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Seventh-ranked Cedar Falls stopped ninth-ranked Liberty High one win shy of a state tournament berth with a 25-23, 25-14, 25-15 sweep of the Lightning in the Class 5A, Region 8 title game on Tuesday in Cedar Falls.

Cedar Falls (32-9) will face second-ranked Dallas Center-Grimes (33-2) in a 5A quarterfinal on Monday at 12:35 p.m. at Xtream Arena in Coralville.

Liberty High closed the season 25-12.

Hadley Miller had eight kills, nine assists and an ace serve to lead Liberty High while Ellie Wilson had eight kills and an ace for the Lightning.

Sydney Van Heukelom had six kills and three blocks and Brooklyn Wheeler added six kills while Norah Willey had 14 assists for the Lightning.

Edie Miller had 11 digs and Ava Meidlinger had two blocks for Liberty High.

Kennedy Krecklow had a match-high 16 kills for Cedar Falls and Piper Smith had nine kills and six blocks for the Tigers.

Hadassah Smith had seven blocks and five kills and Kenley Mather had four kills for Cedar Falls.

Liberty High              23  14  15

Cedar Falls                25  25  25

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