Keenan Davis sang the Cedar Rapids Washington fight song, wrapped himself in the Class 4A state championship flag and picked up track teammate Lewi Manirumva moments before Washington was announced as the state’s best track team Saturday in Des Moines.
Davis paced Washington to victory in the 800-meter relay and top-five finishes in the 400 and distance medley relays. It was a crowning moment to a brilliant high school career.
Now it’s on to bigger and more high-profile events at the University of Iowa. It’s possible he’ll challenge to get on the …

CLASS 1A REGIONAL FINALS
Region 2
Red Oak 5, Pella 1
Region 3
Wahlert 5, Decorah 0
Region 4
Camanche 5, Fairfield Maharishi 0
 
CLASS 2A REGIONAL FINALS
Region 1
Ames 5, Fort Dodge 0
Region 2
WDM Valley 5, Des Moines Roosevelt 1
Region 3
C.R. Kennedy 5, C.R. Xavier 3
Region 4
Bettendorf 5, Clinton 1
 

AREA
Iowa Valley 8, Montezuma 4
North Linn 8-6, Jesup 1-2
North Mahaska 7, HLV 4
 
NORTH LINN 8, JESUP 1 — Shane Carson and Griffin Humphreys combined to throw a one-hitter in North Linn’s victory over Jesup. Carson (1-0) went five innings and struck out 11 for his first win of the season.
NORTH LINN 6, JESUP 2 — Nolan Dvorak threw a complete game for North Linn (2-0), allowing one earned run on four hits. Teammate Ben Lindsey paced the Lynx at the plate, finishing with two hits and an RBI. Jesup falls …

METRO/IOWA CITY
C.R. Prairie 3, Solon 1
 
AT C.R. PRAIRIE
C.R. PRAIRIE 3, SOLON 1
Goals — CRP: Taylor Shaw 2, Rachel Carney; S: Katie Paulson. Assists — CRP: Tarra Troendle, Laiken Whitters, Emily Beatty; S: Danielle Herdliska.
 

METRO
Alburnett 8-7, Prairie 2-4
Linn-Mar 10-10 , Washington 0-2, 1st 6
AREA
Clear Creek Amana 12-15, Center Point-Urbana 0-2 (1st, 5; 2nd, 6)
Keokuk 5, Highland 1
Lisbon 11, East Central 0 (5)
Maquoketa 5-2, Anamosa 0-5
Williamsburg 5-9, Vinton Shellsburg 1-5
 
LINN-MAR 10, WASHINGTON 0 — The Lions (2-0) opened the season with a sweep on their home diamond. Leah Beck two doubles and two RBIs. Also getting two hits were Lindsey Harms, Kristin Gibbs and Sammi Sylvester. Erin Varcoe (1-0) tossed four-hit shutout with seven strikeouts.
LINN-MAR 10, WASHINGTON 2 — Kristin Gibbs, Leah Beck, Hilary Van …

CEDAR RAPIDS — For the first time in more than a decade, the West side is the best side when it comes to Metro baseball.
Matt Beer threw a five-hitter and helped account for both runs as Cedar Rapids Jefferson picked up a 2-0 shutout victory last night over Cedar Rapids Kennedy in the championship game of the Bob Vrbicek Metro Baseball Tournament. It’s the J-Hawks’ first Metro title since 1998.
“The West side has been quiet lately,” said Beer, a senior right-hander. “We knew that we had a good team. We …

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Now that the long holiday weekend is over, here are a few things that caught my eye and made their way into my notebook from the  annual the state track and field championships.
*The Class 4A girls 800 race between Colette Gnade of Waukee and Sioux City East’s Shelby Houlihan Saturday morning was hands down the best race of the weekend. In nearly any other year, third place finisher Katie Flood of West Des Moines Dowling and fourth place finisher Ellen Dougherty of Sioux City East would have won …

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DES MOINES, Iowa – Listed below are the results of Iowa high school girl’s golf regionals and state qualifiers reported by the IGHSAU.
2009…
Source: Iowa Sports Connection

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DES MOINES, Iowa – Listed below are the upcoming pairings for Iowa high school boy’s soccer substates to be played on Thursday, May 28th.
Iowa High School Boy’s…
Source: Iowa Sports Connection