Jefferson Volleyball

J-Hawks spiked by No. 5 IC West

IOWA CITY - The Jefferson J-Hawks lost to fifth-ranked Iowa City West, 25-20, 25-21, 25-14, in a Mississippi Valley Conference volleyball match in Iowa City Tuesday night.

Freshman Maddie Slagle had nine digs for Jefferson. Junior Amanda Ollinger contributed three aces and three blocks and led the team in passing average.

Sophomore Lexi Moorer had 19 assists.

Ollinger, Torson make all-state volleyball

Amanda Ollinger of Cedar Rapids Jefferson and Kayla Torson of Xavier have been named to the Des Moines Register all-state volleyball teams.

Ollinger, a sophomore, made second team all-state in Class 5A as an outside hitter. She led Class 5A in kills with 654 and helped the J-Hawks finish 19-22 and reach the regional finals.

Torson, a junior, made second team all-state in Class 4A as an outside hitter. She finished seventh in Class 4A in kills with 379 and helped the Saints finish 28-11 and reach the regional finals.

J-Hawks fall to PV in regional finals

DAVENPORT - One by one, Amanda Ollinger hugged all of her teammates in the Jefferson locker room Tuesday night after the J-Hawks lost to fifth-ranked Pleasant Valley in the regional finals of the Class 5A volleyball tournament at Davenport Central.

There were plenty of tears, but also an underlying sense of accomplishment for a team that made it within one step of the state tournament after winning only four matches a year ago.

Pleasant Valley kept the hard-hitting Ollinger under wraps most of the night and swept Jefferson, 25-23, 25-16, 25-16 to earn a spot at the state tournament next week at the U.S. Cellular Center in downtown Cedar Rapids.

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Ollinger powers J-Hawks by IC West

IOWA CITY - Cedar Rapids Jefferson's Amanda Ollinger does not need a hockey mask or chainsaw to be scary.

The powerful 6-foot-1 sophomore piled up 45 kills on Halloween and helped lead the J-Hawks to a 25-23, 16-25, 19-25, 27-25, 15-13 thriller over Iowa City West on Thursday in a Class 5A Regional semifinal at West High.

"Every time she hits, she's able to do anything from anywhere," Jefferson setter Kaylie Zitek said.

And Ollinger was everywhere Thursday, scoring the last two points to secure Game 4 and the last three to deliver Game 5. Her final spike sent her team and Jefferson students into a frenzied celebration on the court.

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