Mid-Prairie up to No. 11 in rankings

With the release of the week six 2022 Iowa High School Volleyball Rankings, just two teams represent the Union area. Four five weeks now, Mid-Prairie and New London have been inside the top 15 volleyball ranking for their perspective classes.

Mid-Prairie, who was previously No. 13, moved up two spot to No. 11 in this weeks Class 3A rankings. As for New London, previously No. 11 in Class 1A, they slide down to No. 15 this week.

The Golden Hawks have been red-hot as of late.

Out of their last 10 games, the Golden Hawks have won eight. Mid-Prairie has gotten big wins over Wilton (No. 12 Class 2A) and Tipton.

Back on Sept. 8, the Golden Hawks did battle with No. 6 (Class 3A) West Liberty. Mid-Prairie put quite a fight in a battle of ranked teams, but the Golden Hawks fell in the contest 3-1.

This past weekend, Mid-Prairie celebrated their No. 11 ranking with a tournament win at New London. The Golden Hawks did battle with the likes of New London and No. 11 (Class 2A) West Burlington.

Mid-Prairie took the tournament title with a win over West Burlington, after previously losing in the opening match to the Falcons.

New London has had a dominant season as well.

Out of their last 10 games, the Tigers have won just five though. There has been some tough competition along the way.

Out of the five losses, all have come to top 15 opponents. The Tigers fell to No. 3 (Class 1A) Burlington Notre Dame, No. 10 (Class 1A) Holy Trinity, West Burlington twice and Mid-Prairie.

Class 1A

School Record LW

1 Springville 26-2 1

2 North Tama 18-3 2

3 Burlington Notre Dame 26-9 5

4 Gehlen Catholic 16-6 7

5 Gladbrook-Reinbeck 17-6 8

6 Newell-Fonda 22-4 9

7 Don Bosco 15-4 4

8 Ankeny Christian 23-3 3

9 Sidney 25-5 6

10 Holy Trinity Catholic 17-8 12

11 North Cedar 18-7 NR

12 AGWSR 10-13 14

13 Dunkerton 15-11 15

14 East Mills 24-7 NR

15 New London 14-7 11

Dropped Out: Stanton (10), Riverside (13)

Class 2A

School Record LW

1 Dike-New Hartford 26-2 1

2 Western Christian 20-4 2

3 Wapsie Valley 30-2 4

4 Denver 22-5 5

5 Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 19-4 3

6 Lisbon 28-2 6

7 Missouri Valley 22-1 7

8 Hinton 17-0 8

9 Sumner-Fredericksburg 20-7 9

10 Grundy Center 24-8 11

11 West Burlington 26-5 8

12 Wilton 18-4 13

13 Beckman Catholic 17-8 14

14 Kuemper Catholic 26-4 12

15 South Hardin 17-5 NR

Dropped Out: Lake Mills (15)

Class 3A

School Record LW

1 Des Moines Christian 31-2 1

2 Davenport Assumption 21-5 2

3 Mount Vernon 18-2 3

4 Sioux Center 18-3 4

5 Union 24-3 5

6 West Liberty 18-4 6

7 Unity Christian 14-7 7

8 Osage 18-6 9

9 Solon 19-9 8

10 Nevada 15-9 10

11 Mid-Prairie 10-5 13

12 Dubuque Wahlert 10-9 12

13 Center Point-Urbana 14-11 15

14 Monticello 18-9 14

15 Vinton-Shellsburg 22-9 NR

Dropped Out: Sheldon (11)

Class 4A

School Record LW

1 Cedar Rapids Xavier 20-1 1

2 North Scott 24-3 2

3 Marion 21-3 3

4 Western Dubuque 15-3 4

5 Indianola 21-4 7

6 ADM 13-1 8

7 North Polk 23-6 10

8 West Delaware 22-10 12

9 Norwalk 16-6 14

10 Bondurant-Farrar 17-8 15

11 Decorah 17-3 11

12 Clear Creek-Amana 19-8 6

13 Lewis Central 13-6 5

14 Knoxville 18-8 NR

15 Waverly-Shell Rock 18-10 9

Dropped Out: Bishop Heelan (13)

Class 5A

School Record LW

1 Iowa City Liberty 18-7 2

2 Ankeny 25-4 4

3 Pleasant Valley 17-6 1

4 Dowling Catholic 24-8 3

5 Ankeny Centennial 17-5 6

6 Cedar Falls 21-6 7

7 Waukee Northwest 19-7 5

8 Johnston 11-7 8

9 Valley 11-15 9

10 Muscatine 11-5 11

11 Urbandale 10-11 13

12 Cedar Rapids Kennedy 9-8 14

13 Sioux City East 14-10 NR

14 Sioux City North 14-9 15

15 Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 16-12 12

Dropped Out: Waukee (10)