Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Prairie girls pop into soccer rankings

New coach Doug Graham has steered Cedar Rapids Prairie into the girls soccer rankings.

The Hawks are ranked 10th this week in Class 3A, the IGHSAU announced Friday. Kennedy, which was ranked No.7, dropped out of the rankings this week and other teams moved up, making room for Prairie in the top 10.

The Linn-Mar Lions are ranked No. 2 again in Class 3A, trailing Bettendorf in the big-school ratings.

The Xavier Saints are ranked No. 2 again in Class 2A, trailing North Scott.

CLASS 3A

1. Bettendorf (9-1), 2. Linn-Mar (10-0), 3. Iowa City West (8-1), 4. Waukee (8-1), 5. West Des Moines Valley (7-3), 6. Dowling Catholic (5-4), 7. Johnston (10-1), 8. Dubuque Hempstead (6-2), 9. Muscatine (8-3), 10. Prairie (6-2).

CLASS 2A

1. North Scott (8-2), 2. Xavier (5-5), 3. Pleasant Valley (8-5), 4. Ankeny Centennial (6-5), 5. Waverly-Shell Rock (7-2), 6. Ankeny (5-4), 7. Dallas Center-Grimes (6-3), 8. ADM (8-1), 9. Lewis Central (8-2), 10. Pella (7-4), 11. Newton (8-1), 12. Council Bluffs Jefferson (7-4), 13. Keokuk (9-1), 14. Spencer (11-2), 15. Winterset (8-2).

No. 2 Lions trim Saints in soccer

Claire Larson scored the game's only goal in the second half Thursday night as Linn-Mar edged Xavier, 1-0, in a Mississippi Valley Conference soccer match at Linn-Mar Stadium.

Linn-Mar is ranked No.2 in Class 3A, while Xavier is ranked No. 2 in Class 2A.

Linn-Mar netters roll by Saints

Brady Anderson, Tim Paulson, Trevor McCann, Ben Meyers, Kyle Brendes and Shane Skvor won their singles matches in straight sets Thursday as Linn-Mar topped Xavier, 8-1, in a Mississippi Valley Conference tennis meet at Linn-Mar.

Anderson defeated Kyle D'mello, 6-0, 6-1, at No.1 singles.

Linn-Mar 8, Xavier 1

Singles

1. Brady Anderson (LM) def. Kyle D'mello, 6-0, 6-1

2. Tim Paulson (LM) def. Ben Curley, 6-1, 6-2

3. Trevor McCann (LM) def. Chris Schirm, 6-1, 6-1

4. Ben Meyers (LM) def. Jack VonKampen, 6-0, 6-1

5. Kyle Brendes (LM) def. Blake Magill, 6-0, 6-2

6. Shane Skvor (LM) def. Grant Gibney, 6-3, 6-2

Doubles

1. Anderson/McCann (LM) def. D'mello/Curley, 6-3, 6-0

2. Paulson/Jace Dostal (LM) def. Schirm/VonKampen, 6-4, 4-6, 10-3

3. Ryan Jasper/Charlie Esker(X) def. Shawn Vollmer/Kesav Narayan, 6-4, 6-1

Evans casts eye to NYC; Prairie wins title

Josh Evans is dreaming about New York City.

Specifically, the Linn-Mar senior is dreaming about running in the Dream Mile in New York City on June 14 in an event that will feature the top high school milers in the country.

Evans definitely belongs in the conversation, but he has not clinched a spot yet despite his winning time of 4:10.76 at the Drake Relays two weeks ago.

He was hoping to go even faster at the MVC Valley Division Meet at Prairie High School Thursday evening, but nobody pushed him and he had to settle for 4:12.69.

"I want to go to that Dream Mile thing in New York. You need about a 4:07 1600 time to get in, so I was trying to get down in that range," he said after breaking the meet record.

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