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I'm Eric Braley along with Beth West as Springville and Burlington Notre Dame go head-to-head for the Class 1A Championship match.

>>> WELCOME IN.

IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY.

AND NOW WE ARE DOWN TO CLASS 1A.

WHY SHOULD VIEWERS BE EXCITED, BETH?

>> YOU ARE RIGHT.

LAST ONE ON THE DAY.

BURLINGTON IS THE FAVORITE.

BUT I HAVE A FEELING SPRINGVILLE HAS A LOT OF FIRE AND FIGHT.

SO I THINK THIS WILL BE A GOOD MATCH TO FINISH OUT THE DAY.

>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SPRINGVILLE AND WHY THEY HAVE BEEN SUCH A GREAT TEAM TO GET INTO THIS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.

EIGHT TRIPS TO STATE.

AND THEY'VE BEEN HERE SIX OF THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.

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>> IT'S BEEN A FUN FILLED DAY FROM CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, THE SUN HAS SET, THE BUILDINGS ARE LIT UP.

AND BEAUTIFUL PINK IN HONOR OF TONIGHT'S TOURNAMENT FROM THE ALLIANT ENERGY POWERHOUSE.

I'M ERIC FREELY ALONG WITH BEST WEST AS SPRINGVILLE AND BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME GO HEAD TO HEAD FOR THE CLASS 1A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.

WELCOME IN.

ITSD BEEN A LONG DAY.

WE STARTED AT 10:00 THIS MORNING.

WE HAVE HANDED OUT FOUR TROPHIES.

AND NOW WE ARE DOWN TO CLASS 1A.

WHY SHOULD VIEWERS BE EXCITED TO TUNE INTO THIS ONE, BETH?

>> YOU'RE RIGHT IT'S THE LAST ONE OF THE DAY.

1A.

ON PAPER, BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME IS THE FAVORITE.

BUT I HAVE A FEELING SPRINGVILLE HAS A LOT OF FIRE AND A LOT OF ENERGY AND FIGHT IN THEM.

SO I THINK THIS IS GOING TO IT BE A REALLY GOOD MATCH TO FINISH OUT THE DAY.

>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SPRINGVILLE.

AND WHY THEY HAVE BEEN SUCH A GREAT TEAM TO GET TO THIS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.

EIGHT TRIPS TO STATE.

AND THEY'VE BEEN HERE SIX OF THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.

THEY HAVE SOME FIRE POWER.

WITH NYE A HOWARD AND WHAT SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO DO LEADING THIS AND MATUS AVERAGING IN THE BACK ROW FOUR AND A HALF DIGS PER SET.

A GOOD BALANCED TEAM.

>> EXACTLY.

MY A HOWARD AT THE SETTING HOWARD DOES A GOOD JOB DISTRIBUTING OUT TO HER TEAMMATES.

AND STRONG MATUS.

SHE WILL BE FUN TO MATCH.

>> ANCHOR OF THE DEFENSE, HERE'S THE OTHER TEAM, BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME DEFENDING CHAMPIONS AND THEY RETURN SIX PLAY FRERS THAT CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.

THEY HAVE LOST SOME THIS YEAR BUT EVERY LOSS WERE STATE QUALIFIERS LARGER THAN CLASS 1A.

AND THERE YOU SEE THEIR TEAM LEADERS THERE IS A COUPLE OF PLAYERS THAT ARE REALLY LEAD THIS TEAM ON THE COURT.

>> THEY DO.

A STRONG ATTACK.

AND RETURNING SIX STARTERS FROM TEAM LAST YEAR WHO WON THE STATE TITLE IN 1A.

THAT SETS YOU UP PRETTY WELL TO HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TONIGHT.

>> LET'S SEND IT OVER TO THE PUBLIC ADDRESS ANNOUNCER REX BAKER TO INTRODUCE THESE TWO TEAMS PLAYING FOR THE 1A TEAM.

>> FIRST WELCOME TO THE FLOOR THE SPRINGVILLE ORIOLES.

[ APPLAUSE ] AND NOW PLEASE WELCOME THE BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME NIKES.

[ APPLAUSE ] FANS, IT'S NOW TIME TO INTRODUCE THE PLAYERS AND COACHES IN TONIGHT'S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH UP.

FIRST FOR THE SPRINGVILLE ORIOLES, NUMBER 3, HANNAH MARCH.

NUMBER 17, MOLLY STAMP.

NUMBER 18, ABBY CHRISTIAN.

NUMBER 23, KELSEY CLOTHIER.

NUMBER 26, LIZ BLAKELY.

NUMBER 27, ASHLYNNE ZARUBA.

AND NUMBER 25, KAYLY HOGE.

THE ASSISTANT COACHES FOR SPRINGVILLE, ANDREA BONE A TILL HOWARD.

NOW LET'S MEET THE STARTERS FOR THE ORIOLES.

5'7" SENIOR NEALMAN.

56 JUNIOR NUMBER 6 HOWARD.

5'9" JUNIOR NUMBER 21 KENNADY BREITFELDER.

5'11" SENIOR NUMBER 28, LAUREN WILSON.

A 5'6" SENIOR NUMBER 30, MORGAN NACHAZEL.

AND NUMBER 32, LILLY CLARKE.

FOR ORIOLES GRACE MATUS.

HEAD COACH FOR SPRINGVILLE IS CLAUDE HOWARD JUNIOR.

NOW, LET'S MEET THE BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME NIKES.

[ APPLAUSE ] NUMBER 10, LAUREN CREDITINGER, NUMBER 16 KATIE STEPHENS.

NUMBER 18, BRET KAVANAUGH McVEY.

NUMBER 20, MATDY MOSENA.

NUMBER 21, MATTY NAP.

NUMBER 24, MACY BELGER.

AND NUMBER 26, EMILY STUTSMAN.

THE ASSISTANT COACHES FOR THE NIKES ARE MEGAN STEPHENS, JULIE BELGER, AND SUSAN REED.

AND NOW LET'S MEET THE STARTERS FOR THE NIKES, 5'10" SENIOR NUMBER 3 JOSIE BENTZ.

5'10" SENIOR NUMBER 4 MEGAN HARRELL.

57 SOPHOMORE NUMBER 9 TARYN STEPHENS.

6'1" JUNIOR NUMBER 11 GABBY DEAR RE.

NUMBER 12, JENNA BENTZ.

6 FOOT JUNIOR NUMBER 23, ABBY KORSCHGEN.

AND 5'5" JUNIOR AVA PARKINS.

HEAD COACH FOR NOTRE DAME IS MIKE HOWARD.

NOW FOR THE INTRODUCTION FIRST REFEREE NICKY O'KEEFE.

YOUR SECOND REFEREE RYAN MOTT.

AND LINE JUDGE TED MOZER AND TED BECKER.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT'S TIME FOR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP VOLLEYBALL.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> ALL RIGHT.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE KEYS TO THE MATCH.

BETH WEST, WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR SPRINGVILLE TO WIN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH?

>> FOR SPRINGVILLE, I THINK THEY REALLY NEED TO HAVE A STRONG NET PRESENCE.

THEY WANT THEIR FRONT ROW TO IT BE ACTIVE AT THE NET.

THIS MEANS CONTROLLING ANY OVERPASSES AND PUTTING UP A SOLID BLOCK.

IF THEY ARE BLOCK CAN SLOW DOWN THE NIKES'S ATTACK, SPRINGVILLE WILL BE VERY COMPETITIVE TONIGHT.

AND SECONDLY, THEY JUST WANT TO PLAY WITH ENERGY.

THIS IS THE LAST STATE FINAL OF THE DAY.

IT'S TIME FOR SPRINGVILLE TO SHINE.

THEY WANT TO PLAY WITH EXCITEMENT AND EXECUTE THEIR STRATEGY AND THEY JUST WANT TO LEAVE ALL THEIR EFFORT ON THE COURT.

>> AND FOR BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME TO DEFEND THEIR TITLE?

>> I THINK THEY NEED TO START ON THE ATTACK OF THE WE MENTIONED BEFORE ON PAPER THEY ARE THE FAVORITE COMING INTO THE FINALS BUT NOW THEY NEED TO BACK IT UP SO THEY WANT 20 START AGGRESSIVELY TO PUT PRESSURE ON SPRINGVILLE TO RESPOND.

THEY WANT TO COMMUNICATE WELL AND BATD EL AS A TEAM.

AND THEN SECONDLY, DEFEND THAT TITLE.

THEY RETURN SIX STARTERS FROM THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM SO THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE.

THEY ARE LOOKING TO PLAY WITH FIRE AND CONFIDENCE TONIGHT.

SO THAT THEY CAN BRING HOME ANOTHER STATE TITLE.

>> THANK YOU, BETH.

THOSE ARE THE KEYS TO THE MATCH.

IT'S BEEN A LONG FUN WEEK HERE IN CEDAR RAPIDS.

QUARTERFINALS, SEMIFINALS AND CHAMPIONSHIP THURSDAY.

THEY LIT UP THE BUILDING THE SKY LINE, ROLLED UP THE PINK CARPET AND THE STUDENT ATHLETES, COACHES, ADMINISTRATORS FANS OF ALL AGES HAVE HAD FUN.

IT'S DOWN TO THIS, ONE FINAL TROPHY TO HAND OUT.

TECHNICALLY, TWO, BOTH TEAMS GET A TROPHY, THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE STATE RUNNER-UP.

A LOT ON THE LINE.

AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE OPENING SERVE AT THE CLASS 1A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH PLEASANT VALLEY WON IN 4 A.

WEST DELAWARE IN 2 A.

WHO IS GOING TO BE HERE IN 1A?

ANTIQUE THERE.

AND FIRST POINT ON THE FIRST SET GOES TO THE ORIOLES.

HERE'S THE SERVE FROM NACHAZEL.

THE SENIOR DS.

AND BACK TO BACK ATTACK ERRORS MEANS A 2-0 LEAD FOR SPRINGVILLE.

>> BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME GETTING A GOOD PASS.

RUNNING THEIR OFFENSE.

JUST A LITTLE BIT OF JITTERS FROM THE HITTERS.

THEY'LL SETTLE DOWN.

>> THE PASS.

THE SET TO THE OUTSIDE.

THROUGH THE BLOCK.

YOU SAID IT, ON PAPER BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME RETURNING SIX STARTERS FROM THE CHAMPIONSHIP LAST YEAR.

BUT YOU LIKED WHAT YOU SAW IN THE SEMIS AND QUARTERFINALS FROM SPRINGVILLE.

>> YEAH, SO MUCH EXCITE AND THEY HAVE SO MUCH FIRE, THEY ARE GOING TO PLAY THEIR BEST.

THEY ARE GOING TO BATTLE.

THEY WORK HARD.

>> ALL OF THAT MEANS THEY LEAD 4-0.

4-0.

PERFECT SPOT.

>> GOOD PICKUP ON THE SPRINGVILLE SIDE AND THE SETTER HOWARD ABLE TO FIND THE CORNER.

GREAT SPOT.

>> BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME WANTS SOMETHING TO CHEER ABOUT.

AND THERE IT IS.

TWO CONTACT PENALTY MISCUE AGAINST SPRINGVILLE.

AND, FINALLY, THEY GET ON THE BOARD.

>> YEAH, THEY GET THEIR FIRST POINT.

THEY SIDE OUT.

NOW THEY ARE ON THE ATTACK WITH THE SERVE.

LOOKING TO PUT A STRONG DEFENSE HERE.

>> BENTZ SERVE BUT THEY CAN'T GET ANY POINTS TOGETHER.

A QUICK SIDE OUT AND THE STUDENT SECTION LOVING THIS FOR THE ORIOLES.

>> WHAT A QUICK SET TO THE MIDDLE, A STRONG SWING, FOUND A HOLE IN THAT BLACK, SHE'S ABLE TO GO RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF IT FOR SPRINGVILLE.

>> 5-1 OPENING SET.

>> LEFT-HANDED PUNCH OVER THERE BY KENNADY BREITFELDER.

SHE WILL DO IT AGAIN.

RETURNED.

GOOD RALLY.

JUST SAILS LONG.

WAS IT TOUCHED?

YOU BET IT WAS.

SPRINGVILLE ROCKING AND ROLLING WITH ANOTHER POINT HERE.

>> TOUCH POINT ORIOLES.

>> LONG ON THE SWING BUT TOUCH ON THE BLACK.

SPRINGVILLE ABLE TO KEEP THEIR RUN GOING HERE AT THE START OF SET ONE.

>> BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME LOOKING TO GET SOME MOMENTUM GOING.

THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA, BUT IT JUST PUSHED AND SAILED A LITTLE TOO LONG.

AND IT'S NOW 7-1.

AND JUST LIKE THAT, A TIMEOUT.

RED HOT OUT OF THE GATE IS SPRINGVILLE.

AND LOOK AT THE CELEBRATION.

LET'S SEE WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT AFTER THIS HOT START.

>> GREAT START TO THE GAME.

GREAT START TO THE GAME.

I THINK WE ARE EXACTLY WHERE WE WANT TO BE, RIGHT?

GREAT START.

WE HAVE GREAT OFFENSE RIGHT NOW.

MOVING BACK JUST A LITTLE BIT.

REMEMBER THE PLAN.

WE HAVE TO KEEP THEM OFF THE NET.

AS LONG AS WE KEEP THEM OFF THE NET WE'LL GET EASY BALLS.

REALLY GREAT JOB OUT THERE.

LET'S GO, ONE, TWO, THREE.

GO GET THEM.

>> COACHES ARE PROUD OF THE START.

AND A LOT OF THINGS WORKING IN THEIR FAVOR EARLY ON.

>> HE MENTIONED GREAT DEFENSE.

THEY ARE BEING SCRAPPY, PICKING UP EVERYTHING THAT BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME IS PUTTING OVER.

AND YOU HEARD THEIR STRATEGY.

THEY ARE TRYING TO KEEP THE BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME HITTERS FAR OFF THE NET.

THEY FEEL THEY HAVE A BETTER CHANCE TO DEFEND.

IF THEY CAN KEEP BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME FARTHER BACK.

IT MAKES SENSE.

>> 7-1.

AND THE SERVE.

A GOOD SERVE BY NUMBER 7 NYE A HOWARD 5'6" JUNIOR SETTER.

THAT'S DOWN FOR ANOTHER KILL.

AND THE CELEBRATION CONTINUES FOR SPRINGVILLE.

P >> GOOD SWING.

BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME WAS RIGHT THERE ON DEFENSE.

JUST LOOKED RIGHT THROUGH HER HANDS.

THERE IS A COUPLE OF MISSED CUES AND MISTAKES THAT PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAPPEN.

AGAIN I THINK THEY'LL SETTLE DOWN BUT FOR NOW THEY JUST NEED TO GET A SIDE OUT.

>> QUICK SET MIDDLE.

BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME ON THE BACK ROW SWING.

AND THAT WILL DROP DOWN FOR POINT NUMBER 2.

8-2 FIRST SET 25, WIN BY 2.

>> BACK ROW SWING THERE FROM GABBY DEERY.

SHE'S AN OUTSIDE HITTER.

NOW WHEN SHE MOVES TO THE FRONT ROW BUT NOW PLAYS BACK.

AND SHE HAS A STRONG ATTACK WHEN SHE PLAYS FROM THE BACK ROW.

>> PUSHING IT.

TRYING TO TOOL IT OUT OF BOUNDS OFF THE HANDS OF THE BLOCK.

GOOD PASS.

HERE'S THE SET.

NEAR SIDE SWING.

OFF THE HANDS.

THE RESILIENT DEFENSE OF THE ORIOLES CONTINUE.

GREAT RALLY.

AND BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME WITH THE POINT.

>> THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SEE, BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH.

COVERING YOUR HITTERS, KEEPING THE BALL ALIVE.

BUT A SOLID BLOCK THERE FROM BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME TO FINISH THE POINT.

>> GOT TO CHIP AWAY AT THE STEPS IF YOU ARE THE NIKES.

AND AN ATTACK HERE.

AND NOW JUST BY 4.

THERE IS A WHOLE LOT OF VOLLEYBALL LEFT TO BE PLAYED HERE IN THIS FIRST SET ALONE, EVEN IF YOU LOSE THE FIRST SET, THERE IS A WHOLE LOT OF VOLLEYBALL LEFT IN TONIGHT'S MATCH.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THE TIDE CAN CHANGE VERY QUICKLY.

YOU PLAY TO 25, YOU HAVE TO WIN BY 2.

A LOT OF VOLLEYBALL.

>> PUSHING THEM OUT OF BOUNDS ON THE ATTACK THERE.

AND THE SIDE OUT TO THE ORIOLES.

>> A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS, BUT JUST THE EXECUTION HAS NOT BEEN WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE IF YOU WANT TO WIN A TITLE.

>> RIGHT.

THEY ARE SEEING THE COURT AND OPENINGS.

NOW EXECUTE.

>> GOOD SWING.

AND THAT'S DOWN FOR A POINT.

9-5 NOW.

>> DEERY, A TALENTED ATTACKER.

>> DEERY IS THERE KILLS LEADER ON THE SEASON.

I THINK WE'LL BE SAYING HER NAME QUITE OFTEN TONIGHT.

THAT SWING HIGH OFF THE HANDS OF THE SPRINGVILLE BLOCKERS.

>> HAVE TO PUSH IT OVER.

AND IT'S OUT OF BOUNDS ON THE CALL.

I THINK IT WAS CLOSE.

LET'S GO TO OUR REPLAY.

WE HAVE MANY CAMERAS HERE.

OH, RIGHT THERE.

>> IT LOOKED CLOSE.

IT'S HARD FROM THE ANGLE ON THAT REPLAY.

WE AREN 0 ARE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE.

>> DOWN FIRST OF DOUBLE DIGITS HERE IN THE FIRST SET ARE THE ORIOLES OF SPRINGVILLE.

BIG SMILE.

AND CELEBRATION.

AND EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE DIALED IN IF YOU ARE WEARING THAT SPRINGVILLE UNIFORM.

>> THEY ARE CLICKING WELL AS A TEAM RIGHT NOW.

>> WHISTLE STOPS THE PLAY.

SPRINGVILLE GETS THE POINT.

>> ILLEGAL ATTACK IS THE OFFICIAL CALL CHARGED AGAINST THE NIKES.

>> SO THE BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME SETTER NUMBER 12 IS BACK SETTER RIGHT NOW, THAT BALL IS SAILING OVER THE NET.

SHE TRIED TO SAVE IT BUT WHEN SHE TOUCHED IT, THEY WERE ABLE TO RESPOND THOUGH VERY WELL.

>> RACKS UP ANOTHER ONE.

SHE ALREADY HAS THREE KILLS.

THREE OF THE SEVEN POINTS GOING TO GABBY DEERY.

>> THEY ARE WANTING TO GET A LOT OF PRODUCTION OUT OF HER.

I THINK THEY'LL MOVE HER AROUND A LOT ON THE COURT.

LIKE I SAID SHE PLAYS OUTSIDE BUT I THINK WE'LL SEE HER SWING FROM THE MID HE EL, RIGHT SIDE, DEPENDING WHERE SHE IS IN SERVING.

SPRINGVILLE ABLE TO RESPOND THOUGH.

THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE SEEN.

THEY MIGHT, BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME MIGHT SIDE OUTS, BUT SPRINGVILLE IS GOING DO KOUN FERRITE AWAY.

>> I'M JUST SURPRISED BECAUSE BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME SEEMS SHELL SHOCKED NOT PREPARED OUT OF THE GATES AND THEY ARE THE DEFENDING CHAMP THAT IS RETURNED SIX STARTERS THEY'VE BEEN HERE.

>> YES, THEY HAVE BEEN HERE.

THAT'S WHY I THINK WE MIGHT SEE SOME OF THIS CHANGE A LITTLE BIT.

BUT SO IMPRESSED WITH SPRINGVILLE COMING OUT SO STRONG.

AND THEY ARE HOPING TO CONTINUE THAT.

NO LET UP.

P >> ONE THING TO GET A LEAD, IT'S ANOTHER TO PROTECT THE LEAD AND TO FINISH.

ABOUT THE HALFWAY POINT OF THE OPENING SET.

ANOTHER RIGHT IDEA.

JUST SAILS ON HER A LITTLE BIT THERE IS THE GOLDEN CORNER YOU TALKED ABOUT WAS WIDE OPEN.

>> IT WAS WIDE OPEN.

JUST A LITTLE BIT WIDE, BUT I LOVE THE IDEA.

GOOD JOB BY SPRINGVILLE TO SET IT UP, THAT WAS SETTER BEING ABLE TO ATTACK IT THERE.

TRYING FOR THE CORNER.

>> BACK SET.

CAUGHT THEM OFF-GUARD.

GOOD EXECUTION AND TIMING.

IT'S NOT AN EASY PLAY.

>> IT IS NOT.

SPRINGVILLE AND HOWARD QUALITY SETTER.

>> THAT'S MORE LIKE IT FOR BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME AS MEGAN HAROLD, A SENIOR, WITH THE KILL.

COACH LOOKING ON.

THAT'S MIKE HOWARD.

AND BETH, TALK ABOUT WHAT HE'S BEEN ABLE TO DO AT BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME IN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD.

>> A VERY SHORT PERIOD.

SO THIS IS MIKE HOWARD'S SECOND YEAR HEAD COACH AT BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

LAST YEAR, WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

THIS YEAR BACK IN STATE FINALS.

HE'S TRYING TO GO TWO FOR TWO IN STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

IN THESE TWO YEARS AS HEAD COACH.

>> IMPRESSIVE.

>> MIKE DAVIS LEADING THE WAY FOR BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

CLAUDE HOWARD JUNIOR LEADING THE WAY FOR SPRINGVILLE.

ILLEGAL LIFT CHARGED AGAINST BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

AND IT'S NOW A 5-POINT ADVANTAGE.

SPRINGVILLE HAS NOT TRAILED IN THIS OPENING SET.

P NOW FIVE POINTS, THAT'S NOT A LOT.

IT'S NOT A HUGE LEAD, BUT IF BURLINGTON IS NOT ABLE TO MAKE A RUN, YOU CAN'T GO POINT FOR POINT DOWN THE STRETCH HERE AS THE FIRST SET CLOSES OUT.

>> EXACTLY.

AIMING TO PUT TOGETHER A FEW POINTS IN A ROW.

>> THERE IS TWO.

>> AND THEY HAVE IT STARTED.

THERE IS TWO.

>> BOTH COACHES HAVE TWO TIMEOUTS EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME MIKE DAVIS HAS USED ONE EARLY ON IN THIS SET.

KEEP AN EYE ON STRATEGY AND HOW THEY CHOOSE TO USE THEM.

PUSHING IT TO THE OUTSIDE.

DENIED AT THE NET.

WHAT A SCRAPPY PLAY.

AND WE PLAY ON.

BACK ROW SWING.

AND IT RICOCHETS BACK OVER TO BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

ANOTHER ONE.

BODIES FLYING ALL OVER ON BOTH SIDES OF THE NET.

THAT'S THE ONE.

THAT ONE HAS TO FEEL GOOD FOR BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME TO FINALLY GET THAT ONE DOWN.

>> A GREAT SWING TO FINISH THAT LONG RALLY.

WHAT GREAT DEFENSE ON BOTH SIDES.

SO FUN TO SEE THAT.

>> LET'S GO INSIDE TO BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME HUDDLE.

THEY PULLED WITHIN TWO NOW.

>> CUT IT BACK INTO THE COURT.

TAKE HER NOSE THIS WAY, OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

HEY, WE WAIVED THE STORM.

WE HAVE TO BE CRISPER.

FOUR TIMES WE PLAYED DEFENSE AND GOT THE POINT.

KEEP PLAYING DEFENSE.

KEEP PLAYING DEFENSE.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GO.

ONE, TWO, THREE, NIKES.

>> HAVE TO PLAY DEFENSE.

YOU PLAY DEFENSE, THAT'S OVER HALF THE SPORT OF VOLLEYBALL IS DEFENSE.

>> IT IS.

IT IS FUNDAMENTAL TO THE GAME.

YOU HAVE TO PLAY DEFENSE FIRST.

YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE OFFENSIVE WEAPONS BUT IF YOU CAN'T GET THAT BALL UP, IF YOU CAN'T KEEP IT ALIVE, NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

PLAY DEFENSE.

>> WE HAD A FEELING BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME WOULD COME BACK.

BUT JUST AS THEY DO, SPRINGVILLE GETS A MUCH NEEDED SIDE OUT AND POINT.

THEY LEAD BY THREE.

AND THEY SEND THE TAL ENTDED HOWARD THEIR SETTER BACK TO SERVE.

TALENTED NIA HOWARD.

HERE'S THE SET.

AND THAT ONE GETS THROUGH.

QUICK SIDE OUT.

AND THE NIKES ARE IN BUSINESS.

LET'S LOOK AT THE REPLAY HERE.

>> SHE'S A LITTLE OFF-BALANCE BUT ABLE TO WORK WITH THAT.

TIPS IT RIGHT OVER THE BLOCK.

SPRINGVILLE DEFENDERS FARTHER BACK NOT ABLE TO PICK IT UP.

>> OFF THE HANDS.

AND DOWN FOR ANOTHER POINT.

>> SPRINGVILLE IS GETTING TOUCHES ON ALMOST EVERYTHING, WHICH IS FUN TO SEE.

>> BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU DON'T GET THE FULL UP IN THE PERFECT PASS, IT JUST SAYS A LOT ABOUT THEIR CHARACTER AND THEIR CHANCES HERE, QUITE FRANKLY.

>> IT DOES.

IT SOUNDS ODD, BUT IT FEELS BETTER WHEN YOU GET A TOUCH, WHEN YOU GET ONE OR TWO, AND MAYBE DON'T GET IT ALL THE WAY OVER, BUT IT'S BETTER A STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR.

JUST FEELS BETTER EVEN THOUGH A POINT IS A POINT.

>> WE ARE ALL TIED UP AT 16.

AND ATTACK ERROR.

AND WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT.

DOWN AND SCORING BACK TO TAKE THEIR FIRST LEAD UP 17-16.

MOMENTUM IN FAVOR OF BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME, THE DEFENDING CHAMPS.

ANOTHER ONE.

ADD IT TO THE TALLY.

>> STRONG DOUBLE BLOCK FOR BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

I'M GOING TO LOOK AT THE REPLAY HERE.

THAT RIGHT SIDE FOR BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME MOVING OUT SHE SAW IT WAS AN OUTSIDE HIT JUST CLOSES DOWN THAT LINE.

>> IF THE LINE IS NOT AN OPTION, THAT REALLY HELPS OUT THE DEFENSE BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE CAN FUNNEL AND THE BACK ROW CAN PLAY DEFENSIVE.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT WAS NEEDED.

SPRINGVILLE STOPS IT WITH A KENNADY BREITFELDER KILL.

HERE'S THE REPLAY OF THE JUNIOR OUTSIDE HITTER'S POINT.

HER THIRD OF THE NIGHT.

NEAR SIDE ATTACK.

BLOCK, BUT IT GOES OUT OF BOUNDS.

THE POINT TO BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME GREAT SWING BY GABBY DEERY.

SIX KILLS NOW.

>> SIX KILLS AND USING THE HANDS OF THE BLOCKERS THERE, TOOLING IT OUT OF BOUNDS.

>> THE AFTER VA PARKINS SERVING AND A POINT TO BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW LEADING BY THREE.

AND ONLY FIVE POINTS AWAY FROM TAKING THIS OPENING SET.

20-17 OUR SCORE.

>> REALLY CRITICAL POINT HERE THIS LATE IN THE SET.

>> CLASS 1A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.

>> AND THERE IS A POINT.

AND REALLY GOING TO, WHEN YOU NEED A POINT, LAUREN WILSON HAS BEEN STRONG ALL YEAR LONG.

234 KILLS THAT'S THE MOST ON THE TEAM.

HEY, WE NEED A POINT, WE NEED A SIDE OUT.

WHERE IS MY TEAMMATE LAUREN AT IS THIS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

SHE'S A SENIOR.

GOOD EXPERIENCE.

AND THERE WE SEE HER PUT UP A SOLID BLOCK.

DO IT ON OFFENSE, FOLLOW IT UP WITH DEFENSE.

GREAT JOB LAUREN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

A STANDOUT VOLLEYBALL PLAYER IN HER OWN RIGHT.

BLOCKING OR GETTING THE KILL, SHE DID BOTH BACK TO BACK.

WHICH FEELS BETTER?

WHAT'S MORE FUN, THE DENIAL OR THE PUNISHING KILL?

>> FOR ME, I ALWAYS LOVED THE BLOCK.

THE DENIAL.

SOMEONE WHO IS ATTACKING AT YOU.

GIVING IT THEIR ALL IN A SWING.

>> NOT MY HOUSE.

>> PUT UP A BIG SOLID BLOCK AND SHUT THEM DOWN.

THAT WAS MY FAVORITE.

I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WOULD PREFER THE ATTACK.

THOSE ARE GREAT TOO.

>> WELL, SHE GETS A KILL THERE.

I DON'T KNOW, THAT WASN'T THE BIG SLAMMING KILL DOWN THE LINE, BUT IT STILL COUNTS AND IT STILL PULLS HER TEAM TO A 20-20 TIE.

>> TIED AT 20.

THIS IS A BATTLE IN SET ONE.

>> HOPEFULLY THIS IS AN INDICATION OF WHAT IS TO COME FOR THE REST OF THIS 1A CHAMPIONSHIP.

GOOD EFFORT.

BUT RUNNING OUT OF REAL ESTATE NEAR THE BENCH AND THE NIKES LEAD 21-20.

>> GOOD EXECUTION THERE.

I LIKE THE EFFORT AND HUSTLE TO TRY TO RUN IT DOWN.

>> TARYN STEPHENS TO SERVE.

STEPHENS JUST A SOPHOMORE.

WHAT A CUT.

SLICE THAT ONE.

CUT IT BACK.

AND NOBODY WAS HOME DEFENSIVELY.

>> GOOD ADJUSTMENT.

SHE SAW THAT BLOCKER RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER.

MAYBE THE TIMING WAS A LITTLE OFF, BUT A GREAT DIP TO MAKE UP FOR IT.

>> GOOD IDEA.

TRYING TO CUT IT TO THE OTHER SIDE LINE.

BUT JUST BLASTED IT TOO FAR.

AND IT'S NOW 22-21 ON THAT HITTING AIR.

BUT THE ORIOLES SERVE OUT HERE.

DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE BALL BACK TO BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

THEY DO NOT RIGHT THERE.

A LIFT CALLED.

AND CALLING THE SECOND TIMEOUT AS YOU SEE THE REPLAY.

23-21.

LET'S LISTEN IN TO THE SPRINGVILLE HUDDLE ON THE CUT OF THIS FIRST SET ONE.

>> WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD SERVE AND PLAY GOOD DEFENSE.

YOU ARE DOING AN AWESOME JOB TAKING CARE OF NUMBER 11.

LET'S GET ANOTHER BLOCK ON DEFENSE.

NICE HARD SWING, RIGHT.

WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS.

BELIEVE IN YOUR RECEIVES.

I BLOO EVE IN YOU.

LET'S GO, TEAM ONE, TWO, THREE.

>> SERVING DEFENSE.

YEAH, THOSE DWREE THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT IF THEY WANT TO CLOSE THIS THING OUT HERE.

>> VERY IMPORTANT.

BELIEVE IN YOUR SELF.

I BLOO EVE IN YOU.

GOOD ENCOURAGEMENT FROM COACH.

NOW THEY NEED TO PUT IT INTO ACTION.

START WITH A GREAT SERVE HE SAID.

>> CLAUDE HOWARD EIGHT YEAR COACHING AT THIS SCHOOL.

OVER 250 WINS.

AND IT DOES.

OH, START WITH THE SERVE.

A SERVICE ACE.

WOW.

AND THAT BRINGS UPSET POINT FOR SPRINGVILLE.

ANOTHER GOOD SERVE.

CLOSE TO THE NET SETTER DUMP BURLINGTON NOD WITH OPTIONS.

GETS IT DENIED.

GOING TO TRY AGAIN.

SPRINGVILLE TO THE OUTSIDE THIS TIME.

BLOCKED DOWN, BUT IT'S OUT OF BOUNDS.

HOT START, AND THEN CLIMBING BACK IN TO WIN IT, 25-21.

THAT WAS A DOOZY, THAT WAS A FUN ONE.

LET'S SEE HOW THE NIKES RESPOND IN THE SECOND SET.

WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE FROM CEDAR RAPIDS IN THE ALLIANT ENERGY POWERHOUSE 1A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.

>>> WELCOME BACK EVERYONE.

SPRINGVILLE 25, BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME 21.

ONE SET DONE.

STILL UP FOR VOLLEYBALL LEFT TO BE PLAYED IN THIS 1A CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL.

SHE'S BETH WEST AND I'M ERIC.

BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME PLAYED WELL BUT I THINK THERE IS ROOM FOR POTENTIALLY BETTER VOLLEYBALL IN SET TWO.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME I THINK WAS GETTING SETTLED IN THAT FIRST SET.

THEY MADE SOME UNCHARACTERISTIC MISTAKES.

BUT CREDIT TO SPRINGVILLE THEY CAME OUT WITH ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT.

THEY PLAYED GREAT DEFENSE THEY JUST DIDN'T LET THE BALL DIE.

IT WAS FUN TO WATCH.

>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHTS.

RED HOT START FOR SPRINGVILLE OUT OF THE GATE.

BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME STARTED COOKING.

THEY ACTUALLY PULLED AHEAD AND GOT THE LEAD BACK.

AND THEN IT WENT RIGHT DOWN TO THE VERY WIRE.

THE VERY END.

AND THAT'S WHEN SPRINGVILLE STEPPED ON THE GAS AND ACCELERATOR AND FINISHED FOR THE VICTORY.

>> IT WAS BACK AND FORTH.

IT DID FEEL LIKE A ROLLER COAST ER, EXCITING AND FUN, I LIKED IT, WE'LL SEE HOW THEY COME OUT IN SET TWO.

>> FOUR MORE KILLS FOR SPRINGVILLE, SIX MORE DIGS, ONE MORE BLOCK FOR NOTRE DAME, AND SERVICES WAS EQUAL.

CLEAN SLATE RIGHT NOW.

0-0 AS WE HEAD TO THE SECOND SET.

HERE'S BENTZ, JOSIE THE SENIOR AND THE BENTZ THE SENIOR SETTER.

NOT A MUST WIN FOR BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME BUT THEY WOULD LOVE TO EVEN OUT THE SERIES AND NOT DROP DOWN 2-0.

BUT JUST LIKE IN SET ONE, THE FIRST POINT GOES TO SPRINGVILLE.

HERE'S A GOOD LOOK AT THIS REPLAY.

>> DOUBLE BLOCK UP FOR SPRINGVILLE.

BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME ATTACK RIGHT INTO THEIR HANDS.

WANTED TO SEE GABBY DEERY SWING HIGH.

I KNOW SHE'S ABLE TO DO THAT.

>> 1-1.

PERFECT SET.

REALLY GOOD JOB AT DISGUISING WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO DO ON THE ATTACK THERE.

>> SHE DID A GOOD HIP RIGHT OVER THE BLOCKERS.

A LITTLE BARREL WAS THERE, BUT NOT ABLE TO PICK IT UP.

IT WAS SUCH A SHALLOW SHORT TIP.

>> THE MIDDLE WAS OPEN.

HAROLD WITH THE KILL.

MEGAN HAROLD SENIOR 5'10" MIDDLE HITTER.

GOOD SOLID PLAY OUT OF THE SENIOR WHO HAD A TOTAL OF 119 KILLS THIS SEASON.

LOVE THE HUSTLE.

FREE BALL OVER THE NET THOUGH.

AND NOTRE DAME GETS IT BACK.

CLOSE TO THE NET.

GREAT RALLY.

TIP.

BUT STUFFED BACK.

KENNADY BREITFELDER, JUNIOR, 5'9" OUTSIDE HITTER DENIES THIS ATTACK.

>> GOOD TIMING FROM THE SPRINGVILLE BLOCK RIGHT THERE.

>> IT'S ALMOST LIKE SPRINGVILLE HAS A COMPETITION OF WHO CAN CELEBRATE MORE AFTER EACH POINT.

LIKE THE ENERGY THEY HAVE AFTER THEY SCORE A POINT.

THEY ARE JUST JUMPING UP AND DOWN.

AND I THINK INFECTIOUS.

AND I THINK IT JUST IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THEY ARE SUCH A SCRAPPY TEAM.

>> I COMPLETELY AGREE.

IT IS CONTAGIOUS THROUGHOUT THEIR TEAM.

THEIR BENCH GETS INTO IT.

IT'S NOT JUST THE SIX ON THE COURT.

THEY ARE A TROO TEAM AND THEY ARE ALL CELEBRATING EACH OTHER WHEN THEY GETS POINTS.

>> LOOKING TO CELEBRATE SOON AS THE NIKES HAVE THE 3-2 LEAD.

DENIED.

AND THERE IS SOME CELEBRATION AGAIN FOR BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

HERE'S THE BLOCK.

AND THIS IS HERE.

>> TWO DOUBLE BLOCKERS, FOUR SOLID ARMS, PRESSED STRONG OVER THE NET.

IT'S TOUGH TO GET THROUGH IN THAT SITUATION TRYING TO GO AROUND, TRYING TO GO OVER TOP, BUT GREAT BLOCK BY BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

>> ATTACK SAILS LONG.

AND THE RUN CONTINUES.

BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME SAID, OKAY, THAT FIRST ONE YOU WON IT, BUT NOW WE'LL TAKE THIS THING OVER HERE.

STATEMENT FOR REIGNING CHAMPS, ONLY LOSSES THIS YEAR, AND WEST LIBERTY, ALL SCHOOLS LARGER THAN THEIR CLASS 1A RANKING.

THEY HAVE NOT LOST TO A 1A SCHOOL THIS YEAR.

SIDE OUT.

AND THE STRONG SERVE, SERVICE ACE, SECOND OF THE NIGHT.

>> VERY STRONG SERVE.

TRYING TO KEEP BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME OFF-BALANCE.

TRYING TO KEEP THEM OUT OF SYSTEM.

AND HEY, THROW IN AN ACE EVERY NOW AND THEN TOO, THAT HELPS.

>> UNABLE TO BACK IT UP.

THAT ONE GOES DIRECTLY INTO THE NET FOR A SERVICE ERROR AND BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME NOW WITH THE BALL AND TWO-POINT LEAD.

>> CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS THAT HAVE BEEN CROWNED TODAY, PLEASANT VALLEY OVER CEDAR RAPIDS IN THREE SETS IN CLASS 5A.

WESTERN BUICK FROM 4 A.

WEST LIBERTY IN 3A IN TWO SETS.

AND 2 A.

DEFENDING THEIR STATE TITLE OVER WESTERN CHRISTIAN THREE SETS TO NONE.

A BIG ACE SERVE.

AND NOW THE NIKES HAVE DOUBLED UP THE ORIOLES.

GABBY DEERY BRINGS SO MUCH TO THIS TEAM.

THERE IS THE PASS.

SETTER DUMP.

ORIOLES WERE EXPECTING IT.

A GOOD MIX.

A POINT FOR SPRINGVILLE.

>> QUICK ATTACK.

A LITTLE TIGHT TO THE NET THERE, NOT A LOT OF SPACE TO WORK WITH.

AND SPRINGVILLE WILL SMOOTHER THAT BALL WITH A BLOCK.

>> QUICK SET MIDDLE.

THAT TIME WORKS TO PERFECTION.

>> LILY CLARK JUST A JUNIOR, A 400 KILL EFFICIENCY ON THE SEASON.

>> 400.

>> VERY EFFECTIVE.

>> GREAT JOB.

>> AND WHY DO THE MID ELSE USUALLY HAVE A HIGHER ATTACK PERCENTAGE THAN A RIGHT SIDE OR OUTSIDE SOMETIMES?

>> I WOULD SAY PROBABLY THAT QUICKER CONNECTION FOR THE MOST PART YOU ARE TRYING TO CATCH THE BLOCKERS OFF-GUARD A LITTLE BIT MORE.

>> DEFENSE AREN'T SET UP.

>> POTENTIALLY.

EXACTLY.

YEP.

>> AND RIGHT NOW 9-7 SECOND SET.

AND TOLL SERVE IS MEGAN HAROLD.

YOU GET THE KILL AND NOW IT'S TIME TO GO BEHIND THE SERVICE LINE.

SENDING IT OVER AGAIN, THESE SETTERS ARE ACTIVE ON THE OFFENSIVE, THEY ARE BOTH THREATS OFFENSIVELY.

IT SAILS DEEP AND OUT OF BOUNDS.

ANOTHER POINT FOR BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

HERE'S THE REPLAY.

>> RIGHT IDEA.

TRYING THAT LINE.

BLOCKERS WEREN'T ALL THE WAY SET UP.

JUST A LITTLE BIT LONG ON THE SWING FOR SPRINGVILLE.

>> MISSING CONTACT THERE.

AND ATTACK WIDE.

AND THE NIKES LEADING BY FOUR.

THIS FEELS MORE LIKE THE TEAM WE EXPECTED TO SEE HERE, CHAMPIONS.

LEADING THAT, SETTERS DUMP.

NOW SHE WILL SWING AWAY.

GETTING CHARGED FOR THE ILLEGAL ATTACK.

AND SHE'S GOING TO TALK WITH THE OFFICIAL JUST TO MAKE SURE.

>> I BELIEVE THE CALL WAS THAT THE LA BEARO TOOK THE BALL WITH HER HANDS IN FRONT OF THE 10 FOOT LINE AND THEN AN ATTACKER ATTACKED IT.

SO ORIGINALLY I THINK SPRINGVILLE THOUGHT THEY WERE CALL AGO BACK ROW ATTACK ONSETERS.

THAT'S NOT TRUE.

SETTERS ARE FRONT ROW.

THAT'S IS OKAY.

I THINK IT'S TAKING THE BALL WITH HER HAND AND SETTING FROM THE LA BEARO.

>> LET'S GO INSIDE THE BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME HUDDLE AS THEY LEAD BY FIVE.

>> IT'S BEEN TOUGH SO FAR.

OKAY.

BUT WE ARE NOT CHANGING ANYTHING.

OKAY.

NOT CHANGING ANYTHING.

ALL RIGHT.

SET EVERYTHING UP, SWING, YOU SEE THE DOUBLE BLOCK, TRY THE ROLL SHOTS, IF NOT HIT HIGH HANDS.

WE HAVE TO HAVE YOU DO THAT.

BECAUSE WE CAN'T HAVE EVERYONE PANICKING OUR LEFTS AREN'T WORKING.

WE MAKE A COUPLE OF GOOD BLOCKS.

WE BLOCK THEM.

WE NEED YOU GUYS.

LET'S GO.

>> I LOVE T COACH PULLS TWO PLAYERS A SIDE TO HAVE A LITTLE HEART TO HEART.

AS JOSIE BENTZ THE SENIOR OUTSIDE HITTER, GABBY DEERY AS WELL.

>> AND REMINDING THEM, YOU'RE GOOD, WE'RE GOOD, SWING AWAY.

YOU'VE GOT IT.

WE ARE GOING TO GET BLOCKED, THAT HAPPENS, THAT'S THE GAME OF VOLLEYBALL.

KEEP SWINGING.

KEEP GETTING AFTER IT.

GO HIGH HANDS.

WORK AROUND IT.

GOOD ENCOURAGEMENT.

>> THAT'S THE THING IN LIVES, YOU WON'T BE SUCCESSFUL IN EVERYTHING YOU DO EVERY TIME YOU DO IT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> SO HOW DO YOU RESPOND WHEN THINGS DON'T GO YOUR WAY LIKE LOSING THE OPENING SET OR GETTING BLOCKED A COUPLE TIMES.

>> YEP.

>> YOUR GOALS ARE STILL IN FRONT OF YOU.

P. >> AND ATTACK HAIR JUST A HAIR LONG AND THAT'S FOR ORIOLES WHO CALLED TIMEOUT.

HERE'S THE REPLAY.

AND THE COACH ALL OVER THAT CALL RIGHT THERE.

SO SERVE MEGAN NACHAZEL, THE SENIOR DS, STEADY ALL YEAR LONG FOR THEM IN THE BACK ROW.

SMART PLACEMENT DOWN THE LINE.

IT WAS OPEN.

NICE EXECUTION.

>> NICE SWING FOR NUMBER 3 JOSIE BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME GOING RIGHT DOWN THE LINE.

IT'S OPEN FROM A BLOCKING STANDPOINT.

AND SHE WENT HIGH, SHE DIDN'T GO INTO THE BLOCK.

SO GOOD HIGH SWING DOWN THE LINE FOR A POINT.

>> AND REMEMBER JOSIE BENTZ, SHE WAS ONE OF THE TWO PLAYERS PULLED ASIDE BY THE COACH.

NICE TO SEE HOW SHE RESPONDED AFTER THOSE ENCOURAGING WORDS.

13-9 BUT THE ORIOLES SERVING.

CLEARS THE NET.

LITTLE CHANGE ON THE APPROACH.

AND THAT GOT HER A LITTLE OUT OF WHACK.

AND THE ATTACK ERROR GIVES ORIOLES THEIR TENTH POINT OF THE SECOND SET HERE.

GOOD PASS.

QUICK SET MIDDLE.

KILL.

YOU GET A GOOD PASS, YOU GET A GOOD PASS, YOU GET A QUICK KILL BY THAT.

>> THAT'S HOW YOU WANT IT.

SPIKE RIGHT TO YOUR MIDDLE.

TEXTBOOK VOLLEYBALL, RIGHT?

>> AND NOW BENTZ TO SERVE.

>> EASIER SAID THAN DONE MOSZ OF THE TIME.

THEY MAKE IT LOOK EASY.

>> FOR SURE.

>> THESE ARE GOOD VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS.

>> AN ATTACK ERROR.

AND THE ORIOLES ARE WITHIN THREE.

SUBSTITUTION IN THE ROTATION.

AND INTO THE FRONT ROW IS LAUREN WILSON.

KEEP AN EYE ON HER.

AND NUMBER 48 GRACE MATUS SERVING.

IT'S A TOUGH PLAY FOR THE SETTER AS THE PASS REAL TIGHT TO THE NET.

HAMMER TIME.

GABBY DEERY, HAVING HERSELF A NIGHT.

SEVEN KILLS SO FAR IN THIS MATCH.

>> SHE STARTS IT WITH A STRONG APPROACH.

HAS GREAT FOOT WORK.

AND ABLE TO GET HER FEET UNDER THE BALL AND GET A GOOD SWING CROSS COURT FOR BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

>> MISSED TIMING OF THE JUMP IN THE SET CONNECTION.

AN EASY BLOCK FOR THE NIKES.

NOW LEADING BY FIVE WITH THE SERVE.

HALFWAY POINT RIGHT AROUND THERE OF THIS SECOND SET.

SMOKED THAT ONE DOWN.

FOR A BIG KILL.

>> STARTS WITH A VERY NICE JUMP SET FROM NIA HOWARD OF SPRINGVILLE THEN FINISHED WITH A LINE SWING FROM LAUREN WILSON.

>> WILSON WITH EIGHT KILLS ON THE EVENING.

SPREADING IT AROUND.

AND THAT'S MEGAN HAROLD NUMBER 4 NOW HAS FIVE KILLS.

THE SENIOR MIDDLE HITTER.

>> SPRINGVILLE WAS A LITTLE LATE GETTING UP ON THAT.

HAROLD TAKES ADVANTAGE OF IT.

>> BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME SENIORS JOSIE BENTZ AND KATIE STEPHENS WERE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM SELECTIONS LAST SEASON.

STEPHENS IS NAMED ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM CAPTAIN.

BENTZ AVERAGE IS 3.2 KILLS A SET.

HER TWIN SISTER JENNA EIGHT NINE ASSISTS RANKS SECOND AMONG QUALIFIERS.

THROW IN PARKINS FGING FOUR DIGS PER SET, AND THAT'S A LOT OF WEAPONS ON THIS 1A SQUAD.

GOOD JOB TO CHANGE HER FOOT WORK AS THE SET WAS A BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT SHE EXPECTED.

BACK ROW.

MATUS COULDN'T GET THERE.

AND THE KILL BY GABBY DEERY.

LET'S SEE WHAT GABBY DOES.

>> SHE IS WORKING HARD.

THAT'S WHAT SHE IS DOING.

SHE PICKED UP THE DIG AND HAD TO TRANSITION REALLY QUICKLY.

TOOK A BUMP SET FROM HER LA BEARO AND PUTS IT AWAY.

>> BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME ON THE LEFT OF YOUR TV SCREEN, THE ORIOLES OF SPRINGVILLE ON THE RIGHT.

A LITTLE DIP AND GO.

LOCKED.

AND IT LANDS IN.

OH, MY.

>> THAT GETS THEM FIRED UP.

>> THE DEFENSE RESULTING IN OFFENSE.

SHE HIT IT SO HARD, I THOUGHT IT WOULD SAIL DEEP AND OUT OF BOUNDS.

FALLS JUST INSIDE FOR THE POINT.

>> LOVE TO HAVE THAT ONE BACK.

GOOD IDEA.

AGAIN, GETTING IT TO THEIR SETTER NIA HOWARD WHICH THERE IS SO MANY OPTIONS WHEN SHE GETS A GOOD PASS HER WAY.

SHE IS WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER AN OFFENSIVE SETTER.

>> YES.

SHE CAN ATTACK THE BALL.

SHE CAN TIP IT OVER ON THE SECOND HIT.

SHE'S DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB FEEDING HER HITTERS THROUGHOUT THE FIRST AND SECOND SET.

>> LOOK OUT.

THE NIKES HAVE HIT THE 20 POINT MARK.

THEY ARE FIVE POINTS AWAY FROM TYING THIS THING UP.

AND REALIZING THAT SPRINGVILLE WANTS TO TALK THINGS OVER.

HERE'S HEAD COACH CLAUDE HOWARD JUNIOR AS SPRINGVILLE TRAILS BY SIX.

>> GO INSIDE AND DOWN THE MIDDLE.

DRIVE IT INSIDE.

LEADING THAT AREA.

>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.

JUMP AND PRESS ON THE BLOCK.

STILL GETTING SOME GOOD TOUCHES, BUT THEY ARE WINNING THAT BATTLE RIGHT TLCHLT THEY ARE ALSO WINNING THE SERVICE BATTLE RIGHT NOW.

NOT THAT WE ARE PASSING BAD BUT THEY ARE GETTING ONE AND ONE.

SO WE HAVE TO GET ON SOME RUNS, OKAY?

GET THE BALL AND HAVE TO GET SOME RUNS RIGHT HERE.

THIS IS THE TIME TO DRIVE IT.

ONE, TWO, THREE, LET'S GO.

>> NEEDING TO TALK THINGS OVER, TRYING TO CHANGE THE MOMENTUM THAT IS IN FAVOR OF THEIR OPPONENT BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

BUT EVEN IF THEY DON'T WIN THIS RKSZ YOU DON'T WANT TO GET BLOWN OUT HERE HEADING INTO THE THIRD SET TIED 1-1.

>> RIGHT.

MOMENTUM CAN CARRY FROM ONE SET TO THE NEXT.

SO YOU'RE RIGHT REGARDLESS HOW THE SET TWO ENDS, BOTH TEAMS ARE REALLY WANTING TO TAKE THAT MOMENTUM INTO THREE.

>> THEY WOULD LOVE TO GO UP TWO SETS TO NONE.

LILY CLARK WITH THE KILL, THE JUNIOR 5'1" MIDDLE HIT.

>> CLARK HAD KILL EFFICIENCY ON THE SEASON.

ALMOST A SERVICE ACE.

NOW THE THREE BALL BACK TO SPRINGVILLE.

MIDDLE.

TEXTBOOK POINT.

A COUPLE STRAIGHT POINTS SINCE THAT TIMEOUT.

>> YOU TALKED ABOUT IT, WHEN SPRINGVILLE CAN GET A PASS, AND HOWARD DELIVERS DIRECTLY TO HER MIDDLE, THEN A GREAT JOB CUTTING AROUND THE BLOCK.

>> RETURN FOR THE POINT.

THAT'S JOSIE BENTZ NUMBER 3.

SHE FLIES HIGH.

SPLITS THE DEFENDERS FOR HER FOURTH KILL.

FOUR POINTS AWAY NOW ARE BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME FROM WINNING THE SECOND SET.

THAT IS WAIVING.

THAT MEANS THE BALL TOUCHED IT.

THAT MEANS IT'S OUT OF BOUNDS.

THAT MEANS THE NIKES GET THE POINT.

>> SOMETIMES THAT SET GETS SO FAR OUTSIDE THE NET, IT'S REALLY HARD TO CUT IT BACK SO SHARP AND RIGHT INTO THE ANTENNA.

>> TRYING TO PUSH IT OFFENSIVELY THE OTHER SIDE LINE.

>> IF THAT WOULD HAVE WORKED, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN QUITE TRICKY.

>> WAS THAT ACTUAL OFFENSIVE?

>> YEAH, THAT WAS ON PURPOSE.

GOOD IDEA, JUST REALLY CLOSE TO THE LINE THERE.

>> AND RATTLING OFF SOME POINTS HERE AS WE GO DOWN THE FINAL STRETCH.

IT'S NOW AN 8-POINT LEAD.

AND IT'S SET POINT FOR BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

WOW.

TRYING TO FINISH STRONG, THE NIKES.

ORIOLES OUTSIDE.

INTO THE NET.

25-16 IS YOUR FINAL.

GREAT RESPONSE FROM BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME HERE IN THE SECOND SET.

>> THEY RESPONDED WELL.

THEY PICKED UP THEIR HITTING.

THEIR ATTACKERS ARE DOING A GOOD JOB THEY ARE QUICK.

1-1.

>> WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK RIGHT AFTER THIS FOR THE 1A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH HERE FROM CEDAR RAPIDS ON >>> BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME DID NOT WANT TO DROP 0-2.

SO WHAT DID THEY DO?

THEY WENT OUT, THEY RESPONDED, AND THEY PLAYED A WHOLE LOT BETTER THAN THEY DID IN THAT FIRST SET.

>> THEY IMPROVED A LOT.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

THEIR OFFENSE REALLY PICKED UP.

THEY LIMITED SOME OF THOSE UNFORCED ERRORS.

THEY WERE SWINGING HARD, SWINGING HIGH.

AND WHEN YOUR OFFENSE IS CLICKING, IT TURNS INTO A SET WIN FOR BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SECOND SET.

SPRINGVILLE HAD SOME GOOD PERFORMANCE.

BUT BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME THEY WERE OUT TO MAKE A STATEMENT.

SAYING THIS IS NOT A QUICK SWEEP.

THEY ARE HERE TO DEFEND THEIR CLASS 1A TITLE.

MULTIPLE PLAYERS GETTING INVOLVED.

YOU CAN SEE ATTACKING, GETTING THE BLOCK, GOING LINE, GOING CROSS COURT, ON THE ATTACK.

AND HERE'S WHAT THE STATS LOOK LIKE.

ASPECTSED, PRETTY CLOSE TO EVEN AS WE ARE EVEN ONE SET TO ONE SET.

>> VERY EVEN.

IT'S HARD TO PULL OUT ANYTHING FROM THESE SETS TO KEY IN ON, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT IT WAS KIND OF A KEY OF TWO SETS.

SPRINGVILLE COMING OUT STRONG IN SET ONE.

BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME RESPONDING.

PLAYING WELL IN SET TWO.

WHO IS IT GOING TO BE IN SET THREE?

>>.

>> LET'S FIND OUT.

VERY ENTERTAINING DAY HERE ON IOWA PBS WITH THE STATE VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

FIVE CLASSES.

AND WE ARE DOWN TO CLASS 1A FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

THERE IS A LOOK AT THE REPLAY.

25-21, SPRINGVILLE WON IN THE FIRST.

25-16 BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME WON THE SECOND ONE.

WE ARE TIED 1-1 IN SETS 1.

AND TIED 1-1 IN SET THREE.

A LOOK AT HOW THESE TEAMS GOT TO TONIGHT'S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.

BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME DEFEATED NUMBER EIGHT TRI CENTER THREE SETS TO ONE.

TRI CENTER FINISHED THEIR YEAR 27-11.

THEN BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME DEFEATED HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC THREE SETS TO ZERO.

AND FOR SPRINGVILLE THEY WERE THE NUMBER THREE SEED HEADING IN, THEY DEFEATED GLAD LINE BACK WHO LAST YEAR HAD TREMENDOUS SEASON GET NOOG THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.

THEN SPRINGVILLE DEFEATED NORTH IN THE NUMBER 7 SEED THREE SETS TO ZERO.

OTHER TEAMS WHO QUALIFIED FOR STATE, BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME, TRI CENTER, HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC, NORTH, SPRINGVILLE AND GLAD BROOK ALL IN CLASS 1A.

2-2.

GRACE MATUS SERVING.

AND A POINT TO BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

>> GOOD HIGH SWING OFF THE BLOCK.

MISCOMMUNICATION THERE ON THE SPRINGVILLE SIDE.

BACK AND FORTH HERE TO START SET THREE.

>> YOU WOULD THINK THERE WOULD BE MORE MISCOMMUNICATION WHEN BALLS ARE HIT DIRECTLY BETWEEN TWO TEAMMATES.

BECAUSE IT'S A SPLIT SECOND DECISION.

AND IT'S A SPLIT SECOND COMMUNICATION OF WHO IS GOING TO TAKE IT.

>> IT IS SUCH A FAST PACED GAME, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE ARE SO MANY DECISIONS, SPLIT SECOND DECISIONS IN THE GAME OF VOLLEYBALL.

AND REALLY COMES DOWN TO JUST PLAYING WITH YOUR TEAM, GETTING EXPERIENCE, KNOWING IN SITUATIONS WHO IS GOING TO TAKE IT, AND THEN COMMUNICATING.

YOU GOT TO SAY SOMETHING.

YOU GOT TO PROVIDE SOME SORT OF SIGNAL.

THERE IS A LOT OF COMMUNICATION IN VOLLEYBALL.

QUICK COMMUNICATION.

>> SHE'S BETH WEST, I'M ERIC BRAILLELY.

WELCOMING YOU TO THE 1A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH HERE ON IOWA PBS.

WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR MANY YEARS HERE ON IOWA PBS, AND NOT JUST VOLLEYBALL BUT ALL THE SPORTS.

WE HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING IT.

WHAT A BIG TIME PLAY THERE.

THAT IS THE TENTH KILL.

TEN KILLS ALREADY FOR LAUREN WILSON.

>> LAUREN WILSON DOING A GREAT JOB TONIGHT.

THAT WAS A POWERFUL SWING DOWN THE LINE.

THERE IS JUST ONE BLOCKER, WAY TO PUT IT AWAY FOR SPRINGVILLE.

>> WILSON WITH TEN.

AND ON THE OTHER SIDE GABBY DEERY, NUMBER 11, HAS 11 KILLS.

SO YES, THERE IS OTHER PLAYERS DOING A LOT OF GREAT THINGS.

BUT THOSE TWO SEEM TO BE THE GO-TO OFFENSIVE WEAPONS SO FAR IN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.

>> AND IT'S NICE TO HAVE A GO-TO.

IT'S NICE TO HAVE SOMEONE YOU CAN RELY ON FOR A KILL.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT THE SETTERS ARE SPREADING IT APART AND GOOD TO HAVE MULTIPLE, RIGHT.

ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE OPTIONS.

>> A SERVICE ACE.

THAT BALL HUNG ON THE TOP OF THE NET.

COULDN'T DECIDE WHAT IT WANTED TO DO.

AND THEN IT JUST DROPPED.

TARYN STEPHENS DIALS UP HER FIRST SERVICE ACE OF THE NINTH.

IT'S THIRD SERVICE ACE THAT THE NIKES HAVE DIALED UP.

GOOD PUSH.

THE OPEN DOUGHNUT THERE.

THE HOLE IN THE DEFENSE.

AND BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME AGAIN MAKING A STATEMENT NOW LEADING BY FIVE.

>> RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

SPRINGVILLE PUTTING THAT PERIMETER DEFENSE.

THEY HAVE TWO PLAYERS ON THE WINGS AND ONE DEEP, AND RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

>> MEGAN HAROLD WITH SEVEN KILLS.

A LITTLE DISARRAY ON THE SIDE OF SPRINGVILLE BUT THEY GET A GOOD ATTACK OUT OF IT.

OH, JUST LONG.

ANOTHER WONDERFUL IDEA.

KIND OF THAT FLAT FOOTED HIT TO THE CORNER.

YEP.

>> THEY KEEP THINKING IT'S GOING TO HIT THAT BACK LINE.

AND ONE OF THESE IT WILL.

BUT THAT ONE WAS LONG.

>> QUICK SET MIDDLE.

DENIED.

TIMING OFF A BIT.

THE BLOCK WAS THERE.

AND IT'S A 7-POINT LEAD.

THAT'S A HUGE ADVANTAGE FOR BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME HERE IN THIS THIRD SET.

LET'S SEE WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.

IS IT GOING TO BE A SIDE CONVERSATION LIKE LAST TIME?

OR IS IT COACH GOING TO TALK TO THE WHOLET COACH GOING TO TALK >> FROM TEXAS, OKAY, LET'S RUN TEXAS.

AND IF I YELL IOWA WE GO BACK REGULAR.

>> HEY, IF HE YELLS IOWA GO BACK REGULAR.

>> IOWA IS THE CODE WORK TO GO BACK REGULAR.

OKAY.

LET'S GO.

>> HEAD COACH/ATHLETIC TRAINER/CHEERLEADER.

I ALSO LIKE HE COMMUNICATES TO STUDENT ATHLETE LEADERS TO COMMUNICATE TO THE TEAM AS WELL.

>> EXACTLY.

HE TELLS ONE THE PLAY, SPREAD IT AROUND, TEXAS, IOWA, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THOSE ARE.

I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT PLAYS HE'S TALKING ABOUT.

WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO RUN.

FIRST THEY HAVE TO HAVE AN AGGRESSIVE SERVER HERE AND PLAY DEFENSE AND SEE IF THEY RUN EITHER OF THOSE.

>> IT JUST GOES OUT OF BOUNDS.

THAT'S THE ATTACK.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT SPRINGVILLE WANTED, TO GET THE SIDE OUT.

BUT LITTLE MISEXECUTION, AND THE GREAT SERVING RUN CONTINUES FOR TARYN STEPHENS.

FEELS LIKE SHE'S BEEN BACK THERE A WHILE.

DENIED.

BLOCKED BACK.

AND IT GOES OFF THE ORIOLES.

LET'S SEE THIS FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

>> GOOD APPROACH FROM WILSON ON THE SPRINGVILLE SIDE.

SHE GIVES IT A POWERFUL SWING.

BUT THE NIKES BLACK IS SITTING AND WAITING THEY DO A GOOD JOB OF GETTING A DOUBLE UP ON HER.

>> THROUGH THE HANDS.

I MEAN, THIS IS A BACK ROW ATTACK THAT SAILS LONG.

BUT 9-POINT LEAD.

THAT'S A BIG SIZABLE LEAD.

AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT FOR SPRINGVILLE.

A LOT OF EFFORT JUST TO TRY TO TIE THIS THING UP HERE.

>> YEAH, THEY HAVE TO STRING TOGETHER A FEW POINTS AT A TIME HERE.

GOOD EFFORT.

>> BALL POPPED OVER WITH THAT ONE-HANDED SAVE.

HOW ABOUT YOU DO IT AGAIN.

GOOD COMMUNICATION.

WHO IS GOING TO TAKE IT?

BACKS IT ON THE SLIDE.

BLOCKED.

AND JUST SITTING THERE.

JUST WAITING FOR IT WAS BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME HOPING THAT THEY CAN DO THAT SLIDE BECAUSE THEY ARE SET UP DEFENSIVELY AT THE BRICK WALL.

>> THEY WERE READY.

DOUBLE BLOCK.

THE SET WAS INSIDE.

SO THE BLOCKERS DIDN'T HAVE TO MOVE TOO MUCH.

MAYBE THEY'LL RUN THAT SLIDE FOR SPRINGVILLE A LITTLE WIDER.

GIVE THEM MORE SPACE.

>> SERVICE ACE.

AND EVERYTHING IS WORKING FOR BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

THAT'S THE SECOND OF THE NIGHT FOR GABBY DEERY.

NUMBER 11.

SHE HAS 11 KILLS.

SHE HAS TWO ACES.

DOING A LOT RIGHT NOW.

AND OUT TO BEING THE CAPTAIN OF THE TOURNAMENT TEAM WITH THIS PERFORMANCE.

HERE'S OUR NET CAMERA SHOWING YOU THE JOUST.

AND FOR MY MONEY, NIA HOWARD IS ONE OF THE BEST IF NOT THE BEST SETTER IN 1A.

>> SHE DOES A GOOD JOB.

SHE IS QUICK AND SEES THE COURT WELL AND ABLE TO DISH IT OUT TO HER HITTERS.

BUT THEN SHE ALSO CALLS HER OWN NUMBER, RIGHT.

SHE SEES THE COURT AND KNOWS WHEN SHE CAN TAKE IT OVER.

AND WINS JOUSTS.

>> YEAH, SHE'S TRULY THE EXTENSION OF THE COACH, TOO.

YOU CAN JUST TELL SHE'S THAT LEADER, THAT GO-TO COMMANDING ON THE COURT.

FIVE KILLS NOW FOR NUMBER 3 JOE JOSIE BENTZ SENIOR OUTSIDE HITTER COMING FROM THE SERVE THE SENIOR.

ALL POPPED UP.

AND GOT THROUGH.

I'M SURPRISED.

IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE MUCH ROOM FOR MOLLY STAMP TO KNOCK THAT THROUGH.

>> RIGHT BETWEEN THE HANDS OF THE BLOCKER.

SO NORMALLY WHEN YOU ARE GOING BETWEEN THE HANDS, SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET RIGHT INTO THE MEAT OF THE BLOCK, BUT ABLE TO SWING HARD THROUGH THE GOAL POST, I GUESS WE CAN SAY.

>> IT'S GOOD.

15-7.

PLAY TO 25.

WIN BY 2.

BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME HAS BEEN IN CONTROL.

BUT SPRINGVILLE WHO WON THE FIRST SET 25-21 IS MAKING A BIT OF A RUN HERE.

BLOCKED.

AND POOR CONTACT IS THE CALL.

BIG PLAY BY ABBY KORSCHGEN.

BENTZ CONTROLLING THE NET UP THERE HER TEAMMATES.

AND HERE'S JENNA BENTZ.

BACK ROW SWING.

DENIED.

17-7.

A DOUBLE DIGIT LEAD FOR BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

>> THEY ARE CRUISING PRETTY WELL RIGHT NOW.

THEY ARE CONNECTING AS A TEAM.

REALLY HITTING ON ALL CYLINDERS AND THEY JUST WANT TO KEEP THIS RUN UP.

RIGHT.

BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME WOULD LOVE TO GO UP TWO SETS TO ONE.

>> OVERPASS.

FOUL TIP DOWN.

CONTROLLING THE NET THERE NUMBER 32 LILY CLARK.

CLARK NOW WITH SEVEN KILLS TRAILING HER TEAMMATE LAUREN WILSON WHO HAS TEN.

THEY ARE A BIG ONE-TWO PUNCH IN THAT FRONTLINE.

SOMEONE IS IN THE NET.

AND IT'S AGAINST BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

A LOT OF COACHING FROM MIKE DAVIS ON THE SIDELINE.

AND ON THE OTHER BENCH, LOOKING ON, IS CLAUDE HOWARD JUNIOR.

THAT ONE IS OUT.

AND LOOK OUT, NOW WHAT WAS A DOUBLE DIGIT LEAD HAS SHRUNK TO SEVEN HOWARD THE THIRD.

>> EXACTLY WHAT SPRINGVILLE WANTS TO DO.

STRING TOGETHER A FEW POINTS GET SOME MOMENTUM AND ENERGY.

THERE IS ANOTHER.

>> THEY WERE NOT EXPECTING HER TO SEND IT OVER AS LILY CLARK HAS BEEN A BIG DIFFERENCE MAKER IN THE LAST MINUTE OR TWO.

>> SHE IS JUST BEING ACTIVE AT THE NET.

CONTROLLING THE NET.

BEING STRONG.

NOT LETTING ANYTHING GET THROUGH HER.

OVERPASSES, BLOCKS, SHE'S JUST BEING AWARE.

>> THE SIDE OUT MAKES IT 18-11.

JOSIE BENTZ WITH HER SIXTH KILL.

SUPERINTENDENT LYNN DEVANEY AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR JACK COLT LOVING WHAT HEAD COACH MIKE DAVIS HAS DONE IN JUST HIS SECOND YEAR LEADING BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME HERE IN CLASS 1A.

YEAR ONE CHAMPIONSHIP.

YEAR TWO, PLAYING FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP AGAIN RIGHT NOW.

BLOCK POINT.

GUESS WHO?

LILY CLARK.

>> SHE IS COMING ON STRONG RIGHT NOW.

JUST DOING A GOOD JOB AT THE NET FOR SPRINGVILLE.

>> SO IT'S A SIX-POINT ADVANTAGE.

SPRINGVILLE LIBERO TO SERVE.

IT'S NUMBER 48 GRACE MATUS.

POINT BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

THEY GOT IT THROUGH THE BLOCK.

BUT A LIT CALL.

>> AFTER THE BLOCK, KIND OF DRIB ELSE DOWN THE FRONT THERE.

ALWAYS A GOOD INDICATOR THAT YOU REALLY WANT TO PRESS STRONG.

DON'T HAVE YOUR HANDS MOVING BACK AND FORTH WHEN YOU ARE A BLOCKER.

REALLY PRESS AND HOLD STRONG.

DRIBBLES P. >> ORIOLES GET THE POINT.

WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THEIR ATTACKERS.

BUT THEIR LIBERO GRACE MATUS WILL FINISH HER VOLLEYBALL CAREER AS THE SCHOOL'S RECORD HOLDER IN DIGS.

WHICH IS QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT ANY TIME YOU ARE A SCHOOL RECORD HOLDER.

HOWARD SAVES IT FROM HITTING THE COURT.

AND DOES THAT WORK?

HOW DOES THAT PLAY WORK?

THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE.

>> THE RIGHT SPOT AT THE RIGHT TIME.

THE MIDDLE DECIDED NOT TO GO UP FOR THE BLOCK FOR BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME AND KIND OF LEFT A LITTLE HOLE THERE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

GOOD TIP.

>> LET'S LISTEN TO SPRINGVILLE TALK THINGS OVER, STRATEGY WISE.

>> PLAYING AT THE NET.

KEEP SWINGING HARD WHEN WE ARE OUT THERE.

LET'S GO, WE CAN WORK WITH THIS.

DON'T GIVE UP.

RIGHT.

HERE WE GO.

WE CAN GET THIS SET.

LET'S OWN IT RIGHT NOW.

TEAM ONE, TWO, THREE.

>> SO SPRINGVILLE AROUND THE CEDAR RAPIDS AREA, AND BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME, IF I WERE TO DRAW THE MAP OF EYE WAX DOWN KIND OF IN THAT LITTLE CORNER ON THAT KIND OF THE BOOT THE VERY BOTTOM THERE.

AND THESE TWO SCHOOLS DID NOT PLAY DURING THE REGULAR SEASON.

SPRINGVILLE OF THE TRI RIVERS CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION AND THE CONFERENCE FOR BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME IS THE SEISC SOUTH DIVISION.

ALL ON THE LINE AS WE ARE TIED ONE SET EACH.

>> IT'S ACTUALLY INTERESTING, BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME AND HOLY TRINITY, THE SEMIFINAL BOTH FROM THE SAME CONFERENCE.

SO THAT'S A STRONG CONFERENCE IF YOU HAVE IN THE SEMIS OF THE STATED TOURNAMENT.

>> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

GREAT COMPETITION THERE.

DID THAT GO DOWN?

YES, IT DID.

>> GOOD CONNECTION.

GOOD TIMING BETWEEN SPRINGVILLE'S SETTER AND THEIR MIDDLE NUMBER 17.

GOOD JOB USING THE BLOCK AS WELL, POWERING IT THROUGH.

>> STAMP HAS HAD A NICE NIGHT.

THREE KILLS, BUT HAS BEEN STEADY WITH THAT BLOCK.

QUICKLY RETURNED.

IT'S GABBY DEERY.

>> THAT TIME SHE WAS ABLE TO GO OVER TOP, AND I KNOW WE'VE BEEN SAYING HER NAME A LOT AND THAT'S FOR A GOOD REASON REALLY GOOD PLAYER.

>> PLAYED AT 25.

WIN BY 2.

GABBY DEERY IS NOW IN THE BACK ROW.

DID NOT SEE THAT COMING AT ALL.

SHE DISGUISED IT.

SO ATHLETIC.

PRETENDS LIKE SHE'S GOING UP TO SET IT TO HER TEAMMATE, INSTEAD PUSHES IT OVER THE NET FOR A KILL.

BUT A SERVICE ERROR GIVES THE POINT TO THE NIKES, NOW 22-16.

NIA HOWARD, SO ATHLETIC, IN HER PERIPHERAL VISION TO SEE THE COURT.

>> EXACTLY.

THE VISION I THINK IS SO IMPRESSIVE.

TO KNOW WHERE THE DEFENDERS ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE NET WHILE STILL KEEPING THAT VISION AND PERSPECTIVE ON YOUR SIDE AND BEING ABLE TO MAKE THE DECISION, DO I SET A HITTER, DO I TAKE IT OVER, WHAT IS THE BLOCK GOING TO DO?

AGAIN, ALL OF THOSE SPLIT SECOND DECISIONS IN THE GAME OF VOLLEYBALL.

>> 22-17.

LOFT.

AND OUT OF BOUNDS.

SO LAST TOUCH BY SPRINGVILLE.

THE NIKES NOW NEED JUST TWO MORE POINTS WITH JENNA BENTZ SERVING.

TO THE FRONT ROW COMES MACY BELGER, THE 5'10" SENIOR RIGHT SIDE HITTER.

BETH WEST, ERIC BRAILLELY ON THE CALL FOR THE 1A TITLE HERE ON IOWA PBS.

SPRINGVILLE WON THE FIRST SET 25-21.

BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME WON THE SECOND SET, 25-16.

AND IT'S NOW 23-18 AS WE LOOK AT THE REPLAY.

>> POWERFUL SWING, AGAIN, ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE BLOCKER'S HANDS, RUNS DOWN THE FRONT.

SOME OF THOSE IT'S HARD TO TELL AS A SPECTATOR WHOSE SIDE DID IT END UP ON.

>> STHEES A LITTLE OFF THE APPROACH THERE.

DOWN BUT NOT OUT AT SPRINGVILLE.

THEY HAVE THE SERVE.

ALMOST A SERVICE ACE.

FREE BALL OVER THE NET.

GOOD PASS.

TIP.

SPRINGVILLE WANTS TO GO NEAR SIDE.

AND IT'S IN.

WOW.

>> GOOD PICKUP.

>> BREITFELDER.

>> GOOD PICK UP ON DEFENSE.

LIBERO SETS IT UP TO THE RIGHT SIDE.

AND THAT LEFTY SWING.

AWESOME.

>> WELL, REGARDLESS, SPRINGVILLE HAS CUT THAT DEFICIT DOWN, AND THEY WANT TO CLEARLY WIN THIS THING.

BUT IF THEY DON'T, IT IS MUCH BETTER THAN A LOPSIDED DOUBLE DIGIT LOSS.

FEELING REALLY GOOD.

PLAYING SOME GOOD VOLLEYBALL.

>> IT IS GOOD VOLLEYBALL.

PICKING IT BACK UP.

>> SO IT'S SET POINT NOW AS JENNA BENTZ THE SETTER GETS HER FIRST KILL OF THE EVENING.

BIG SWING.

BIG POINT.

BIG CELEBRATION FOR BREITFELDER.

>> GREAT SWING AT THE END OF THIS SET.

WANTING TO KEEP THOSE GOING.

SPRINGVILLE IS NOT GOING TO ROLL OVER JUST YET.

THEY HAVE FIGHT LEFT IN THEM.

>> THAT'S GOING TO HELP THEM GET TO THIS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.

STILL SET POINT FOR BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

THERE IT IS.

25-21.

THE SAME SCORE WE SAW IN THE FIRST SET, BUT THIS TIME IT'S BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME WINNING.

AND BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME HAS WON SET TWO AND SET THREE.

WE GO TO THE FOURTH SET OF THIS 1A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.

BACK WITH MORE FROM THE ALLIANT ENERGY POWERHOUSE ARENA.

THIS IS IOWA PBS.

>>> BIG WIN FOR BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

THEY NOW LEAD THE SERIES TWO SETS TO ONE.

WE DIDN'T KNOW RIGHT UNTIL THE FINISH, AS SPRINGVILLE GAVE THEM ALL THEY HAD, AND MORE.

BETH, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING AS WE GO?

IT'S A MUST WIN NOW FOR SPRINGVILLE.

>> IT IS A MUST WIN.

THIS IS SET FOUR.

THEY ARE DOWN ONE SET TO TWO.

AND THEY REALLY WANT TO GET THAT EXCITEMENT, THAT FIRE, THAT ENERGY BACK.

AND REALLY HAVE THEIR SCRAPPY DEFENSE.

WE KNOW THEY CAN PLAY OUT RIGHT SCRAPPY DEFENSE, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SEE FROM SPRINGVILLE TO STAY ALIVE.

AND FROM BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME, THEY JUST WANT TO KEEP GOING.

THEY ARE ATTACKING VERY WELL.

THEY ARE DEFENDING WELL.

SO LET'S SEE WHO CAN DO IT IN SET FOUR HERE.

>> BEFORE WE START, WE'LL SHOW YOU SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PAST SET.

AS IT WAS SPRINGVILLE MAKING A NICE START.

BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME SURGED AHEAD.

SPRINGVILLE CLOSES THE GAP BEFORE THE FINISHING TOUCH BY BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

IN THE THIRD SET.

>> FOR A WHILE IT LOOKED LIKE BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME WAS GOING TO RUN AWAY WITH TCHLTD THEY .

THEY WERE REALLY PLAYING WELL.

SPRINGVILLE SHALL WE SAY WOKE UP A LITTLE BIT AND MADE A PUSH AT THE END NOW MOMENTUM GOING INTO THE FOURTH.

>> THERE YOU SEE THE STATS PRETTY EVENLY MATCHED EVEN THOUGH BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME HAS THE LEAD TWO SETS TO ONE.

A LONG ENTERTAINING DAY HERE FROM CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP THURSDAY.

HUGE SHOUTOUT TO IOWA PBS.

A LARGE CREW THAT THEY JUST KNOW ONE LEVEL OF DOING THINGS, AND IT'S THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE LEVEL FROM WORKING IN OUR PRODUCTION TRUCK, TO RUNNING CAMERAS, GRAPHICS, AUDIO, REPLAY, EVERYTHING, WE JUST FEEL BLESSED TO BE PART OF THE PRODUCTION, AND MAKING MEMORIES, AND HELPING BRING YOU THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS FROM THIS CHAMPIONSHIP DAY IN CEDAR RAPIDS.

THAT'S A FADE AWAY.

CUTTING IT OFF THE HANDS AND GETTING THE POINT.

YOU DON'T SEE THAT TYPE OF EXECUTION AND RESULT TOO OFTEN.

>> YOU DON'T.

A GOOD SWING.

WAY TO STICK WITH IT.

NOT GIVE UP.

ALL SHE HAD WAS THAT SHARP ANGLE.

A BLOCKER ENDED UP GOING UP, SO IT RICOCHETTED OFF HER HANDS.

BUT WAY TO STICK WITH IT.

>> THE TIP RIGHT ON THAT FAR SIDELINE AS SHE GETS ANOTHER KILL SITTING ON 13 NOW.

AS HER TEAMMATE MEGAN HAROLD WILL SERVE.

>> SOMETIMES IT'S PLACEMENT OVER POWER, RIGHT.

>> AND SHE'S MIXED IN MORE OF THOSE TIPS AS THE BLOCK AND THE TEE FENCE HAS ADOPTED TO THOSE BIG POWERFUL ATTACKS SHE'S BROUGHT.

AND ANTENNA WAVING BALL OUT OF BOUNDS.

TIED AT TWO APIECE.

>> SUBSTITUTION AS TARYN STEPHENS, THE SOPHOMORE, COMES IN TO SERVE.

AND FOR SPRINGVILLE KELSEY CLOTHIER IN.

SHE'S ONLY PLAYED IN 30 SETS IN THE REGULAR SEASON.

BUT TRYING TO MIX THINGS UP MAYBE A LITTLE BIT HERE WITH STRATEGY.

GOES LONG.

AND THE ATTACK ERROR GIVES THE POINT TO THE NIKES.

>> WE SAW BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME IN THIS ROTATION WITH TARYN STEPHENS SERVING GO ON A BIG RUN LAST SET.

NOT THIS TIME.

BUT I THINK THAT'S ONE THING, WHEN YOU ARE FACING, AND IF YOU ACKNOWLEDGE, OH, YEAH, THIS ROTATION IS WHEN THEY POURED IT ON AND GOT A BIG RUN, LET'S GET A SIDE OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

>> EXACTLY.

EXTRA MOTIVATION TO GET THAT SIDE OUT, STOP THE RUN, AND PUT YOURSELF BACK IN THE DRIVERS WHEEL.

>> THE SWING LANDS IN.

AGAIN, NOT STRAIGHT UP, NOT CLOSE TO THE NET.

LIKE A FADE AWAY JUMP SHOT IN BASKETBALL, LEANING AWAY FROM THE NET, BUT THE CONTACT AND PLACEMENT IS PERFECT.

AND 14 KILLS NOW FOR MISS GABBY DEERY.

LEFT-HANDED ROLL SHOT.

LOCKED.

BLOCKED.

AND THAT'S YOUR SETTER.

THROUGH THE BLOCK.

GOOD UP.

BALL TIP.

FREE BALL OVER THE NET.

WORKING THE MIDDLE.

HAMMER TIME.

MOLLY STAMP CONTINUES TO EMERGE HERE IN THE LAST COUPLE SETS.

NOW FIVE KILLS.

>> GOOD DEFENSIVE BACK AND FORTH THEN A QUICK SET IN THE MIDDLE ON THE SPRINGVILLE SIDE, CATCHES BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME OFF-GUARD.

>> DEEP ATTACK.

CROSS COURT KILL ATTEMPT.

IS OUT OF BOUNDS.

5-4 HERE.

BLOCKED AGAIN.

BUT OUT OF BOUNDS BY NIA HOWARD.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SETTER POSITION KNOWN AS THE QUARTERBACK OF THE TEAM.

EXTENSION OF THE COACH, YOU HAVE TO GET WHEREVER THE PASS IS TO YOU, YOU HAVE TO GET TO IT, AND DECIDE WHERE YOU ARE SETTING THAT TIME, IT'S A BACK SET, YOU CAN SEND IT OVER AND BE AN OFFENSIVE WEAPON YOURSELF, BUT OH BY THE WAY YOU HAVE TO BLOCK.

>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.

MOST TEAMS RUN A 5-#.

SO YOU ARE PLAYING ALL SIX ROTATIONS.

PLAYING DEFENSE.

YOU ARE BLOCKING IN THE FRONT ROW.

YOU'RE RIGHT YOU DECIDE WHETHER YOU WANT TO SET UP YOUR TEAM OR YOU WANT TO ATTACK IT.

YOU REALLY HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING AS A SETTER AND LEAD YOUR TEAM, RIGHT.

>> LET'S GO TO BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME HUDDLE.

AN EARLY TIMEOUT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOU GUYS WANT IT, IN THIS GAME HERE, DO YOU WANT TO END IT HERE, I WOULD PREFER WE DO.

OKAY.

TAKE CARE OF THE BALL.

PLEASE.

LET'S GO.

BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE OUT THERE.

COME ON.

ONE, TWO, THREE.

>> HEAD DOESN'T WANT THIS GOING FIVE.

ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IF THIS GOES FIVE.

TRYING TO END IT IN THE FOURTH.

I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN HOW CERTAIN COACHES USE TIMEOUTS.

YOU GET TWO.

AND IT'S 5-6.

TO USE IT EARLY ON, HE JUST WANTED TO GET THE ATTENTION OF HIS TEAM, I THINK.

>> EXACTLY.

ANY RUN FROM SPRIPG, HE WANTS TO STOP RIGHT NOW.

JUSZ LIKE YOU SAID HE WANTS TO END IT IN FOUR.

SPRINGVILLE.

>> WE HAVE NOT SEEN A CHAMPIONSHIP TODAY GO FIVE.

AS IT WAS PLEASANT VALLEY SWEEPING CEDAR RAPIDS IN 51, WESTERN SWEEPING WAIVER WILL I IN 4 A.

WEST DELAWARE WEST LIBERTY IN 3 A.

THEN A SWEEP OVER WESTERN CHRISTIAN WOLF PACK IN 2 A.

WE KNOW IT'S GOING 4 BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE FOURTH BUT IT'S A MUST WIN BY SPRINGVILLE.

KILL BY JOSIE BENTZ GETS THE SIDE OUT.

AND JENNA BENTZ, HER SISTER, WILL SERVE.

NICE PLAY.

>> GOOD PLACEMENT AGAIN DOWN THE LINE.

>> LITTLE MISCOMMUNICATION ON BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME'S NET BUT DOES NOT HURT THEM.

AND WE PLAY ON.

NOW IN SCRAMBLE MODE.

GETTING A DECENT BACK ROW ATTACK OUT OF IT.

AND THEY ARE GOING TO GET THE POINT.

NOT PRETTY.

THERE WERE A COUPLE TIMES WHERE GOT A LITTLE INTERESTING.

BUT THEY FOUND A WAY TO GET THE POINT.

>> A LOT OF SCRAMBLE PLAYS.

A LOT OF OUT OF SYSTEM.

A LOT OF KEEPING IT ALIVE.

BUT THEY ARE ABLE TO FINISH IT FOR BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

>> 7-7.

HERE'S NUMBER 7 WITH THE SET TO THE OUTSIDE.

BEAUTIFUL ATTACK BY SAVANNAH NEALMAN.

WE HAVE NOT CALLED HER NAME MUCH HERE.

IT IS HER THIRD KILL OF THE NIGHT.

NICE SWING.

AND A VERY IMPRESSIVE SET THAT TRAVELED PRETTY MUCH THE WIDTH OF THE COURT.

>> THAT TIME WE ARE SEEING JOSIE FOR BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME SWING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE AND NORMALLY SEEING HER ON THE LEFT.

SO A GOOD CHANGE OF LOCATION THERE.

AND SHE'S ABLE TO PUT IT AWAY.

GOOD CROSS COURT SWING.

>> BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME WON IT ALL LAST YEAR.

TWO CONTACTS CHARGED AGAINST THEM.

>> TALKING ABOUT SETTERS, SO AS THE SETTER WHEN YOU ARE BACK ROW, WHICH SHE IS RIGHT NOW FOR BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME HAVING TO RUN FROM THE BACK ROW TO THE FRONT ROW, SO IF THAT PASS ISN'T HIGH ENOUGH, YOU ARE RUNNING SO FAST AND TRYING TO STAY OUT OF THE NET.

AND THERE IS THE DOUBLE CONTACT THERE.

>> 9-9.

15 KILLS FOR GABBY DEERY.

15 BIG KILLS.

THE MOST OUT OF ANY PLAYER HERE IN THIS 1A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.

FREE BALL TO BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

SETTING.

THE OUTSIDE.

ROLL SHOT OVER.

BACK ROW SWING.

LONG.

COACH SAYS IT'S OUT.

EVERYONE GET AWAY FROM IT.

THEY DO.

AND IT'S NOW ORIOLES FIRST TO DOUBLE DIGITS IN THIS MUST WIN FOURTH SET.

>> SPRINGVILLE JUST KEEPING IT ALIVE.

THEY SET OVER A TIP BUT BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME WAS OUT OF SYSTEM AND FORCING AN ERROR JUST STAYING ALIVE.

>> WHAT A PLAY BY THE SETTER.

YOU GOT TO SEE THIS ONE AGAIN.

SHE JUST STICKS HER PAW UP THERE, TIPS IT, AND IT'S RIGHT ON THE MONEY FOR TEAMMATE TO SLAM IT DOWN.

WOW.

>> ONE-HANDED SAVE.

QUICK ATTACK THERE FROM GABBY DEERY.

A GREAT SWING.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, EVEN BETTER SAVE FROM THE SETTER.

>> JUST TRIED TO LOFT IT UP TO GET HER HITTER, HER TEAMMATE A CHANCE.

BLOCKED RESULTING IN A POINT.

JENNA BENTZ PROVING SHE CAN DO MORE THAN JUST SWING.

MORE THAN JUST SET.

AND AGAIN THIS IS THAT ROTATION WITH STEPHENS BEHIND THE SERVICE LINE.

AND AS THOSE WORDS COME OUT OF MY MOUTH, ON YOUR TV SCREENS, SHE DELIVERS HER SECOND SERVICE ACE OF THIS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.

>> DO YOU THINK SHE HEARD YOU?

>> I SAID IT PRETTY LOUD BUT IT'S PRETTY LOUD IN HERE.

>> IT IS LOUD IN HERE.

THE CROWD IS GREAT.

STUDENTS ARE FIRED UP.

IT'S FUN.

GOOD ATMOSPHERE.

>> THAT'S FIVE SERVICE ACES FOR BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME TONIGHT.

THAT'S FIVE BIG POINTS.

AND NOT MANY SERVICE ERRORS ON TOP OF IT.

SHE CONTINUES TO SERVE HERE LEADING BY THREE.

SEE THE FOCUS AND CONCENTRATION IN HER EYES.

DEEP.

IT WAS TOUCHED THOUGH.

SO THE POINT GOES TO SPRINGVILLE.

EIGHT KILLS FOR NUMBER 21, KENNADY BREITFELDER, THE 5'9" JUNIOR OUTSIDE HITTER.

WINNING THE BATTLE AT THE NET AGAIN IS NUMBER 17 MOLLY STAMP, AND NUMBER 7 NIA HOWARD.

THEY AREN'T THE BIGGEST, BUT THEY HAD THE ANGLE TO PUSH THAT BALL TO WIN THAT JOUST.

>> AND THEY DID.

IT WAS A TIGHT SET SO THEY HAD TO GET THERE AND HAD TO PRESS OVER AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID.

>> BREITFELDER SERVICE ERROR INTO THE NET.

THERE YOU SEE THE STUDENT SECTION TRYING TO GET THIS THING GOING.

POTENTIALLY JUST 11 POINTS AWAY FROM WINNING THE 1A TITLE.

PERFECT.

TO THE OUTSIDE.

AND THAT'S ANOTHER KILL.

THE PASS WAS PERFECT.

THE SET WAS PERFECT.

AND THE SWING WAS PERFECT AS WELL.

SPRINGVILLE HAS TO FIND A WAY TO GET BACK INTO THIS AND WIN THIS MATCH.

LET'S LISTEN IN TO THEIR HUDDLE AND THEIR HEAD COACH CLAUDE HOWARD JUNIOR.

>> GET IT LIKE THIS IF YOU ARE ON TIME.

IF YOU ARE NOT ON TIME, LET IT GO UP.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW LEAVE OUR HANDS LIKE THIS, IT'S GOING TO POP UP SO BAD.

SO TRY TO CONTROL IT A LITTLE BIT.

KNOW IF YOU ARE LATE.

KNOW IF YOU ARE LATE AND TRY TO HANDLE THAT BALL.

>> TRY TO GIVE OURSELVES AN OPPORTUNITY TO BREATH FOR A SECOND.

OKAY.

LET'S RESET AND GET REFOCUSSED.

LET'S GET THIS BALL RIGHT HERE AND WE'LL START OUR RUN.

HERE WE GO.

ONE, TWO, THREE, GO GET THEM.

>> THEY NEED A RUN.

THREE POINTS IS NOT MANY.

BUT YOU CAN'T ALLOW YOUR OPPONENT BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME TO GO ON A RUN.

>> EXACTLY.

THEY WANT TO GET THIS NEXT POINT RIGHT HERE FOR SPRINGVILLE.

PULL IT WITHIN TWO.

THEY ARE CLOSE.

THEY ARE STILL IN THIS.

>> PERFECT PASS.

BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME GETS THE SWING THEY WANTED, BUT IT'S SAVED BY THE CAREER RECORD HOLDER, THE SCHOOL RECORDER HOLDER GRACE MATUS.

AGAIN, THE SETTER HOWARD WITH THE OFFENSIVE ATTACK.

P GOOD IDEA.

WAS IT TOUCHED?

IT WAS NOT.

ATTACK LONG FOR LAUREN WILSON.

WILSON WITH 13 KILLS.

JUST DIDN'T SNAP THAT ONE DOWN.

AND NOW IT'S 16-12.

GABBY DEERY SERVING.

AND THEY AREN'T RETURNING IT.

I DON'T THINK IT WAS NECESSARILY THE SERVE AS MUCH AS THE MISCOMMUNICATION ON SPRINGVILLE'S SIDE OF THE NET.

>> EXACTLY.

MISCOMMUNICATION.

THEY GOT THE BALL UP.

BUT WHEN YOUR SETTER IS RUNNING FROM SO FAR SHE WASN'T ABLE TO GET THERE.

WANTING ANOTHER PLAYER TO STEP IN AND JUST SAY I GOT THIS LET ME TAKE THAT SECOND BALL.

>> HERE WE GO.

BLOCKED AT THE NET.

TO THE OUTSIDE.

AND IN THE NET.

BACK ROW ATTACK IS THE CALL.

>> IT WAS ANOTHER SITUATION WHERE THE LIBERO WAS IN FRONT OF THE 10 FOOT LINE USING HER HANDS AND THE ATTACKER TOOK THE BALL OVER OVERHEAD.

>> A COSTLY MISTAKE AS IT'S NOW A 6 POINT DEFICIT.

THE OVERPASS, THE JOUST, KEPT ALIVE.

SPRINGVILLE.

THE NIKES.

AND WHAT A GREAT RALLY.

THIS IS SOME HIGH LEVEL VOLLEYBALL BETWEEN THESE TWO TEAMS.

A LOT ON THE LINE HERE FOR THE 1A TITLE.

AND IT'S BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME WITH THE POINT.

DOUBLE HIT IS THE VIOLATION.

AND IT'S NOW A 7-POINT LEAD.

>> THAT WAS A GREAT UP ON THE SPRINGVILLE SIDE.

SCRAPPY DEFENSE BY BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME REALLY PULLING AWAY RIGHT NOW.

>> SERVICE ACE.

>> AND SPRINGVILLE WHO WON THE FIRST SET 25-21 BACKS AGAINST THEIR WALL HERE IN THE FOURTH SET.

LET'S LISTEN IN TO THE BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME HUDDLE AND COACH MIKE DAVIS.

>> HEY, ON ME, ON ME.

WE SIDE OUT, THEY SERVE, WE GO TO OUR VERY BEST PLAY.

OKAY.

AND WE GET THAT BALL RIGHT BACK.

WE GO BACK TO SERVE.

WE DO THAT EVERY TIME.

WE GO TO OUR BEST PLAY.

WE ARE NOT TRYING TO TRICK ANYBODY.

WE DO WHAT WE DO.

BEST PLAY.

LET'S GO.

>> WELL, WHEN YOU HAVE AN EIGHT-POINT LEAD, YOU CAN DO THAT, RIGHT?

>> GO BACK TO YOUR BREAD AND BUTTER, YOUR BEST PLAY.

JUST PUT OUR 100% BEST PLAY EVERY TIME.

LEAVE IT ALL ON THE COURT.

>> AND IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO RESULT IN A POINT AT LEAST 50% OF THE TIME.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE EIGHT POINT CUSHION, BUT THEY ARE STILL IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT HERE SERVING.

SIDE OUT.

THAT'S WHAT THEY NEEDED.

LAUREN WILSON STEPS UP AND DELIVERS.

WE HAVE SEEN THIS SEVERAL TIMES WHERE SPRINGVILLE DIGS A HOLE AND THEN BATTLES BACK.

>> TIMEOUT.

LOOKS LIKE AN INJURY.

AND IT LOOKED LIKE POTENTIALLY A NOSE OR INJURY WITH THEIR SETTER NIA HOWARD WHICH COMES AT A VERY UNFORTUNATE TIME.

BECAUSE SHE JUST RUNS THIS OFFENSE AT SUCH A HIGH LEVEL.

20-13 THE SCORE TRAILING BY SEVEN.

AND FIVE POINTS AWAY IS BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME FROM DEFENDING THEIR STATE TITLE.

NOT SURE IF IT WAS A COLLISION AS SHE DOVE FOR A BALL AND HIT THE GROUND.

BUT SPRINGVILLE NOW THEIR TASK IS EVEN MORE CHALLENGING IF SHE HAS TO GO OUT FOR A PLAY OR TWO.

THEY ARE GOING TO LET HER STAY IN.

>> A LITTLE BREAK IN THE ACTION ALLOWS BOTH TEAMS TO BREATH.

LET'S SEE IF IT CHANGES MOMENTUM AT ALL.

GLAD TO SEE SHE'S OKAY.

IT WAS JUST A BLOODY NOSE.

SHE'S GOING TO BE A CHAMP AND PLAY ON.

ZBLL BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME ENTERED THE CLASS 1A STATE TOURNAMENT LAST YEAR AS THE EIGHTH SEED AND SURPRISED EVERYONE IN RUNNING THE TABLE, BUT THE SCHOOLS FIRST TOURNAMENT CROWN.

THE NIKES HAD FOUR SETS, 21-25, 25-18, THEN A WILD 26-24.

NOTRE DAME ENDED THEIR SEASON ON 14-GAME WINNING STREAK LAST YEAR.

THEY GRADUATED JUST ONE SENIOR OFF THAT TEAM.

THAT TARGET, AND BETH YOU WERE ON TEAMS WITH THAT ARE TARGET ON YOUR BACK, AND TO DO IT NIGHT IN, NIGHT OUT, AND TO GET THERE.

>> IT IS TOUGH WITH THE TARGET ON YOUR BACK.

AND YOU REALLY HAVE TO COME INTO EVERY MATCH FOCUSED.

A NEW OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO WIN AND BE THAT NUMBER ONE SQUAD.

>> THERE YOU SEE THE ROW.

THIS IS ALL THE BRACKET.

THE MATCHES HEADING AND TAKING PLACE HERE IN CEDAR RAPIDS.

YOU SEE A LOT OF TRADITIONAL TEAMS THAT ARE USUALLY HERE, LIKE A JANE'SVILLE THAT WON FIVE STRAIGHT, HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC.

BUT SOME NEW NAMES LIKE BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME, A TEAM, A SCHOOL THAT YOU REALLY NEVER THOUGHT OF MUCH, NOW THEY ARE ON THE BRINK, ON THE CUPS OF WINNING THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT.

P AND SPRINGVILLE THEIR EIGHTH TEAM THEY BROUGHT TO STATE SIXTH IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.

>> PRETTY IMPRESSIVE AS OF LATE.

SIX IN THE LAST EIGHT SEASONS STATE QUALIFIERS, IT'S A QUALITY PROGRAM, YEAR AFTER YEAR, THAT'S NOT JUST ONE SET OF FRESHMAN THROUGH, THAT'S MULTIPLE CYCLES, MULTIPLE TEAMS.

SO A GOOD JOB BY COACH CLAUDE HOWARD GETTING HIS PROGRAM TO STATE.

>> THAT OFFICIAL IS NOW TALKING, AND THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT HAD TO HAPPEN, SHE DOES NEED TO EXIT, AND SHE WILL.

SO CHECKING IN IS GOING TO BE NUMBER 18, THIS IS ABBY CHRISTIAN SHE'S PLAYED IN EIGHT SETS.

IT'S 20-13.

WILSON SERVING TRYING TO HELP HER TEAM WIN.

THE BLOCK GETS THE POINT.

AND NOW A SUBSTITUTION BACK IN IS NIA HOWARD WHO HAD TO STEP OUT DUE TO THE INJURY.

AND NOW SHE'S BACK.

>> I LOVE IT.

A BIG CHEER FOR NUMBER 18.

SHE COMES IN.

AND SHE'S PART OF THE BLOCK.

THAT'S AWESOME.

GREAT JOB.

>> SO ABBY CHRISTENSEN, THE SPARK PLUG, GETS SOME SERVING, SERVICE ACE, NOW IT'S 20-15, DOWN BY FIVE, AND BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME ONLY NEEDS FIVE.

HOW IS THIS ONE GOING TO SHAKE OUT?

THE ORIOLES OF SPRINGVILLE GET A GOOD ATTACK BUT BLOCKED DOWN FOR A POINT.

AND LET'S WATCH THIS ONE AGAIN.

>> MIDDLE FROM BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME ABLE TO GET OUT THERE TO PUT UP A STRONG DOUBLE BLOCK.

JUST A LOW SWING THERE.

KIND OF INTO THE TOP OF THE TAPE INTO THE BLOCK.

>> SCRAPPY DEFENSE ON BOTH TEAMS.

SPRINGVILLE PATIENTLY HAS TO SEND IT OVER ON THAT CONTACT, AND THEY DO.

THE NIKES WITH THE FREE BALL.

WE ARE NOT SEEING A LOT OF HARD HITS ON THIS RALLY.

BUT DOESN'T MATTER FOR SPRINGVILLE.

THAT LITTLE DROP IN.

>> BOTH TEAMS WERE A LITTLE OUT OF SORTS.

THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO KEEP THE BALL ALIVE.

AND, AGAIN, ANOTHER PLACEMENT TIP, SEEING THE DEFENSE, GOING RIGHT OVER THE TOP OF THE BLOCK, IT WORKS, IT SCORES THE POINT.

>> MORGAN NACHAZEL WITH THE SERVE.

THE SENIOR.

GREAT UP THERE BY KENNADY BREITFELDER, THE JUNIOR.

AND THE RUN CONTINUES.

>> GOOD EYE BY THE SPRINGVILLE LIBERO.

MATUS.

RIGHT ON THAT LINE.

SHE SAYS, NO WAY THAT'S OUT OF BOUNDS.

>> 21-17.

FLYING IN.

SPRINGVILLE PUSHES IT OVER BY HOWARD.

BACK ROW SWING.

AND THAT'S IN.

SPLITTING TWO DEFENDERS AS NAS AND MATUS COULDN'T COME UP WITH IT IN THE BACK ROW DEFENSIVELY.

>> BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME HEEDING THE SIDE OUT WHO DO THEY GO TO DEERY, PLACEMENT BETWEEN TWO DEFENDERS.

A BIG SWING.

>> DEERY, TONIGHT WITH 17 KILLS FOR BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

BALL HANDLING ERROR.

AND THE DOOR OF OPPORTUNITY STILL OPEN FOR SPRINGVILLE.

NEVER GIVE UP.

AS COACH LOOKS ON.

DEALING WITH SOME ADVERSITY HERE.

>> GOOD SERVE.

>> QUICK SET.

THROWING IT DOWN FOR THE KILL.

IT'S NOW 22-18.

EXCUSE ME, IT'S NOW 23-18.

A FIVE-POINT LEAD AND ONLY TWO POINTS AWAY.

>> GOOD SAVE BY THE SETTER JENNA BENTZ SAVING THAT ALLOWING HER MIDDLE TO SLAM DUNK IT HOME.

>> FREE BALL OVER TO THE NIKES.

BACK ROW SWING.

NOBODY THERE.

AND THAT BRINGS UP CHAMPIONSHIP POINT AT 24-18 IN FAVOR OF BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

REMEMBER HOW THIS MATCH STARTED.

IT WAS ALL SPRINGVILLE TO START.

BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME DID NOT GIVE UP.

THEY WON SET TWO.

THEY WON SET THREE.

THE ANTENNA IS WAVING.

IT'S NOW ATTACK ERROR AFTER HITTING BY BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

STILL CHAMPIONSHIP POINT.

AND BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME USES THEIR FINAL TIMEOUT.

LET'S GO INSIDE SPRINGVILLE'S HUDDLE RIGHT NOW.

>> LOOK, IF YOU ARE GOING TO GET TO 26.

ARE WE?

WE ARE GOING TO GET TO 26.

HAVE IT IN YOUR HEAD.

YOU WORK AS HARD AS YOU CAN FOR EACH OTHER.

YOU CAN DO IT.

TEAM ONE, TWO, THREE, LET'S GO.

>> WANTING TO GET TO 26, MEANING WE ARE GOING TO RATTLE OFF THE NEXT SIX POINTS TO GET THERE.

>> IT'S POSSIBLE.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE.

THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PLAY ALMOST FLAWLESS VOLLEYBALL.

>> NO ROM FOR ERROR.

>> YEAH, NO ROOM FOR ERROR.

BUT THEY HAVE TO KEEP GOING ONE BY ONE.

SO IF THEY WANT TO GET TO 26 IT STARTS RIGHT NOW AND SERVE IN DEFENDING IT.

>> TO SERVE IS GRACE MATUS FOR SPRINGVILLE.

24-19 BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

P SITTING ON CHAMPIONSHIP POINT OPPORTUNITY.

THE SETTERS DUMP.

NOT GOING TO WORK THAT TIME.

SET NEAR SIDE SWING.

DOWN THE LINE.

IT GOES OUT.

OUT OF BOUNDS IS THE CALL.

AND THERE IS ONE.

THEY NEED SIX MORE TO GET TO 26-24.

AND MATUS WILL DIAL IT UP AGAIN THE LIBERO.

BEHIND THE SERVICE LINE.

CHAMPIONSHIP POINT FOR BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

PERFECT PASS.

THE SET.

AND IT'S DONE FOR THE KILL.

FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME NIKES ARE YOUR CLASS 1A CHAMPIONS.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TONIGHT'S FINAL SCORE IS PRESENTED BY FAIRWAY, BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME 25, SPRINGVILLE 21.

>> ALL THE CREDIT IN THE WORLD FOR SPRINGVILLE ON THE GUTSY PERFORMANCE.

WE SAID ON THE PREGAME ON PAPER BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME WHO WON IT ALL YEAR WHO RETURNED ALL BY ONE PLAYER OFF LAST YEAR'S TEAM, ON PAPER THEY SHOULD WIN.

THEY HAD TO WORK TO WIN TONIGHT.

>> THEY EARNED IT.

THEY HAD TO WORK HARD.

SPRINGVILLE GAVE THEM A GREAT FIGHT.

LOVE THE ENERGY.

LOVE THE INTENSITY.

PROPS TO BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

THEY PLAYED WELL.

THEY EXECUTED THEIR STRATEGY.

AND THEY FINISHED.

>> SPRINGVILLE ENDING THEIR SEASON 35 AND 5.

THAT'S ONE TREMENDOUS YEAR.

WHILE BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME ENDS AT 37 AND 8.

WE WILL BE SHOWING YOU WHO MADE THE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM AND THE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM CAPTAIN IN CLASS 1A.

WE'LL HAND OUT THE TEAM RUNNER-UP TROPHY.

AND THE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY AS WELL AS OUR FESTIVITIES CONTINUE ON THE FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH OF A LONG SUCCESSFUL DAY HERE ON IOWA PBS.

>> I DON'T GET TO COACH SOME OF YOU SO THAT'S TOUGH.

AMAZING JOB THIS YEAR.

WE DID IT.

YOU WERE THE BEST.

HERE WE GO, ONE STEP FORWARD.

>> YOU HEAR THE PASSION, THE ENERGY, THE PRIDE THAT CLAUDE HOWARD JUNIOR HAS THE LOVE OF HIS STUDENT ATHLETES.

AND IT'S HARD NO MATTER WHAT.

NO MATTER WHAT, THIS IS THE LAST MATCH.

HERE'S THE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM.

>> FROM BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME JOSIE BENTZ.

FROM SPRINGVILLE, LAUREN WILSON.

FROM HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC, NATALIE RANDOLPH.

FROM NORTH TAMER, JANE RUSH.

FROM BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME, JENNA BENTZ.

FROM SPRINGVILLE, NIA HOWARD.

AND THE CAPTAIN OF YOUR 1A ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM, FROM BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME GABBY DEERY.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MEMBERS OF THAT ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM.

I'D TAKE THAT GROUP UP AGAINST ABOUT ANYBODY.

>> THAT WOULD BE A FUN ONE TO HAVE THEM ALL PLAY TOGETHER.

YOU HAVE A SETTER.

YOU HAVE ATTACKERS.

GREAT REPRESENTATION OF 1A IN THE STATE OF IOWA.

>> WELL DESERVED INDIVIDUAL HONORS CHBLTS MULTIPLE SCHOOLS REPRESENTED.

AND BIG SMILES AFTER THIS 1A CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK IS OFFICIALLY DONE.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE TEAM TROPHIES IN CHAMPIONSHIPS SPRINGVILLE AGAIN A TREMENDOUS TOURNAMENT DEFEATING GLAD WORK, NORTH TAMER, AND THEN FALLING TO BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME THIS WEEK DPEETED TRI CENTER.

HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC THEN SPRINGVILLE FOR THE TEAM TITLES.

>> YOUR CLASS 1A RUNNER-UP, SPRINGVILLE ORIOLES AND HEAD COACH CLAUDE HOWARD JUNIOR.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> AND NOW YOUR 2021 CLASS 111 CHAMPIONS, COACH MIKE DAVIS AND THE CHAMPIONS FROM BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

>> BETH, THAT WAS A FUN 1A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.

>> IT ABSOLUTELY WAS.

IT WAS BACK AND FORTH.

THERE WAS A LOT OF ENERGY.

SOME STRONG ATTACKS.

SOME PLACEMENT KILLS AND CONGRATS TO BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

>> MEMBERORABLE DAY.

4 A CHAMP, CONGRATULATIONS TO 3 A WEST DELAWARE, THE 2 A DELAWARE, AND 1A CHAMPION BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME.

A HUGE SHOUTOUT AND THANKS TO OUR PRODUCTION TEAM AND EVERYONE THAT MADE THIS POSSIBLE.

WITH IOWA PBS.

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