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<p><strong>CORALVILLE - </strong>In each set of Wednesday's Class 5A state semifinal, fifth-seeded Iowa City West was well positioned. Then, defending champion and No. 1 seed Waukee Northwest locked in. </p>
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<p>"We just came together and had fun. We love playing for each other," Wolves senior [player_tooltip player_id='490011' first='Leah' last='Janulewicz'] said. </p>
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<p>That they did. Northwest swept its way to a fourth consecutive trip to the 5A title match. It won championships in 2023 and 2025. </p>
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<p>Here's how the match played out: </p>
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<p><strong>SET 1</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Waukee Northwest 25, West 19</strong></p>
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<p>Janulewicz established herself as a problem right away. The senior produced six kills on seven attempts (.857) in the first set. Iowa State commitments [player_tooltip player_id='490013' first='Logan' last='Vogt'] and [player_tooltip player_id='493601' first='Piper' last='Ladwig'] each had four kills for Northwest, which hit .324 as a team. West hit .214 with sophomore [player_tooltip player_id='754657' first='Cyan' last='Blommer'] leading the way with six kills. Senior [player_tooltip player_id='360642' first='Sophia' last='Austen'] added four kills, and [player_tooltip player_id='533845' first='Taylor' last='Otte'] had two. The set was tied at 11-11 before Waukee Northwest took off in scoring nine of the match's next 11 points to take control of the set.</p>
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<p><strong>SET 2</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Waukee Northwest 25, West 15</strong></p>
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<p>Waukee Northwest built an 8-3 lead before West fought back to tie it at 13-13. Again, the Wolves responded by score 12 of the set's last 14 points, Janulewicz and Ladwig each had four kills in the set, while Vogt had two. Janulewicz was up to 10 digs at this point, Taylor and Vogt had nine. Blommer added four kills in the set. The Wolves were hitting .387 and West .125 after two sets.</p>
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<p><strong>SET 3</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Waukee Northwest 25, West 1</strong>8</p>
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<p>West led this set 15-14 before the champs turned up the heat. They scored the next two points and would go up 18-16 when Janulewicz took something off the swing and half-tipped the ball down in an empty middle of the court. After a Blommer kill, middle hitter [player_tooltip player_id='812248' first='Cassidy' last='Danburg'] stepped up for Northwest. She produced three kills as the Wolves scored seven of the set's final eight points.</p>
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<p>Janulewicz finished with a match-high 14 kills (.619). Ladwig ended up with 12, Vogt had nine, and Danburg and [player_tooltip player_id='545971' first='Avery' last='Cordes'] each had six. Vogt led the Wolves with a match-best 12 digs, while Janulewicz and [player_tooltip player_id='555820' first='London' last='Taylor'] each came up with 11. [player_tooltip player_id='1006334' first='Kennedy' last='Jackson'] handed out 19 assists, and [player_tooltip player_id='730468' first='Lyla' last='Nelson'] had 10.</p>
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<p>Blommer paced West with 13 kills, Austen finished with 10 and Otte had six. [player_tooltip player_id='555736' first='Lila' last='Eastvold'] dished out 25 assists. Eastvold and Austen each came up with a team-high 10 digs, Blommer and [player_tooltip player_id='540833' first='Izzie' last='McDonald'] each had seven. </p>
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CORALVILLE - In each set of Wednesday's Class 5A state semifinal, fifth-seeded Iowa City West was well positioned. Then, defending champion and No. 1 seed Waukee Northwest locked in. "We just came together and had fun. We love playing for each other," Wolves senior [player_tooltip player_id='490011' first='Leah' last='Janulewicz'] said. That they did. Northwest swept its way to a fourth consecutive trip to the 5A title match. It won championships in 2023 and 2025. Here's how the match played out: SET 1 Waukee Northwest 25, West 19 Janulewicz established herself as a problem right away. The senior produced six kills on seven attempts (.857) in the first set. Iowa State commitments [player_tooltip player_id='490013' first='Logan' last='Vogt'] and [player_tooltip player_id='493601' first='Piper' last='Ladwig'] each had four kills for Northwest, which hit .324 as a…
