Scouting Report: Iowa City High

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - </strong>A new era tipped off Tuesday night when first-year Iowa City High coach Carolyn Giese guided the Little Hawks in the season-opener here at Kennedy High. The home team pulled out a 27-29, 25-13, 25-23, 15-25, 19-17 victory in a very entertaining Mississippi Valley Conference march. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here's a scouting rundown of City High: </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["251659"],"_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":452048,"_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":"The Oakland commitment got her final prep season off to a good start with a team-best 18 kills to go with 13 digs and 6.0 blocks. 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