Prairie Girls Soccer

No.1 Lions top J-Hawks in regional

With a season-ending loss to Linn-Mar Wednesday night, Jefferson soccer coach Richard Appleby said goal keeper Maddy Webber needs some time off.

“She’s pretty beat up,” said the first-year J-Hawk mentor, who spent the previous five years as a Linn-Mar assistant. “She has a lot of aches and pains. It’s going to take her a month or two just to heal.

"I wish we could have given her a little more defense this year.”

The young and inexperienced Jefferson squad finished 3-15 by losing to the Lions, 4-1, in a regional semifinal at Linn-Mar Stadium.

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Metro girls saluted in district soccer

The Linn-Mar Lions and Xavier Saints grabbed five spots apiece on the all-district soccer teams, the Iowa Girls Coaches Association announced Monday.

The Lions, ranked No. 1 in Class 3A, placed Jensen Sevening, Olivia Garcia and goalie Rylie Frese on the Class 3A East first team. Claire Larson and Malory Garman were named second team all-district. Steve Dickinson of Linn-Mar was named the Co-Coach of the Year.

The Saints, ranked No. 3 in Class 2A, were represented on the Class 2A East team by Marissa Berutti. Elizabeth Bailey, Katie Ives, Sydney Wright and goalie Holly Hazelton were named to the second team from Xavier.

Hannah Kousheh of Prairie and Kaela Dickerman of Kennedy were named first team all-district in Class 3A. Morgan Petsche and Sydney Hayden of Kennedy, Shalyn Kinney of Jefferson and goalie Hannah Schroeder of Washington were second-team picks.

Amanda Sahm, Erica Kelly and Madison Bach of Marion were named second team all-district in Class 2A East.

Linn-Mar ranked No.1 in girls soccer

The Linn-Mar girls soccer team used its victory over top-ranked Bettendorf Thursday tonight to claim the No.1 spot in the Class 3A rankings Friday by the IGHSAU.

The Lions beat Bettendorf, 3-2, in overtime. The two teams traded spots in the poll, with Linn-Mar moving from No.2 to No.1 and Bettendorf heading in the opposite direction.

Linn-Mar has a 17-0 record.

There are four Metro teams in the rankings this week. Xavier is No.3 in Class 2A and Marion is No.15. Prairie is ranked No.9 in Class 3A.

CLASS 3A

1. Linn-Mar (17-0), 2. Bettendorf (15-2), 3. West Des Moines Valley (11-3), 4. Hempstead (14-2), 5. Johnston (15-3), 6. Waukee (14-3), 7. Iowa City West (14-3), 8. Muscatine (14-3), 9. Prairie (12-3), 10. Dowling Catholic (9-6).

CLASS 2A

1. Waverly-Shell Rock (16-2), 2. North Scott (13-4), 3. Xavier (8-7), 4. Dallas Center-Grimes (12-4), 5. Pleasant Valley (9-8), 6. Ankeny Centennial (10-7), 7. ADM (14-2), 8. Council Bluffs Jefferson (12-6), 9. Lewis Central (11-5), 10. Pella (11-5), 11. Ankeny (6-8), 12. Spencer (14-2), 13. Newton (12-3), 14. Winterset (11-4), 15. Marion (9-4).

Kousheh scores 6 goals for Prairie

CEDAR FALLS - Hannah Kousheh poured in six goals Tuesday as 10th-ranked Prairie drubbed Waterloo West, 9-2, in a Mississippi Valley Conference match at the Cedar Valley Soccer Complex in Cedar Falls.

Hayley Moyle, Paige Pritts and Cassie Noel also scored for the Hawks.