State News

J-Hawks up to 5th in softball poll

Jefferson moved up two spots to No. 5 in this week's Class 5A softball poll released Friday by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

The J-Hawks (14-1) are riding a 13-game winning streak, but face on of their toughest assignments of the season in a home game against Des Moines East (12-0) in the Jefferson Classic. The J-Hawks' only loss so far was to No. 3 Iowa City West (17-1) in the nightcap of their season-opening doubleheader last month.

Jefferson, West and No. 10 Dubuque Senior (18-0) are the only Mississippi Valley Conference teams in the polls.

Clear Creek Amana (15-0) is ranked No. 1 in Class 4A and Solon (12-0) is No. 1 in Class 3A. Solon plays Des Moines East at 4:45 p.m. in the Jefferson Classic on Friday.

IGHSAU SOFTBALL POLLS
Records through June 7

CLASS 5A
1. DM East 11-0, 2. Ankeny 12-1, 3. Iowa City West 17-1, 4. WDM Valley 10-2, 5. CR Jefferson 14-1, 6. Muscatine 14-0, 7. Pleasant Valley 11-3, 8. Ottumwa 11-2, 9. Davenport West 10-3, 10. Dubuque Senior 18-0

CLASS 4A
1. Clear Creek Amana 15-0, 2. Dallas Center-Grimes 9-3, 3. Carlisle 13-1, 4. SC Heelan 13-0, 5. Winterset 10-5, 6. Indianola 11-3, 7. Glenwood 14-1, 8. North Scott 9-6, 9. Creston 10-3, 10. Washington, Iowa 10-2, 11. Keokuk 8-4, 12. West Delaware 12-2, 13. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 11-3, 14. Charles City 12-2, 15. Oskaloosa 10-4

CLASS 3A
1. Solon 12-0, 2. Mid-Prairie 7-5, 3. Burlington ND 12-3, 4. Bondurant-Farrar 8-3, 5. East Marshall 10-0, 6. Crestwood 11-1, 7. Center Point-Urbana 9-2, 8. Estherville-LC 9-3, 9. Clarke 8-3, 10. Iowa Falls-Alden 9-2, 11. Monticello 13-2, 12. MOC-Floyd Valley 8-1, 13. Wilton 9-4, 14. Humboldt 9-4, 15. Ballard 10-6

CLASS 2A
1. NSK-AR 13-0, 2. Durant 12-1, 3. Iowa City Regina 6-4, 4. Sumner-Fredericksburg 9-2, 5. DM Christian 9-2, 6. Jesup 14-1, 7. Van Meter 13-3, 8. North Mahaska 8-1, 9. Wayne 10-2, 10. Maple Valley-A-O 12-2, 11. Central Springs 8-1, 12. Treynor 13-2, 13. Emmetsbug 9-4, 14. Madrid 6-3, 15. BCLUW 8-4

CLASS 1A
1. Akron-Westfield 12-0, 2. Earlham 13-2, 3. Martensdale-St. Marys 13-1, 4. Newell-Fonda 11-2, 5. Lisbon 13-0, 6. Mason City Newman 10-3, 7. Don Bosco 8-3, 8. Charter Oak-Ute 9-5, 9. Coon Rapids-Bayard 11-3, 10. West Bend-Mallard 7-4, 11. Sigourney 8-1, 12. Lynnville-Sully 7-5, 13. Clarksville 6-1, 14. Remsen St. Mary's 12-3, 15. Remsen Union 6-2

Cougars take 2nd at state coed tennis

DES MOINES - Sarah Lasecki and Riley Galbraith of Cedar Rapids Kennedy placed second in the 2012 State Coed Tennis Tournament Tuesday in Des Moines.

Lasecki and Galbraith lost to Jessica King and Alex Qin of Ames, 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 in a tiebreaker in the championship match to conclude a marathon day of tennis.

Katie Hammond and Mitchell Anderson of Cedar Rapids Washington were defeated by Mary Hill and Naveen Nath of Des Moines Roosevelt, 6-3, 6-3, in the consolation match for third place.

Lasecki and Galbraith clipped Hammond and Anderson, 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 in the semifinals.

The doubles teams of Lasecki/Galbraith and Hammond/Anderson played six matches in one day.


METRO RESULTS

PRELIMINARY ROUND
Sarah Lasecki/Riley Galbraith (Kennedy) def. Rochelle Starret/David Killian (Fort Dodge), 6-1, 6-1.
Katie Hammond/Mitchell Anderson (Washington) def. Rachel Faircloth/Ryan Shomo (Marshalltown), 6-2, 6-2.
Katie Rakers/Dillon Einck (Linn-Mar) def. Anna Bowser/Seth Dolan (Fort Dodge), 6-0, 6-0.

FIRST ROUND
Lasecki/Galbraith (Kennedy) def. Jenna Myers/Blake Young (Linn-Mar), 6-3, 6-2.
Hammond/Anderson (Washington) def. Jenni Aldrich/Anders Jensen (WDM Valley), 6-2, 6-1.
Lanie Sabin/Clayton Hoyt (Washington) def. Hannah Mallaro/Rex Ju (Cedar Falls), 6-3, 6-0.
Kayla Kuethe/Mike Sylvester (Waukee) def. Alexa Mitchell/Arjun Venkatesh (Kennedy), 6-3, 6-2.
Mary Hill/Naveen Nath (DM Roosevel) def. Rakers/Einck (Linn-Mar), 6-1, 6-0.

SECOND ROUND
Lasecki/Galbraith (Kennedy) def. Kelsey Granneman/Steve Ray (Ottumwa), 6-2, 6-0.
Hammond/Anderson (Washington) def. Ashton Stoppelmoor/Gabe Mozena (Dubuque Sr.), 6-1, 6-1.
Liera Bender/AJ Naanep (Johnston) def. Sabin/Hoyt (Washington), 6-4, 6-4.

QUARTERFINALS
Lasecki/Galbraith (Kennedy) def. Angie Allgood/Bryson Cale (Muscatine), 6-4, 1-6, 1-0.
Hammond/Anderson (Washington) def. Payton Kintz/RJ McGrew (Johnston), 7-6, 6-4.

SEMIFINALS
Lasecki/Galbraith (Kennedy) def. Hammond/Anderson (Washington), 6-3, 5-7, 1-0.

FINALS
Jessica King/Alex Qin (Ames) def. Lasecki/Galbraith (Kennedy), 6-3, 3-6, 1-0.

CONSOLATION FINALS
Hill/Nath (Roosevelt) def. Hammond/Anderson (Washington), 6-3, 6-3.

Cougars keep No. 1 spot in baseball poll

The Cedar Rapids Kennedy baseball team was voted No. 1 in the preseason poll that was released two weeks ago and the voters have seen nothing to change their minds.

The Cougars (8-1) were voted No. 1 in Class 4A again Monday in the first regular-season poll by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association.

Ankeny, Iowa City West, Dowling Catholic and Johnston are ranked second through fifth. The Xavier Saints (4-4) fell from eighth to 10th in the rankings. The Prairie Hawks (7-4) dropped out of the top-10 after being ranked ninth in the preseason.

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BOYS STATE TENNIS -- Sat., May 26

CLASS 2A BOYS STATE TENNIS TOURNAMENT
At Veterans Memorial Tennis Center

Saturday

Singles

Semifinals
Naveen Nath (DM Roosevelt) def. Alex Huang (Ames), 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
Riley Galbraith (CR Kennedy) def. Will Hemminger (DM Roosevelt), 6-3, 4-6, 6-2

Consolation semifinals
Ryan Peterson (WDM Valley0 def. Anders Jensen (WDM Valley), 6-1, 6-4
Blake Oetting (IC West) def. Roy Ju (Cedar Falls), 6-2, 6-0

Seventh Place
Ju (Cedar Falls) def. Jensen (WDM Valley), 6-1, 6-4

Fifth Place
Oetting (IC West) def. Peterson (WDM Valley), 6-2, 6-0

Third Place
Hemminger (DM Roosevelt) def. Huang (Ames), 6-1, 6-4

Championship
Nath (DM Roosevelt) def. Galbraith (CR Kennedy), 6-4, 6-1


Doubles

Semifinals
Qin/Pitcher (Ames) def. Appel/Dellos (IC West), 2-6, 6-2, 6-1
Song/Wang (Ames) def. Boldt/Wenzel (IC West), 6-2, 6-4

Consolation semifinals
Anderson/Ty.McCann (Linn-Mar) def. Maigaard/McCoy (WDM Valley), 6-0, 6-1
Schumacher/Schroeder (Clinton) def. Petersen/Benna (Ankeny), 6-3, 6-2

Seventh Place
Maigaard/McCoy (WDM Valley) def. Petersen/Benna (Ankeny), 7-6(6), 7-6(8)

Fifth Place
Anderson/Ty.McCann (Linn-Mar) def. Schumacher/Schroeder (Clinton), 6-3, 6-4

Third Place
Appel/Dellos (IC West) def.. Boldt/Wenzel (IC West), 6-1, 3-6, 1(4)

Championship
Qin/Pitcher (Ames) def. Song/Wang (Ames), 7-6(5), 6-1