Kennedy heads up a four-team contingent from the Metro ranked in the top seven of this week's Class 3A boys soccer poll released Wednesday by the Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association.

Kennedy is ranked No.1 and received all 10 first-place votes cast in the poll. Washington is ranked fifth, Prairie sixth and Linn-Mar seventh.

Xavier is ranked No.1 in Class 2A. The Saints received all but one first-place vote.

Iowa City High and Iowa City West are ranked second and third, respectively, in the Class 3A poll. Kennedy travels to Iowa City West for a match Friday. Washington is at Iowa City High the same day.

IHSSCA BOYS RANKINGS
(First-place votes in parentheses)

CLASS 3A
1. CR Kennedy (10), 2. Iowa City High, 3. Iowa City West, 4. Johnston, 5. CR Washington, 6. CR Prairie, 7. Linn-Mar, 8. Ankeny, 9. WDM Dowling, 10. Ames, 11. Marshalltown, 12. Pleasant Valley, 13. Muscatine, 14. Bettendorf, 15. SC West, 16. Waukee

CLASS 2A
1. CR Xavier (9), 2. Spencer (1), 3. Dubuque Wahlert, 4. Webster City, 5. Norwalk, 6. Hudson, 7. Pella, 8. Solon, 9. Glenwood, 10. Newton, 11. Storm Lake, 12. Spirit Lake, 13. ADM, 14. Dallas Center-Grimes, 15t. Waverly-Shell Rock, 15t. Clear Creek Amana

CLASS 1A
1. Dyersville Beckman (8), 2. Iowa City Regina (2), 3. Center Point-Urbana, 4. Waterloo Columbus, 5. Davenport Assumption (1), 6. Holy Trinity, 7. Nevada, 8. IMS, 9. Gladbrook-Reinbeck, 10. CB St. Albert, 11. West Liberty, 12. Riverside, 13. MOC-Floyd Valley, 14. Underwood, 15. North Polk, 16. Albia