Prairie Boys Soccer

No.13 Prairie boys boot J-Hawks

Steve Fritz scored both goals Thursday as the 13th-ranked Cedar Rapids Prairie soccer team shut out Jefferson, 2-0, in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet at the Kingston soccer complex.

Alec Balta pitched a shutout in goal for Prairie. Seth Rinderknecht had an assist in the game.

Prairie raised its record to 5-0 overall and 3-0 in the conference.

Prairie boys kick Waterloo East, 24-0

The 15th-ranked Cedar Rapids Prairie boys soccer team crushed Waterloo East, 24-0, in a Mississippi Valley Conference mismatch at Prairie Monday night.

The Hawks scored 12 goals in both halves.

Logan Rinderknecht and Boston Riley led the onslaught with four goals apiece. Seth Rinderknecht, Steve Fritz and Skyler Schreurs had three goals. Ben Drysdale scored twice.

JoJo Simpson, JoJuan Simpson, Joe Vizzini, Adam Keller and Zach Lefebure also scored.

Prairie is 4-0 overall and 2-0 in the conference.

No.15 Prairie boots Waterloo West

WATERLOO - Logan Rinderknecht and Jojuan Simpson scored goals Thursday night as the 15th-ranked Prairie soccer team blanked Waterloo West, 2-0, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game in Waterloo.

JoJo Simpson and Joel Collett collected assists for Prairie.

Alec Balta pitched a shutout in goal for the Hawks, who raised their records to 3-0 overall and 1-0 in the conference.

Kennedy climbs to 3rd in boys soccer

The Kennedy Cougars climbed two spots to No. 3 in the Class 3A boys soccer rankings Tuesday without playing a game.

Iowa City West and Linn-Mar, two of Kennedy's chief rivals in the Mississippi Valley Conference, got their seasons started last week against tough competition and lost a match. Iowa City West (2-1) fell from No. 1 to No. 8. Linn-Mar (1-1) dropped one notch from No. 3 to No. 4.

The chances are pretty good the shuffling might continue all season.

Johnston is the new No. 1 team in Class 3A, according to the Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association. Prairie jumped one spot to 15th. Washington dropped out of the 3A rankings.

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