Linn-Mar Volleyball

Linn-Mar wins title at Monticello

MONTICELLO - The Linn-Mar Lions won all five of their matches at the Monticello volleyball tournament Saturday and defeated West Delaware, 22-25, 25-17, 15-9 in the championship match.

West Delaware, which is ranked No. 1 in Class 4A, began the tournament with a perfect 25-0 record. Linn-Mar is ranked No. 7 in Class 5A with an 18-4 mark.

Amanda Ollinger collected 12 kills and 13 digs in the championship match against West Delaware. Ellie Anderson had eight kills and 29 assists in the finals. Megan Renner contributed eight kills and 12 digs. Emile McGowan had 11 digs.

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4 Metro volleyball teams ranked again

There was little movement in the new high school volleyball rankings Thursday by the IGHSAU.

The Marion Indians stayed in the No. 2 spot in the Class 4A poll behind West Delaware. The Prairie Hawks remained No. 3 in Class 5A and the Kennedy Cougars stayed No. 5 in Class 5A.

The Linn-Mar Lions climbed two spots to No. 7 in Class 5A.

Bettendorf leads the 5A rankings, followed by Dowling.

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No. 9 Lions hold off Jefferson

Amanda Ollinger collected 19 kills against her former team Tuesday night as the ninth-ranked Linn-Mar Lions outlasted the Jefferson J-Hawks, 25-10, 25-18, 16-25, 26-28, 15-3 in a Mississippi Valley Conference volleyball meet at Jefferson.

Ellie Anderson and Carly Spies had nine kills for Linn-Mar. Anderson finished with 37 assists and seven aces.

Emilee McGowan had 18 digs for the Lions. Spies blocked five shots.

Maddie Slagle had 21 kills for Jefferson. Maddy Baxter provided 41 assists for the J-Hawks and Lexi Moorer had 12 digs.

Prairie jumps to 3rd in volleyball

The Prairie Hawks zoomed seven spots from No. 10 to No. 3 in the new Class 5A volleyball rankings Thursday by the IGHSAU.

Prairie (11-1) won all six of its matches at the Linn-Mar Invitational on Saturday, including four victories over ranked teams. The Hawks returned to Linn-Mar on Tuesday night and beat the Lions again.

Kennedy fell one spot to No. 5 in Class 5A. The Cougars (12-5) knocked off then-No. 1 Cedar Falls on Tuesday night, but the Cougars lost two matches to Cedar Falls at the Osage Tournament on Saturday. Cedar Falls dropped to No. 4 in the poll.

Linn-Mar (12-4) fell two spots to No. 9 this week after its losses to Prairie.

Bettendorf (11-1) is ranked No. 1 in Class 5A. Its only loss was to Prairie in the MVC/MAC Challenge earlier in the season.

The Marion Indians (10-2) stayed No. 2 in Class 4A. West Delaware leads the 4A rankings.

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