Linn-Mar High School - Marion, Iowa

Big plays, red zone misses hurt L-M

BETTENDORF - Stopping the big play and scoring in the red zone.

Both areas have been trouble areas through the first two games for the Linn-Mar football team.

And it has proved costly.

The Lions made some big plays on defense, but gave up two long scoring runs in Friday night's game against Pleasant Valley.

And when Linn-Mar had gained momentum and was driving for a potential tying touchdown early in the fourth quarter, it stalled out at the Spartan 2.

The result was a 27-13 win for Pleasant Valley before a good crowd at Spartan Stadium.

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Linn-Mar golfers win by 1 stroke

WATERLOO - Brent Larsen shared medalist honors with a 1-over-par 37 as Linn-Mar edged Dubuque Senior by one stroke to win a MVC triangular meet Thursday at Gates park.

The Lions shot 153 while Senior, led by co-medalist Gus Zuccaro, finished at 154. Waterloo East was third at 214.

AT GATES PARK

Team standings: 1. Linn-Mar 153, 2. Dubuque Senior 154, 3. Waterloo East 214.

LINN-MAR: Brent Larsen 37, Max Thrune 38, Jake Sevcik 38, Jordan Bohannon 40, Brock Lukefahr 41, Bren Greif 43, Jack Recker 44.

Prairie jumps to 5th in volleyball

The Cedar Rapids Prairie volleyball team jumped seven spots to No. 5 in the new Class 5A rankings Thursday by the IGHSAU.

The Hawks are now the highest-ranked Metro team in Class 5A after getting off to a 4-0 start. Kennedy is ranked No. 7 in Class 5A and Linn-Mar is ranked No. 8.

The Marion Indians, who open their season Thursday night against Vinton-Shellsburg, stayed in the No. 2 spot in Class 4A.

Iowa City High is ranked No. 1 in Class 5A and West Delaware is No. 1 in Class 4A.

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No. 5 Cougars spike No. 3 Lions

For awhile Tuesday night, it looked like big Amanda Ollinger was going to personally wreck the Kennedy Cougars in their volleyball showdown with Linn-Mar at the Kennedy gym.

The Cougars kept their cool and battled back for a 17-25, 25-22, 25-17, 25-15 victory over the Lions in a battle between two of the top Class 5A volleyball teams in the state.

Linn-Mar is ranked No. 3 and Kennedy is ranked No. 5, but the experienced Cougars were the better club this time.

Ollinger, a 6-foot-1 senior who will play basketball for the Iowa Hawkeyes, collected eight kills in the first set as the Lions got off to a fast start, but she had only 10 more kills the rest of the night.

"We started off a little shaky," Kennedy senior Tianna Drahn acknowledged.

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