Author: C. Jackson Cowart

The smallest school in the conference, with two state basketball titles and an October fixture against the school it shares a football team with.

Ridgewood went 2-29 last season and won on August 29. Full schedule and roster, plus the state softball championship that says the athletic department is fine.

Galva won six matches all last season and already has one. Fourteen matches in September, six seniors, and a school whose best trophies are in dance.

Princeville has played more matches than any area team already. Full schedule and results, plus the two softball state trophies that are the school’s high-water mark.

Bureau Valley hosted the regional the eventual champions won, and opened 2026 at 2-1. Full schedule and the September 16 trip to Knoxville.

West Central finished third in the Lincoln Trail last season and opened 2026 unbeaten. Full schedule, roster, and three matches against the top two in twenty days.

Monmouth-Roseville is 2-1 with a roster of eight or nine players. Full schedule, results, and why every one of last year’s eleven wins came outside the conference.

United volleyball is 568-188 all-time — the best winning percentage of any programme at any area school. Full 2026 schedule, roster and results.

Knoxville opened 2-1 with five seniors, and hosts Bureau Valley on September 16 in the best-matched conference fixture of the month.

Eight seniors, the most experienced volleyball roster in the area, and the only local team playing a Western Big 6 schedule. Full 2026 schedule and roster.