Scouting Report: Liberty-Ankeny Centennial 5A Semis

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>CORALVILLE, Iowa - </strong>Top-seeded Iowa City Liberty advanced to its second Class 5A State Tournament match in the last three years Wednesday with a four-set victory against Ankeny Centennial here at XTream Arena. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I wrote reports on both of these teams earlier this week, so please check them out as I will be highlighting different players in this writeup: </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"id":"block_63631462d71ff","name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["135813"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":["override_image"],"_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":242466,"_player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":"field_62f141137ead9","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Winkel entered the state tournament tied for second on Centennial with 188 kills for the season. 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