IOWA CITY, Iowa – Muscatine High School enters today’s regional girls swimming meet with 13 points under its belt.

Coach Judd Anderson’s Muskies picked up the points with a sixth-place finish Thursday night during the diving portion of the state qualifying meet at the Mercer Aquatic Center in Iowa City.

Muscatine junior Sarah Martin totaled 290.75 points in the 11-dive event to take sixth place in the field of 14 divers.

Linn-Mar, with three divers among the top finishers, got off to a strong start with 20 points. Leading the way was freshman Sam Wagner, who won the event with 366.45 points.

The swimming portion of the 10-team regional will come today. Joining Muscatine and Linn-Mar in fighting for qualifying berths at next weekend’s state meet will be Burlington, Cedar Rapids Washington, Cedar Rapids Xavier, Fairfield, Iowa City High, Iowa City West, Keokuk and Tipton.

The top four divers and the individual champion in the swim events earn automatic advancement to the state meet in Marshalltown Nov. 6-8. The rest of the field will be filled with the best non-winning times or point totals from the six regional meets.

Regional Swim Meet

At Iowa City

Team scores (after diving) – 1. Linn-Mar 40; 2. C.R. Washington 29; 3. Iowa City High 24; 4. Iowa City West 23; 5. C.R. Xavier 16; 6. Muscatine 13; 7. Burlington 7.

Diving – 1. Sam Wagner (LM) 366.45; 2. Sara Larson (CRW) 345.10; 3. Brittany Murray (CRX) 338.60; 4. Rebecca Herman (ICW) 329.90; 5. Adelia Clark (LM) 326.45; 6. Sarah Martin (Mus) 290.75; 7. Alissa Oney (CRW) 288.70; 8. Caitlin Clougherty (ICH) 288.10.

Belles’ run is over

MEDIAPOLIS, Iowa – West Liberty’s run through the Class 2A regional volleyball field came to a crashing halt when the Belles ran into a solid wall at Mediapolis on Friday.

Coach Ruben Galvan’s Belles were forced to pack up their gear for the season when the host Bullettes swept the visitors in three games.

Mediapolis charged out of the gates with a dominating  25-9 first-game win. Although West Liberty improved in each of the next two games, the results were the same – 15-25 and 17-25 losses.

The setback drops West Liberty to a final 17-16 record. Mediapolis (36-9) plays in the regional finals on Tuesday at Washington against seventh-ranked Pella Christian.

Mediapolis 25-25-25

West Liberty 9-15-17

Statistics

Kills – West Liberty (Kira Yoder 9, Brooke Bowie 3, Haley Smith 3, Calista Heckman 2, Monica Morris 2); Mediapolis (Danielle Jackson 12, Kaylyn Ertz 7, Nichelle Bergquist 5, Bailey Griffith 4, Amanda Kalina 4). Digs – West Liberty (Yoder 10, Bowie 9, Mireya Salazar 8, Emily Christensen 6, Julissa Galvan 4; Mediapolis (Abby Darbyshire 16, K. Ertz 9, Kasey Abel 8, Emily Eberhardt 6, Bryana Klenk 5, Carmen Ertz 4, Jackson 4). Assists – West Liberty (Galvan 19); Mediapolis (Abel 32). Blocks – West Liberty (Morris 1); Mediapolis (Jackson 2, Abel 1). Serving – West Liberty (Bowie 9-9, Christensen 8-8, Priscilla Partida 8-8, Galvan 7-7, Salazar 7-7, Yoder 3-3). Ace serves – West Liberty (Bowie 3, Partida 2, Salazar 1); Mediapolis (C. Ertz 3, Abel 3, Darbyshire 2, K. Ertz 1, Eberhardt 1, Klenk 1).

Records – West Liberty 17-16 (final); Mediapolis 36-9.