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Josh Evans runs 3rd in X-C rankings

Linn-Mar sophomore Josh Evans has climbed to third in the Class 4A cross country rankings that were released this week by the Iowa Track Coaches Association.

Cole Decker of Dowling tops the list, followed by Ben Anderson of West Des Moines Valley and Evans.

There are seven Metro runners in the top-15 in Class 4A. Etienne Nzoyisaba of Washington is fourth, followed by Robert Hogg of Washington (5th), Chase Grabau of Linn-Mar (9th), Daniel Murphy of Linn-Mar (11th), Jacob Aune of Prairie (13th) and Trevor Oates of Kennedy (14th).

Washington is fifth in the 4A boys team rankings, Linn-Mar seventh and Prairie 15th. Dowling tops the poll.

Marion senior Lukas Mees ranks third in the Class 3A poll and the Indians are 13th in the team standings.

Carolyn Newhouse of Linn-Mar is ranked fifth in the Class 4A girls ratings this week. The Lions have three runners in the top-15 with Morgan Uridil 11th and Brooklyn Kascel 14th. Karissa Schweizer of Dowling is ranked No.1.

Linn-Mar is ranked third in the Class 4A girls poll. Dowling is in first place. Kennedy is ranked 10th and Washington 15th.

Team Rankings

Class 4A Boys
1. Dowling, 2. Cedar Falls, 3. Pleasant Valley, 4. Ames, 5. Washington, 6. Iowa City West, 7. Linn-Mar, 8. Waukee, 9. West Des Moines Valley, 10. Indianola, 11. Dubuque Senior, 12. Bettendorf, 13. Marshalltown, 14. Iowa City High, 15. Prairie.

Class 4A Girls
1. Dowling, 2. Iowa City High, 3. Linn-Mar, 4. Pleasant Valley, 5. Iowa City West, 6. West Des Moines Valley, 7. Des Moines Roosevelt, 8. Cedar Falls, 9. Bettendorf, 10. Kennedy, 11. Ames, 12. Waukee, 13. Johnston, 14. Ankeny, 15. Washington.

Class 3A Boys
1. Wahlert 2, Pella, 3. Boone, 4. Decorah, 5. Mount Vernon/Lisbon, 6. Glenwood, 7. Heelan, 8. Grinnell, 9. Garner-Hayfield, 10. Spencer, 11. Shenandoah Essex 11, 12. Webster City, 13. Marion, 14. MOC/Floyd Valley, 15. Ballard.

Class 3A Girls
1. Solon, 2. Dallas Center-Grimes, 3. Wahlert, 4. Assumption, 5. Williamsburg, 6. Decorah, 7. Pella, 8. Heelan, 9. Garner-Hayfield, 10. Shenandoah Essex, 11. Humboldt, 12. Waverly-Shell Rock, 13. Harlan, 14. Algona, 15. Mount Vernon/Lisbon.

Football scores and schedule - Sept. 15-16

NC) - Non-conference games
(ND) - Non-district games

THURSDAY, SEPT. 15

CLASS 4A
CIML-Iowa
Marshalltown 63, Sioux City East 41 (NC)

Mississippi Athletic
Assumption, Davenport 25, Davenport Central 14

Missouri River
Marshalltown 63, Sioux City East 41 (NC)

FRIDAY, SEPT. 16

METRO
Cedar Falls 42, Jefferson 6
Iowa City High 52, Xavier 24
Iowa City West 50, Prairie 8
Kennedy 33, Dubuque Senior 7
Linn-Mar 40, Waterloo West 0
Marion 58, Anamosa 35
Wahlert 31, Washington 10

Sophomores
Anamosa at Marion
Xavier 16, Iowa City High 0
Wahlert 35, Washington 14
Linn-Mar 41, Waterloo West 13
Cedar Falls 17, Jefferson 6
Kennedy at Dubuque Senior
Prairie at Iowa City West

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY CONFERENCE
Cedar Falls 42, CR Jefferson 6
CR Kennedy 33, Dubuque Senior 7
Dubuque Wahlert 31, CR Washington 10
Iowa City High 52, CR Xavier 24
Iowa City West 50, CR Prairie 8
Linn-Mar 40, Waterloo West 0
Waterloo East 32, Dubuque Hempstead 23

CLASS 3A DISTRICT 5
Marion 58, Anamosa 35
DeWitt Central 20, Union 13
Maquoketa 41, Center Point-Urbana 3
Western Dubuque 41, Vinton-Shellsburg 28

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Lions, Saints move up in football poll

Linn-Mar moved up two spots and Cedar Rapids Xavier three in the Associated Press Class 4A prep football poll released Monday.

Linn-Mar (3-0) moved up to No. 6 after routing previously undefeated Dubuque Wahlert, 54-22, last Friday night at Dubuque.

Xavier (3-0) is tied at No. 7 with Davenport Assumption (3-0). The Saints have not allowed a point in three games.

Xavier hosts No. 2 Iowa City High (3-0) Friday night at Saints Field.

Cedar Falls (3-0) is ranked No. 1 in the Class 4A poll. The Tigers host Cedar Rapids Jefferson (0-3) on Friday.

The other No. 1 teams are Sioux City Heelan (3-0) in 3A, Iowa City Regina (3-0) in 2A, Council Bluffs St. Albert (3-0) in 1A, LeMars Gehlen (3-0) in A and Armstrong-Ringsted (4-0) in 8-Man.

AP FOOTBALL POLLS
(First-place votes in parentheses)

CLASS 4A
1. Cedar Falls (12)      3-0
2. Iowa City High (2)  3-0
3. WDM Valley (2)      4-0
4. Ankeny                    4-0
5. WDM Dowling         3-1
6. Linn-Mar                 3-0
7. CR Xavier                3-0
(tie) Dav. Assumption 3-0
9. SE Polk                    3-1
10. North Scott          3-0
Others receiving votes - Bettendorf, Muscatine, Marshalltown, Iowa City West.

CLASS 3A
1. SC Heelan (15)      3-0
2. Clear Lake             3-0
3. Union                      3-0
4. Webster City         3-0
5. Denison-Schleswig  3-0
6. Harlan                    2-1
7. Williamsburg         3-0
8. Solon                      2-1
9. Waverly-Shell Rock  3-0
10. Newton                3-0
Others receiving votes - ADM, Carroll, Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley, Decorah, Carlisle, Keokuk

CLASS 2A
1. Iowa City Regina (11)  3-0
2. West Marshall (4)        3-0
3. South Central Calhoun 3-0
4. FD St. Edmond             3-0
5. Spirit Lake                   4-0
6. Mediapolis                   3-0
7. Osage                           3-0
(tie) Sheldon                    3-0
9. North Fayette            2-1
10. PCM Monroe           3-0
Others receiving votes - Beckman, North Polk, West Liberty, Carroll Kuemper, Roland-Story, South Winneshiek, OA/BCIG, Mid-Prairie, Central Lyon, Sioux Center

CLASS 1A
1. CB St. Albert (6)       3-0
2. Emmetsburg (9)      3-0
3. Woodward-Granger  3-0
4. Dike-New Hartford  3-0
5. Logan-Magnolia        3-0
6. Aplington-Parkersburg  2-1
7. North Cedar               3-0
8. West Lyon                 2-1
(tie) Lawton-Bronson   3-0
10. Wapsie Valley          3-0
Others receiving votes - Panorama. Starmont, DM Christian, Nashua-Plainfield, Gladbrook-Reinbeck, St. Ansgar, Alburnett, Garner-Hayfield, IKM/Manning

CLASS A
1. LeMars Gehlen (10)   3-0
2. North Tama (4)          3-0
3. Lisbon (1)                    3-0
4. Postville                      3-0
5. West Hancock             2-1
6. Lone Tree                   3-0
7. Bedford                       4-0
8. Mason City Newman 3-1
9. BGM                            2-1
10. Algona Garrigan      2-1
Others receiving votes - Danville, MMC, Akron-Westfield, Rockford, Lynnville-Sully, Madrid

8-MAN
1. Armstrong-Ringsted (15)  4-0
2. NE Hamilton                        3-0
3. Fremont-Mills                     3-0
4. West Bend-Mallard            4-0
5. East Mills                             3-0
6. Janesville                             3-0
7. Riceville                               3-0
8. Newell-Fonda                     3-0
9. Kingsley-Pierson               3-0
10. Preston                             3-1
Others receiving votes - Lansing Kee, Moravia, Stanton, Tripoli, Clarksville, Remsen-Union, Midland, Boyer Valley, North Sentral Kossuth

Cougars 6th, Saints 10th in golf poll

Kennedy is ranked No. 6 and Xavier No. 10 in this week's Class 4A boys golf poll released Sunday by the Iowa High School Golf Coaches Association.

Kennedy is the top-ranked team in the Mississippi Valley Conference. Cedar Falls is No. 7 and Xavier No. 10.

Other ranked Metro teams are Linn-Mar (15), Prairie (19), Washington (22) and Jefferson (27). Rankings are based on a team's nine-hole scoring average in its meets.

Kennedy senior Cody Bell is the top-ranked player in the Metro in the individual rankings. He is No. 9 in the state with a 37.76 stroke average per nine holes. Tyler McCann is 15th and Kennedy's Brigham Stewart 22nd.

The Mississippi Valley Conference holds the Mississippi and Valley Division meets Monday. They are the second round of the three-meet series to decide the winner of each division.The Mississippi meet is at Bunker Hill in Dubuque and the Valley meet at Gates Park in Waterloo.

IAHSGCA CLASS 4A RANKINGS

Team (Record) Meet avg.
1. Ankeny (24-0) 146.69
2. WDM Valley (26-3) 151.68
3. WDM Dowling (38-5) 152.18
4. Ames (34-8) 152.30
5. Waukee (28-7) 153.16
6. CR Kennedy (41-3) 154.34
7. Cedar Falls (40-4) 154.68
8. Muscatine (40-2) 158.25
9. Ottumwa (19-5) 158.29
10. CR Xavier (32-18) 160.26
15. Linn-Mar (32-15) 161.38
19. CR Prairie (15-23) 165.33
22. CR Washington (19-30) 167.91
27. CR Jefferson (14-23) 187.47

Individuals (School)  Score avg.
1. Jeff Swegle (WDM Valley) 34.89
2. Connor Peck (Ankeny) 35.24
3. Kurt Martin (Ames) 35.88
4. Tanner Randall (Ankeny) 36.44
5. Andrew Huseman (Ankeny) 37.10
6. Will Hunemuller (Cedar Falls) 37.32
7. Grant Smith (Johnston) 37.48
8. Tomas (WDM Valley) 37.53
9. Cody Bell (CR Kennedy) 37.76
10. Jack Gradoville (WDM Dowling) 37.86
16. Tyler McCann (Linn-Mar) 38.37
22. Brigham Stewart (CR Kennedy) 38.66