IOWA CITY - The Cedar Rapids Prairie boys soccer team gave third-ranked Iowa City West a good battle in the Class 3A substate finals Saturday before falling short, 4-3, in Iowa City.

Nerm Ibrahimovic scored two goals for Prairie and Mitch Renwick tallied the other.

Iowa City West (18-1) advances to the state tournament as the No. 2 seed and will face West Des Moines Valley (15-4) Thursday in Des Moines.