Season Information
Dates & Guidelines
The following dates and guidelines are for the 2024-2025 school year.
- First practice: Monday, August 12
- First game: Monday, August 26
- Playing dates: 14 (9 for junior high)
- Scrimmages: 3
- Regional Tournament Dates:
- Class 1A, 2A: October 21, 23, 28, 30
- Class 3A, 4A, 5A: October 22, 24, 29
- State tournament: November 4 - 7 @ Xtream Arena, Coralville.
- Official tournament ball: Spalding TF-VB5
- Bound Stats: Bound will be checked every Tuesday during the regular season for all matches played through the previous Saturday.
- Classifications:
- 5A - 40
- 4A - 48
- 3A - 64
- 2A - 80
- 1A - remaining schools
Individual and Team Limitations
Teams may play 14 dates at each level of play (9th grade, junior varsity, varsity). No junior varsity teams are allowed in varsity tournaments. No jamborees allowed. A maximum of six matches per team per day. The maximum number of teams in a tournament is four per court (exception is conference tournaments). Junior high volleyball tournaments are legal. Players are limited to six matches per day.
Academic Eligibility
Academic eligibility resumes at 12:01 a.m. on September 15 (20-days starting with first competition date of August 26).
Documents and Forms
- Memo #5 (10/11)
- Regional Streaming Information & Application
- Regional Host Checklist
- Postseason Volleyball Manual
- Memo #4 (9/30)
- Memo #3 (9/10)
- 2024 State Volleyball Schedule
- Memo #2 (8/26)
- 2024 Final Classifications
- Memo #1 (8/7)
- 2024 Regular Season Manual
- 2024 NFHS Rule Changes
- 24-25 Scholarship Dates
- Iowa Rule Adaptations
- Volleyball Lineup Sheet
- Volleyball Score sheet
- Libero Tracking Form
- Line Judge Training Video (NFHS)
- Line Judge Instruction Sheet
- Volleyball Video Stat-keeping Examples
- Hints on keeping volleyball stats