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Evans called 'The Greatest' with 4 golds

DES MOINES - Josh Evans sat in the stands at the state track meet as a scrawny freshman in 2011 and loved seeing the crowd rise to its feet as Shelby Houlihan of Sioux City East set a batch of records in the girls distance races.

He remembers the Public Address announcer kept everyone informed that day as one record after another fell by the wayside.

"I remember thinking, that would be so cool if I could get that some day," Evans said Saturday afternoon. "It's really a dream come true that this happened."

Evans got his share of standing ovations Saturday as he completed one of the most remarkable performances in state meet history with four gold medals, three meet records and an all-time Iowa best in the 1600.

Mike Jay, the Public Address announcer, told the sun-splashed crowd of 8,744 that it was "The best distance performance in Iowa state meet history."

Evans wasn't sure about that, praising some of the other record-setting performances at this year's state meet, but he was the Star of Stars in the distance races with four golds.

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J-Hawks, Jenks win more gold medals

DES MOINES - Jasmine Blue runs fast for a reason.

"I hate getting second," she said with a sweet, determined smile. "I love first."

Blue had that loving feeling Saturday afternoon with a gutsy anchor to help Jefferson win the sprint medley at the Class 4A state track meet in Des Moines.

Ashley Norem of Urbandale made a spirited bid to pull ahead of Blue on the 400 leg of the medley, but Blue refused to concede.

"I felt her the whole time, but I knew I had to do it," said Blue. "I already knew how it was going to feel if I was going to get second."

And as she said before, "I hate second."

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Wash girls win regional tennis title

The Cedar Rapids Washington girls tennis team won the Class 2A regional title Saturday with a 5-0 conquest of Iowa City West at the Kennedy courts.

The Warriors reached the finals by blanking Kennedy in the semifinals, 5-0.

Washington did not lose a set the entire day.

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Lions reach state tennis meet

CLINTON - The Linn-Mar Lions defeated Pleasant Valley, 5-1, in the Class 2A substate finals Saturday and earned a spot in the state team tennis tournament for only the second time since 1988.

Linn-Mar blanked Muscatine in the substate semifinals, 5-0, earlier in the day.

Brady Anderson of Linn-Mar defeated Charlie Humes of Pleasant Valley, 6-4, 6-2, in a rematch of the 2013 state finals. Anderson won the state title last year with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Humes.

The 2014 state team tournament will be held in Ankeny June 3 with four teams competing.

 

 

 

 

 

Saints capture regional tennis title

The Xavier Saints rolled by Western Dubuque, 5-1, Saturday to capture the Class 1A regional girls tennis title at the Xavier courts.

The Saints will face Dubuque Wahlert in the opening round of the state tournament in Waterloo Tuesday at 3 p.m.

Kylie DeWees won a tough victory over Rose Simon-Ressler at No.1 singles, 7-5, 6-4.

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