Conference News

Iowa City West girls edge Cedar Falls for Valley title

Iowa City West and Cedar Falls combined to sweep the top 10 spots at the Mississippi Valley Conference Valley Division girls cross country meet Thursday at Prairie.

West pulled out the team title with 25 points. Cedar Falls had 30. Prairie was third at 77, followed by Dubuque Hempstead (115), Xavier (130), Jefferson (167) and Waterloo East (202).

Cedar Falls junior Allison Gregg was the individual winner, running the 4k course in 15 minutes, 15 seconds. Iowa City West junior Molly Leveille was close behind in 15:18.

Prairie junior Beth Heims was 11th in 16:31 and senior Bree Gaster was 12th in 16:32.

Xavier was led by sophomore Marinna Schroud, who finished 21st in 17:11.

Jefferson's top finisher was junior Michelle Zikes, who was 26th in 17:24.

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MVC Football stats - Oct. 7

MVC FOOTBALL STATS
Through Oct. 7
(* - Oct. 7 game not reported)
Stats compiled from Quik Stats Iowa

RUSHING
Ronald Thompson (ICH)      172-1496, 8.7, 17 TDs
*Barkley Hill (CF)                 151-1339, 8.9, 25 TDs
Carter Valentine (CRX)        166-932, 5.6, 7 TDs
Mitch Wantock (LM)              83-792, 9.5, 9 TDs
Sam Koenig (DW)                  120-663, 5.5, 3 TDs
Desmond VanArsdale (WE)   93-636, 6.8, 8 TDs
Riley McCarron (DW)             74-598, 8.1, 4 TDs
Charles Rogers (ICW)            90-569, 6.3, 13 TDs
Alex Hillyer (CRK)                124-549, 4.4, 6 TDs
Zayne Moore (DS)                124-548, 4.4, 0 TD
Mitch Bredeson (CRW)        108-516, 4.8, 4 TDs
Dequayvious Martin (WW)   96-514, 5.4, 4 TDs
Aaron Taylor (WE)                 74-512, 6.9, 2 TDs
Jasper Washington (ICH)      75-493, 6.6, 6 TDs
Mark Atwater (LM)               61-462, 7.6, 6 TDs
David Tann (CRW)                 54-458, 8.5, 5 TDs
Trevor Heitland (CRK)          87-441, 5.1, 10 TDs

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We can 'Save The Valley' with football quotas

(Editor's Note: This article is part of the Metro Sports Report's attempt to save the Mississippi Valley Conference as a football league and stop the move toward Class 4A district football).

The Metro Sports Report thinks it has found a way to "Save the Valley" as a football league.

We think our solution would solve scheduling problems, let smaller schools play Class 3A football and protect the Mississippi Valley Conference as a football league.

It would keep 32 teams in the Class 4A playoffs and forestall the move toward Class 4A district football.

Our solution is fairly simple. It's called quotas, and we think it can be popular, successful and painless.

First, some background information.

There are four conferences for the Class 4A schools in Iowa with the Mississippi Valley, the Mississippi Athletic, the CIML and the Missouri River. We think our solution would help all four leagues - not just the Valley - and preserve the integrity and rich traditions of all four conferences.

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Saints take 13-stroke lead in Valley meet

WATERLOO - Xavier had four players finish among the top six and took control of the MVC Valley Division lead Monday at Gates Park.

J.P. King finished second, Matt Junge and Jason Beer finished in a three-way tie for third and Ben Sagers tied for sixth as Xavier won the second leg of the three-tourney series that determines the division champions.

"I made a comment recently that we hadn't played our best golf yet," Xavier Coach Tom O'Brien said. "Today we played well."

Xavier posted a 306 that was 12 strokes better than second-place Cedar Falls. The Saints entered the meet in second place, one stroke behind Hempstead and one ahead of Cedar Falls. They now hold a 13-stroke lead over the second-place Tigers and are 16 clear of Hempstead, which finished third Monday with a 323.

Jefferson was fourth, Prairie fifth, Iowa City West sixth and Waterloo East a distant seventh. Those teams hold those same places in the overall standings.

Hempstead's Carson Hillery shot a 1-over par 73 to take medalist honors. He is the overall medalist leader by three strokes over Xavier's Beer. King is five shots back.

The final round of the tournament is Sept. 26 at Airport National Golf Course in Cedar Rapids.

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