Audubon Activities Director Sean Birks announced on Wednesday that the JV/V Volleyball matches between the Wheelers and AHSTW scheduled for Tuesday, October 6th have been cancelled.

Both school districts have recently had to call off other activities due to issues related to COVID-19 and those issues won’t be resolved in time for that event to be held with confidence.

2020 SIXTH Iowa High School Volleyball Rankings
Compiled by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union
Thursday, October 1

Class 1A
No. School Record LW
1 Janesville 19-2 2
2 Wapsie Valley 12-4 1
3 Holy Trinity Catholic 17-5 3
4 Springville 17-2 4
5 Gehlen Catholic 17-5 8
6 Gladbrook-Reinbeck 17-2 5
7 Coon Rapids-Bayard 9-1 7
8 New London 10-5 6
9 Southeast Warren 15-0 11
10 Newell-Fonda 15-3 10
11 Saint Ansgar 14-4 15
12 Belle Plaine 10-5 9
13 Lisbon 15-3 NR
14 WACO 20-2 13
15 North Butler 15-4 NR
Dropped Out: East Mills (12), BCLUW (14)

Class 2A
No. School Record LW
1 Western Christian 13-7 1
2 Wilton 23-0 2
3 Dike-New Hartford 19-3 3
4 Boyden-Hull 13-5 5
5 East Sac County 17-0 6
6 Beckman Catholic 20-6 4
7 Underwood 14-3 7
8 Denver 21-4 8
9 Sumner-Fredericksburg 15-6 9
10 Hudson 19-6 10
11 Waterloo Columbus Catholic 14-10 NR
12 Jesup 14-8 11
13 West Branch 12-5 13
14 Van Meter 11-3 NR
15 Aplington-Parkersburg 11-6 14
Dropped Out: South Hardin (12), AC/GC (15)

Class 3A
No. School Record LW
1 Osage 16-1 1
2 Mount Vernon 15-2 2
3 Clarion-Goldfield-Dows 21-2 3
4 Unity Christian 10-3 4
5 Union 20-3 5
6 West Liberty 18-0 6
7 Davenport Assumption 12-1 7
8 MOC-Floyd Valley 13-3 8
9 Independence 14-2 9
10 Red Oak 12-3 10
11 Humboldt 24-0 11
12 Roland-Story 17-4 12
13 Sioux Center 12-7 13
14 Cherokee 13-5 14
15 Forest City 13-7 NR
Dropped Out: Knoxville (15)

Class 4A
No. School Record LW
1 Sergeant Bluff-Luton 11-1 1
2 Cedar Rapids Xavier 16-4 2
3 Glenwood 18-1 3
4 North Scott 13-2 4
5 Western Dubuque 12-7 5
6 Waverly-Shell Rock 19-6 6
7 Marion 12-5 7
8 West Delaware 21-7 8
9 Clear Creek-Amana 14-3 9
10 Gilbert 17-7 10
11 Dallas Center-Grimes 7-3 12
12 Clinton 13-9 11
13 Oskaloosa 10-6 14
14 Decorah 12-5 NR
15 Bondurant-Farrar 14-8 13
Dropped Out: Harlan (15)

Class 5A
No. School Record LW
1 Dowling Catholic 14-2 1
2 Ankeny 12-2 2
3 Cedar Falls 20-2 4
4 Pleasant Valley 10-1 3
5 Ankeny Centennial 9-2 5
6 West Des Moines Valley 8-4 6
7 Iowa City Liberty 6-1 7
8 Dubuque Hempstead 13-1 8
9 Urbandale 9-3 9
10 Dubuque Senior 12-6 12
11 Johnston 11-4 15
12 Waukee 8-10 10
13 Des Moines Roosevelt 7-4 13
14 Bettendorf 5-3 11
15 Cedar Rapids Kennedy 14-7 NR
Dropped Out: Linn-Mar (14)

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The Denison-Monarchs were set to travel to face the Lewis Central Titans on Friday night but that game has now been cancelled. Denison Activities Director Derek Fink said “We are working through the details of some positive cases & contact tracing & don’t want to potentially expose any students/players from our district or another district.”

The cancellation brings the number of games called off in Western Iowa to 5.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have shown an uncanny ability through their first three games to absorb injuries and suspensions and keep on winning. But that resilience could be put to the test in another marquee matchup against the New England Patriots on Sunday. Rookie defensive back L’Jarius Sneed already has been ruled out after surgery for the collarbone he broke last weekend against Baltimore, and defensive tackle Chris Jones is dealing with a nagging groin injury.

The Chiefs also are without cornerback Bashaud Breeland, who is finishing his four-game suspension.

The Griswold vs. Bedford football game is the latest on the chopping block for this Friday night. Griswold Activities Director Troy Niklaus said that due to low numbers of players available due to illness the game has been called off. Nicklaus added that the cancellation and illnesses are not linked to COVID-19, and “no one directly associated with Griswold School District has had a positive COVID-19 test.”

This cancellation adds to three other area cancellations this week. AHSTW vs. Riverside, Audubon vs. Coon Rapids-Bayard, and CAM vs. Fremont-Mills were all called off due to COVID-19 issues earlier this week.

Davis County took the girls and boys team titles at a small Clarke Cross Country Invitational on Tuesday night. Southwest Valley was the lone area school involved in the girls race and they placed 5th. Lenox had incomplete teams in both races and Southwest Valley had an incomplete team in the boys race.

See the full results HERE.