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♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Welcome back to our broadcast here from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

It is a full day of championship high school volleyball as 5A, 4A and 3A championship trophies have been handed out.

We move to class 2A where the Western Christian Wolfpack with a record of 40-5 take on the number one seed Dike-New Hartford Wolverines.

Greetings, my friends.

I'm Eric Braley and >>> MY GOOD FRIEND, BETH WEST, STANDOUT PLAYER, NOW HELPING WITH THIS BROADCAST AND BETH, TWO WAY AND THESE TWO TEAMS, THAT SAYS A LOT.

>> IT DOES.

THESE ARE TWO HISTORIC POWER HOUSE PROGRAMS IN THE STATE OF IOWA FOR HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL.

THEY ARE QUALITY TEAMS AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE A VERY COMPETITIVE MATCH.

>> LET'S INTRODUCE YOU TO THESE TWO TEAMS BUILT ON TRADITION.

WESTERN CHRISTIAN, THEY'VE BEEN IN 39 OF THE TOURNAMENTS AND REACHED AT LEAST THE SEMIFINALS IN THE LAST 21 CONSECUTIVE YEARS.

HEAD COACH, 12th STATE TITLE.

A DOZEN OF THEM, THE MOST IN IOWA HISTORY.

AND THEIR OPPONENT, IT'S A TOUGH PASS FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN AS THEY TAKE ON DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

THE DEFENDING 2A CHAMPIONS.

THEY RETURN EVERYBODY.

SOPHOMORE TWINS LEAD THE TEAM.

ON THE TEAM AS FRESHMEN AND JUNIOR, MADELYN NORTON, HAS 2,000 PLUS CAREER ASSISTS.

DIKE IS AN OUTSTANDING TEAM LOOKING TO FINISH THE DEAL WITH STATE TITLE HERE.

>>> WELCOME BACK TO OUR BROADCAST HERE FROM CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA.

IT IS A FULL DAY OF CHAMPIONSHIP HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL AS 5A, 4A AND 3A CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHIES HAVE BEEN HANDED OUT, WE MOVE TO CLASS 2A WITH THE WOLFPACK WITH A RECORD OF 40-5 TAKE ON THE NUMBER ONE SEED, HARTFORD WOLVERINES.

I'M WITH MY FRIEND BETH WEST, A STANDOUT VOLLEYBALL PLAYER, NOW HELPING WITH THIS BROADCAST.

TWO WAY AND THESE TWO TEAMS, THAT SAYS A LOT.

>> IT DOES.

THESE ARE TWO HISTORIC POWER HOUSE PROGRAMS IN THE STATE OF IOWA FOR HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL AND THEY ARE QUALITY TEAMS.

THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE A VERY COMPETITIVE MATCH.

>> LET'S INTRODUCE YOU TO THESE TWO TEAMS THAT ARE BUILT ON TRADITION.

WESTERN CHRISTIAN, BETH WASN'T LYING TO YOU.

21st TRIP TO STATE.

THEY'VE BEEN IN 39 TOURNAMENTS AND REACHED AT LEAST THE SEMIFINALS IN THE LAST 21 CONSECUTIVE YEARS.

12th STRAIGHT TITLE.

A DOZEN OF THEM, THE MOST IN IOWA HISTORY.

AND THEIR OPPONENT, IT'S A TOUGH TASK FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN AS THEY TAKE ON DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS.

THEY RETURN EVERYBODY.

SOPHOMORE TWINS LEAD THE TEAM.

ON THE TOURNAMENT TEAM AS FRESHMEN AND MADELYN NORTON HAS 2,000 PLUS CAREER ASSISTS.

DIKE IS AN OUTSTANDING TEAM LOOKING TO FINISH THE DEAL WITH THE STATE TITLE HERE.

BEFORE YOU BRING YOU THE MATCH, IT'S TIME FOR THE HALL OF FAME AND HERE'S JASON WITH THE GIRLS UNION WITH THE INDUCTION.

>> SINCE 1998, THE ATHLETIC UNION HAS HONORED THE GREATEST VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS WITH INDUCTION INTO THE IOWA VOLLEYBALL HALL OF FAME.

TONIGHT, WE HONOR THE 22nd CLASS.

PRESENTING AWARDING IS REGIONAL MANAGER FOR THE IOWA FARM BUREAU.

OUR FIRST HONOREE STARTED AT HEMPSTEAD FROM 2000 TO 2003.

SHE WAS A THREE-TIME ALL STATE SELECTION.

A CLASS 4 PLAYER WHEN SHE -- AND 2.1 DIGS.

SHE WAS NAMED CAPTAIN OF THE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM.

HER VERSATILITY MADE HER A PRIZE RECRUIT AND SHE SIGNED WITH NORTH DAKOTA STATE.

SHE LED THE BISON IN ASSISTS.

INJURIES WOULD SIDELINE HER, BUT SHE IS STILL AMONG THE CAREER LEADERS IN ASSISTS.

FOLLOWING GRADUATION, SHE EMBARKED ON A TEACHING CAREER AND SHE HAS COACHED NINTH GRADE BASKETBALL.

SHE AND HER BRANDON HAVE A 1-YEAR-OLD SON, CLAYTON.

LET'S WELCOME ONE OF THE MOST VERSATILE PLAYERS, EMILY OLSSON.

OUR NEXT HONOREE STARRED FOR DAVENPORT NORTH UNTIL 1989.

IN 1988, SHE WAS A VITAL COG ON NORTH'S STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM WHERE SHE SERVED UP SIX SERVICE ACES WHILE EARNING A SPOT ON THE ALTERNATIVE TEAM.

SHE EARNED PLAYER OF THE YEAR HONORS AFTER LEADING THE STATE IN KILLS AND BLOCKS.

SHE WENT ON TO A SUCCESSFUL COLLEGIATE CAREER AT WASHINGTON STATE.

SHE LED THE PAC 10 CONFERENCE IN HITTING PERCENTAGE AS A SOPHOMORE AND AMONG THE TOP 20 HER JUNIOR YEAR.

HE REMAINS WASHINGTON STATE'S CAREER LEADER IN HITTING PERCENTAGE.

SHE AND HER FAMILY HAVE LIVED IN VIRGINIA, CALIFORNIA AND TENNESSEE BEFORE RETURNING IN 2015.

HER DAUGHTER WAS AN ALL STATE VOLLEYBALL PLAYER ON THE 2017 VOLLEYBALL TEAM WHILE HER SON WAS A TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETE AND IS A MEMBER OF IOWA STATE'S FOOTBALL TEAM.

SHE AND HER HUSBAND RESIDE IN BETENDORF.

CARRIE GILLY PORTER.

OUR NEXT HONOREE STARRED AT WESTERN CHRISTIAN UNTIL 2010.

SHE WAS A SETTER.

SHE WAS THE SETTER IN A PAIR OF STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR THE WOLFPACK AND WAS ONE OF THE BEST IN IOWA REGARDLESS OF CLASS.

HER SOPHOMORE SEASON SAW HER LEAD THE WOLFPACK TO THE 2008 CHAMPIONSHIP WHERE SHE REGISTERED 42 ASSISTS IN THE TITLE MATCH.

SHE WAS FIRST TEAM SELECTION IN 2009 AND 2010.

THE 2010 CLASS 2A PLAYER OF THE YEAR AVERAGING ONE KILL AND TWO DIGS A SET AND WAS THE CAPTAIN OF THE TEAM IN LEADING WESTERN CHRISTIAN TO THE CLASS 2A STATE CROWN.

FINISHING WITH 1,316 CAREER ASIS CYSTS.

SHE WAS TWICE AN NIAA ALL AMERICAN SELECTION AND IN 2013 NAMED A THIRD TEAM PICK AFTER AVERAGING 10.5 A SET.

SHE STILL RANKS FOURTH IN SCHOOL HISTORY AND ASSISTS WHILE HER HITTING PERCENTAGE IS STILL THE SINGLE SEASON RECORD.

UPON GRADUATION, SHE RETURNED AND TAUGHT MATH FOR FOUR YEARS.

SHE AND HER HUSBAND ARE THE PARENTS TO THREE DAUGHTERS.

ONE OF THE FINEST SETTERS IN WESTERN CHRISTIAN HISTORY.

KAYLA BARTMAN.

OUR FINAL HONOREE ALSO HAILS FROM WESTERN CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL AND PLAYED WITH HER FELLOW HONOREE FOR TWO SEASONS FROM 2009 THROUGH 2012.

SHE WAS A PART OF STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL TEAMS WITH MULTISTATE TITLES IN TRACK AND FIELD.

HER SIGNATURE SPORT WAS VOLLEYBALL WHERE SHE WAS A THREE-TIME ALL STATE SELECTION AND THREE TIME ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM PICK.

A TWO-TIME ELITE SELECTION, SHE WAS A CLASS 2A PLAYER OF THE YEAR AS A SENIOR WHEN SHE AVERAGED 3.1 KILLS AND 2.F DIGS A SET.

SHE STARRED AT DORT.

A TWO-TIME NIAA AND HELPED DORT REACH THREE TOURNAMENTS.

HER 1600 CAREER KILLS RANK SIXTH IN SCHOOL HISTORY AND SHE RANKS IN THE TOP TEN IN CAREER DIGS AND ACES.

FOLLOWING GRADUATION, SHE MARRIED HER HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART.

THEY RESIDE IN SHELDON WITH THEIR THREE CHILDREN.

LET'S WELCOME ONE OF IOWA'S FINEST ATHLETES INTO THE VOLLEYBALL HALL OF FAME.

BROOKE BANSTRA.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ONCE AGAIN, PRESENTING THE VOLLEYBALL HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2021 -- CONGRATULATIONS.

>> WHAT AN HONOR AND WHAT A CLASS THAT IS.

THE 2021 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES.

CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF THOSE WOMEN AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR THE SPORT.

CONGRATULATIONS ON THE WELL DESERVED HONOR.

ESPECIALLY TO HAVE A COUPLE OF THEM FROM WESTERN CHRISTIAN AS THEIR TEAM IS GETTING SET TO BATTLE HERE.

LET'S MEET OUR TEAMS.

HERE'S REX BAKER.

>> WESTERN CHRISTIAN WOLFPACK.

AND NOW, PLEASE WELCOME THE DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WOLVERINES.

IT'S NOW TIME TO INTRODUCE THE PLAYERS AND COACHES IN TODAY'S MATCH-UP.

FIRST FOR THE WESTERN CHRISTIAN WOLFPACK.

NUMBER 2, HANNAH BROEK.

NUMBER 5, KYLIE DEJEGGER, NUMBER 7, SHAYNA VAN DYKEN.

NUMBER 10, TAYLOR STATEMA.

NUMBER 11 -- NUMBER 12, AND NUMBER 14.

YOUR ASSISTANT COACHES FOR THE WOLFPACK -- NOW LET'S MEET THE STARTERS FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

A 5'4" JUNIOR, JOCELYNE OOSENINK.

NUMBER 4, STELLA WINTERFELD.

JAYLIN VAN DYKEN.

NUMBER 9, ELLIE, A 6 FOOT SENIOR, EMMA WESTPHAL AND LYDIA VAN KLEY.

HEAD COACH -- NOW LET'S MEET THE DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WOLVERINES.

NUMBER 1, LUCY VARNEY.

NUMBER 5, SHELBY PORT.

9, LILLIAN BENNETT.

NUMBER 13, RYANNE SHOEMAKER.

NUMBER 14, PAYTON NOLAN.

NUMBER 17, JILLIAN BEUTER.

THE ASSISTANT COACHES -- NOW LET'S MEET THE STARTERS FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

NUMBER 2, MARYN BIXBY.

NUMBER 3, MADELYN NORTON.

NUMBER 8, JAYDEN PETERSEN.

NUMBER 10, TAYLOR HOEHNS.

NUMBER 21, PEYTON PETERSEN.

AND NUMBER 4, LEXI FAGER.

HEAD COACH IS DIANE HARMS.

NOW LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SCORES TABLE.

FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF OUR OFFICIALS FOR THIS AFTERNOON'S MATCH.

YOUR FIRST REFEREE, SARAH TINE.

YOUR SECOND REFEREE, JIM DOYLE.

AND THE LINE JUDGES, JODI WALENGA AND KEVIN VANDERPLUG.

ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHO'S READY FOR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP VOLLEYBALL?

THERE'S A LOOK AT THE TEAMS.

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

BETH, WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN TO KNOCK OFF THE NUMBER ONE TEAM?

>> WESTERN CHRISTIAN IS GOING TO NEED TO HAVE QUALITY SERVERS.

THEY WANT SOLID PASSING AND IT'S REALLY THE FOUNDATION OF ANY SUCCESSFUL VOLLEYBALL.

IT STARTS WITH CONSISTENT SERVING SO THE WOLFPACK CAN HAVE ALL OF THEIR OFFENSIVE OPTIONS AVAILABLE.

SECONDLY, THEY JUST WANT TO APPLY PRESSURE.

THEY HAVE THE TALENT AND EXPERIENCE TO APPLY PRESSURE.

THEY WANT TO DO IT ONE POINT AT A TIME, STAYING CONFIDENT AS A TEAM, TO TAKE ON A VERY GOOD DNH SQUAD.

>> LET'S LOOK AT THE KEYS TO THIS MATCH.

>> DNH NEEDS TO SERVE AGGRESSIVELY.

THEY ARE A GREAT SERVING TEAM.

THEY'RE STRONG IN A LOT OF AREAS, BUT IT STARTS WITH AN AGGRESSIVE SERVE AND WE EXPECT THEM TO CONTINUE THAT.

AND THEN SECONDLY, NO LET UP.

THE WOLVERINES ARE AT THE FINALE OF AN INCREDIBLE SEASON.

THEY ARE DOMINATING TEAMS FROM ALL CLASSES SO THEY'RE LOOKING TO FOCUS AND FINISH THE MISSION WITH A CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> THAT'S BETH WEST'S TO THE KEYS TO THE MATCH AND IF YOU HAVE BEEN IN CEDAR RAPIDS THIS WEEK, YOU HAVE SEEN A SEA OF PINK.

AT NIGHT, THE BUILDINGS ARE LIT UP.

THE SKYLINE, THEY HAVE ROLLED OUT THE PINK CARPET AND WELCOMED THIS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT.

WHAT A MEMORY FOR ALL THESE STUDENT ATHLETES AND COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO GET TO THIS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT AND WE THANK ALL THAT CEDAR RAPIDS HAS DONE AS WELL AS THE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS UNION.

IT'S DIKE-NEW HARTFORD VERSUS THE WESTERN CHRISTIAN WOLFPACK.

AND THE FIRST POINT GOES TO DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

THE WOLVERINES WERE YOUR CHAMPION IN CLASS 2A LAST YEAR.

THEY DOMINATED DENVER IN THREE SETS.

25-13, 25-12, AND 25-15 TO WIN THE SCHOOL'S EIGHTH STATE VOLLEYBALL TITLE.

THEY DID NOT LOSE A SINGLE SET IN THE STATE TITLE RUN LAST YEAR.

AS PEYTON PEDERSEN LED THE WAY WITH 17 KILLS IN THE TITLE GAME FOLLOWED BY JAYDEN PEDERSEN WITH TEN AND EIGHT KILLS RESPECTIVELY.

SERVING IS DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR THE WOLFPACK NOT TO TAKE A BOWL HERE.

>> IT IS.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'RE DOWN 0-3 EARLY ON.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT'S EARLY.

AND THEY'VE GOT TIME TO BATTLE BACK.

RIGHT NOW, THEY JUST NEED TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND GET THEIR SERVICE DEEP.

THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO RUN THEIR OFFENSIVE OPTIONS.

>> A SERVICE AIR.

THAT'S A FREE POINT FOR THE WOLFPACK AND IMPORTANTLY, TO SIDE OUT.

THAT MEANS THEY CAN GET THEIR ROTATION GOING AND THEY CAN BE THE AGGRESSORS WITH SERVING.

>> EXACTLY.

THEY WANT TO SERVE, TRY TO GET DIKE-NEW HARTFORD OUT OF SYSTEM.

SOME OPTIONS FOR THEM, MAKING IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER ON WESTERN CHRISTIAN'S DEFENSE.

>> GOOD BLOCK AT THE NET THERE.

FLYING IN AND THAT ONE'S DOWN FOR A KILL.

THAT'S PEYTON PEDERSEN.

THE SOPHOMORE.

536 KILLS IN THE REGULAR-SEASON.

HERE'S THE REPLAY.

>> PEDERSEN WITH A VERY STRONG APPROACH THERE.

SHE GOES CROSS COURT.

THE STRONG ATTACK IS GOING TO BE HARD TO STOP.

>> WOLFPACK GETS THEIR SECOND POINT.

VUR VERBURG THROUGH THE BLOCK.

NOW SERVING THE WESTERN CHRISTIAN AND THERE'S A SERVICE ACE AND JUST LIKE THAT, WE HAVE A ONE-POINT BALL GAME HERE IN THE OPENING SET BETWEEN THE WOLVERINES AND WOLFPACK.

THEY ARE FIGHTING BACK.

POINT BY POINT HERE.

>> KYLIE DOING A GREAT JOB BEHIND THE SERVICE LINE.

BIG FIRE POWER.

WE'RE ALL TIED UP.

GOING RIGHT AT THE BLOCK.

GETTING THE KILL.

>> THAT IS SOMETHING WE'VE LOVED TO SEE.

NOT AFRAID TO USE THE BLOCKER'S HANDS.

GREAT SWING BY NUMBER FOUR.

>> ANOTHER NEAR SERVICE ACE OPPORTUNITY.

AND THE WOLFPACK COME ATTACKING THE NEAR SIDE.

DNH STUFFS IT.

HOW ABOUT THE MIDDLE.

STUFFED AND DENIED AND DIKE-NEW HARTFORD CELEBRATES THIS SIDE OUT.

>> TWO BLOCKERS UP FOR DNH.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE IT ON THIS REPLAY.

UNFORTUNATELY, WESTERN CHRISTIAN GOES RIGHT INTO THE MEAT OF THEIR ARMS.

TEXTBOOK EXECUTION WITH THAT BLOCK.

AT TIMES, GOING PAST THE BLOCK, CUTTING TOO MUCH AND THE ATTACK AS IT SAILS OUT OF BOUNDS.

GOOD IDEA THOUGH, RIGHT?

>> VERY GOOD IDEA.

WORKING AROUND THAT BLOCK.

IF YOU CAN'T GO OVER IT, WORK AROUND IT.

UNFORTUNATELY, JUST A LITTLE WIDE.

>> EMMA WITH THE ATTACK HERE.

IT'S NOW 6-4.

IT'S A FAST-MOVING OPENING SET.

HERE FOR THE CLASS 2A TITLE.

WAS IT TOUCHED?

NO, IT WAS NOT.

AS THE BALL SAILS DEEP AND IT'S NOW A 7-4 ADVANTAGE FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

GOOD PASS.

THE SET, NOT THE ATTACK THEY WANTED.

AND PERFECT PLACEMENT.

NO ONE AT HOME ON THAT FAR SIDELINE CORNER.

>> THE CORNERS WE ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY ARE GOLDEN.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

NO ONE WAS HOME.

IT'S GOOD VISION BY THE DNH SETTER.

SHE HAS EXPERIENCE.

SHE KNOWS HOW TO SEE THE HOLES IN THE COURT.

>> BLOCKED BACK.

AND DOWN FOR A POINT.

DEFENSE LEADING THE OFFENSE FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

WELL, THE WOLFPACK TRAILED 4-0 AND RALLIED BACK TO TIE IT.

AND NOW THEY TRIAL BY FIVE.

STILL EARLY STAGES OF THIS OPENING SET.

WE PLAY TO 25 WIN BY TWO.

WORKING THE MIDDLE.

GOOD JOB IN THE BACK ROW DEFENSIVELY FOR THE WOLFPACK.

GOOD RALLY.

BLOCKED.

DOWN FOR THE POINT IN THE SIDE OUT FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

>> GREAT JOB BY WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

THE MIDDLE COMING OVER TO CLOSE -- STRAIGHT DOWN, A WESTERN CHRISTIAN POINT.

>> HERE'S THE SENIOR SERVING A LOT OF TALENTED UPPER CLASS MEN ON THIS WESTERN CHRISTIAN TEAM.

MOST OF THE MINUTES IN THE PLAYING TIME ARE JUNIORS AND SENIORS.

LET'S GO TO THE REPLAY OF HER NET CAMERA HERE.

YOU SAW HOW THAT BALL DROPS RIGHT DOWN GIVING THE WOLVERINES THEIR TEST POINT FOR THAT SET.

WESTERN CHRISTIAN, 40-5 OVERALL.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD, A VERY SPECIAL SEASON.

53 WINS, ONLY ONE LOSS.

A SERVICE ERROR AND THE DOOR IS OPEN.

FOR THE WOLFPACK TO MAKE A RUN.

THE JUNIOR DS COMES IN.

POPS THAT ONE HIGH.

>> PETERSEN, SHE WENT RIGHT OVER TOP OF THE BLOCK.

>> BALL WAS LAST TOUCHED AND IT'S GOING TO BE A KILL FOR JAYDEN.

THEIR MOM'S THE HEAD VOLLEYBALL COACH.

SHE WAS YOUR COACH, BETH, AND BOBBY HAS A COUPLE OF SETS OF TWINS.

ONE'S PLAYING FOR UNI AND ONE'S A STARTER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S A STRONG VOLLEYBALL FAMILY.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND IT'S FUN TO PLAY WITH YOUR SISTER SO THIS IS COOL TO WATCH.

>> 12-7.

I REALLY LIKE WHAT I'VE SEEN OUT OF WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF OPPORTUNITIES WHERE YOU FELT MAYBE THE FLOOD GATES COULD OPEN AND THEY DO JUST THAT.

THEY GET A STOP AND MAKE A RUN OF THEIR OWN TO STAY CLOSE HERE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THEY ARE STAYING CLOSE AND THAT'S THE KEY.

YOU SAID AT THE BEGINNING, YOU DON'T WANT TO DIG YOURSELF A HOLE, ESPECIALLY IN SET ONE.

SO THEY ARE BATTLING.

NOBODY WAS EXPECTING THAT TO DROP IN THERE.

>> GOOD VISION FROM PAYTON.

ROLL SHOT RIGHT DOWN.

RIGHT KILL.

>> WESTERN CHRISTIAN, THE QUARTERFINALS SHOWED ITS RESILIENT SIDE TUESDAY.

RALLY DOWN FROM 2-0 TO DEFEAT DIERSVILLE AND IN THE SEMIFINALS YESTERDAY, THEY DEFEATED OSAGE.

THIS IS AN EXPERIENCED GROUP AND I THINK EVERYONE EXPECTS THIS TO BE A GREAT MATCH-UP.

ANOTHER POINT AND THE WOLFPACK HAVE NOW HIT DOUBLE DIGITS.

LYDIA SERVING.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WORKS THE BACK ROW.

PETERSEN HAS FOUR.

>> SHE'S OFF TO A HOT START.

IT'S HARD ON A BACK ROW ATTACK.

YOU WANT TO PUT UP A BLOCKER, TAKE AWAY SPACE, BUT SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENS WHERE IT JUST RICOCHETS OFF IN THE DIRECTION THAT YOUR DEFENSE IS NOT PREPARED FOR.

>> A SERVICE AIR.

WE'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF THOSE.

IT'S GOOD TO SERVE AGGRESSIVELY.

YOU WANT TO PUT THE BALL IN PLAY.

>> EXACTLY.

IT'S A FINE BALANCE.

IF YOU SEND OVER, THE OPPONENT IS ABLE TO BRING BACK THEIR OFFENSIVE FULL FORCE.

YOU SERVE AGGRESSIVE, HOPELY YOU CAN TAKE AWAY OPTIONS, BUT YOU WANT TO KEEP IT IN BOUNDS.

THERE'S A BALANCE.

>> I HAVE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH WESTERN CHRISTIAN SERVING IN THIS OPENING SET HERE.

TRYING TO PUT THE PRESSURE ON DIKE-NEW HARTFORD'S PASSING GAME.

THEY GO TO THE MIDDLE AND SOMEONE DIFFERENT THIS TIME, BUT THE SAME RESULT AS THE OTHER TWIN GETS IN ON THE KILL.

>> ANOTHER BACK ROW ATTACK OFF OF THE BLOCKER'S ARMS.

BAKER SERVING FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

THAT ONE'S IN.

HOLY BUCKET.

SIDELINE TO SIDELINE DROPPING RIGHT IN PERFECT PLACEMENT.

>> WHEN WE SAY SHARP CROSS COURT, THAT IS SHARP CROSS COURT.

GREAT SWING.

>> SECOND KILL.

ON THE AFTERNOON THERE.

GREAT HUSTLE.

BUT RUNNING OUT OF ROOM.

THE BALL OUT OF BOUNDS AND THE WOLVERINES NOW HAVE 16 POINTS.

CLOSING THAT GAP, GETTING TO 25 HERE IN THIS FIRST SET.

>> LOVE THE HUSTLE.

LOVE THE EFFORT.

LIKE YOU SAID, JUST RAN OUT OF REAL ESTATE.

>> A LOT OF POWER ON THAT ATTACK.

TAKEN DOWN THE LINE.

EMMA, THE SENIOR MIDDLE HITTER COMING IN WITH 213 KILLS ON HER TEAM.

>> GOOD VISION BY EMMA.

SHE SAW DOUBLE BLOCKERS TAKING HER CROSS COURT SO SHE HAMMERS IT DOWN THE LINE.

>> BEING ABLE TO ADAPT.

ADAPT TO THE SET.

AND ADAPT TO WHAT THE DEFENSE IS DOING.

>> IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

>> YOU MIGHT HAVE A PLAN BUT THE PLAN MIGHT HAVE TO DO WITH PIVOT IN MIDAIR.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

YOU MIGHT GO UP SAYING I WANT TO HIT SHARP CROSS.

I WANT TO HIT IT SHARP CROSS AND YOU SEE THE BLOCKERS, NOPE.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

YOU HAVE TO ADJUST.

>> ANOTHER POINT FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

RIGHT BACK INTO THIS THING.

TRAILING BY THREE.

NEITHER TEAM HAS CALLED AND NEITHER HAVE FIVE OUTS YET.

>> BEEN FAST PACED BACK AND FORTH.

>> SO FAST PACED.

MIGHT HAVE SAILED LONG.

GOOD DECISION, BUT GOES INTO THE NET AND BACK TO A FOUR-POINT LEAD AND THE SERVE FOR NUMBER TWO, BIXBY.

OH, MY.

THAT ONE WENT STRAIGHT DOWN.

>> NUMBER 4 BRINGING THE HEAT FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

AGAIN, GOOD VISION.

GOING AROUND THE DOUBLE BLOCK.

TO THE LEFT.

GREAT KILL.

>> STELLA WINTERFELD.

ONE OF THE LEADERS IN MULTIPLE CATEGORIES.

PETERSEN GETS THE POINT.

THIRD KILL FOR JADYN.

PAYTON BECAME THE FIRST IOWA FRESHMAN TO EARN CAPTAIN HONORS ON TWO ALL TOURNAMENT TEAMS.

SHE WAS THE CAPTAIN OF THE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM AND THE TOURNAMENT CAPTAIN OF THE CLASS 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL SQUAD AND I KNOW YOU'RE A MULTISPORT ATHLETE.

DIKE DEFINITELY HAS A NUMBER OF THOSE.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT FIRST, LET'S GO INSIDE THE WESTERN CHRISTIAN HUDDLE.

THEY TRIAL BY FIVE HERE IN THIS OPENING SET.

>> WE HAVE SEVEN IN THIS GAME AND WE'RE IN IT.

WE'RE DOWN FIVE.

OKAY.

SO A FEW THINGS.

KEEP IT OFF THE NET.

THEY'RE VERY GOOD BLOCKERS.

THAT WAS TOUGH.

YOU DIDN'T REALLY HAVE AN OPTION.

SO ENOUGH HEIGHT.

EMMA'S GOING TO CALL FOR A TWO, SHE WANTS IT OFF THE NET A LITTLE BY.

ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE GIRLS SO THEY ARE ABLE TO CUT AND GO.

OKAY?

WE'VE GOT TO GET TOUCHES.

THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO TOOL ON JAYLIN.

WE'RE RIGHT IN THERE.

HAVE FUN AND KEEP TALKING.

TEAM.

>> A LOT OF STUFF TO UNPACK THERE.

THE MAIN TAKE AWAY, THEY'RE IN IT AND THAT'S ONE HECK OF A COACH.

>> IT IS.

I WAS SHAKING MY HEAD SAYING YES, YES, 100% TO EVERYTHING THAT COACH TAMMY SAID IN THERE.

KEEP THE SETS OFF THE NET FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

JUST GIVE YOUR HITTERS A CHANCE.

THEY ARE IN IT.

>> THAT ATTACK GOES LONG.

SHE ALSO SAID THEY HAVE SEVEN HIT ERRORS ALREADY AND THAT PLAYS INTO THE SCORE AND THE OUTCOME.

>> IT DOES.

SOMETIMES AS A HITTER, YOU JUST KIND OF GOT TO GET INTO A GROOVE.

YOU'VE GOT TO GET USED TO YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND GET USED TO THE BLOCK.

SO MAYBE WESTERN CHRISTIAN IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO SETTLE DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

>> TWICE THEY SENT IT OVER FROM THE CENTER.

BOTH TIMES, DIKE-NEW HARTFORD SCRAMBLING TO RECOVER.

WESTERN CHRISTIAN GETS THE POINT.

>> A NICE, LONG RALLY.

>> THAT WAS FUN.

>> GREAT DEFENSE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE NET SCRAMBLING, KEEPING IT ALIVE THEN A SMART, HIGH SWING TO FINISH IT FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

>> 21-16.

MAKE IT 22-16.

LET'S LOOK AT THIS ELLIE HILL, THE JUNIOR MIDDLE HITTER.

>> GOOD CONNECTION BETWEEN THE SETTER AND THE MIDDLE THERE RUNNING A 31 KIND OF A MIDDLE SET A LITTLE FARTHER OFF.

GREAT CONNECTION.

>> KIND OF FALLING BACK ON THAT ATTACK, NOW PUSHING IT DOWN.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD SENDS IT OVER.

WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

BACKS AGAINST THE WALL.

HERE IN THIS OPENING SET.

ANOTHER POINT FOR THE WOLVERINES.

HERE'S THE REPLAY OF HOW THIS ONE ENDED.

SO CLOSE TO THE NET.

YOU'RE LIMITED ON WHAT YOU CAN DO THERE.

>> YEP.

IT WAS A GREAT SWING FROM DNH.

AND A GOOD UP BY WESTERN CHRISTIAN'S LIBERO.

MISCOMMUNICATION ON WHO WAS GOING TO TAKE THAT SECOND BALL.

>> SERVICE ACE BY NUMBER 8, THE SOPHOMORE, AND THIS BRINGS UPSET POINT FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD HERE.

NEEDING ONE MORE POINT TO TAKE THIS OPENING GAME.

OPENING SET.

INTO THE NET AND DIKE-NEW HARTFORD FINISHING STRONG.

THEY HELD OFF A RALLY AND FINISH STRONG.

25-16 IS THE FINAL.

WE'LL BE BACK WITH THE SECOND SET OF THIS CLASS 2A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH RIGHT AFTER THIS HERE ON IOWA PBS.

>> WHAT WE JUST SAW?

>> IT WAS A GOOD FIRST SET.

DIKE CAME OUT FIRING.

THEY WERE STRONG AT THE ATTACK LINE AND THEY HAD STRONG QUALITY BLOCKS.

I WAS IMPRESSED BY THEIR BLOCKING.

THEY SLOWED DOWN A LOT OF SWINGS AND ON THE WESTERN CHRISTIAN SIDE, I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED BY THEIR SERVING.

SERVING AGGRESSIVE, HITTING THEIR TARGETS AND GETTING DIKE OUT OF SYSTEM, WHICH WE HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT THIS YEAR.

>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT OPENING SET.

DIKE NEVER TRAILED IN THE FIRST SET AND YOU SAW MORE THAN ONE PLAYER GETTING IN ON THE FUN AND THE ACTION AND WESTERN CHRISTIAN, A BALANCED ATTACK AS WELL.

WHEN WE LISTENED INTO THE HUDDLE, COACH, A LOT OF ATTACK ERRORS SHOOT YOURSELF IN THE FOOT A LITTLE BIT HERE.

>> SOME OF THOSE YOU CAN ATTRIBUTE TO THE DNH SQUAD.

THERE'S ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF NERVES IN SET ONE.

WE SEE THREE BLOCKS FOR HARTFORD, BUT EQUAL ON THE SERVICE ACES.

>> FOUR MORE KILLS FOR DNH AS WELL.

>> HARTFORD GETS SET ONE.

WHO'S GOING TO GET SET TWO?

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD, AGAIN LAST YEAR'S CHAMPION.

THEY SWEPT DENVER LAST YEAR AND THE WOLVERINES DID NOT DROP A SET IN THE STATE TITLE RUN AND THEY HAVE NOT DROPPED A SET IN THIS RUN OF A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH EITHER.

PRETTY DOMINANT.

>> VERY DOMINANT.

STATE TOURNAMENT AND ALL THROUGH THE REGULAR-SEASON, IT'S FUN TO LOOK AT THEIR REGULAR-SEASON AND THE TEAMS THEY PLAY.

THEY'RE PLAYING EVERYONE SO THAT'S FUN TO SEE.

.

>> 1-1 IS OUR SCORE.

THEIR ONLY LOSS CAME SEPTEMBER 25th AT IOWA CITY LIBERTY.

OTHER THAN THAT, THEY'VE BEEN PERFECT ON THE YEAR FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN, THEIR LOSSES CAME IN THE TOURNAMENT IN NEBRASKA.

YOU SEE THE REPLAY HERE ON YOUR SCREEN.

AT SHELDON VERSUS WAVERLY, NEBRASKA VERSUS LINCOLN EAST NEBRASKA AND THEN VERSUS BOYDEN HOLE ON SEPTEMBER.

THEY HAVE NOT LOST SET SINCE SEPTEMBER 11th IN WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

SO THEY STRUNG A RUN TOGETHER AS EXPECTED.

2-2 HERE IN THE SECOND.

THIS IS WHERE THE WOLFPACK, JUST LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY.

THEY CAN STRING THREE OR FOUR POINTS CONSECUTIVELY TOGETHER.

THAT COULD REALLY GIVE THEM SOME MOMENTUM AND CONFIDENCE HERE.

BUT A MISSED CUE AND DIKE NEW HARTFORD GETS THE POINT.

>> A LITTLE TOO AMBITIOUS ON THE BLOCK.

YOU WANT TO PRESS OVER THE NET WITH YOUR ARMS.

UNFORTUNATELY, A LITTLE TOO CLOSE AND THEY GOT INTO THE NET.

>> BIG BLOCK.

IT SAILS OUT OF BOUNDS.

IT WAS HIT SO HARD INTO THE BLOCK THAT IT RICOCHETS OUT OF BOUNDS.

>> THAT'S SOME POWER.

GOOD SWING AND GOOD JOB BY THE WESTERN CHRISTIAN DEFENSE.

THE COVERAGE.

THEY FOLLOW THAT BALL ALL THE WAY TO THE LINE JUST TO MAKE SURE.

>> HOW WOULD YOU SAY THESE TEAMS ARE DOING WITH THEIR SERVE, RECEIVE AND PASSING?

THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT IN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.

>> YEAH, EVERYTHING STARTS WITH SERVERS.

YOU WANT TO GIVE YOURSELF A CHANCE AND YOU WANT TO GIVE YOUR SETTER THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ALL THEIR OPTIONS SO THEY'RE DOING WELL.

ALWAYS ROOM FOR OPPORTUNITY, RIGHT?

I'M SURE THAT'S WHAT THE COACHES WOULD SAY, TOO.

>> FLYING HIGH AND KNOCKING IT DOWN FOR THE KILL.

NUMBER 21.

NOT ONLY DID SHE HAVE 536 KILLS HEADING INTO THE TOURNAMENT, KILL EFFICIENCY OF 383.

THAT'S LIKE A BATTING AVERAGE, FOLKS.

AND A .383 BATTING AVERAGE IS PRETTY DARN GOOD.

>> THAT IS VERY GOOD FOR AN OUTSIDE HITTER.

AS AN OUTSIDE HITTER, YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOME GOOD, QUALITY SETS, BUT OUTER SYSTEM ONES AS WELL AND WE KNOW FROM WATCHING THIS FINAL, SHE HITS FROM THE BACK ROW, THE FRONT ROW, FROM ANY POSITION ON THE COURT.

HITTING ALMOST 400 ON THE SEASON.

>> CUMULATIVE.

AND A 4.66 PERCENTAGE.

IT'S PAYTON WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, GOING TO GET A CHANCE TO SERVE.

5-4, EARLY GOING IN THE SECOND SET OF THE 2A FINAL.

BIG KILL IN THE MIDDLE.

ALWAYS GOOD WHEN YOU CAN GET THE MIDDLES INVOLVED.

>> YES.

YOU WANT TO GET THE MIDDLES INVOLVED AND TAKE SOME PRESSURE.

WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH SETS THE OUTSIDE GETS.

TEAMS NEED TO FOCUS THE BLOCK ON THE MIDDLE AND THAT WAS A GREAT SWING FROM WESTERN CHRISTIAN OUT OF THE MIDDLE.

>> GOOD PASS.

SET THE MIDDLE.

THE TIMING WAS PERFECT.

NICE UP.

AND WE PLAY ON.

SO IT WASN'T THE POWERFUL ATTACK THAT SCORED.

>> GOOD, SMART SWING FROM JADYN.

>> ONE ARM UP BY DNH.

ANOTHER STRONG HIT.

IT SAILS OUT OF THE BOUNDS BY AN INCH OR TWO.

>> THAT'S THE RIGHT IDEA.

I LIKE THE OFFENSIVE SET THAT WESTERN CHRISTIAN IS RUNNING RIGHT NOW.

>> THERE'S ANOTHER GOOD PASS.

ANOTHER NICE SET.

THE DIKE NEW HARTFORD HAS OPTIONS AND GETS IT DOWN.

GOOD VISION AND EXECUTION OUT OF BIXBY.

HERE'S THE REPLAY.

>> DEEP CROSS COURT.

MAKING THE LIBERO MOVE.

>> A SERVICE ERR IN THE SIDE OUT CHECKING IN FOR THE WOLFPACK TO THE FRONT ROW.

AND HAVING A GOOD PERFORMANCE SO FAR IS VERBURG, THE 6 FOOT JUNIOR OUTSIDE HITTER.

SHE HAS SIX KILLS SO FAR IN THIS MATCH.

>> ANOTHER KILL FOR JADYN.

I'M IMPRESSED WITH HER VISION AS A HITTER.

JUST THESE LAST REALLY THREE POINTS WE SAW HER GO HARD CROSS COURT.

WE SAW A ROLL SHOT KIND OF TIP RIGHT OVER THE BLOCK THEN HIT LINE.

WOW.

SHE CAN HIT IN ANY DIRECTION.

>> YOU DON'T WANT TO BE PREDICTABLE AND SHE IS KEEPING WESTERN CHRISTIAN GUESSING.

WITH HER SIX KILLS.

SPRAYING IT ALL OVER THE PLACE.

BIG POINT THERE FOR THE WOLFPACK.

9-7 IN THE ROTATION.

SHE'S BEEN THE ANCHOR.

SOLID AS A ROCK ALL YEAR LONG IN THAT BACK ROW DEFENSIVELY.

BLOCKED.

RESPONDS.

OPTIONS TO THE OUTSIDE.

GOOD REACH.

LONG RALLY.

WE KEEP PLAYING AND THEN A WHISTLE.

THIS ONE'S GOING AGAINST WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

THEY SAID TWO CONTACTS OR DOUBLE LIFT.

AND THE PASS WAS CARRIED A LITTLE BIT AND THAT GIVES THE WOLVERINES THEIR TENTH POINT.

>> THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD RALLY BACK AND FORTH.

IT'S HARD TO SEE IT END LIKE THAT, BUT A GREAT DEFENSIVE EFFORT FROM BOTH SIDES.

AND A BIG BLOCK.

>> YEP.

TIMING.

LET'S SEE THE VIEW OF HOW WELL EXECUTED THIS BLOCK WAS.

THEY'RE SIDE BY SIDE.

FULL EXTENSION.

>> RIGHT UP ON THE HITTER'S ARM.

TAKING AWAY SPACE.

>> ANOTHER ATTACK HERE AND WE HAVE OUR FIRST TIME-OUT OF THE SECOND SET.

THE LARGEST LEAD FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD HERE IN THE SECOND SET.

THEY LEAD ONE SET TO NONE.

LET'S GO INSIDE THEIR HUDDLE.

>> ALL RIGHT?

DON'T FORGET TO USE OUR MIDDLE SO KEEP GETTING YOURSELF SQUARED TO USE OUR MIDDLES.

KEEP STAYING ACTIVE, STAYING AVAILABLE.

THE SETTER IS UP SO MAKE SURE YOU'RE UP AND WITH HER AND TALKING ABOUT IT.

GREAT READ IF SHE'S GOING OR SETTING.

STAY ON YOUR FEET, RUN THROUGH, POP IT UP.

KEEP IT GOING.

>> THAT IS DIANE HARMS IN HER 28th YEAR OF COACHING VOLLEYBALL.

19th YEAR AT DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

979 WINS.

SHE HAS 714 WINS AT DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

15 STATE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES.

14 HAPPENING AT DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE THE SETTER IS?

>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE THE SETTER IS FRONT ROW OR BACK ROW BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY OFFENSIVE SETTERS AND IT'S A GOOD OPTION IF YOU HAVE AN OFFENSIVE SETTER, BUT IT MEANS THEY CAN TAKE IT OVER ON THE SECOND PICK.

BUT OFFENSIVE SETTERS THROW IT OVER ON TWO OFF GUARD.

ALSO, YOU NEED TO KNOW IF YOU CAN GO UP AND BLOCK THE SETTER.

THE SETTER IS IN THE BACK ROW.

THEY NEED TO STAY BENEATH THE PLANE OF THE NET SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW, FRONT ROW, BACK ROW, WHERE IS THE SETTER.

>> WE'VE LISTENED IN ALL DAY LONG INSIDE HUDDLES AND HEARD A NUMBER OF COACHES COMMUNICATING WHERE THE CENTER IS COMING OUT OF THE TIME-OUT.

HERE'S A REPLAY AS YOU SEE THE WOLFPACK.

THEY'RE KIND OF REELING A LITTLE BIT HERE IS DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WITH A 14-7 SCORE.

AND ANOTHER ONE.

SO THEY'RE SCORING IN MULTIPLE WAYS.

THE BLOCKS.

THE SERVES.

THE ATTACKS.

HERE'S THE REPLAY OF THIS TEXTBOOK DENIAL.

>> NUMBER 16 THERE, ELLIE.

GREAT BLOCKING ARM.

STRONG PRESSED OVER THE NET.

SHE'S ABLE TO LINE UP.

AND SHE GETS ANOTHER ONE.

BACK-TO-BACK BLOCK.

>> JUST AS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IT.

KNOCKS IT BACK FOR THE POINT.

SHE HAD 70 BLOCKS IN THE REGULAR-SEASON.

SECOND MOST ON THE DIKE-NEW HARTFORD SQUAD.

NEEDING A SIDE OUT.

ANY WAY.

THE WOLFPACK CAN GET IT.

AND THEY WON'T GET IT ON THAT PLAY.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD CONTINUES TO FLEX AND THIS IS WHAT WE SAW ALL REGULAR-SEASON LONG AND EVEN IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT, NOT ONLY HAVE THEY NOT LOST A SET, NO TEAM HAS GOTTEN VERY DEEP ON THEM ON THE SCOREBOARD.

>> EXACTLY.

CLOSEST ANY TEAM HAS GOTTEN IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT IS 16 POINTS.

THAT WAS SOUTH HARDEN IN THE QUARTERFINALS AND WE SAW IN SET ONE HERE, WESTERN CHRISTIAN REACHING 16 AS WELL.

SO THEY STAY NECK AND NECK THEN THEY REALLY JUST PULL AWAY AT THE END IT SEEMS LIKE.

>> A LOT OF WEAPONS.

WOLFPACK DOWN.

BUT NOT OUT.

LET'S SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO AS WESTERN CHRISTIAN DEFEATED BECK MAN CATHOLIC DEFEATED OSAGE TO GET TO THIS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.

IT STARTS WITH ONE.

BROEK, THE 5'10" JUNIOR CENTER GETTING THE KILL.

DURING THE SEASON, SHE DIDN'T HAVE A TON OF THEM.

ONLY 91.

BUT A BIG ONE THERE.

TRYING TO STRING SOME MORE POINTS TOGETHER WITH THEIR LIBERO.

AND VERY GOOD SERVER BACK IN BAKER.

OFF THE HANDS.

GREAT EFFORT.

KEPT LIVE BY WINTERFELD.

HIGH REACHING PLAY.

LEANING BACK.

NICE UP AND WE PLAY ON.

HOLY SMOKES.

>> THERE IT IS.

GREAT CONNECTION ON THE WESTERN CHRISTIAN SIDE.

GREAT SET.

DIRECTLY TO THE MIDDLE.

SHE SWINGS AWAY.

THAT IS IMPRESSIVE.

>> WESTPHAL, THE CONNECTION COULD NOT BE ANY STRONGER.

DE JAGER WITH THE SERVE.

WESTERN CHRISTIAN TRAIL BY EIGHT.

MORE CONTACTS.

THE DEFENSE.

STEPPING UP A COUPLE OF NOTCHES HERE FOR THE WOLFPACK.

THIS IS THE RUN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.

DE JAGER, ANOTHER SERVE.

SWING DOWN THE LINE AND IT'S OUT OF BOUNDS.

>> ONE BY ONE, WESTERN CHRISTIAN PUTTING TOGETHER A RUN OF THEIR OWN.

HARMS ELECTING NOT TO CALL A TIME-OUT TO STOP THIS RUN.

STUDENT ATHLETE TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO FIGURE IT OUT THEMSELVES ON THE COURT.

THAT ONE IS IN.

>> THEY FIGURED IT OUT.

>> LET'S GET IT TO OUR ALL-STAR AND PAYTON WITH A GREAT SHOT OFF THE PLACEMENT.

YOU SEE THE REACTION.

WOW.

>> STRONG CROSS COURT SWING.

WESTERN CHRISTIAN'S LIBERO JUST UNABLE TO MAKE A MOVE ON IT.

>> NOT A LOT OF OPTIONS THERE DUE TO THE POOR PASS AND VAN DYKE AND THE SENIOR SETTER JUST TRY TO TIP IT OVER.

ALL RIGHT.

SECOND AND FINAL TIME-OUT CALLED BY WESTERN CHRISTIAN HERE IN THE SECOND SET TRAILING BY EIGHT.

LET'S LISTEN TO THE HEAD COACH.

>> WE'VE JUST GOT TO COMMUNICATE.

ONLY PLAY WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU.

IF YOU SEE IT AND YOU CAN GET IT, JUST YELL IT AND YOU CAN OPEN UP.

AND YES, I KNOW.

THE PETERSENS, ALIGNED, SHE'S BIG TIME, OKAY.

BUT MAKE SURE THE BLOCK IS SET.

SHE SEES THE BLOCK, RIGHT?

SHE'S GOING TO TRY TO GET AROUND.

WE MIGHT HAVE TO SWITCH IT UP AND TAKE IT.

>> THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THE HEAD COACHES THAT ALLOW US TO MIKE THEM UP SO WE CAN BRING YOU THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS.

COACH KNOWS SHE'S GOOD.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO TRY TO SLOW HER DOWN AND TAKE THINGS AWAY.

>> I LIKED HER ADVICE.

SHE'S SAYING PUT UP A SOLID BLOCK.

BUT THEN WE, WESTERN CHRISTIAN, NEED TO DEFEND AROUND THE BLOCK.

AND THAT'S HERE, THEY GOT A BLOCK SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO DEFEND AROUND.

IT'S RIGHT UP THERE.

>> 21st STRAIGHT STATE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE.

39th IN SCHOOL HISTORY.

THE FIRST SET, DNH 25 AND WESTERN CHRISTIAN, 16.

RIGHT NOW, IT'S 20-14 HERE IN THE SECOND.

PETERSEN GETS THE KILL.

NINE FOR HER.

SO FAR IN THIS MATCH.

QUARTERFINALS, WESTERN CHRISTIAN RALLIES TO DEFEAT BECKMAN.

IN THE SEMIFINAL, THEY DEFEATED OSAGE AND CORE.

THEY'VE BEEN BATTLE TESTED ALL YEAR, BUT THIS IS A TOUGH PASS IN FRONT OF THEM AGAINST DIKE-NEW HARTFORD AND IT'S NOW 22-14.

JADYN WITH SEVEN KILLS THEN A SERVICE ERR GETS THE BALL BACK TO WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

TO SERVE.

IT'S ANOTHER BEAUTY.

THAT WILL BE ANOTHER POINT FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

YOU CAN TELL JUST LOOKING AT THEIR STUDENT SECTION, THEY WANT TO CHEER.

THEY WANT TO HELP OUT.

BUT THE MOMENTUM IS CLEARLY ON THE SIDE OF DIKE-NEW HARTFORD RIGHT NOW.

>> EXACTLY.

THERE'S A LITTLE LULL IN THE ENERGY, UNFORTUNATELY.

BUT HOPEFULLY SWINGS LIKE THAT BRING THEM RIGHT BACK ON THEIR FEET.

THEY ARE LOUD ON THE WESTERN CHRISTIAN SIDE.

>> THERE THEY ARE.

AGAIN, THEY'VE HAD SO MUCH TO CHEER ABOUT THIS SEASON AS WELL AS JUST THE TRADITION.

DOWN 23-16 HERE.

LINE DRIVE SERVE.

SERVICE ACE ALL SEASON LONG, BUT DIKE-NEW HARTFORD'S BACK ROW IS SOLID.

A LITTLE TRICKERY.

>> SO MANY SHOTS IN JADYN'S TOOL BAG.

I'M VERY IMPRESSED.

>> SHE'S LIKE A SWISS ARMY KNIFE.

SHE CAN PULL OUT A DIFFERENT TOOL FOR THE SITUATION SHE FACES.

>> EXACTLY.

>> 24-16 AND IT'S SET POINT HERE IN SET TWO.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD TRYING TO PULL AHEAD TWO SETS TO NONE.

>> WESTERN CHRISTIAN WITH IT OFFENSIVELY AND THEY GET IT DOWN.

SO THEY SCORED MORE POINTS HERE IN THE SECOND SET THAN THEY DID IN THE FIRST SET AND EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT NOT WIN THE SECOND SET, GETTING SOME MOMENTUM TO HEAD INTO THAT THIRD SET IS VERY IMPORTANT.

THERE IT IS, THE FINAL POINT OF THE SECOND SET.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD IS ROCKING AND ROLLING.

25-17, THE FINAL IN SET TWO.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK RIGHT AFTER THIS.

STAY TUNED FOR MORE CHAMPIONSHIP COVERAGE ON IOWA PBS.

25-16, 25-17.

IF THEY WIN THE THIRD SET, THEY ARE YOUR CLASS 2A CHAMPION.

WESTERN CHRISTIAN BACKS AGAINST THE WALL RIGHT NOW.

I HAVE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH DIKE-NEW HARTFORD'S DEFENSE THOUGH FROM THE BACK TO THE FRONT.

IT'S BEEN SOLID.

>> IT HAS.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD JUST DOESN'T LET THE BALL DROP.

THEY PURSUE EVERY BALL.

THEY GET TOUCHES.

THEY HAVE SOLID BLOCKS.

SO VERY IMPRESSED FROM THEIR DEFENSE.

OBVIOUSLY, THEIR OFFENSE IS VERY STRONG AS WELL, BUT CREDIT TO THEIR DEFENSE.

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

IT WAS TIED AT THE BEGINNING THEN DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WENT ON THAT RUN.

WESTERN CHRISTIAN FOUGHT BACK, BUT THEN DIKE-NEW HARTFORD FINISHED IT OFF.

PULLING AWAY AT THE END AND THE PETERSEN TWINS.

HEY, THEY'RE TRIED RIGHT NOW.

NINE KILLS APIECE.

>> NINE KILLS EACH.

A VERY GOOD SHOWING FOR TWO SETS.

AGAIN, THEIR DEFENSE IS BEING ABLE TO PICK UP SO MANY SWINGS.

JUST HELPS THEIR OFFENSE.

JUST KEEP ROLLING.

>> THERE YOU SEE THE STATISTICS THROUGH TWO SETS AND AS EXPECTED, THE STATS LOOK BETTER IF YOU'RE A DIKE-NEW HARTFORD FAN BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN IN CONTROL AS THEY HAVE ALL SEASON LONG.

LOOKING TO DEFEND.

IT WOULD NOT BE EASY TO DEFEND YOUR TITLE BECAUSE THAT TARGET, THAT BULL'S EYE, THAT'S RIGHT ON YOUR BACK.

>> IT'S A BIG TARGET ON YOUR BACK.

YOU ARE RIGHT.

THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB SO FAR THIS SEASON.

AND WESTERN CHRISTIAN, THEY'VE BEEN IN THIS POSITION BEFORE.

YOU MENTIONED THE QUARTERFINALS.

THEY WERE DOWN 0-2.

THEY HAD TO FIGHT BACK AND WIN THE NEXT THREE.

WE CALL IT A REVERSE SWEEP.

SO THEY'VE BEEN IN THIS POSITION BEFORE.

NOT SOMETHING THEY LIKE TO DO, BUT THEY'VE GOT A GREAT START HERE IN SET THREE.

TO GET THAT BALL ROLLING AGAIN.

>> WELL, PUNCHING DIKE-NEW HARTFORD IN THE MOUTH.

2-0 TO START AND WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO LOSE IF YOU'RE WESTERN CHRISTIAN RIGHT NOW?

THROW EVERYTHING OUT THERE AND JUST LIKE THAT, THEY CAME TO PLAY.

AND THEY SAY, PUT THOSE BROOMS AWAY.

WE WANT THIS TO GO FOUR OR FIVE.

>> VERY AGGRESSIVE SERVING.

VERY AGGRESSIVE SERVING.

>> OH, MY!

WOW!

WHAT A START BY WESTERN CHRISTIAN!

AND DIKE-NEW HARTFORD SAYS I'M GOING TO LET YOU FIGURE THIS OUT ON YOUR OWN, LADIES.

NO TIME-OUT JUST YET.

THERE'S A GOOD PASS.

AND ABLE TO GET IT THROUGH.

I WASN'T QUITE SURE IF THAT GOT OVER THE NET, BUT A 4-0 START.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WESTERN CHRISTIAN NEEDS.

AND THEN DIKE-NEW HARTFORD GETS ON THE BOARD WITH A KILL BY ELLIE KNOCK.

AGAIN, THAT TYPE OF SWING SCORES A POINT PRETTY MUCH ALL SEASON LONG, BUT THE SCRAPPY DEFENSE KEEPS IT ALIVE FOR DNH.

ANOTHER POINT FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

>> SOLID DOUBLE BLOCK.

UP FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

THEY GET A GREAT TOUCH.

GOOD JOB ON THE DIKE-NEW HARTFORD SIDE.

JUST ABLE TO GET IT THERE.

THEY HAD A BALL HANDLING ERROR.

>> ABLE TO WORK IT AGAIN.

THE REASON IS A GOOD PASS GIVES THE CENTER A SOME OPTIONS TO DO A GOOD HANDOFF SET.

>> SETTERS LOVE HAVING OPTIONS AND BEING ABLE TO RUN YOUR MIDDLE IS SO IMPORTANT.

>> ANOTHER POINT.

>> WESTERN CHRISTIAN HAVING SUCCESS ON THAT RIGHT SIDE.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD IS PUTTING UP A SOLID BLOCK.

YOU WANT TO TAKE AWAY A PORTION OF THE COURT.

THEY ARE GIVING HER LINE.

WESTERN CHRISTIAN ABLE TO SEE IT AND ANOTHER ACE.

OH, MY GOODNESS.

IS THIS THREE OR FOUR?

>> YEAH, IT HAS TO BE THE MOST ACES SCORED AGAINST DIKE-NEW HARTFORD THIS YEAR.

WHAT WERE WE TALKING ABOUT BETWEEN THAT SECOND AND THIRD SET?

HOW GOOD THEIR DEFENSE HAS BEEN.

BUT MULTIPLE ACES HAS HELPED THEM SURGE TO A SIX-POINT LEAD.

AND NOW, DIANE HARM STANDS UP.

NOW SHE'LL CALL A TIME-OUT.

WOW.

DOMINANT IN SETS ONE AND TWO WAS DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

DOMINANT SO FAR IN SET THREE IS WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

LET'S SEE WHAT DIKE-NEW HARTFORD'S TALKING ABOUT INSIDE THEIR HUDDLE.

>> GET THERE.

SHORT, QUICK STEPS.

YOU GOT TO PLAY DEFENSE.

WE GOT TO PLAY DEFENSE.

WE GOT TO SETTLE IN RIGHT NOW.

SETTLE IN AND START WORKING OUR WAY BACK INTO IT.

STARTS WITH THE PASS.

SO YOU THREE GUYS TALK IT UP, GET YOUR FEET THERE, ALL RIGHT?

HERE WE GO.

>> A TREMENDOUS COACH AND DIKE-NEW HARTFORD HAS SO MANY WEAPONS.

MADELYN NORTON HAS 2,000 CAREER ASSISTS WITH 500 DIGS.

PAYTON PETERSEN BECAME THE FIRST IOWA FRESHMAN TO EARN ON THE BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS.

JAYDEN PETERSEN, PAYTON PETERSEN, A LOT OF THINGS BUT WESTERN CHRISTIAN HAS SOLVED THE RIDDLE RIGHT NOW ON HOW TO SCORE AND HOW TO GET A BIG LEAD AGAINST THIS DIKE-NEW HARTFORD SQUAD.

THERE'S A POINT.

JUST THE THIRD ONE OF THIS THIRD SET.

>> IT STARTS WITH STOPPING THE RUN AND THAT'S WHAT DIKE-NEW HARTFORD DID.

WESTERN CHRISTIAN, THEY'RE SAYING GET IT BACK.

FIRST SWING SIDE OUT HERE, GET IT BACK, KEEP THAT MOMENTUM GOING.

NO LET UP.

>> WOW.

GREAT REACTION TO GET THE BLOCK AND THEN IMMEDIATELY ATTACK AND BLOCKED AGAIN.

THEY JUST MIGHT BLOCK THEIR WAY BACK INTO THIS THING.

WESTERN CHRISTIAN, 40-5 OVERALL.

HAS CONTROL, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING IN THE REAR-VIEW MIRROR AND THEY'RE SEEING A WOLVERINE COMING QUICKLY HERE IN THIS THIRD SET.

A LOT OF THE BATTLE HAS BEEN DONE RIGHT IN THIS FRONT ROW RECENTLY.

OFF THE HEAD AND DOWN FOR THE POINT.

>> DID A GOOD JOB FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD, MOVING IN, FOLLOWING THE SET.

IT HIT OFF HER HEAD.

I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.

BUT IT SAILED OUT OF BOUNDS FOR A WESTERN CHRISTIAN POINT.

>> THE SERVE COMING.

SERVING HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MAIN DIFFERENCES.

IN THIS THIRD SET.

PAYTON PETERSEN, THE SOPHOMORE, NOW WITH 11.

SET THE SAME HITTER, STRONG CROSS COURT SWING.

>> BACK AND FORTH WE GO.

STELLA.

WINTERFELD IN THE REGULAR-SEASON, 348 KILL.

SHE PLAYS WITH A FIRE IN HER BELLY.

TRUE COMPETITOR.

LOCKED AT THE NET.

WOLFPACK, THEY DON'T PANIC.

AND SEND IT OVER.

DOWN FOR THE POINT.

HOW BIG IS THAT CLASS 2A TO HAVE MULTIPLE PLAYERS THAT CAN GET YOU DOUBLE DIGIT KILLS ON THE SAME NIGHT?

>> IT GIVES YOU SO MANY OPTIONS WHEN SOMEONE IS NOT HAVING A GOOD NIGHT, YOU KNOW THERE'S OTHERS TO RELY ON, BUT IT CAUSES SO MANY ISSUES FOR TEAMS TO DEFEND YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO PAY SERIOUS ATTENTION TO EACH ONE.

CAN'T JUST SAY, OH, JUST FOLLOW THIS PLAYER.

THEY'RE GOING TO SET IT EVERY TIME.

THEY USE ALL THEIR WEAPONS AND DISTRIBUTE THE SETS BETWEEN ALL OF THEM.

>> THEY REALLY DO.

AND THE FACT THAT DIKE-NEW HARTFORD HAD EVERY SINGLE PLAYER ON LAST YEAR'S CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM RETURNING THIS YEAR, THAT CHEMISTRY IS JUST AT A WHOLE NEW LEVEL.

>> THE CHEMISTRY, THE EXPERIENCE.

JUST THE FAMILIARITY WITH STATE AND ATMOSPHERE AND BEING COMFORTABLE PLAYING IN FRONT OF A CROWD AND THE NOISE.

ALL OF THAT.

>> THROW IN BASKETBALL ON TOP OF THAT AS WELL.

HERE'S THE REPLAY TO MAKE IT 11-9.

IT WAS 9-2 IT IS NOW 11-9.

LET'S LISTEN IN TO THE WESTERN CHRISTIAN HUDDLE.

>> YEAH.

THEY'RE IN THE PERIMETER BUT WE GOT TO GO HARD DOWN LINE.

SHE TOOK HANDS ON THAT ONE.

YOU COULD TIP OVER, BUT THEN THEY'LL RUN THE NET.

OKAY.

YEAH, YEAH.

HEY, JUST TRY TO FIND IT IN THE WHEEL HOUSE.

DON'T LET THEM CAMP OUT ON HER.

GO, ELLIE.

RUNNER CUT, OKAY?

HEY, WE NEED A BIG SIDE OUT HERE, ALL RIGHT?

LET'S GO!

HEY, WE DO NOT, WE WORKED TOO HARD TO GET THAT LEAD.

KEEP SWINGING, KEEP TALKING AND HAVE THEIR BACKS.

EVERYBODY COVER.

TEAM, ONE, TWO, THREE, TEAM!

>> WORK TOO HARD TO GET THAT LEAD.

>> EXACTLY.

HER FINAL POINT, EVERYBODY COVER.

YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO PUT UP A STRONG BLOCK.

BEPREPARED.

IT'S COMING BACK.

>> AND IF YOU EXPECT THAT GOING IN, THEN YOU'RE PREPARED AND READY TO RESPOND.

WE GOT A GOOD ONE BREWING HERE IN THE CLASS 2A CHAMPIONSHIP.

WE'RE IN THE THIRD SET.

DIKE WINNING 25-16 IN SET ONE.

25-17 IN SET TWO AND THEY HAVE THE MOMENTUM.

>> ANOTHER PLACEMENT SHOT.

GOOD VISION.

FROM THE DIKE-NEW HARTFORD SWING TAKING IT DOWN THE LINE.

NOBODY'S HOME IN, UNFORTUNATELY.

>> A SERVICE ERR GIVES THE SIDE OUT AND OPPORTUNITY FOR THE WOLFPACK TO ROTATE AND FIGURE OUT HOW THEY CAN BE THE AGGRESSORS.

STELLA AN OPPORTUNITY HERE.

SERVICE ERR BACK-TO-BACK SERVICE ERRS.

ONE FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

ONE FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

THEY DEFEATED DENVER IN THE SEMIFINALS YESTERDAY.

WESTERN CHRISTIAN DEFEATED BECK MAN CATHOLIC.

OSAGE IN THE SEMIS.

OTHER TEAMS TO MAKE STATE AND CLASS 2A -- THERE'S THE NICE VIEW FROM OUR NET CAMERA AND TIED AT A DOZEN HERE IN THE THIRD SET.

DENIED.

ANOTHER WALK.

ANOTHER POINT.

AND WHEN IT WAS 9-2, NOT MANY PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT THE WOLVERINES COULD COME BACK, BUT THEY DID AND THEY DID IT QUICKLY.

>> THEY DID.

ON THE DIKE-NEW HARTFORD SIDE, THEY HAD NO DOUBT THEY COULD COME BACK.

THEY'VE STEADILY CHIPPED AWAY BY DOING THE THINGS THEY KNOW HOW.

QUALITY BLOCKING.

STRONG DEFENSE.

AND THAT'S HOW THEY'RE GETTING POINTS.

>> AND THE FANS ARE CHEERING AS THE RUN CONTINUES.

NOW 14-12.

EIGHT KILLS.

FOR ELLIE KNOCK.

AT THIS PACE, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THREE PLAYERS IN THE DOUBLE DIGIT KILLS AND LEADING IN THE BLOCK CATEGORY AS WELL.

THAT ONE'S DOWN.

GOOD PLACEMENT TO DROP THAT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE BACK.

>> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WESTERN CHRISTIAN NEEDED.

STOP THE RUN.

TAKE A BREATH.

START FRESH.

AND THEY HAVE THEIR VERY GOOD SERVING LIBERO AT THE LINE.

SEE IF SHE CAN GO ON ANOTHER RUN LIKE AT THE START OF THE SET.

WESTERN CHRISTIAN GETS IT OUT OF BOUNDS.

THE ANTENNA'S WAVING.

ATTACK AIR GIVES THE SIDE TO THE WOLVERINES.

HERE'S JAYDEN PETERSEN.

YOU WANT TO SEE A GOOD SERVER, WATCH THIS.

SHE JUMPS.

MAKES SOLID CONTACT.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE IT'S A KILL COMING OVER THE NET WITH HOW HARD SHE HITS IT.

SOMETHING YOU CAN PRACTICE ON YOUR OWN INDEPENDENTLY IS SERVING, ISN'T IT?

>> IT IS.

THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVES.

THERE'S A STANDING FLOAT, TOP SPIN, THEN THE JUMP FLOAT OR JUMP TOP SPIN AND SOME PLAYERS DO A VARIETY OF THOSE DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION.

DEPENDING ON HOW THEY FEEL.

BUT A LOT OF IT IS GOING TO BE FLOAT SERVES THAT THEY MOVE AROUND.

THEY FLOAT.

JUST LIKE THE NAME ENTAILS AND IT'S VERY HARD TO PASS AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SOLID PLATFORM BEHIND THE BALL.

YOUR FEET ARE SET.

YOUR PLATFORM'S THERE.

AND THE KNUCKLE BALL COMING AT YOU TRYING TO GET THE BEST PASS TO YOUR SETTER SO SHE CAN SET IT UP FOR THE BEST SWING OFFENSIVELY.

A COUPLE OF POINTS HERE FOR THE WOLFPACK.

THEY PULL WITHIN ONE.

OVER THE HALFWAY POINT OF THE THIRD SET.

WOLFPACK, VERY STRONG UPPER CLASS MEN.

FOUR STARTERS RETURN FROM LAST YEAR'S TEAM THAT REACH ADD CLASS 2A SEMIFINALS AND VerBURG LEADING THE TEAM IN KILLS WHILE LYDIA'S 3.3 DIGS RANK AMONG THE LEADERS.

THAT'S RIGHT WHERE THAT BALL DROPPED.

>> I LIKE THE IDEA TAKING IT OVER ON TO TRYING TO HIT THAT SIDELINE.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD AFTER THE POINT.

SHE SAID AFTER THE FINAL, WE WANT A SHOT AT DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

WE KNOW SS A SITUATION.

THEY'RE A GREAT TEAM.

WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO TAKE EVERY BIT OF EFFORT TO STAY WITH THEM.

ULTIMATE RESPECT FOR THESE TWO PROGRAMS.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD COMPOUND ALL OF LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT, THEY HAVE NOT LOST A SINGLE SET.

AND INTO THE NET THAT BALL SAILS.

IT'S NOW 19-16.

AN INTERESTING STORY ABOUT COACH TAMMY.

SHE ACTUALLY DIDN'T WIN STATE WHEN SHE WAS A PLAYER AT WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

SENIOR YEAR, THEY WERE GOOD.

THEY WON 109 GAMES IN A ROW AND LOST THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN FIVE.

SO SHE HAS THAT DRIVE TO LEAD HER AND WHAT SHE HAS DONE WITH THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL.

21st APPEARANCE FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN AND THIRD ON THE ALL-TIME WINS LIST.

OVER 1000 WINS.

>> SHE WAS YOUNG.

SHE CAN COACH FOR ANOTHER 30 YEARS.

>> YES.

WE WILL BE SEEING THEM BACK AT STATE.

I AM SURE AND THEY ARE NOT DONE FIGHTING JUST YET.

THEY'RE WANTING TO TURN THIS SET AROUND.

>> OPPORTUNITY IS THERE.

GOT TO SEIZE IT.

IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM.

21-16 HERE IN THE THIRD.

>> THERE'S A GOOD SWING.

>> GREAT EXCUSE THERE.

>> GOING DOWN THE LINE.

AGAIN, THAT BLOCK IS SET UP AND READY SO GOOD VISION BY THE ATTACKER.

>> THE 5'4" JUNIOR DS HAS BEEN SERVING BULLETS.

THE PASS NOW TO DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

WESTERN CHRISTIAN TO THE OUTSIDE.

IT SAILS OUT OF BOUNDS.

THAT ONE WAS CLOSE AND IT'S NOW 22-17, WOLVERINES.

RIGHT THERE, OUR OFFICIAL AS WELL.

OUT OF BOUNDS ON THE SERVICE ERR.

BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR OFFICIALS ALL SEASON LONG.

REGARDLESS IF IT'S FOR A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP OR A REGULAR-SEASON MATCH.

THAT'S SURE IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE OFFICIALS WHO DEDICATE SO MUCH TO THIS SPORT AND TO THE IOWA GIRL.

>> IT IS.

IT'S A TOUGH JOB.

THEY DO IT SO WELL.

THEY'RE VERY FOCUSED.

LINE JUDGES, REFEREES.

THANK YOU TO ALL OUR OFFICIALS.

>> ANOTHER POINT FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

TRYING TO GET RIGHT BACK INTO THIS THING.

ONLY TRAILING BY THREE.

>> WE'RE IN THE THIRD.

A MUST WIN OPPORTUNITY FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

>> PACK IN ANOTHER ONE.

>> GREAT SWING.

GOING HIGH.

GOING OVER THE TOP.

SHE HITS THAT BACK LINE AT THE RIGHT SPOT TO SWING ON THE COURT.

>> LET'S LISTEN IN TO THE DIKE-NEW HARTFORD HUDDLE.

>> YOU GUYS, TAKE CARE OF THIS RIGHT NOW.

LET'S GET A GOOD PASS, TAKE CARE WE'RE GOING TO RUN ELLIE ON THE 21.

JADYN ON THE FIVE.

GOOD PASS.

LET'S TAKE CARE OF IT.

LET'S SIDE OUT.

LET'S TAKE CARE OF IT RIGHT HERE.

HERE WE GO.

>> DIKE-NEW HARTFORD, IT'S THEIRS.

IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM.

BETH, YOU WERE HERE.

YOU PLAYED ALL THOSE BIG CLASS SCHOOLS TO GET THIS TO POINT.

YOU JUST NEED THREE MORE POINTS AND YOU ARE THE 2A CHAMPION AGAIN.

>> IT'S A RACE TO THREE.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WANTS TO GET A SIDE OUT AND REALLY PUSH IT.

WESTERN CHRISTIAN IS SAYING NOT SO FAST.

TRYING TO STAY ALIVE HERE.

>> ALL RIGHT, RACE TO THREE.

GOOD ATTACK.

JOUST AT THE NET.

JOUST ON THE OTHER SIDE.

CAN FEEL THE SENSE OF URGENCY HERE AS WE CLOSE OUT THE THIRD SET.

BLOCKED AT THE NET.

RACE TO THREE AND DIKE-NEW HARTFORD GETS POINT NUMBER ONE.

>> GOOD RALLY BACK AND FORTH.

COVERAGE.

THAT DIKE-NEW HARTFORD BLOCK SO STRONG.

ABLE TO PRESS OVER SO WELL.

>> WESTERN CHRISTIAN CALLS A TIME-OUT.

23-20.

LET'S LISTEN IN TO THE LEGENDARY HEAD COACH AND WHAT SHE'S SAYING TO HER TEAM.

>> TALKING AND FOLLOWING THE BALL, OKAY, PICK THE PASS.

ABBY UP FRONT AND ELLIE.

PERFECT.

MAKE THEM MOVE.

THEN EVERYBODY'S COVERED.

EVEN YOU, JAY.

DOWN AND READY.

SWING FOR IT.

LET'S GO.

COME ON!

ONE, TWO, THREE, PACK!

>> THESE TEAMS HAVE FACED OFF.

THESE PROGRAMS, THESE SCHOOL, THESE COMMUNITIES HAVE FACED OFF SO MANY YEARS AND NOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE 2021 CHAPTER OF THIS GREAT RIVALRY.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WINNING SET ONE AND TWO.

IN CONTROL, BUT TRYING TO GET TWO MORE POINTS HERE.

THAT ONE'S DOWN.

23-21.

>> THAT'S A GREAT PLAY.

>> THE DOKTER IS IN.

IT'S PETERSEN WITH HER 12th KILL.

THIS IS NOW CHAMPIONSHIP POINT.

MATCH POINT FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

INTO THE NET AND WE PLAY ON.

24-22.

THE DOOR IS OPENED.

IT'S NOT OPENED WIDE, BUT THE DOOR IS OPENED RIGHT NOW.

>> THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF HOPE.

WESTERN CHRISTIAN REALLY NEEDING TO SERVE AGGRESSIVE AND PLAY QUALITY DEFENSE.

>> CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STILL FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

THE PASS, THE SET, NEAR SIDE SWING AND THAT'S GOING TO DO IT.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD HAS DONE IT AGAIN.

THEY ARE YOUR STATE CHAMPIONS IN CLASS 2A.

THE EMOTION ON BOTH SIDES.

SO MANY HOURS COMMITTED TO THE SPORT OF VOLLEYBALL, TO THEIR TEAMMATES, TO GET THIS TO SPOT.

CONGRATULATIONS TO WESTERN CHRISTIAN ON YET ANOTHER TREMENDOUS SEASON AND OF COURSE, TO OUR CHAMPS, DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

THEY WIN THIS ONE IN THREE.

25-16, 25-17, AND 25-22.

WELL, WESTERN CHRISTIAN, THEY LED 9-2.

THEY GAVE IT ALL THEY HAD.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD RALLIES BACK AND IT WENT DOWN TO THE FINAL MINUTES HERE.

>> WESTERN CHRISTIAN APPLIED SO MUCH PRESSURE TO DIKE-NEW HARTFORD IN THAT THIRD SET.

IT WAS A BATTLE THEY MADE DNH WORK FOR IT AND WORK THEY DID.

THEY EARNED THAT VICTORY.

ANOTHER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE WOLVERINES.

>> WE'LL HAND OUT THE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM HONORS NAMED THE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM CAPTAIN, HAND OUT THE STATE RUNNER UP TROPHY TO WESTERN CHRISTIAN AND HAND OUT THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY TO DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

THEY JOIN PLEASANT VALLEY, WESTERN DEBUKE, AND WEST DELAWARE, ALL CHAMPIONS TODAY IN 5A, 4A, 3A, AND 2A.

WE HAVE ONE MORE LEFT, CLASS 1A BROADCAST COMING TO YOU LATER.

>>> PRESENTING AWARDS TO THE TEAM IS JOHN, FIELD SERVICE MANAGER FOR IOWA FARM BUREAU.

FANS, YOURL 2021 CLASS 2A ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM FROM DIKE-NEW HARTFORD, MADELYN NORTON.

FROM WESTERN CHRISTIAN, STELLA WINTERFELD.

FROM OSAGE, CLAUDIA ASHBRENER.

FROM BECKMAN CATHOLIC, KIRSTEN SCHMIDT.

FROM DENVER, REECE JOHNSON.

FROM DIKE-NEW HARTFORD, JAYDEN PETERSEN.

AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE CAPTAIN OF YOUR CLASS 2A ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM, FROM DIKE-NEW HARTFORD, PAYTON PETERSEN.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CLASS 2A ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM.

THERE'S SOME YOUNG UNDERCLASSMEN AND JUNIORS AND SENIORS MIXED IN.

MULTIPLE SCHOOLS AS WELL.

WHAT A WELL DESERVING HONOR TO THOSE OUTSTANDING YOUNG WOMEN.

>> GREAT LOOK AT LIKE YOU SAID, THE FUTURE OF VOLLEYBALL IN THE STATE OF IOWA AND IT'S JUST AT A REALLY STRONG POINT.

IT'S FUN TO WATCH.

GREAT VOLLEYBALL IN THE STATE.

>> PAYTON PETERSEN WAS NAMED THE CAPTAIN OF THE TWO TOURNAMENT TEAMS LAST YEAR IN VOLLEYBALL AND BASKETBALL.

SEE HER AND HER TWIN SISTER CELEBRATING THAT WITH THEIR TEAM, THE CHAMPIONS AS WELL.

LET'S HAND OUT NOW THE STATE RUNNER UP TROPHY AS WELL AS THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY NOW.

>> THE WESTERN CHRISTIAN WOLFPACK AND COACH TAMMY.

AND NOW, YOUR CLASS 2A CHAMPIONS, COACH DIANE HARMS AND THE WOLVERINES FROM DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

CUE THE CELEBRATION.

TITLE DOWN BACK-TO-BACK TITLES FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

THAT WAS ONE AND THEY PROVE THEY'RE THE BEST TEAM IN 2A.

TAMMY SAID DON'T HANG YOUR HEADS.

THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST TEAMS IN THE NATION.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

A QUALITY DIKE-NEW HARTFORD TEAM.

THEY ARE SO TECHNICALLY SOUND IN ALL AREAS.

SERVING, PASSING, BLOCKING, ATTACKING.

IT WAS FUN TO WATCH AND A GREAT JOB TO WESTERN CHRISTIAN.

THEY PUT A GREAT BATTLE AGAINST DIKE.

I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE PRESSURE THEY APPLIED SO CONGRATS TO BOTH TEAMS.

>> FOUR CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHIES HAVE BEEN HANDED OUT.

WE'LL TAKE A BREAK AND BE BACK WITH 1A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH LATER TONIGHT.

KEEP IT TUNED TO IOWA PBS FOR MORE FUN.