Linn-Mar Boys Soccer

No.6 Warriors down No.12 Lions, 5-2

Jack Sundermann scored two goals Thursday night as No.6 Washington topped No.12 Linn-Mar, 5-2, in a Mississippi Valley Conference soccer match at Kingston Stadium.

Austin Bergstrom, Kimu Kasha and Evan Fisher also scored goals for the Warriors. Bergstrom and Jacob Bjornsen collected assists.

Hunter Wong and Blake Comstock tallied for Linn-Mar.

Gingrich shoots Lions past No.4 Prairie boys

In a game they controlled the whole way, it took the Linn-Mar boys almost 60 minutes to finally put away Prairie, 2-1, Tuesday night on the frozen tundra of their home field.

The game winner came with 20:41 to go when junior midfielder Jason Gingrich smacked a line drive from the 10-yard line high into the far left side of the net.

“Jason (Webb) dropped the ball off. I took one touch and the ball dipped into the corner,” Gingrich explained after scoring his fourth goal of the season.

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Althoff saves Cougars again

A dead cinch to be ranked the state’s best in the next poll on Tuesday, the Kennedy boys soccer team dodged a scare Saturday afternoon against 12th-ranked Linn-Mar.

On a rare sunny day at Kingston Stadium, the two traditional rivals played cat-and-mouse for 80 minutes of regulation and two overtimes before the Cougars finally broke the scoreless tie with an 8-7 shootout victory.

“We were very lucky we didn’t lose in the second overtime,” said Kennedy co-coach Steve Robertson. “One inch to the left and the ball would have gone in."

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Brinkmeyer nets 100th win with Lions

DUBUQUE - Linn-Mar Coach Corey Brinkmeyer collected his 100th victory Thursday as the Lions blanked Dubuque Hempstead, 2-0, in a boys soccer match in Dubuque.

Dexter Biddick and Darrin Eby scored goals for Linn-Mar. Blake Comstock and Jordan Webb had the assists.