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CORALVILLE – Top-seeded Norwalk never trailed and won all three sets 25-15 to sweep fourth-seeded Western Dubuque on Wednesday in the Class 4A state volleyball semifinals.
The Warriors will take on Clear Creek Amana for the title on Thursday from Xtream Arena. Neither school has won a state volleyball title before.
Elle Hatlevig had 15 kills, 10 digs and two solo blocks for the Warriors. Delaynee Steele added 12 kills with one error on 14 attacks and hit .786. Hadley Michael had six kills on .545 hitting, 27 assists and two aces. Mary Bush had nine digs, and libero Reese Heim had eight.
Kyla Ramler led Western Dubuque (33-7) with seven kills and two aces. Ella Burds added six kills on .333 hitting. Lola Quagliano had 10 assists, Sylvia Kruse had eight, and libero Gabbie Demmer had eight digs.
Julia Schlarbaum had 24 kills on .373 hitting, and the third-seeded Clippers swept second-seeded Davenport Assumption 25-17, 25-22, 25-12 in the other semifinal.
Bailey Simpson added nine kills for Clear Creek Amana, and Delaney Vaske had seven kills and six block assists. Payton Curtin had 35 assists and 13 digs. Libero Kendall Ronnfeldt had 11 digs, and Bella Behrens added nine.
The Clippers hit .297 and held Assumption to .080.
The second set had seven ties and six lead changes before Clear Creek Amana pulled ahead. The Clippers then hit .471 in the third set.
Belle Cotton led Assumption (26-8), last year's 3A champion, with 10 kills and 10 digs. Zoe Cinadr and Piper Peterson each had seven kills. Natalie Depoorter had 25 assists, and libero Piper Hodge had 13 digs. Emmy Burkhart had three aces.