Washington Boys Soccer

Patterson helps No. 5 Wash top Tigers

Antonio "AJ" Patterson produced a pair of goals Thursday as No. 5 Washington blanked Cedar Falls, 4-0, in the semifinals of the Class 3A substate soccer tournament at Kingston Stadium.

Washington will face No. 6 Kennedy in the substate finals Saturday at noon at Kingston Stadium, with the winner advancing to the state tournament.

Emmanuel Hildago-Wohlleben and Alex Kennedy also scored goals for the Warriors Thursday.

Johnston, Waverly top boys soccer polls

Everybody will be chasing Johnston and Waverly-Shell Rock in the boys postseason soccer tournaments.

Johnston is the unanimous No. 1 pick in Class 3A and Waverly-Shell Rock was voted No. 1 in Class 2A in the final poll of the season by the Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association.

Five Metro teams are ranked again this week.

Linn-Mar is No. 4 in Class 3A, Washington No. 5 and Kennedy No. 6. Xavier is ranked No. 4 in Class 2A and Marion No. 14.

CLASS 3A

1. Johnston (17-0), 2. Iowa City High (13-2), 3. Iowa City West (16-1), 4. Linn-Mar (15-3), 5. Washington (12-4), 6. Kennedy (13-4), 7. Pleasant Valley (13-2), 8. Waukee (13-4), 9. Bettendorf (13-4), 10. West Des Moines Valley (16-4), 11. Ankeny Centennial (14-3), 12. Sioux City West (16-1), 13. Ames (11-4), 14. Southeast Polk (13-5-1), 15. Muscatine (12-5), 16. Dubuque Hempstead (10-5).

CLASS 2A

1. Waverly-Shell Rock (13-1), 2. Norwalk (10-6), 3. Spencer (17-1), 4. Xavier (7-9), 5. Glenwood (14-3), 6. Pella (13-5-1), 7. Perry (12-3), 8. Dallas Center-Grimes (9-5), 9. ADM (12-5-1), 10. DeWitt Central (12-3), 11. Clear Creek Amana (10-4-2), 12. Heelan (10-3), 13. Webster City (14-4), 14. Marion (10-3), 15. Creston (11-4), 16. Davenport Assumption (8-9).

No. 5 Warriors blank J-Hawks

Jacob Bjornsen, Alex Kennedy and AJ Patterson scored goals Thursday night as No. 5 Washington defeated Jefferson, 3-0, in a Mississippi Valley Conference soccer match at Kingston.

Connor Geuder, Reed Tovey and Nathan Metzger collected assists for the Warriors.

Gunnar Lenzen and Tovey shared the duties in goal as Washington raised its records to 12-4 overall and 9-4 in the league.

5 Metro teams ranked in boys soccer

Linn-Mar, Washington and Kennedy are still neck-and-neck in the Class 3A boys soccer rankings.

The Lions are ranked No. 4, Washington No. 5 and Kennedy No. 6 in the Week 7 rankings released Wednesday by the IAHSSCA. Linn-Mar fell one spot this week.

The Xavier Saints are ranked No.4 and Marion is No. 14 in Class 2A. Marion slipped one spot from last week.

Prairie dropped out of the Class 3A rankings.

CLASS 3A

1. Johnston (13-0), 2. Iowa City High (16-0), 3. Iowa City West (14-1), 4. Linn-Mar (14-2), 5. Washington (10-4), 6. Kennedy (11-4), 7. Pleasant Valley (12-2), 8. Waukee (13-3), 9. West Des Moines Valley (12-3), 10. Bettendorf (13-4), 11. Ankeny Centennial (12-3), 12. Sioux City West (16-1), 13. Muscatine (11-4), 14. Ames (10-4), 15. Southeast Polk (12-5-1), 16. Dubuque Hempstead (9-4).

CLASS 2A

1. (tie) Norwalk (9-5), Waverly-Shell Rock (12-1), 3. Spencer (15-1), 4. Xavier (6-8), 5. Pella (11-4-1), 6. Glenwood (11-3), 7. Dallas Center-Grimes (7-4), 8. ADM (10-5-1), 9. Perry (10-3), 10. DeWitt Central (10-3), 11. Clear Creek-Amana (9-4-2), 12. Creston (11-3), 13. Webster City (13-3), 14. Marion (9-2), 15. Davenport Assumption (8-7), 16. Sioux City Heelan (8-3).