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DES MOINES - The Linn-Mar Lions blanked West Des Moines Valley, 6-0, to finish in third place at the Class 2A state team tennis tournament at the Waveland Tennis Courts in Des Moines on Tuesday.
The Lions were defeated by Ames, 5-0, in the semifinals, then returned to the courts an hour later and skunked Valley for third.
Iowa City West trimmed Ames, 5-3, for the Class 2A title.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 05 June 2012 14:15
During the awards ceremony following the Iowa High School Class 2A state tennis championships Saturday afternoon, tournament director Randy Krecji of Cedar Rapids said an old coach once told him that the next best thing to winning a tourney is to finish fifth.
In most meets, claiming the consolation bracket prize takes four victories. And, as is the case with the champion, it also means closing out with a victory.
The Linn-Mar doubles team of Tyler McCann and Brady Anderson picked up fifth-place hardware Saturday after defeating Clinton's Mitch Schumacher and Ryan Schroeder, 6-3, 6-4, at the Veterans Memorial Tennis Center.
Day one of the boys high school state tennis tournament was not a good one for the Linn-Mar doubles team of Tyler McCann and Brady Anderson.
It was good, though, for Kennedy's Riley Galbraith, who remains the only Metro player still in the chase for a title.
The top-seeded doubles team of Tyler McCann and Anderson survived a scare in their first match Friday, but lost the second for their first defeat of the season.
Austin Stroschein and Austin Banks drove in three runs apiece Friday night as Linn-Mar defeated Bettendorf, 8-1, in the first game of a doubleheader at Linn-Mar.
The second game was rained out.
Justin Wyant struck out six batters in 5 1/3 innings to get the victory. He allowed three hits and four walks.
BETTENDORF - Miranda Holle scored the only goal of the game Thursday as second-ranked Bettendorf trimmed No. 10 Linn-Mar, 1-0, in a girls soccer match in Bettendorf.
Holle scored in the first half in a windy contest.
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