Scouting Report: West Branch-Iowa City Regina

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>IOWA CITY, Iowa - </strong>River Valley Conference rivals West Branch and Regina split a pair of meetings a year ago. The Regals won in an early-season tournament before the Bears bounced back in a league match. Those matches were in West Branch. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Thursday, the Bears visited Regina's gym. They had upset on their mind against the 13th-ranked Regals. Regina rallied for a hard-earned, five-set victory. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here are reports on some of the players that stood out: </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["261094"],"_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":453148,"_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":"Naeve is a cheat code against most of the competition at this level. You'd expect that from Prep Dig's second-ranked player in the state's '26 Class. And to be clear, she'd excel at any school in Iowa. She's a really good athlete with advanced volleyball skills. She shows good understanding of the game. You see it when she's working with teammates on alignment during a match. 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