Here is a preview of the 2018 High School Volleyball Season
Belle Plaine
Last Year: 18-10
Key Players Lost: 2 Seniors; Grace Parrott (36 aces), Amanda Cook
Key Players Returning: Senior Kenzie Mantz (477 kills, 50 aces, 218 digs, 31 blocks); Senior Shaylee Dodd (786 assists, 20 blocks, 59 aces); Sophomore Nicholaa Phillippe (98 kills, 37 blocks, 40 aces); Senior Dani Montgomery; Senior Sam Ward; Senior Katie Cubbage; Senior Carly Varo
Head Coach: April Kessley
Benton
Last Year: 14-30
Key Players Lost: 1 Senior Jennifer McKinney (270 assists)
Key Players Returning: Senior Grace Martensen (296 kills, 18 aces, 219 digs); Junior Abby Brunssen (259 kills, 63 blocks); Senior Angie Gorkow (107 kills); Sophomore Tiffany Schnor (88 kills); Senior Brayden Moore (29 aces, 497 digs); Senior Sam Rabe (25 aces, 284 digs); Junior Mallory Thys (464 assists, 133 digs)
Head Coach Mike Embretson
BGM
Last Year: 4-25
Key Players Lost: 6 Seniors; Lyla Kriegel (119 kills); Kayleigh Holland (69 kills); Maddie Jansen (252 assists)
Key Players Returning: Senior Riley Gritsch (64 kills, 23 aces, 11 blocks); Senior Maycee Cline (75 assists); Junior Rachel Hawkins; Senior Kaylee Lint; Junior Rylie VanErsvelde; Junior Rachel Weiss
Head Coach: Ashley Hulsing
East Marshall
Last Year: 7-20
Key Players Lost: 7 Seniors; Ryleigh Thompson (114 kills); McKenzie Hinegardner (245 assists, 24 aces, 101 digs); Brittaney Anderson (319 digs); McKaylie Coleman (22 aces); Chloe Kelling (30 blocks)
Key Players Returning: Senior Juliana Arfi (251 kills, 22 aces, 194 digs, 30 blocks); Senior Maria Rasmussen (27 aces, 150 assists); Genesis Wanatee (113 digs)
Head Coach: Terri Westendorf
English Valleys
Last Year: 12-15
Key Players Lost: 6 Seniors; Audrey Grove (212 kills, 72 blocks), Sydney Olson (104 kills, 276 digs); Mallory Hester (30 aces, 232 assists, 113 digs), Lexie Miller (279 digs)
Key Players Returning: Junior Cheyenne Conrad (55 kills); Senior Jessi Armstrong (139 assists, 75 digs); Senior Maddy Shaw (247 digs); Senior Ellie Ayers; Senior Ally Warwick
Head Coach Becky Becker
Gladbrook Reinbeck
Last Year: 23-10
Key Players Lost: 6 Seniors; Paige Effler (178 kills, 41 aces, 127 digs), Megan Swanson (142 kills, 24 aces, 134 digs, 38 blocks); Maddie Frischmeyer (569 assists, 34 aces); Tessa Sienknecht (104 digs)
Key Players Returning: Sophomore Saari Kuehl (220 kills, 40 aces, 143 digs); Senior Meriah Wittgreve (91 kills, 25 aces); Senior Haleigh Berendes; Senior Rachel Cooley; Senior Justina Eggers
Head Coach Paula Kelley
GMG
Last Year: 8-17
Key Players Lost: 3 Seniors, Peyton Gallentine (115 kills, 26 aces), McKensie Vaske (86 kills, 27 aces, 120 digs), Eve Gallentine (164 digs)
Key Players Returning: Senior Tory Novotny (53 kills, 25 aces); Senior Madi Krull (290 assists); Senior Mable Dieleman; Senior Maesa Groth; Sophomore Emily Vaughn
Head Coach Adam Bauder
Grinnell
Last Year: 9-23
Key Players Lost: 2 Seniors; Nicole Popp (57 kills, 29 blocks), Kelsey Freeborn (22 aces, 261 assists, 126 digs); Senior Naomi Jackson (51 kills, 146 assists, 99 digs, 21 blocks, did not go out)
Key Players Returning: Senior Macy Harris (196 kills, 258 digs, 24 blocks); Senior Hope Nelson (125 kills, 38 blocks); Senior Kiana Kies (94 kills, 19 aces, 259 digs); Senior Megan Doty (15 aces, 285 digs); Junior Addy Petig; Senior Lexi Hart
Head Coach Marsha Schultz
HLV
Last Year: 16-8
Key Players Lost: 4 Seniors; Mandi Niemeyer (68 kills, 54 blocks)
Key Players Returning: Senior Macie Boots (260 kills, 34 aces, 189 digs); Junior Amber Cooling (202 kills, 39 aces, 206 digs); Senior Haley Coats (47 aces, 322 assists, 113 digs); Senior Jolynne Schnebbe (34 aces, 296 assists, 102 digs); Senior Chloe Burhmal (29 aces, 66 blocks); Senior Shary Hinshaw (333 digs)
Head Coach Holly Kupka
Iowa Valley
Last Year: 28-11
Key Players Lost: 4 Seniors; Caleigh Smith (363 kills, 33 aces, 318 digs, 20 blocks), Cherisse Ward (270 kills, 41 aces 368 assists, 168 digs, 46 blocks)
Key Players Returning: Junior Taylor Smith (202 kills, 42 aces, 229 digs); Senior Chelsie Rathjen (103 kills, 447 assists, 209 digs); Senior Molly McMann (42 aces); Senior Abby Goettsch (23 aces, 323 digs); Senior Andrea Healey
Head Coach Greg Jergens
Lynnville Sully
Last Year: 16-12
Key Players Lost: 5 Seniors; McKinley Conover (118 kills, 37 aces, 315 digs), Camryn Russell (62 kills, 52 aces, 156 digs, 54 blocks), Skyler Young (468 assists, 217 digs, 30 aces)
Key Players Returning: Junior Mallory Loftus (161 kills, 73 blocks); Senior Carson Fisk (107 kills, 39 aces, 281 digs); Senior Shiloh Cunningham (102 kills, 26 aces, 137 digs, 71 blocks); Senior Makayla Rozendaal (160 digs)
Head Coach Jayme Deal
Montezuma
Last Year: 31-6
Key Players Lost: 5 Seniors; Hanna Jones (193 kills, 65 aces, 180 digs), Shelby Helm (383 assists, 49 aces), Jaicee Snook, Kennedy Dye (379 assists, 34 aces, 111 digs)
Key Players Returning: Senior Riley Gatton (362 kills, 54 aces, 228 digs, 51 blocks); Junior Shateah Wetering (204 kills, 26 aces, 168 digs, 63 blocks); Senior Mya Pargeon (116 kills); Senior Rylee Hasley (124 digs); Senior Kylee Taylor (47 blocks)
Head Coach: Katie Dunlap
North Mahaska
Last Year: 13-15
Key Players Lost: 5 Seniors; Hayley Pinkerton (215 kills, 258 digs, 63 blocks), Tessa Fuller (120 kills, 25 aces, 241 digs), Mallory Klinker (104 kills, 59 aces, 168 digs, 36 blocks), Kobi Evans (450 assists)
Key Players Returning: Junior Paige Layman (58 kills, 32 aces); Junior Alex Knockel (44 kills); Senior Ki Boender (102 digs)
Head Coach Alicia Arkema
South Tama
Last Year: 12-21
Key Players Lost: 6 Seniors; Sadie Smith (234 kills, 131 digs), Izzie Morgan (106 kills), Saylor Upah (62 kills), Abbie Parizek (28 aces), Grace Jimenez (274 digs, 24 aces)
Key Players Returning: Senior Madison Rohach (194 kills, 101 digs, 27 blocks); Senior Jaelin Berger (119 kills, 42 blocks); Senior Katie Campbell (497 assists, 22 aces, 161 digs, 10 blocks); Senior Mackenzie Beyer
Head Coach Amy Dolash
Tri County
Last Year: 1-22
Key Players Lost: 4 Seniors; Myrissa Garber (60 kills, 15 aces, 105 assists), Hannah Miover (90 digs)
Key Players Returning: Senior Sadie Little (70 kills, 155 digs); Junior Emma Miover (89 digs); Junior Miranda Little; Senior Taylor Dowd; Senior Jenna Leer; Sophomore Reace Thomas
Head Coach Curtis Fisher
Williamsburg
Last Year: 10-22
Key Players Lost: 3 Seniors; Emily Simmons (131 kills, 16 aces, 258 digs, 27 blocks), Kortni Gensley (86 kills, 29 aces, 113 digs, 30 blocks)
Key Players Returning: Senior Karly Berkland (544 digs); Junior Taylor Busch (133 kills, 23 blocks); Senior Mia Kittelson (112 kills, 54 blocks); Senior Jenna Grell (100 kills); Sophomore Grace Ehret (364 assists, 48 kills, 148 digs); Senior Talia McAtee (246 digs); Senior Greta Simmons (158 digs)
Head Coach Amanda Busch