CLASS 2A: Ranked Players at State Tournament!!!
I am so excited thinking of all of the great players I will be able to see next week at the Iowa State Volleyball Tournament! The players below will be with their high school teams and battling it out for…
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Continue ReadingI am so excited thinking of all of the great players I will be able to see next week at the Iowa State Volleyball Tournament! The players below will be with their high school teams and battling it out for supremacy. Let’s look at the Class 2A ranked players!
Stella Winterfeld Stella Winterfeld 5'10" | OH Western Christian | 2023 State #172 Nation IA (2023, Ranked #36, OH, Western Christian)
Stella is a 5’9″ OH with 3.2 KPS and .289 hitting efficiency, 31 total blocks, 2.8 DPS, and 23 aces with a serve efficiency of 90.3%. And she is only a sophomore! She is joined by Jaylin VanDyken a setter with 8.3 APS, Abby VerBerg, an OH with 2.6 KPS and 45 total blocks, Sienna Moss, a MH with 2.3 KPS and 66 total blocks, Emma Westphal, an OH with 1.6 KPS and 70 total blocks. Western Christian meets up with South Hardin Tuesday at 12:30 on Court One.
Ellie Anderson Ellie Anderson 5'11" | OH South Hardin | 2023 State IA (2023, Ranked #8, OH, South Hardin)
Ellie is a 5’10” OH from South Hardin. She has 4.2 KPS, 42 total blocks, 3.0 DPS, 40 aces with a 90.4% serve efficiency. Ellie has teammates like Drue Luiken, a MH with 78 total blocks, Jaiden Teske, a libero with 7.4 DPS, and Emma Salvo, a setter with 9.0 APS to help her out on the court. This looks to be a knockdown fight on Court One on Tuesday at 12:30 between Western Christian and South Hardin.
Macey Verhoef Macey Verhoef 5'10" | OH Boyden-Hull | 2022 State IA (2022, Ranked #81, MH, Boyden-Hull)
Macy is a MH with 2.3 KPS, 35 total blocks, 2.1 DPS, and 34 aces with 91.5% serve efficiency. Joining her on the court against Denver on Tuesday at 3 p.m. on Court One is Jewel Bergstrom, a setter with 8.2 APS, 31 total blocks, and 1.9 DPS, Sarah Boogerd, a L/OH with 3.7 DPS and 47 aces with 92.7% serve efficiency, and Marissa Pottebaum, a MH with 2.4 KPS and 85 total blocks. This looks to be a really good match-up.
Kayla Knowles Kayla Knowles 5'11" | OH Denver | 2023 State #161 Nation IA (2023, Ranked #51, OH, Denver)
Kayla is a 5’11” OH for Denver with 3.5 KPS and a hitting efficiency of .250, 44 total blocks, and 72 digs. Denver plays Boyden-Hull on Tuesday at 3 p.m. on Court One. Joining Kayla on the court is Reese Johnson with 9.0 APS, 47 total blocks, and 2.7 DPS, and a team-high 47 aces with a 88.8% serve efficiency, Allison Bonnett, an OH with 2.6 KPS, 33 total blocks, and 2.3 DPS, Jessica Gergen, a freshman MH with a team-high 96 blocks, and Avery Forde, a MH with 73 total blocks. This team has six players with over 30 blocks apiece and are certainly a team not to miss at the state tournament. This match between Boyden-Hull and Denver looks to be one you wouldn’t want to miss.
Kelsey Drake Kelsey Drake 5'7" | OH Wilton | 2022 State IA (2022, Ranked #26, OH, Wilton)
Kelsey is a 5’10” MH with 4.0 KPS, 28 total blocks, 3.8 DPS, and 52 aces with 95.2% serve efficiency. The athleticism of Kelsey sets her apart from other players and really shows her to be a killer on the court.
Ella Caffery Ella Caffery 5'9" | S Wilton | 2022 State IA (2022, Ranked #29, S, Wilton)
Ella has 8.9 APS, 1.5 KPS, 43 total blocks, 2.0 DPS, and 48 aces with 91.4% serve efficiency. She is not just a setter for her team, obviously. She is all over the court and must be one of the drivers of their offense and leaders on their defense as well.
Carly Puffer Carly Puffer 6'0" | MB Wilton | 2022 State IA (2022, Ranked #35, MB, Wilton)
Carly is a 6’1″ MH and has 3.8 KPS, 70 total blocks, 2.7 DPS, and 55 aces with 88.2% serve efficiency. Those numbers show how effective she is for this team and I am sure she will have some really great moments at the state tournament. Wilton plays Van Meter on Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. on Court Two.
Madelyn Norton Madelyn Norton 5'8" | S Dike-New Hartford | 2023 State IA (2023, Ranked #16, S, Dike-New Hartford)
Dike-New Hartford is a relatively young team this year with only two seniors on their roster. Sophomore Madelyn Norton Madelyn Norton 5'8" | S Dike-New Hartford | 2023 State IA is a setter with 9.4 APS, 1.1 KPS, 22 total blocks, 2.6 DPS, and 19 aces with 89.9% serve efficiency. Joining her on the court this year is 5’10” freshman OH, Payton Peterson with 4.7 KPS, 83 total blocks, 4.0 DPS, and 35 aces with 82.2% serve efficiency, Jadyn Peterson, a 5’8″ OH with 2.3 KPS, 26 blocks, 4.2 DPS, and 62 aces with 88.0% serve efficiency, Ellie Knock, a 6′ MH with 1.5 KPS, and 74 total blocks, and Taylor Hoens, a 5’9″ MH with 1.2 KPS, 92 total blocks, and 12 digs. To put it mildly, this team is loaded with talent and should be quite the challenge for Sumner-Fredericksberg on Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. on Court Two.
Morgan Brandt Morgan Brandt 6'0" | S Sumner-Fred | 2022 State IA (2022, Ranked #18, S, Sumner-Fredericksberg)
Morgan is a 6′ setter with 3.7 APS, 3.1 KPS, 35 total blocks, 2.2 DPS, and 55 aces with 93.8% serve efficiency. Joining her on the court this year is Payton Seehase, a setter with 4.1 APS, 4 blocks, 1.9 DPS, and 29 aces with 90.9% serve efficiency, Isabelle Elliott, a freshman OH with 3.3 KPS, 50 total blocks, 2.8 DPS, and 47 aces with 89.1% serve efficiency, and Katie Reno, a MH with team-high 65 blocks.