![Linn-Mar quarterback Ryan Schmidt scores on a 5-yard run in the second quarter Monday night against Iowa City West. (MSR photo by Ken Gilchrist).](/images/resized/images/photos/linn-mar/football/11-13-14-linn-mar_thumb200__200_265.jpg)
Linn-Mar bumped off by IC West
That's all the Linn-Mar Lions needed in the final two minutes with Iowa City West sitting 93 yards from the winning score.
That stop never came.
Iowa City West drove the length of the field and scored the winning touchdown on a 9-yard run by Yeshuwa Hicks with 25 seconds left for a 38-34 victory win in the second round of the Class 4A playoffs Monday night at rainy Linn-Mar Stadium.
The victory sends Coach Garrett Hartwig's 7-4 Trojans into a Friday night quarterfinal game against top-ranked Cedar Rapids Washington at Kingston Stadium. The Warriors advanced with a win over Cedar Falls.
Linn-Mar closes its season at 9-2.
Having to play catch-up against good football teams is nothing new for Iowa City West. Linn-Mar was the fifth No. 1 playoff seed the Trojans have faced this year.
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