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The Audubon Wheelers Volleyball team left it all out on the floor in Perry on Tuesday night and it paid off with a huge comeback win over Grand View Christian 3 sets to 2. The Wheelers used a strong team effort to rally from a two sets to none hole to start the night and earn their way to the State Tournament.
Grand View Christian started the night strong with a ten point rally to end the first set with a 25-17 win. The Thunder then went on to win the second set 25-22 and take what seemed like an overwhelmingly lead in the match. But the Wheelers stayed focused and took set three 25-21 and then carried that momentum into set four. The Wheelers started off on a 9-3 run to begin the fourth set and had a late 5 point run to set them up for a 25-22 set win. The match then turned to the fifth and deciding set to 15 points. The two teams traded early small runs and it was back and forth with a tie set until the Wheeler ripped off a four point rally to take a 12-8 advantage. They wouldn’t let the Thunder get closer than 3 points the rest of the way and sealed the win with a Kaitlin Schultes pop across to the corner that Grand View Christian saw glance off the back row and out of play. After the match Schultes, a Senior, talked about the jubilation after that last point.
Schultes said it was just a matter of the Wheelers never giving up when things weren’t going their way early.
Fellow Senior Sidney Obermeier said the team’s confidence grew once they strung some points together as the match moved on.
The Wheelers fell in this same position against the Thunder last year and Obermeier was happy to experience the other end of the outcome this time.
Wheeler Head Coach Molly Lange credited Grand View Christian for serving aggressively early in the match and taking her team out of their system. She also thought the Wheelers weren’t passing well early in the match and said once they settled down and started to get the ball closer to the net their luck changed.
Lange talked about the feeling of making to state in a big year for her personally.
Audubon improved to 27-6 on the season and will now head to the State Tournament in Cedar Rapids with a first round match against 28-7 Springville on Wednesday, November 9th at 8:00pm.
All of the pairings and brackets for the 2016 State Volleyball Tournament have now been posted by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. Class 1A and 2A Regional Finals were played on Tuesday night.
In Class 1A Audubon (27-6) will open up against Springville (28-7) on Wednesday, November 9th at 8:00pm on Court Two. Sidney (33-3) will take on Holy Trinity Catholic (35-3) at the same date and time on Court One.
In Class 2A St. Albert (26-4) will take on Central Lyon (30-4) on Wednesday, November 9th at 4:00pm on Court One.
Check out the full brackets here.
High School Volleyball Scoreboard
Class 1A and 2A Regional Finals
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
CLASS 1A
Region 1: (3-0) Lawton-Bronson 25-25-26, George-Little Rock 12-12-24
Region 2: (3-1) Sidney 25-25-16-25, Siouxland Christian 15-12-25-19
Region 3: (3-2) Audubon 17-22-25-25-15, Grand View Christian 25-25-21-22-11
Region 4: (3-0) Hudson 25-25-25, Lamoni 14-20-10
Region 5: (3-0) Janesville 25-25-25, Clarion 7-13-10
Region 6: (3-1) Starmont 25-22-28-31, Tripoli 23-25-26-29
Region 7: (3-0) Springville 25-25-25, Easton Valley 7-19-20
Region 8: (3-1) Holy Trinity Catholic 23-25-25-25, Iowa Valley 25-20-19-21
CLASS 2A
Region 1: (3-1) Central Lyon 22-25-25-25, Underwood 25-18-12-18
Region 2: (3-1) Unity Christian 25-25-26-25, South Hamilton 14-20-28-18
Region 3: (3-0) Western Christian 25-25-25, Central Springs 18-18-9
Region 4: (3-1) Grundy Center 26-23-25-25, Tri-Center 24-25-23-22
Region 5: (3-1) St. Albert 25-25-23-25, Pella Christian 19-17-25-19
Region 6: (3-2) Columbus Catholic 25-25-24-18-15, Lake Mills 23-22-26-25-7
Region 7: (3-0) Sumner-Fredericksburg 25-25-25, West Branch 11-21-15
Region 8: (3-1) Mediapolis 25-21-25-25, North Cedar 20-25-23-16
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released the pairings and brackets for the State Volleyball Tournament for Classes 3A, 4A, and 5A on Tuesday following Regional Final play that wrapped up for those classes on Monday night. The State Tournament will be played November 8th-11th at the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids.
Locally Kuemper Catholic opens up play on Wednesday, November 9th against Davenport Assumption at 12:00pm on Court Two. Lewis Central will start their run in the 4A bracket on Tuesday, November 8th against Dubuque Wahlert at 4:00pm on Court Two.
Check out a look at the full brackets here.
The Audubon Wheelers head to Perry to take on Grand View Christian tonight with a trip to the state volleyball tournament on the line. The Wheelers are hoping to turn the tables on the Thunder, who knocked Audubon out in a Regional Final last year 3-1.
Audubon comes in with a record of 26-6 and they have swept their way into the Regional Final with 3-0 wins over Exira-EHK and Stanton. Grand View Christian is 33-12 on the year and have also swept their way to the finals with wins over CAM and East Union.
Grand View Christian is searching for their third straight trip to the state tournament and are led by Seniors Cara Arrasmith who has 316 kills (13th in Class 1A) to go along with 55 service aces and Ashlan Thompson who is third among Class 1A setters with 855 assists.
Audubon is led by Seniors Caitlin Schultes who ranks 6th in Class 1A with 389 kills and Sydney Obermeir who has 254 kilss and 51 service aces.
The match is set to begin at 7:00pm at Perry High School. You can catch the match tonight on KJAN with pre-match coverage starting at 6:50pm.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs defended their treatment of Alex Smith after their quarterback twice had his head slam into the turf in Indianapolis, saying Monday that he passed concussion tests both times. Chiefs trainer Rick Burkholder said that Smith passed a battery of sideline tests and additional tests in the locker room following the first blow.
When Smith returned to the game and was wobbly after another hit, he again passed all of the standard concussion tests. The training staff decided at that point to keep Smith from the game anyway.
Running back Spencer Ware did not pass the concussion protocol and was ruled out after taking a similar hit, which has prompted some to question the hardness of the turf in Indianapolis.
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