Iowa High School Tennis

Time to round out the 2022 season! Girls team state final four commences this Wednesday at Waukee Northwest and Waveland respectively. Dowling and Xavier enter the field as the top seeds and both are big favorites to claim another team crown. Last weekend was a great couple of days with the singles and doubles state tournaments, a lot of good tennis in a short amount of time and new champions were decided. Enjoy some tennis this week as the 2022 edition of Iowa HS Tennis comes to a close.  2022 Team State Tournament Notes Locations 2A: Waukee Northwest High School (Waukee, IA) 1A: Waveland Tennis Center (Des Moines, IA) Attendance Fees The IGHSAU is charging an admission fee of $10 per day of the individual state tournament and team state tournament on June 1. For more information, please visit:  https://ighsau.org/news/2022-state-tennis-meet-central/ Live Brackets IGHSAU as they are great with planning and running their tournaments, paired with Bound for live brackets will be...

We just had a tremendous week of Boys State Tennis on the singles and doubles side a few days ago and now the tide turns to team play after the Memorial Day holiday. First of all, I am hoping for nice weather and outdoor play as that tremendously prevents the day from being incredibly long, but also it's great to be outside to enjoy some tennis right? Only 4 teams remain in both the 2A and 1A brackets vying for a state championship. The big story going into Tuesday is Pleasant Valley getting the #1 seed over Iowa City West who had been ranked #1 all season every week in the coaches poll and the Iowa HS Tennis Team Rankings. Must of been quite the coaches seeding meeting. 

It is finally state tournament time on the girls side! The boys tournaments concluded yesterday and the girls individual state tournament is taking place Friday and Saturday while the team tournament finishes up on next Wednesday. Lots of great opportunities lie ahead for all qualifiers in the coming days to cement their name in Iowa HS Tennis history. Excited to continue to follow along as the season approaches its close for the 2022 chapter. 

This season felt like it has flown by, in some good ways, and in some bad ways. 'Weather' has been the main topic this spring with how BAD it has been and we finally have had some nice weather the last couple of weeks. Teams all over got to a point of so many postponements, that practices weren't being held anymore, as everyday was just meet after meet. Nonetheless, it is state tournament time, the most wonderful time of the tennis season year after year! The biggest change this year is the dates the events are taking place, which fall on a Tuesday and Wednesday this week. I am anticipating crowds to take a decent hit because of that, but maybe I will be proved wrong. Let's check in on some things to look out for in this years state singles and doubles tournaments.   2022 State Tournament Notes Locations 2A - Vets Memorial Tennis Center - Indoor Backup HTRC  1A - Byrnes Park - Indoor Backup Black Hawk Attendance Fees The IHSAA charges an admission fee of $10 per day of ...

Postseason 2022 is in full swing and next up is the team regionals for the girls this weekend. All teams have a shot in claiming a state title and the road begins on Saturday with one or two rounds taking place. While there are some state contender favorites, this is a great opportunity for many teams to do some damage and end their season on a high note. Check out my predictions and quick tidbits below before play begins in a few days!  2A Team Bracket 1A Team Bracket 2A Team Regionals State Quarterfinals Prediction #2 Valley v #5 Johnston #1 Dowling v #8 Ankeny #3 Cedar Falls v #7 Clinton #4 CR Washington v #6 Pleasant Valley Region 1:  Not a ton of excitement in the first region where I do expect Valley and Johnston to meet up in the quarterfinals and both teams to get there in a straight forward fashion. In what was a closer regular season dual than people might think, I expect these two to have another close match with the semi-finals on the line. Give me Valley in anothe...

 -- Class 2A   RK TEAM PTS REC LW 1 Dowling (12) 129 8-0 1 2 WDM Valley (1) 118 11-1 2 3 Cedar Falls 97 13-1 3 4 CR Washington 85 13-1 4 5 Johnston 76 7-2 5 6 Pleasant Valley 63 8-1 6 7 Ankeny 39 12-2 7 8 Clinton 35 8-2 8 9 IC Liberty 24 11-3 9 10 Urbandale 21 9-3 NR Others receiving votes: Ankeny Centennial 17, Ames 15, Bettendorf 11, Waukee 10, Cedar Rapids Prairie 6 Voted in this poll:  Ankeny, Ankeny Centennial, Cedar Falls, CR Kennedy, CR Prairie, Clinton, DM Lincoln, Dowling, Iowa City Liberty, Johnston, Muscatine, Valley, Waukee NW Class 1A   RK TEAM PTS REC LW 1 CR Xavier (8) 80 12-1 1 2 Columbus 72 5-1 2 3 Spirit Lake 50 6-1 3 4 Pella 47 9-0 4 5 Kuemper Catholic 45 7-0 5 6 Assumption 40 7-2 6 7 Decorah 29 8-1 7 8 Clarke 27 10-0 NR 9 Clarinda 20 9-0 ...

-- Boys Team State Live Scoring 2A Scoring/Results 1A Scoring/Results Girls Individual State Brackets 2A/1A Singles & Doubles Brackets Boys Individual State Brackets 2A Singles/Doubles Brackets  1A Singles/Doubles Brackets Girls Team Brackets 2A Team Bracket 1A Team Bracket Boys Team Brackets 2A Team Bracket 1A Team Bracket Girls Individual Regionals 2A Live Brackets 1A Live Brackets Boys Districts 2A Live Brackets 1A Live Brackets

Class 2A Boys 1. Iowa City West 2. Pleasant Valley 3. Waukee Northwest 4. Valley 5. Linn-Mar 6. Marshalltown 7. Mason City 8. Dowling 9. Johnston 10. Cedar Falls Class 2A Girls 1. Dowling 2. Valley 3. Cedar Falls 4. CR Washington 5. Johnston 6. Pleasant Valley 7. Clinton 8. Ankeny 9. IC Liberty 10. Ankeny Centennial Class 1A Boys 1. CR Xavier 2. Pella 3. Spencer 4. Dubuque Wahlert 5. Denison-Schleswig 6. Decorah 7. Ballard 8. Boone 9. Grinnell 10. LeMars Class 1A Girls 1. CR Xavier 2. Columbus 3. Pella 4. Spirit Lake 5. Davenport Assumption 6. Decorah 7. Kuemper Catholic 8. Clarinda 9. Spencer 10. Clarke * These rankings are by the Iowa High School Tennis blog and are not associated with the IGHSAU or IAHSAA, and are not official state rankings.

Girls individual regional assignments were announced on Monday and will mark the start of the postseason for girls tennis across the state. With 16 regional sites ready to go next week, players from all over will have a chance to qualify for the state singles and doubles tournaments by the end of the day on May 11th.   If you are looking for more information on how the girls postseason process works, feel free to check out my previous article earlier this spring Postseason Process   to learn more about how everything operates.  2A Regional Assignments 1A Regional Assignments *Rankings are based on the 5/1 Iowa HS Tennis Rankings.  Class 2A Individual Regionals Tidbits Host: Fort Dodge Teams: #1 Dowling, Fort Dodge, SC East, SC North, SC West, Southeast Polk The overwhelming team state title favorites, the Maroons, lead the charge at the Fort Dodge regional. It would be a surprise if #1 Dowling did not qualify all of their entries to the state singles and doubles tour...

-- Class 2A  RK TEAM PTS REC LW 1 Dowling (14) 140 6-0 1 2 WDM Valley 126 9-1 2 3 Cedar Falls 98 10-1 3 4 CR Washington 85 10-1 4 5 Johnston 80 6-1 5 6 Pleasant Valley 50 7-1 6 7 Ankeny 40 9-2 8 8 Clinton 33 8-2 9 9 IC Liberty 31 10-3 NR 10 A. Centennial 24 6-2 NR Others receiving Votes:  Urbandale 20, CR Prairie 18, Ames 12, Bettendorf 11, Waukee 9 Voted in this Poll:  Ankeny, Ankeny Centennial, Clinton, CR Jefferson, CR Kennedy, CR Prairie, DM Lincoln, Dowling, IC Liberty, Johnston, Muscatine, Southeast Polk, Valley, Waukee Northwest Class 1A   RK TEAM PTS REC LW 1 CR Xavier (5) 68 10-1 1 2 Columbus (2) 65 3-1 2 3 Spirit Lake 41 4-1 3 4 Pella 38 8-0 5 5 Kuemper Catholic 37 6-0 4 6 Assumption 36 6-2 6 7 Decorah 22 7-1 7 8 Clarinda 14 8-0 NR 9 Red Oak 12 7-2...