Four Metro teams will be rolling at home when the qualifying meets for the state bowling tournaments are held Feb. 16.

Five Metro teams - Jefferson, Kennedy, Linn-Mar, Prairie and Washington - are competing in Class 2A. Xavier is in Class 1A.

Prairie will host a Class 2A meet at Lancer Lanes at 9 a.m. Others in the field are Linn-Mar, Iowa City High, Iowa City West and Muscatine.

Lancer Lanes also will be the site for a Class 1A meet at 1 p.m.  Participants are Marion, Xavier, Bellevue, Camanche, DeWitt Central and Maquoketa.

Kennedy and Linn-Mar have been assigned to the 2A meet at Waterloo West. Others in the meet are Cedar Falls, Waterloo East and West.

Jefferson is headed to Clinton where it will compete with the River Kings, Dubuque Senior and Dubuque Hempstead.

Boys and girls competitions will be held at the same sites and times.

The winners of each qualifying meet, plus the top two non-winning scores statewide, advance to the 10-team state meet. Also, the top individual in each qualifer, plus the top eight non-winning scores statewide, advance to the state tournament for a total of 16 competitors.

The Class 1A state tournament is Feb. 23 at Plaza Lanes in Des Moines. The Class 2A state tournament is Feb. 24 at the same site. Competition each date starts at 1 p.m.

Xavier junior Tara Trcka is the defending Class 1A girls state champion.