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Marion breaks into rankings

Undefeated Marion (4-0) broke into the Class 2A rankings at No. 15 in the polls released by the Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association.

Xavier (4-1-1) remained No. 1 in Class 2A.

Three Metro teams are ranked in the Class 3A poll. Kennedy is fourth, Washington seventh and Linn-Mar 12th.

West Des Moines Valley, despite a loss to Pleasant Valley last weekend, remains the top ranked team in Class 3A.

IHSSCA POLLS
(First-place votes in parentheses)

Class 3A
1. WDM Valley (5)  8-1-0
2. Johnston  7-0-0
3. WDM Dowling (3)  3-0-0
4. CR Kennedy  6-1-0
5. Cedar Falls (1)  6-0-0
6. Iowa City High  4-2-0
7. CR Washington  6-1-0
8. Waukee  4-1-0
9. Iowa City West  3-3-0
10. Ankeny  4-1-0
11. Bettendorf  6-1-1
12. Linn-Mar  3-2-0
13. Pleasant Valley  3-4-1
14. Waterloo West  5-3-0
15. Ames  1-2-0
Others receiving votes -- DM Roosevelt, Sioux City North, CR Prairie.

Class 2A
1. CR Xavier (8)  4-1-1
2. Decorah  2-0-0
3. Glenwood  5-1-0
4. A-D-M  6-1-0
5. (tie) Hudson  6-1-1
5. (tie) Dubuque Wahlert (1)  1-2-1
7. Spencer  4-1-0
8. Grinnell  3-0-0
9. Denison-Schleswig  4-1-0
10. Perry  5-1-0
11. Norwalk  2-4-0
12. Knoxville  5-2-0
13. Sioux City Heelan  2-3-0
14. Waverly-Shell Rock  4-1-0
15. Marion  4-0-0
Others receiving votes -- Pella, Carroll, Spirt Lake, Webster City.

Class 1A
1. Iowa City Regina (6)  2-1-0
2. Fort Madison Holy Trinity (1)  4-0-0
3. Solon  4-0-0
4. Burlington Notre Dame  5-0-0
5. Dyersville Beckman  2-0-0
6. Council Bluffs St. Albert  4-2-0
7. Iowa Mennonite  2-1-0
8. Albia  3-0-0
9. Bondurant-Farrar  4-1-0
10. Waterloo Columbus  3-2-2
11. Nevada  3-0-1
12. Davenport Assumption  1-2-0
13. Carroll Kuemper  3-1-0
14. Gilbert  1-2-0
15. Gladbrook-Reinbeck  3-2-0
Others receiving votes -- Nodaway Valley, Underwood, Postville, Aplington-Parkersburg, Tri-Center Neola, Orange City Unity Christian, Clinton Prince of Peace.

Xavier girls still No. 1; Warriors up to 8th

The Xavier girls soccer team is still ranked No. 1 in the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union polls released Friday.

Four Metro teams are ranked among the top 15 in Class 3A. Linn-Mar is fifth, Washington eighth, Kennedy ninth and Jefferson 14th. Prairie broke into the Class 2A rankings at No. 12.

Linn-Mar and Kennedy each dropped a spot from the preseason poll while Washington shot up six spots. Jefferson dropped three spots and likely was headed out of the poll until it shocked Kennedy, 1-0, Thursday night.

West Des Moines Valley is ranked No. 1 and Iowa City West No. 2 in Class 3A. West's game against Washington at Kingston Stadium Friday night was postponed by bad weather. It will be made up Tuesday (April 19).

Pleasant Valley is ranked second behind Xavier in Class 2A.

Union of LaPorte City is No. 1 in 1A, followed by Dubuque Wahlert.

IGHSAU RANKINGS

Class 3A
 1. West Des Moines Valley  3-0
 2. Iowa City West  3-0
 3. Johnston  2-0
 4. Bettendorf  1-1
 5. Linn-Mar  2-1
 6. Ankeny  2-0
 7. Urbandale  0-1
 8. C.R. Washington  2-0
 9. C.R. Kennedy  2-1
10. D.M. Lincoln  2-0
11. W.D.M. Dowling  1-1
12. C.B. Thomas Jefferson  3-1
13. Sioux City North  1-2
14. C.R. Jefferson  1-2
15. Ames 1-2

Class 2A
 1. C.R. Xavier  5-0
 2. Pleasant Valley  1-0
 3. Waverly-Shell Rock  3-1
 4. North Scott  1-1
 5. Glenwood  2-0
 6. Waukee  2-0
 7. Independence/East Buchanan  4-0
 8. Lewis Central  2-1
 9. Pella 1-1
10. ADM/Van Meter  2-0
11. Sioux City East  1-1
12. C.R. Prairie  2-1
13. D.M. Hoover  2-1
14. Winterset  5-0
15. Decorah  2-1

 Class 1A
1. Union  4-0
2. Dubuque Wahlert  3-1
3. Davenport Assumption  3-0
4. Sioux City Heelan  2-0
5. Waterloo Columbus  3-0
6. Nevada  2-1
7. Dallas Center-Grimes  2-1
8. Denver  4-0
9. Bondurant-Farrar  4-0
10. Solon  2-1
11. Center Point-Urbana  2-1
12. Gilbert  2-1
13. Iowa City Regina  2-1
14. C.B. St. Albert  0-2
15. Monticello  3-1

Xavier No. 1, Kennedy No. 3 in boys soccer rankings

Despite a 3-2 loss to Cedar Falls earlier in the week, Xavier held onto the No. 1 spot in the Class 2A boys soccer rankings released Wednesday by the Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association.

Kennedy and Washington held onto the Nos. 3 and 7 spots and Linn-Mar moved up to No. 10 in the 3A poll. Prairie, ranked 13th a week ago, fell out of the poll.

West Des Moines Valley and Dowling remained the top two teams in the Class 3A poll. Kennedy plays at Valley on Friday night.

Dubuque Wahlert, which was beaten by Washington Monday night at Kingston Stadium, is still No. 2 in the 2A poll behind Xavier. Marion, winners of 15 of its last 16 games dating back to last season, was among the teams receiving votes.

Iowa City Regina is still No. 1 in 1A.

IHSSCA TOP 15
(First-place votes in parentheses)

Class 3A

1. W.D.M. Valley (9), 4-0-0; 2. W.D.M. Dowling, 3-0-0; 3. C.R. Kennedy, 2-0-0; 4. Ankeny, 3-0-0; 5. Iowa City High, 3-1-0; 6. Johnston, 6-0-0; 7. C.R. Washington, 4-1-0; 7. Johnston, 8. Iowa City West, 2-2-0; 9. Cedar Falls, 4-0-0; 10. Linn-Mar, 2-1-0; 11. Waukee, 2-1-0; 12. D.M. Roosevelt, 0-1-0; 13. Ames, 1-1-0; 14. Bettendorf, 2-1-1; 15. Urbandale, 2-2-0.

Others receiving votes -- D.M. East, S.C. North, C.R. Prairie, Pleasant Valley, D.M. Hoover, Muscatine. 

Class 2A

1. C.R. Xavier (9), 2-1-1; 2. Dubuque Wahlert, 1-0-1; 3. Decorah, 1-0-0; 4. Glenwood, 3-1-0; 5. A-D-M, 4-1-0; 6. Hudson, 4-0-0; 7. Sioux City Heelan, 1-1-0; 8. Norwalk, 0-2-0; 9. Spencer, 3-1-0; 10. (tie) Denison-Schleswig, 3-0-0, and Grinnell, 2-0-0; 12. Knoxville, 3-2-0; 13. Perry, 4-1-0; 14. Spirit Lake, 1-2-0; 14. Harlan, 1-0-0; 15. Waverly-Shell Rockr, 4-1-0.

Others receiving votes -- Marion, Ballard, Carroll, Pella, Keokuk, DeWitt Central, Dallas Center-Grimes, Clear Creek Amana, Williamsburg, Mount Vernon, Fairfield.

Class 1A

1. Iowa City Regina (5), 1-1-0; 2. Fort Madison Holy Trinity (2), 3-0-0; 3. Solon, 1-0-0; 4. Council Bluffs St. Albert, 2-2-0; 5. Iowa Mennonite, 1-0-0; 6. Dyersville Beckman, 2-0-0; 7. Burlington Notre Dame, 3-0-0; 8. Gilbert, 0-1-0; 9. (tie) Albia, 2-0-0, and Nevada, 1-0-1; 11. Davenport Assumption, 1-1-0; 12. Waterloo Columbus, 1-1-0; 13. Bondurant-Farrar, 2-1-0; 14. Unity Christian, 1-2-0; 15. Gladbrook-Reinbeck, 3-2-0.

Others receiving votes -- Tri-Center Neola, Carroll Kuemper, Postville, Riverside Oakland, Danville.

District/Regional track sites released

Boys and girls track teams representing five Metro schools will run in the same district and regional meets on May 12, the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union announced Tuesday.

The boys and girls teams from Jefferson, Kennedy, Washington, Prairie and Xavier have been assigned to the Class 4A district/regional meets at Iowa City High.  Lin-Mar's teams will run in the 4A meets at Dubuque Hempstead and Marion's at the 3A meets at DeWitt Central.

The boys and girls state track meet is May 19-21 at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.