Linn-Mar High School - Marion, Iowa

Linn-Mar baseball drops twinbill

IOWA CITY - The Linn-Mar baseball team jumped into the Class 4A rankings Monday, but it was not an entirely happy day for the Lions.

Iowa City West swept the ninth-ranked Lions, 9-2 and 5-4 in 10 innings, in Iowa City.

The losses dropped Linn-Mar to 9-4 overall and 4-2 in the Mississippi Valley Conference. Iowa City West raised its records to 9-4 overall and 5-1 in the league.

Adam Stolley had two hits for Linn-Mar in the opener. Manny Jeffery had two hits for the Lions in the nightcap.

GAME 1

Linn-Mar        100 100 0 - 2 5 4
Iowa City West  142 200 x - 9 7 1

W - Ono-Fullard. L - Jeffery.

GAME 2

Linn-Mar        000 000 310 0 - 4 7 3
Iowa City West  000 200 110 1 - 5 10 1

W - Millmeyer. L - Brandt.

Lions upend No.3 Hempstead for state berth

DUBUQUE - The Linn-Mar girls soccer team got revenge against Dubuque Hempstead in the Class 3A regional finals Monday night and earned a trip to the state tournament with a 2-1 victory.

Linn-Mar will play an opening-round match at the 3A state tournament Thursday at Cownie Park in Des Moines.

Hempstead blanked Linn-Mar, 1-0, during the regular season at Linn-Mar, but the seventh-ranked Lions collected their biggest victory of the season Monday by trimming the third-ranked Mustangs in Dubuque.

Jensen Sevening gave Linn-Mar a 1-0 lead, but Alesha Duccini tied the score for Hempstead.

Allie Noggle scored the game-winning goal for the Lions with assists from Sevening and Olivia Garcia.

Linn-Mar will take a 15-4 record to the state tournament. Hempstead finished with a 15-4 mark.

Linn-Mar jumps into prep baseball poll

The Linn-Mar Lions, unranked when the season began, climbed into the No. 9 spot in the Class 4A poll Monday by the Iowa Baseball Coaches Association.

The Lions were riding a nine-game winning streak until they lost the second game of a doubleheader at Pleasant Valley Saturday.

The Kennedy Cougars, ranked No. 1 when the season began, fell to the No. 4 spot in the 4A poll after beginning the year with a 6-3 record.

The Jefferson J-Hawks, ranked No. 9 when the year began, climbed three rungs to the No. 6 spot in Class 4A.

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Lions, Saints brought honor to Metro soccer

I'm starting to become a soccer fan.

There, I said it.

This might surprise a few of you, who have known me to be strongly anti-soccer for quite some time, but I challenge anyone to watch three straight days of the boys state soccer tournament and not gain an appreciation for the skill, determination and courage on display.

The Linn-Mar Lions won the Class 3A title for the first crown in school history with victories over the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 teams in the team.

The Xavier Saints captured the Class 2A crown for their seventh title in school history with victories over three ranked teams, including top-ranked Norwalk, and won the last two games in the semifinals and finals in dramatic overtime.

Both teams brought honor to their schools, themselves and the Metro area for giving us two state champions in one year. Dyersville Beckman took the Class 1A title.

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