One of my top 25 songs ever. Maybe top 10. Rest in peace, Donnie.

High school volleyball: The 2026 ALL-CONFERENCE PORTAL is open. Received so far: River Valley North & South, Tri-Rivers East & West. thegazette.com/sports/high-s… #iahsvb

Oh no ...

Tonight's regional finals: CLASS 5A #14 Iowa City High (25-13) at No. 2 Dallas Center-Grimes #13 Cedar Rapids Kennedy (19-15) at #3 Ankeny (30-6) #12 West Des Moines Valley (19-17) at #5 Iowa City West (27-6) #9 Iowa City Liberty (25-11) at #7 Cedar Falls (31-9) CLASS 4A Dubuque Wahlert (14-13) at #4 Western Dubuque (31-6) Burlington (28-12) at #3 Clear Creek Amana (32-6) #11 Marion (21-16) at #7 Waverly-Shell Rock (28-15) CLASS 3A Williamsburg (23-10) at #3 Dike-New Hartford (34-10) West Delaware (23-15) at #4 Solon (37-7) -- follow me Mid-Prairie (21-14) at #10 Roland-Story (35-9) #9 Mount Vernon (27-11) at #8 Wilton (35-4) thegazette.com/sports/high-s… #iahsvb

MONDAY'S REGIONAL SEMIFINALS CLASS 2A Region 3 Dyersville Beckman def. Northeast, 25-13, 25-12, 25-9 South Winneshiek def. Osage, 25-21, 25-14, 25-7 Region 5 Union Community def. Pleasantville, 25-22, 25-9, 25-20 Lake Mills def. Garner GHV, 25-16, 19-25, 25-11, 25-13 Region 7 Woodward-Granger def. Guthrie Center ACGC, 25-10, 25-19, 25-16 Hudson def. Lisbon, 25-15, 25-19, 23-25, 23-25, 15-10 Region 8 Denver def. Jesup, 25-17, 25-17, 25-20 Iowa City Regina def. West Burlington, 25-16, 20-25, 25-12, 25-15 CLASS 1A Region 3 Wapsie Valley def. Clinton Prince of Peace, 25-11, 25-17, 25-11 North Cedar def. Wapello, 25-19, 12-25, 25-22, 21-25, 16-14 Region 4 Janesville def. Edgewood-Colesburg, 25-17, 25-12, 25-12 Starmont def. North Butler, 26-24, 25-18, 25-12 Region 6 North Tama def. Gladbrook-Reinbeck, 25-14, 25-23, 25-16 West Monona def. Woodbury Central, 21-25, 25-18, 25-6, 25-15 Region 7 Dunkerton def. English Valleys, 25-20, 25-10, 24-26, 25-7 East Mills def. Westwood, 25-20, 25-27, 23-25, 25-20, 15-5 Region 8 Le Mars Gehlen def. Remsen St. Mary’s, 25-17, 25-20, 18-25, 25-14 Cedar Ridge Christian def. Montezuma, 25-17, 25-21, 25-17 #iahsvb

That's a wrap for tonight. 3A regional final tomorrow at Solon, one of 11 5A/4A/3A area matches. Good night. #iahsvb

High school volleyball, 1A regional semifinal. Her team down 12-9, and her team's star in the back row, Caylee Curley made all of the big plays at the net, at the end. North Cedar outlasts Wapello in 5 sets, will face Wapsie Valley for a state-tournament trip Wednesday. thegazette.com/sports/high-s… #iahsvb

Match point.

North Cedar vs. Wapsie Valley ... Wednesday at Vinton. #iahsvb

FINAL: North Cedar 3, Wapello 2 (25-19, 12-25, 25-22, 21-25, 16-14). Knights overcome a 12-9 deficit in the final set and head to the regional final at 27-6 vs. Wapsie Valley (site TBA). Wapello finishes 19-17. #iahsvb

14-14.

Curley. 13-12 NC.

Robinson ace. Robinson ace. 12-12. Timeout Wapello. It's a race to 3 (win by two). #iahsvb

Curley. 12-10.

Wagner. 10-9 Wapello. Timeout NC. #iahsvb

9-9.

Trade of service errors. Jensen to serve. Knights up 9-7.