.
NICE JOB FROM THE.
WE TALKED ABOUT COVERING THE HITTERS ON THE PLEASANT VALLEY SIDE AND GETTING TOUCHED.
17:33:40 >> THROUGHOUT17:33:41 THREE SETS, WE HAVE SEEN 22 TIED AND 11 CHANGES.
JAY GRASSLEY,17:33:47 SAMANTHA STONE AND TED MOZER ARE THE OFFICIALS IN THE 5A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.
STARTING AT ABOUT 10:05 A. M. WE ALSO HAVE 40, 4A, 3A, 5A AND THEM TO A TODAY.
ALL BROADCASTED HERE AT IOWA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS ATHLETICS.
A NICE PINK17:34:14 UNIFORM FOR THE LIBERO.
AND STAATS WITH THE SERVE.
OUT OF BOUNDS.
AND 2-0, THE EARLY LEAD FOR PLEASANT VALLEY.
17:34:44 >> REALLY HAVING TO WORK AS SOME OF THE PASSING HAS NOT BEEN ON THE MONEY.
THE SURVEYING HAS BEEN SO AGGRESSIVE.
LOOKING TO GET POINTS.
THE SPARTANS OF PLEASANT VALLEY ARE TREMENDOUS.
OUT OF THE MISSISSIPPI ATHLETIC CONFERENCE.
HEAD COACH AMBER HALL'S COACHING RECORD, 295 WINS AND 265 OF THEM COMING UP PLEASANT VALLEY.
SHE HAS LED THEM TO STATE THE LAST SIX CONSECUTIVE YEARS.
AND THAT TIME, REACHING THE STATE SEMI FINALS THREE TIMES AND STATE RUNNERS-UP ONE TIME AND STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ONE TIME IN THE LAST FIVE SEASONS.
AND NUMBER OF PLAYERS ARE GOING TO GO ON AND PLAY DIVISION I ATHLETICS, WHETHER IT IS TRACK AND FIELD AT IOWA STATE OR WHETHER IT IS FASTBALL OR VOLLEYBALL.
AND ANYTIME YOU HAVE D1 ATHLETE TALENT ON A HIGH SCHOOL TEAM, USUALLY RESULTS IN A WIN.
17:36:02 >> ABSOLUTELY.
RAGINS IN THE17:36:03 MIDDLE.
WE TALKED ABOUT HER HAVING A REALLY GOOD MATCH SO FAR TODAY.
COMMITTING TO IOWA STATE FOR TRACK AND FIELD.
BUT A FANTASTIC VOLLEYBALL PLAYER AS WELL.
JUST QUALITY MULTISPORT ATHLETES AND FUN TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND WITH YOUR CLASSMATES HERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL SHOULD WE WILL SEE A NUMBER OF THOSE MULTISPORT STORES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
AND TIED AT THREE HERE IN THE FOURTH SET.
OFF THE BLOCK.
PLEASANT VALLEY, KRAMER.
SOME WAY, ABLE TO CONTORT HER BODY AND NOT TOUCH IT.
THAT WAS NUMBER THREE TAYLOR.
JUST WENT RIGHT BY HER PONYTAIL.
17:36:54 >> QUICK REACTION TO GET OUT OF THE WAY.
WITH FANS, IT IS HARD TO SEE.
OFFICIALS FOCUSED ON THAT.
THEY ARE PAYING EXTRA CLOSE ATTENTION.
17:37:10 >> A QUICK SIDE OUT WHICH ALLOWS THE ROTATION AND SCHMIDT TO CHECK IN.
WE TALKED ABOUT IN SET ONE, NUMBER 23, WHO IS A TREMENDOUS PLAYER.
MAISIE SWEARS.
SHE PLAYED IN 72 SETS AND HAD 120 KILLS AND IS ONE OF THE TOP SOPHOMORE ATTACKERS IN THE STATE SIDELINED WITH AN INJURY.
AND REALLY THAT NEXT PERSON IN MENTALITY THAT ONE OF THE GO TO PLAYERS IS DOWN.
AND WHO IS NEXT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
17:37:44 >>17:37:45 THEY HAVE HAD A GOOD NUMBER OF MATCHES TO GET MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS NEW ROTATION AND MAKING SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHERE TO GO AND WHAT SITUATIONS SO THEY ARE PRETTY FINE-TUNED AT THIS POINT.
ON STATE CHAMPIONSHIP DAY.
17:38:00 >> ANOTHER KILL FOR THE FRESHMAN.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TOUGH TO HAPPEN IN THE QUARTERFINALS17:38:06 TWO DAYS AGO.
LIKE HOW DO WE?
BUT IT DID HAVE BEEN MIDWAY THROUGH THE SEASON.
REALLY HITTING THEIR GROOVE RIGHT NOW.
>> GOOD DEFENSIVE PLAY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE NET.
BACK ROW.
A POINT FOR PLEASANT VALLEY HERE.
>> A GOOD DEFENSE ON17:38:43 BOTH SIDES RUNNING THAT LOWER TEMPO OUTSIDE SET THERE.
LOGAN VOGT LETTING IT DROP A LITTLE TOO MUCH.
NOT ENOUGH SPACE WHEN THAT LINE HIT THE ANTENNA.
17:38:57 >>17:38:58 LOGAN VOGT HAS 19 KILLS ON 46 ATTEMPTS HITTING.
217.
SHE AND LADWIG ARE DOUBLE-DIGIT IN THAT17:39:09 CATEGORY.
17:39:10 MEANWHILE, KREMER, 22.
AND 10 TOTAL FOR RAGINS.
17:39:11 >> CORTEZ IN THE MIDDLE FOR THE WOLVES.
TURNING HER BODY TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THAT DEEP CORNER.
A BIT OF A PUSH AND A BIT OF THE SWING.
WHATEVER IT WAS.
GOOD PLACEMENT TO GET IT THERE.
17:39:32 >> HOW IMPORTANT IS TEACHING17:39:33 THE17:39:34 FUNDAMENTALS OF BLOCKING TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL?
I KNOW IT IS A BIG PART OF THE GAME BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE TEAMS AND THE PROGRAMS THAT STRESS IT, GENERALLY ARE MAKING IT TO STATE.
17:39:51 >> ABSOLUTELY.
BLOCKING IS HUGE.
IT IS AN EXTENSION OF YOUR FULL DEFENSE.
THE FIRST LINE OF ATTACK.
PASSING IS THE FOUNDATION17:39:57 BUT BLOCKING IS WHAT SLOWS EVERYTHING DOWN AND WILL WIN POINTS.
THE TECHNIQUE OF IT IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST JUMPING AS HIGH AS YOU CAN OR REACHING AS HIGH AS YOU CAN BUT THROWING YOUR ARMS UP.
THERE IS TECHNIQUE TO IT.
BEING ABLE TO LEARN THE THE RIGHT WAY AND EXECUTING DURING THE GAME IS SO IMPORTANT.
STRONG ARMS AND BIG HANDS.
WE TALKED ABOUT SEALING THE NET AND MAKING SURE THERE ARE NO GAPS OR SPACE THAT IT CAN TRICKLE DOWN.
WHEN YOUR DOUBLE BLOCKING, MOVING TOGETHER AS A TEAM AND CLOSING SO YOU ARE RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
A LOT OF TECHNIQUE AND17:40:39 FUNDAMENTALS.
17:40:40 >> A LOT OF PRACTICE.
17:40:42 >> IT IS A FUN SKILL.
IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE AND CAN REALLY BOOST MOMENTUM.
WHEN YOU GET A BLOCK, THAT IS CRUSHING.
LIKE I JUST GOT REJECTED.
17:40:57 >> LIKE A SLAMDUNK AND BASKETBALL, DENYING YOUR OPPONENT.
THAT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE CALLING CARDS WAUKEE NORTHWEST, THE DEFENDING17:41:06 STATE CHAMPS, ALL YEAR LONG.
IT IS ONE THING TO GET YOUR HANDS ON IT BUT THEN ANOTHER ISSUE.
SERVICE ERROR AND SIDE OUT HERE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THIS SET.
IF PLEASANT VALLEY WINS, THEY WILL BE YOUR CLASS 5A STATE CHAMPION.
WAUKEE NORTHWEST IS DOING EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO WIN AND GET THIS TOO.
GREAT JOB DISGUISING AND GOING UP AND KELLY'S SONS IT OVER FOR THE KILL.
17:41:48 >> THE WOLVES NEEDING17:41:49 TO STAY HOME AND READY IN THAT POSITION BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE SPARTANS CAN TAKE IT OVER ON TWO.
WE HAVE SEEN IT MULTIPLE TIMES.
IT KEEPS THE DEFENDANTS HONEST.
YOU CAN'T JUST SAY I HAVE TO RELEASE AND DEFEND MY HITTERS.
NO.
YOU DEFEND THE SETTER FIRST AND THEN YOU MOVE AND DEFEND THE HIT.
17:42:11 >> NOT GOING TO DUMP THAT ONE17:42:12 OVER.
SHE IS WORKING HARD TO SET UP HER TEAMMATE.
AND KREMER DOES IT AGAIN, PULLING WITHIN ONE HERE.
23 KILLS FOR KRAMER KRAMER.
17:42:28 >> COACH AMBER HALL WAS SO PROUD, SO HAPPY ON THAT.
THEY MUST HAVE TALKED ABOUT PUSHING TO THE DEEP CORNER AND WELL EXECUTED BY KREMER ON THE OUTSIDE.
17:42:34 >> OFF THE HANDS.
LADWIG HAS HAD A NICE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.
17:42:43 >> BLOCKED.
GOING TO TRY AGAIN.
TIP TO THIS TIME.
OVER THE BLOCK.
BACK ROW SWING DENIED.
POPPED UP.
ONE HAND.
LITTLE TIP.
DRIFTING OUT OF BOUNDS BUT PLAYED AND THE POINT GOES TO WAUKEE NORTHWEST.
A BIG CELEBRATION FROM LOGAN VOGT WHO ATTACKS HER SISTER.
17:43:14 >> CREDIT TO THE WOLVES COVERAGE AND DEFENSE.
THEY KEPT GETTING THE BALL UP.
THE SPARTANS WERE GETTING AWESOME TOUCHES ON THE BLOCK.
WILL DISCOVER AND THEN FINALLY, POWER FROM LOGAN VOGT.
INCREDIBLE.
17:43:30 >> A LOT OF POWER.
SHE17:43:31 GETS A GOOD17:43:32 OPPORTUNITY.
PING-PONG MATCH RIGHT17:43:33 ABOVE THE NET.
QUICKLY RETURNING FOR17:43:34 THE POINT AND THE SIDE OUT.
PLEASANT VALLEY'S ALLAMAN CHECKS IN.
KELLY, TO SERVE.
IN THE QUARTERFINALS, PLEASANT VALLEY SWEPT WAUKEE 25-23, AND THEN 25-19 AND THEN 25-15.
IN THE SEMI FINALS, THEY SWEPT A NUMBER FOUR, DELL WENT CATHOLIC.
24, 23.
25-23.
25-19.
THIS IS JUST THE FIRST TIME THE STATE TOURNAMENT HAS GONE TO A FOURTH SET.
17:44:19 >> ALTHOUGH THEY ARE THREE SET WINS, THEY ARE HIGH-LEVEL TEAMS THAT PLEASANT VALLEY TOOK DOWN IN THE FIRST TWO MATCHES.
THAT IS NOTHING TO BRUSHOFF.
NOT AT ALL.
17:44:31 >> MEANWHILE, WAUKEE NORTHWEST DEFEATED ANKENY TO AVENGE A LATE-SEASON LOSS.
25-15, 25-20 AND 29-27.
THAT WAS THE QUARTERFINALS.
YESTERDAY, A THRILLER IN FIVE AVENGING ANOTHER LOSS TO ANKENY CENTENNIAL WINNING IN FIVE.
17:44:52 THE FIFTH SET 18-16.
17:44:58 >> ANKENY AND ANKENY CENTENNIAL HAD DEFEATED THE WAUKEE NORTHWEST TEAM EARLY ON IN A TOURNAMENT AUGUST 3rd AND 1st TO SEPTEMBER 3rd.
AND THEN OCTOBER 5th AND OCTOBER 8th.
PLAYING BEST VOLLEYBALL IN NOVEMBER THOUGH.
THAT IS WHAT COACH JODI VOGT HAS BEEN ABLE17:45:22 TO INSPIRE THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS TO DO.
28-9 OVERALL RECORD FOR WAUKEE NORTHWEST.
34-2 AND A 27 MATCH WINNING STREAK FOR NUMBER ONE, PLEASANT VALLEY.
17:45:31 >> TOUGH SERVES CONTINUE FROM PLEASANT VALLEY.
WE TALKED DURING THE BREAK ABOUT HOW17:45:43 THAT IS HELPING THEM TO GAIN POINTS, WHETHER17:45:46 IT IS GETTING NORTHWEST OUT OF THE SYSTEM SO THEY CAN BETTER READ WHAT ATTACKER WILL BE TAKING IT OVER OR THEY GET ACES OR FREE BALLS LIKE WE JUST SAW.
VERY TOUGH SERVES.
17:45:58 >> PERFECT SET.
PERFECT SWING.
ANYTIME YOU CAN GET YOUR MIDDLE GOING, SMITH IS COOKING.
SOLO LOCK IN FRONT OF HER.
EASY POINT.
KREMER VON THE SERVICE LINE.
I CAN FEEL THE MOMENTUM.
THE TIDE17:46:22 IS SHIFTING IN FAVOR OF PLEASANT VALLEY.
AND WAUKEE NORTHWEST NEEDS A SIDE OUT SOONER THEN LATER TO GET THAT17:46:28 MOMENTUM AND ENERGY BACK.
THE STUDENT SECTION TRYING TO BE LOUD.
TRYING TO HELP THEIR SCHOOL.
BLOCK.
PERFECT TEXTBOOK.
LADWIG.
17:46:44 >> EXTRA COMMUNICATION TO GET THAT PASS UP.
AND THEN OTHER AREAS OF YOUR GAME NEED TO STEP UP AND17:46:56 WE JUST SAW THAT FROM THE WOLVES.
THE BLOCK TAKING OVER.
17:46:58 >> CAN THEY STRING SOME POINTS TOGETHER HERE?
17:47:05 >> A RULE SHOT.
TIGHT TO THE NET.
A LITTLE JOUSTING.
NOW SENDING IT OVER.
FREE WELL.
>> ANY TYPE OF SHOT.
AND IT RESULTS IN THE HITTING ERROR GOING SIDELINE TO SIDELINE.
HIGH-LEVEL DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY ON THE.
17:47:43 >> GOING CROSSCOURT, IT WAS A17:47:44 GOOD SWING.
BUT STACKS THE LIBERO FOR PLEASANT VALLEY.
STAYING HOME.
SHE KNEW WHERE SHE WAS ON THE COURT.
SHE KNEW IT WAS OUT OF BOUNDS.
SHE CALLED IT RIGHT.
17:47:59 >> OUTSIDE THE ANTENNA.
NOW A 3-0 RUN TO MAKE IT 17-15 FOR PLEASANT VALLEY.
ONE MORE SET VICTORY RIGHT HERE17:48:14 TO TRY TO BECOME THE STATE CHAMPIONS IN CLASS 5A.
SMITH HAS BEEN SERVING DARTS OVER THE NET.
BLOCKED.
TO LOGAN VOGT'S BODY.
LET'S GO TO THE CAMERA.
>> A GOOD LINEUP FROM THE SPARTANS TO RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
THEY KNOW IN THE SERVING PATTERN THE THE WOLVES LIKE TO GO TO LOGAN VOGT IN THE MIDDLE.
THEY WERE READY IN THE PAST AND SEALED.
A LOT OF ENERGY AND MOMENTUM FOR THE BLOCK.
GOOD DIG BY ANNA PELDS.
BACK SET.
THROUGH THE BLOCK.
AND YOU MIGHT SEE A TIMEOUT SOON.
BECAUSE ASSELIN MADE A TREMENDOUS PLAY TO SURGE AHEAD BY FOUR.
17:49:14 >> SPARTANS MIXING UP THE OFFENSE.
SEEING SAID DISTRIBUTION.
17:49:21 >> KREMER HAD THREE KILLS IN THIS FOURTH SET.
REALLY KEEPING WAUKEE NORTHWEST GAS SAYING.
17:49:32 >> ANOTHER BLOCK.
RAGINS OVER THERE.
IT IS NOW A 6-0 RUN.
A LOOK AT THE EMOTION.
PLEASANT VALLEY, THEY17:49:53 ARE FEELING IT.
THEY ARE SENSING IT.
THEY ARE ON THE BRINK OF FINISHING THE JOB.
LET'S LISTEN INSIDE THE HUDDLE.
17:49:59 >> THE FREE BALL COMMUNICATION HAS TO BE BETTER.
EVERY SINGLE POINT.
WE CAN SPIT OUT THE OFFENSE.
LET'S GO.
17:50:11 >> SO WAUKEE NORTHWEST HAS DONE IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
DEFENDING CHAMPS.
GRADUATED ALMOST EVERYBODY.
BUT THEY ARE BACK HERE WITH A MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB.
BACK AGAINST THE WALL FOURTH SET.
TRYING TO EVEN OUT 2-2.
FIRST, IT STARTS WITH GETTING17:50:46 A SIDE OUT RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW.
17:50:47 >>17:50:48 IT STARTS WITH17:50:49 A PASS.
A LOT OF COMMUNICATION ON17:50:50 THE PAST.
GET A GOOD SET.
SEE IF YOU CAN GET THE FIRST WING SIDE OUT.
17:50:59 >> A SERVICE ACE.
17:51:02 >> THE PRESSURE COMING FROM THE SERVICE LINE FOR PLEASANT VALLEY, THEY ARE MAKING THE WOLVES WORK HARD.
COMMUNICATE EARLY.
STRONG ARMS.
WAUKEE NORTHWEST JUST WANT TO PASS AT POINT.
GET A PASS AND RUN THE OFFENSE.
17:51:23 >> THERE IS THE PASS.
THERE IS THE SWAYING.
STELLA SMITH HELPED LEAD PLEASANT VALLEY ON A 7-0 RUN TO WIDEN THE GAP.
WE WILL HEAD TO THE SIDELINE AND TALK TO THE COACH.
A JOB WELL DONE.
STELLA SMITH, THE SENIOR.
17:51:46 >> LET'S17:51:47 SEE WHAT WAUKEE NORTHWEST CAN DO.
A SERVICE ERROR.
NOW THREE17:51:53 POINTS AWAY FROM ANOTHER STATE TITLE FOR SCHOOL THAT HAS ALREADY WON STATE IN TRACK, SOFTBALL, CROSS-COUNTRY AS OF LATE.
>> JUST THE BODY LANGUAGE, YOU CAN FEEL THE MOMENTUM AND JUST PLEASANT VALLEY IS HITTING ON ALL CYLINDERS RIGHT NOW WITH ASSELIN SERVING.
17:52:24 >> I LOVE THAT SWING.
COULD HAVE LET IT GO BUT THEY PLAY ON.
HARD TO KNOW.
AND PLEASANT VALLEY, MATCHPOINT LOOKING TO EXTEND THE 27 MATCH WINNING STREAK ON THEIR SIXTH CONSECUTIVE TRIP TO STATE.
THEY GRADUATED JUST ONE PLAYER FROM LAST YEAR'S STATE TOURNAMENT TEAM.
AND THERE IT IS!
PLEASANT VALLEY, YOUR CLASS 5A STATE CHAMPIONS HERE IN 2024.
ANOTHER TROPHY FOR A SCHOOL THAT IS RACKING UP A TON OF TROPHIES THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
>>17:53:39 GREAT SPORTSMANSHIP.
THE EMOTIONS ON BOTH SIDES.
WAUKEE NORTHWEST WON IT LAST YEAR.
PLEASANT VALLEY WINS AT THIS17:53:48 YEAR.
17:53:49 A LOT OF PEOPLE COUNTED WAUKEE NORTHWEST17:53:50 OUT CONSIDERING ALL THE SKILLED PLAYERS17:53:51 AND THE TELL A THAT GRADUATED LAST YEAR.
MAYBE THEY DIDN'T WIN AT ALL BUT THEY GOT BACK TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.
17:54:03 >>17:54:04 THE WOLVES BATTLED HARD.
THEY GAVE17:54:05 IT EVERYTHING.
PLEASANT VALLEY, TOO17:54:06 MUCH.
ESPECIALLY IN SET FOUR, PUSHING TO FINISH.
AGGRESSIVE FROM THE SERVICE LINE.
SETTING UP THE BLOCK WELL AND IN A BALANCED ATTACK TO END THE MATCH AND THAT SET.
IT TOOK ALL THE SPARTANS.
17:54:40 >> PRESENTING AWARDS TO THE CLASS17:54:41 5A2024 ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, CHIN DONALDS PEERS ARE CLASS 5A ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM.
FROM PLEASANT VALLEY, GABRIELLA RAGINS.
FROM WAUKEE NORTHWEST, AVERY VOGT.
FROM ANKENY CENTENNIAL, DELANEY MILLER.
FROM DOWLING CATHOLIC, ELLA ROGERS.
DOWLING CATHOLIC, ALIE MUELLER.
FROM WAUKEE NORTHWEST, LOGAN VOGT.
AND YOUR CLASS 5A ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM CAPTAIN FOR 2024, FROM PLEASANT VALLEY, ISABEL KREMER.
[ CHEERING ] [ APPLAUSE ] >> THAT IS WHAT YOU CALL A NO DOUBTER.
OUTSTANDING ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM FOR CLASS 5A LED BY YOUR CAPTAIN, ISABEL KREMER FINISHING WITH 24 KILLS.
AND ACROSS THE BOARD WAS AGGRESSIVELY WITH FOUR SERVICE ACES.
GOOD PASSING.
FOUR DIGS IN THE BACK ROW AND A TEAM LEADER.
CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS BEEN REWARDED THE HONOR OF THE 5A ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM.
17:56:58 >> THE PRODUCERS WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT17:56:59 THE TOP PRODUCER AWARD FOR THE 5A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH PRESENTING TAYLOR ANDERSON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE IOWA GIRLS THE TOP PRODUCER OF THE 5A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH FROM PLEASANT VALLEY, ABBY STAATS STAATS.
>> CONGRATULATIONS TO ABBY STAATS,17:57:33 THE SENIOR WHO WAS17:57:34 THE OUTSTANDING DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST IN THE BACK ROW.
SHE SERVED SO TOUGH.
SHE WOULD NOT LET THE BALL HIT THE COURT.
17:57:42 >> SHE WENT17:57:43 EVERYWHERE.
17:57:44 THE PLEASANT VALLEY LIBERAL KEEPING17:57:45 IT ALIVE COVERING HITTERS AND MAKING SURE SHE BETTERED THE BALL AND THE TOP PRODUCER HERE IN THE 5A17:57:51 TOURNAMENT.
17:57:52 >> THERE IS THE RUNNER-UP TROPHY GOING TO WAUKEE NORTHWEST.
>>17:58:16 YOUR 2024 CLASS 5A CHAMPIONS, THE SPARTANS OF PLEASANT VALLEY!
[ CHEERING ] [ APPLAUSE ] >> THEY RETURNED A STRONG NUCLEUS.
GRADUATING ONE PLAYER FROM LAST SEASON.
THEY END THE YEAR ON A 28 MATCH WIN STREAK AND THEY PLAYED AS A TEAM.
THEY DEAL WITH ADVERSITY LOSING ONE OF THEIR KEY PLAYERS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON AND ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY AS THEY WIN IN FOUR.
THAT WILL DO IT FOR THE 5A CHAMPIONSHIP BROADCAST.
WE ARE JUST GETTING GOING.
WE WILL HAVE MORE EXCITEMENT FROM THE EXTREME ARENA AND A LITTLE BIT AS WE WILL HAVE CLASS 4A.
IT WILL BE PELLA VERSUS BISHOP.
BACK AT ABOUT 12:15 WITH THAT BROADCAST HERE ON IOWA PBS!
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