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Practices for the 2025 Iowa high school volleyball season begin Monday around the state.
The Gazette’s preseason state rankings are as follows:
Class 5A
1. Waukee Northwest (28-10, runner-up in 5A state)
2. The 5A state champion Pleasant Valley (35-2)
3. Ankeny Centennial (32-5, semifinalist in 5A state)
4. Waukee (18–15, quarterfinalist in 5A state)
5. Cedar Falls (33-7, quarterfinals in 5A state)
6. West Des Moines Dowling, a semifinalist in 5A state, 26-10
7. Ankeny (36-5, quarterfinalist in 5A state)
8. The 5A regional finalist, West Des Moines Valley (13–21)
9. Iowa City High (17–13, finalist in 5A regional)
10. Bettendorf (18–16, finalist in 5A regional)
The next five are listed in alphabetical order: Johnston (18-18), Linn-Mar (18-16), Iowa City West (13-18), Iowa City Liberty (15-21), and Dubuque Senior (16-22).
Class 4A
1. Clear Creek Amana (37-8, quarterfinals in 4A state)
2. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (22-14, semifinalist in 4A state)
3. North Scott (30-5, semifinalist in 4A state)
4. Pella (41-8, runner-up in 4A state)
5. The 4A state champion Sioux City Heelan (44-3)
6. Sioux Center (29-6, quarterfinalist in 3A state)
7. Norwalk (28-14, finalist in 4A regional)
8. MOC-Floyd Valley (16–14, finalist in 4A regional)
9. Ballard (20-17, semifinalist in 4A regional)
10. Xavier of Cedar Rapids (28-5, and a quarterfinal in 4A)
The following five are listed in alphabetical order: Nevada (30-12), Glenwood (36-7), Knoxville (23-17), Dallas Center-Grimes (22-19), and Adel ADM (19-8).
Class 3A
1. Western Christian (33-14, runner-up in 3A state)
2. Carroll Kuemper (37-4, quarterfinalist in 3A state)
3. Mid-Prairie (33-9, quarterfinalist in 3A state)
4. Humboldt (23-10, finalist in 3A regional)
5. Roland-Story (30-5, semifinalist in 3A regional)
6. West Delaware (39-7, semifinalist in 3A state)
7. Wilton (finalist in 3A, 32-8).
8. Davenport Assumption (25-9, quarterfinalist in 3A state)
9. Charles City (finalist in the 4A regional tournament, 22-10).
10. Clarinda (finalist in 3A, 32-10).
The following five, in alphabetical order, are Osage (16-15), Mount Vernon (45-4), New Hampton (18-16), Cherokee (28-8), and Anamosa (32-8).
Class 2A
1. Denver (47-3, champion of the 2A state)
2. Hinton (finalist in 2A, 22-7)
3. Iowa City Regina (24-15, quarterfinalist in 2A state)
4. Union Community (finalist in 3A, 37-12)
5. Oakland Riverside (39-4, semifinalist in 1A state)
6. Grundy Center (finalist in 2A regional, 25-16)
7. Dike-New Hartford (30-16, semifinalist in 2A state)
8. Dyersville Beckman (36-7, semifinalist in 2A state)
9. 2A state quarterfinalist Aplington-Parkersburg (36-7)
10. Jesup (27-12, semifinals in 2A regional)
The next five are listed in alphabetical order: Wapsie Valley (26-17), Sumner-Fredericksburg (25-18), Treynor (22-13), Hudson (27-11), and Central Lyon (13-17).
Class 1A
1. Holy Trinity of Fort Madison (29–13, 1A state quarterfinal)
2. North Tama (25-16, quarterfinals in 1A state)
3. Saint Ansgar (27-7, quarterfinals in 1A state)
4. Janesville (25-18, semifinals in 1A state)
5. Dunkerton (25-12, semifinalist in 1A regional)
6. East Mills (26-10, semifinalist in 1A regional)
7. Springville (26-9, semifinals in 1A)
8. Conrad BCLUW (33-11, runner-up in 1A state)
9. Sidney (27-10, finalist in 1A regional)
10. Fremont-Mills (26-11, semifinalist in 1A regional)
The next five are listed in alphabetical order: North Iowa (27-6), Gladbrook-Reinbeck (23-21), Newell-Fonda (24-9), Council Bluffs St. Albert (18-21), and Ankeny Christian (40-5).
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