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U.S. Cellular Center not available for 2012 state volleyball

The U.S. Cellular Center in downtown Cedar Rapids will not be ready to host the girls state volleyball tournament this November, city officials told members of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union on Thursday.

Four top officials of the IGHSAU took a guided tour of the arena Thursday and met with city officials, including Mayor Ron Corbett and City Manager Jeff Pomeranz.

"We were officially told the arena will not be finished and will not be open for November of 2012," said Mike Dick, the executive director of the IGHSAU.

The U.S. Cellular Center is being remodeled and is currently closed for business. The 2011 state volleyball tournament was held at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena on a temporary basis and city officials have offered the Ice Arena as an alternate site again for the 2012 tournament. Dick did not rule it out, but was non-committal.

"We at least know the Ice Arena did work as a substitute venue," he said. "We know how it can be done and know it can work."

Dick was accompanied to Cedar Rapids Thursday by Karon Brown, the senior associate director of the IGHSAU, and by Lisa Brinkmeyer and John Overton, two assistant directors. Dick said the group will share the results of Thursday's trip with the IGHSAU Board of Directors, staff members and the volleyball advisory committee.

The Board of Directors will meet May 19 to discuss the issue and possibly make a decision about where to hold the 2012 tournament. The event is scheduled for Nov. 7-10, about six months away.

"We'll proceed as quickly as we can," said Dick.

The state volleyball tournament has been held in Cedar Rapids since 1991 and is considered important to Cedar Rapids, generating millions of dollars in revenue over the years.

"This is obviously a huge thing for Cedar Rapids," said Dick. "They're making every effort they possibly can to keep us in Cedar Rapids. They're going to do everything in their power."

Dick said no other cities have officially expressed interest in hosting the volleyball tournament this November, mostly because the IGHSAU did not know until Thursday that the U.S. Cellular Center would not be available while undergoing renovations.

The IGHSAU officials received a guided tour of the U.S. Cellular Center. The officials were shown what parts of the arena have been finished and which are still under construction as part of the progress report.

"They took us over and showed us around," said Dick. "It was an interesting morning."

The IGHSAU has a contract with Cedar Rapids to hold the state volleyball tournament at the U.S. Cellular Center through 2015. The IGHSAU agreed to hold the 2011 tournament at the Ice Arena on an interim basis and could do so again in 2012, then return to the U.S. Cellular Center in 2013, 2014 and 2015.

If the IGHSAU decides to hold the tournament in another city this November, it could terminate its contract with Cedar Rapids for future years, based on a breach of contract.

Linn-Mar bursts into girls soccer poll

Unbeaten Linn-Mar broke into the Class 3A girls soccer rankings at No. 8 Wednesday when the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released its polls.

The Lions are 7-0 but had not been ranked until this week.

Xavier held onto the top spot in Class 2A. The Saints suffered only their second loss of the season last Saturday, a 1-0 decision to Class 3A No. 6 Iowa City West.

Kennedy is ranked No. 5 in Class 3A.

Prairie moved up one spot to No. 11 in Class 2A.

IGHSAU SOCER RANKINGS
(Records through May 1)

CLASS 3A
1. Ankeny 8-0, 2. Bettendorf 8-1, 3. WDM Dowling 7-1, 4. Johnston 5-1, 5. CR Kennedy 7-1, 6. Iowa City West 8-1, 7. WDM Valley 6-4, 8. Linn-Mar 7-0, 9. Muscatine 7-3, 10. Waukee 3-3

CLASS 2A
1. CR Xavier 7-2, 2. Pleasant Valley 6-3, 3. Pella 10-2, 4. Glenwood 8-1, 5. SC East 10-0, 6. Lewis Central 7-3, 7. Union 8-3, 8. Dallas Center-Grimes 8-1, 9. Spencer 10-0, 10. ADM 7-3, 11. CR Prairie 7-4, 12. DM Hoover 6-5, 13. Indianola 5-4, 14. Waverly-Shell Rock 5-4, 15. North Scott 5-8

CLASS 1A
1. Davenport Assumption 10-0, 2. Waterloo Columbus 8-0, 3. SC Heelan 10-2, 4. CB St. Albert 10-2, 5. Gilbert 8-3, 6. Nevada 6-2, 7. Dubuque Wahlert 5-5, 8. Center Point-Urbana 5-3, 9. Denver 5-2, 10. Iowa City Regina 6-2, 11. Solon 8-1, 12. Bondurant-Farrar 6-5, 13. Clear Creek Amana 6-3, 14. Mid-Prairie 7-3, 15. Burlington Notre Dame 6-4

Xavier boys slip to No. 5 in soccer poll

Xavier dropped three spots to No. 5 in the Class 2A boys soccer poll released Tuesday by the Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association.

Kennedy, meanwhile, fell two spots in the Class 3A poll to No. 14.

No other Metro teams are ranked, although Jefferson did receive votes in the 3A poll.

Iowa City West moved up to No. 1 in Class 3A and Dubuque Wahlert is top ranked in Class 2A.

IHSSCA BOYS RANKINGS
(First-place votes in parentheses)

CLASS 3A
1. Iowa City West (10) 10-1, Ames 7-1, 3. Bettendorf 10-1, 4. Iowa City High 10-2, 5. Ankeny 8-1, 6. WDM Valley 9-3, 7. Johnston 10-2, 8. Pleasant Valley 7-4, 9. Waukee 6-3, 10. (tie) WDM Dowling 10-4 and SC North 7-1, 12. Waterloo West 10-3, 13. Muscatine 13-3, 14. CR Kennedy 6-5, 15. Davenport Central 9-2, 16. Cedar Falls 9-3

Others receiving votes -- Ottumwa, DM East, CR Jefferson

CLASS 2A
1. Dubuque Wahlert (10) 7-3, 2. Hudson (2) 11-0, 3. Norwalk 6-3, 4. ADM 9-1, 5. CR Xavier 3-7-1, 6. Dallas Center-Grimes 8-1, 7. Pella 10-2-1, 8. Spencer 7-1-1, 9. Spirit Lake 6-1-1, 10. Glenwood 6-4, 11. Storm Lake 6-1, 12. Keokuk 9-1-1, 13. Benton 7-0, 14. Anamosa 7-1, 15. Decorah 3-2, 16. Clear Creek Amana 7-2

Others receiving votes -- SC Heelan, Fairfield, DeWitt Central, Harlan

CLASS 1A
1. Beckman (7) 10-0, 2. IC Regina (1) 8-2, 3. (tie) Waterloo Columbus 9-3-1 and West Liberty 6-2, 5. Iowa Mennonite 9-1, 6. Solon 6-3-1, 7. CB St. Albert 8-5, 8. Nevada 5-3, 9. Center Point-Urbana 6-2, 10. Davenport Assumption 4-4-2, 11. Bondurant-Farrar 5-3, 12. Underwood 7-2, 13. Pella Christian 5-3, 14. Holy Trinity 6-4-1, 15. Columbus Jct. 5-3-1, 16. MOC-Floyd Valley 3-4

Others receiving votes -- Gladbrook-einbeck, West Burlington Notre Dame, Ballard

Drake Relays results -- Saturday 4.28.12

DRAKE RELAYS
(At Des Moines)
Saturday's prep results

Girls shuttle hurdle relay
Prelims (q-qualified for finals)
1 Waukee, 64.20q
2 Urbandale. 65.17q
3 West Fork, 66.10q
4 Valley, WDM, 66.71q
5 IC West, 67.01
6 Dowling Catholic, 67.23
7 Mt Pleasant, 67.40
8 Ankeny, 67.55
9 IC- City High, 67.82
10 SE Polk, 68.27
11 Gehlen Cath, 68.31
12 West Branch, 68.52
13 DUB Senior, 68.82
14 Pleasant Valley, 69.18
15 Linn-Mar, 69.52
1) Meghan Holdgrafer SR            2) Maleta Montague JR  
3) Ashley Jones SO                 4) Mallory Young SR    
-- Ames, DQ

Finals                                                         
1 Waukee, 63.29D (Drake Relays record)
1) Emma Drees JR                   2) Alyssa Cunningham SR
3) Mallory Smith SO                4) Maddie Rouw JR      
2 Urbandale, 63.94
3 West Fork, 65.34
4 Valley, WDM, 65.35


Boys shuttle hurdle relays
Prelims (q-qualified for finals)
1 IC- City High, 58.02q
2 IC West, 58.52q
3 CR Kennedy, 58.69q
1) Tom Kaiser JR                   2) Derek Jacobus SO     
3) Famiek Cook SO                  4) Josh Jahlas SR       
4 DSM Lincoln, 58.83q
5 Linn-Mar, 58.91 
1) Brandon Ophoff SR               2) Mike Keiser JR       
3) Colton Sanchez SR               4) Tristan Freese FR    
6 Marion, 59.38 
1) Issac Frazier JR                2) Andrew Davis JR      
3) Cedrick Williams JR             4) Taylor Rogers SR     
7 Epworth, Western Dubuque, 59.47 
8 Beckman, 59.51 
9 North Scott, 59.75 
10 Ankeny, 59.87 
11 Pella, 60.00 
12 Cedar Falls, 60.33 
13 Waukee, 60.67 
14 DVPT, West, 61.00 
15 Harlan, 61.23 
-- Mt Pleasant, DNF 

Finals                                                         
1 IC- City High, 56.75
1) Mason Greer SR                  2) Javon Duarte SR     
3) Jeremy Johnson SR               4) Dan Roemerman SR    
2 DSM Lincoln, 57.82
3 CR Kennedy, 57.87
1) Tom Kaiser JR                   2) Derek Jacobus SO    
3) Famiek Cook SO                  4) Josh Jahlas SR      
-- IC West, DQ


Girls 4x800 relay
1 Valley, WDM, 9:17.49
1) Kaitlyn Nelson SR               2) Melissa Shepherd JR 
3) Torey Brown SO                  4) Lydia Saggau JR     
2 Wahlert, Dub, 9:21.66
3 Cedar Falls, 9:21.86
4 Waukee, 9:22.87
5 Bettendorf, 9:25.75
6 Ankeny, 9:26.34
7 Ames, 9:27.64
8 Dowling Catholic, WDM, 9:29.49
9 Indianola, 9:33.17
10 IC West, 9:35.34
11 Jesup, 9:37.86
12 Johnston, 9:38.23
13 Assumption, 9:40.21
14 N Linn, 9:48.53
15 IC- City High, 9:49.89
16 Pleasant Valley, 9:50.11

Boys 4x800 relay
1 Indianola, 7:50.68
1) Jordan Schulze JR               2) Andy Arndt JR      
3) Joe Gorsche FR                  4) Tyler Krpan SR     
2 Linn-Mar, 7:50.96
1) Chase Grabau JR                 2) Duggan Trenary SO  
3) Jabez Walker SO                 4) Matt Simon SR      
3 Waukee, 7:51.49
4 Ames, 7:55.61
5 IC West, 7:55.86
6 Decorah, 7:58.42
7 Spirit Lake Park, 8:00.57
8 Dowling Catholic, WDM, 8:00.81
9 CR Washington, 8:05.80
1) Trevor Luebe JR                 2) Joe Berry JR       
3) Etienne Nzoyisaba JR            4) Robert Hogg SR     
10 Central Clinton, 8:06.75
11 Johnston, 8:08.26
12 Valley, WDM, 8:10.17
13 IC- City High, 8:10.45
14 Marion, 8:18.19
1) Greg Sam SR                     2) Brennen Kelly SR   
3) Trevor Hardman SO               4) Jordan Garthwaite FR
15 Beckman, 8:27.39
-- Pleasant Valley, DQ

Girls 400 hurdles
1 Anne Leners, Pleasant Valley, 62.93
2 Brooke Foreman, CR Washington, 63.28
3 Jenny Roberts, Ankeny, 63.74
4 Kim Kroeze, W. Christ, Hull, 64.45
5 Rebekah Topham, Griswold, 64.47
6 Sarah Plock, IC- City High, 64.84
7 Lauren Hedlund, Hinton, 65.09
8 Addison Miller, Bishop Garrigan, 71.11

Boys 400 hurdles
1 Raheem Black, Fort Madison, 52.45
2 Brandon Ophoff, Linn-Mar, 53.52
3 Derek Jones, Glenwood, 53.71
4 Jamey Foster, Centerville, 53.98
5 Jordan Van Roekel, PCM, Monroe, 54.35
6 Dillon Villhauer, Clear Crk-Amana, 54.58
7 Drake Hickok, CR Washington, 55.30
-- Nate Lucs, Waukee, DQ

Girls 1500 meters
1 Rebekah Topham, Griswold, 4:40.30
2 Anna Holdiman, Waverly-SR, 4:43.49
3 Madison Waymire, DC-Grimes, 4:43.50
4 Courtney Martin, Ames, 4:45.05
5 Lauren Benzing, Solon, 4:45.15
6 Karissa Schweizer, Dowling Cath, 4:45.61
7 Mariah Kauder, Cascade, 4:46.43
8 Emma Huston, DSM- Roosevelt, 4:46.70
9 Allison Gregg, Cedar Falls, 4:46.78
10 Brianna King, Cedar Falls, 4:48.16
11 Megan Nickles, Bettendorf, 4:48.79
12 Lydia Saggau, Valley, WDM, 4:49.04
13 Grace Gibbons, Dowling Cath, 4:50.38
14 Ashlynn Yokom, IC West, 4:51.16
15 Jennifer Luksan, Dowling Cath, 4:51.53
16 Molly Leveille, IC West, 4:52.28
17 Molly Gilchrist, Assumption, 4:53.78
18 Meg Richardson, IC- City High, 4:58.18
19 Emily Brush, Waukee, 4:58.51
20 Lauren Rusch, Wahlert, Dub, 4:58.98

Boys 1600 meters
1 Jason Thomas, Dowling Cath, 4:15.21
2 Matt Butler, Bettendorf, 4:15.98
3 Josh Evans, Linn-Mar, 4:17.14
4 Conner Smock, Lisbon, 4:20.38
5 Cole Decker, Dowling Cath, 4:21.31
6 Chandler Austin, Boone, 4:21.56
7 Jack Espeset, Ames, 4:22.54
8 Keith Byers, Spirit Lake Park, 4:22.91
9 Daniel Huff, Waverly-SR, 4:23.21
10 Daniel Gardarsson, IC West, 4:23.66
11 Patrick Larson, Decorah, 4:24.14
12 Lukas Mees, Marion, 4:24.63
13 Bailey Wetherell, IC West, 4:25.82
14 Caleb Drake, Pleasant Valley, 4:27.69
15 Jeff DeRocher, Dowling Cath, 4:28.09
16 Spencer Clark, Dowling Cath, 4:28.29
17 Ben Anderson, Valley, WDM, 4:29.00
18 Riley Wattier, Waukee, 4:29.64
19 Kyle Nuehring, Waukee, 4:31.40
20 Chase Grabau, Linn-Mar, 4:33.04
21 Koelten Grissom, Valley, WDM, 4:34.02

Girls 4x100 relay
1 DSM- Roosevelt, 47.55D (Drake Relays record)
1) Destani Welch SR                2) Agnes Sayeh JR         
3) Jalynn Roberts-Lewis SO         4) Erin Hawkins SR        
2 Assumption, 47.81   
3 Dowling Catholic, WDM, 48.99   
4 IC West, 49.31   
5 Urbandale, 49.35   
6 CR Washington, 49.48   
1) Brooke Foreman SR               2) Jasmyne Jones SO       
3) Megan Muller SO                 4) Kadejah Sanders SO     
7 Waukee, 49.98   
8 Cedar Falls, 50.18   

Boys 4x100 relay
1 Cedar Falls, 42.17D  (Drake Relays record)
1) Mitch Dowell SR                 2) Luke Toyosi SR        
3) Shawn Hagarty SR                4) James Harrington SR   
2 WAT West, 42.55  
3 IC West, 42.59  
4 SC West, 42.95  
5 Waukee, 43.06  
6 Valley, WDM, 43.45  
7 North Scott, 43.77  
-- IC- City High, DNF  

Girls 4x400 relay
1 Assumption, 3:52.70        
1) Emma Bassier SO                 2) Rose Ripslinger SO          
3) Remington Ricciuti SR           4) Maddie Irmen SO             
2 Cascade, 3:54.35        
3 Valley, WDM, 3:56.69        
4 Ankeny, 3:58.88        
5 Wahlert, Dub, 3:59.10        
6 Waukee, 4:00.15        
7 Dowling Catholic, WDM, 4:01.29        
8 Indianola, 4:01.96        

Boys 4x400 relay
1 Prairie CR, 3:21.15       
1) Austin Dellamuth SR             2) Jarred Edmonds JR          
3) Jacob Aune SR                   4) Demetrius Harper JR        
2 Clinton, 3:21.64       
3 CR Washington, 3:22.06       
1) Drake Hickok SR                 2) Trevor Luebe JR            
3) Robert Hogg SR                  4) Nick Corbett JR            
4 Beckman, 3:22.21       
5 Valley, WDM, 3:22.25       
6 IC- City High, 3:23.05       
7 Decorah, 3:24.37       
8 Waukee, 3:24.68