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Iowa Girls High School State Volleyball: Five Champions Crowned

Waukee Northwest completes incredible season with second state title

Dana Becker

Waukee Northwest won the Class 5A Iowa girls high school state volleyball title on Thursday.
Waukee Northwest won the Class 5A Iowa girls high school state volleyball title on Thursday. / IGHSAU

The fourth and final day of the 2025 Iowa girls high school state volleyball tournament featured the crowning of five team champions.

Kicking things off was Iowa’s largest class in Class 5A, as Waukee Northwest put an exclamation point on one of the more dominating seasons contested over the 50-plus years of the sport in Iowa.

The top-ranked Wolves swept No. 2 Ankeny Centennial for the second state championship in program history by scores of 25-10, 25-21 and 25-18. Waukee Northwest finished the season 38-1 overall, with 37 of those wins being sweeps and just four sets lost all season.

Only a 2-0 setback to rival Waukee earlier this year kept Waukee Northwest from perfection, as they handed the Jaguars five of their six losses this season. Ankeny Centennial, which closed at 34-6 overall, was in pursuit of its fifth state title.

Avery Vogt, named captain of the all-tournament team, had 38 assists for the Wolves. Logan Vogt finished with 14 kills and Piper Ladwig had 12. They are both committed to Iowa State University while Avery Vogt is headed to Drake.

Leah Janulewicz, also an all-tournament selection, had eight kills and 11 digs while Cassidy Danburg finished with four kills, three solo blocks and six assisted blocks.

Mady Ott led Ankeny Centennial with eight kills and Ellie Pollock had six. Tatum Schmidt and Mya Lei Butters were named to the all-tournament team.

Waukee Northwest has reached the state tournament four times in the five years since the school's founding. Jodi Vogt, the mother of Avery and Logan Vogt, is the head coach. They lost to Pleasant Valley in the finals a season ago.

Isabelle Kremer of Pleasant Valley and Kaelyn Wieland from West Des Moines Valley rounded out the all-tournament team.

4A: North Scott Finishes Off Run Of Upsets

North Scott capped a run of three consecutive β€œupsets” to win the 4A state volleyball title, besting Sioux Center in the finals. Scores were 21-25, 25-22, 25-21 and 25-19.

The No. 5 seed overall, the Lancers first topped fourth-seed Dallas Center-Grimes before knocking off No. 1 Clear Creek Amana in the semifinals. Sioux Center was the No. 2 seed for the tournament.

The title was the third for the program and the second in the last three years after winning it in 2023. They denied the Warriors their first, settling for a second runner-up to go along with the 2022 team.

McKenzie Moeller, captain of the all-tournament team, led the way for North Scott with 32 kills in the title game. Addison Allen joined Moeller on the honor squad.

Courteney Schmidt had 18 kills and Adison Brantsen 11 as Sioux Center took the first set. Schmidt and Brantsen were joined by Maryn Franken on the all-tournament team.

Pella’s Katie Scheckel and Averie Lower from Clear Creek-Amana also made the all-tournament team.

3A: Davenport Assumption Sweeps Humboldt

Second-ranked Davenport Assumption made sure to not give upstart Humboldt any chance, sweeping the Wildcats for the second state volleyball title in program history. Scores were 25-20, 25-17 and 25-22.

The Knights, led by Kansas State commit Ella Derrer, rallied in the third to finish off the sweep and cap a memorable season. Derrer, captain of the all-tournament team, had 16 kills. She was also a starter on the 2022 team that won the title.

Erin Robbins added eight kills while Carsyn Kelley had 36 assists. Both joined Derrer on the all-tournament squad.

Humboldt, who earned its first state win earlier this week and knocked off No. 1 Western Christian to reach the finals for the first time in program history, was led by Adelynn Goodell’s 11 kills. Addie Waldorf had 29 assists, as both made the all-tournament team alongside Western Christian’s Morgan Kooiman and Addy Anthofer from Kuemper Catholic.

Mia Schluter, a senior, had eight kills while classmates Kendall Works and Alivia Goodell each had six.

2A: Denver Gets To 50 Wins By Surviving Vs. Hinton

It took every player on every point, but in the end, top-ranked Denver moved to 50-1 with a five-set victory over Hinton for the state titles. Scores were 25-22, 26-28, 21-25, 25-18 and 15-11.

The Cyclones faced a stunning loss after falling behind 2-1, but the play of several led them back to the championship. Channing Johnson, the all-tournament captain, had 42 assists, 17 digs and six kills, finishing the tournament with 113 assists.

Adeana Murch pounded out 21 kills and both Mylee Thurm and Bailey Mullihan had 14 kills, with Thurm and Mullihan joining Johnson on the all-tournament team.

That was enough to overcome a 38-kill performance by Bailey Boeve, as the Hinton senior and Creighton recruit finished just three short of the tournament record. She had 96 kills in three matches.

Ellie Friessen joined Boeve on the all-tournament team.

Ryanne Brubaker of Grundy Center and Abby Jensen from Dike-New Hartford also made the all-tournament team.

1A: Slow Start Can’t Stop Saint Ansgar

Saint Ansgar showed why they entered state as the No. 1 team 1A, erasing an early 1-0 hole to defeat Janesville and win the first state volleyball champion in school history. Scores were 14-25, 25-22, 25-19 and 25-20.

Sofia Parrott had 38 assists, eight kills and five digs, earning all-tournament captain status in the process. Ava Falk recorded 13 kills with 12 digs, as Lindsay Kruse had 12 kills. Quinn Osgood finished with 18 digs and Jacey Johnston had 10.

Johnston and Kruse both made the all-tournament team alongside Parrott, as Janesville’s Quinn Sweeney, Hayden Anderson and Taylor Pollock were also named. Dunkerton’s Taylor Kipp rounded out the honor squad.

Sweeney, a 6-foot-2 freshman, tallied 12 kills while Anderson had 10 in the finals. Pollock dished out 36 assists.

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Dana Becker
DANA BECKER

Dana Becker has been a sports writer in Iowa since 2000, writing for The Fort Dodge Messenger, Mason City Globe-Gazette, Cedar Rapids Gazette and others. Dana resides in northcentral Iowa and started as a writer with SB Live Sports in 2022 focused on the state of Iowa. Along with providing coverage of football and wrestling, Dana also spotlights cross country, swimming, basketball, track and field, soccer, tennis, golf, baseball and softball. He began writing for High School on SI in 2023.

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