Linn-Mar High School - Marion, Iowa

Lions blanked at state soccer again

DES MOINES - The Linn-Mar Lions are young. They hope to come back. But truth be told, they're tired of shooting blanks at the girls state soccer tournament.

Linn-Mar failed to mount an attack Thursday and lost to Waukee, 3-0, in the first round of the Class 3A tournament at the Cownie Sports Complex in Des Moines.

Linn-Mar has made four trips to the state tournament and has been shut out in the first round each time.

"Yeah, we wanted it," said sophomore Olivia Garcia, "but we couldn't get it this time."

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Lions drop twinbill to Little Hawks

The Iowa City High Little Hawks swept a Mississippi Valley Conference softball doubleheader from Linn-Mar Tuesday, 7-3 and 11-1, at the Linn-Mar complex.

Hannah Yearling and Kortlan Ollinger went 2-for-4 for the Lions in the first game.

Linn-Mar fell to 3-8 overall and 2-4 in the MVC.

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West's 4-run 9th pins double-loss on Lions

Iowa City West scored four runs in the top of the ninth inning of the nightcap and swept Linn-Mar, 7-0 and 8-6, in a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader Monday night at Linn-Mar.

Kyle Mortensen, Austin Stroschein and Brandt Ollinger had two hits apiece to lead Linn-Mar's 10-hit attack in the nightcap. Jimmy Roth had a two-run double.

Linn-Mar (5-6, 2-2) was held to three hits in the opener. Declan Doyle drove in four runs in the opener and two in the nightcap for West (8-2, 4-1).

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Garcia's hat trick sends Lions to state

“Wasn’t that an exciting game?” Steve Dickinson, head coach of Linn-Mar’s girls’ soccer team, asked as his team celebrated on the field Monday night, players taking turns posing with the banner marking their advance to this week’s Class 3A state tournament.

The Lions’ 5-2 win over Cedar Falls was exciting entertainment, and for much of the match closer than the final result. Linn-Mar didn’t lead until early in the second half, but sophomore Olivia Garcia’s hat trick proved the difference.

“When it’s an important game, I feel like my intensity picks up,” Garcia said. “We wanted this really bad, but we were really confident going into this game.”

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