METRO/IOWA CITY
C.R. Xavier 5, Benton Community 0 (5)
Iowa City High 2-4, Muscatine 0-2
 
AREA
Clear Creek Amana 8, Mid-Prairie 1
Highland 4, Waco 3
Jesup 5, Central City 2
Lisbon 9, North Cedar 1
North Linn 2, Clayton Ridge 1 (8)
North Mahaska 6, English Valleys 3
 
STATE
Bellevue Marquette 1, Preston 0
 
C.R. XAVIER 5, BENTON COMMUNITY 0 — At Xavier, Jenny Drahozal and Abby Bedard each had two hits and three RBIs to lead the Saints (3-0).
 
LISBON 9, NORTH CEDAR 1 — Brittany Pleasant had two hits and three RBIs, while Kylie Werderman added two hits and an …

METRO/IOWA CITY
Burlington 7-6, I.C. West 5-5
Marion 6-4, West Delaware 3-10
Bettendorf 5, C.R. Jefferson 3
AREA
Benton Comm. 11-13, Maquoketa 1-7 (1st 5)
Don Bosco 17, Jesup 4 (6)
Dyersville Beckman 6-10, Clear Creek Amana 4-2
East Marshall 7, Union Community 3
Iowa Valley 10, Tri-County 2
Lisbon 11, Central City 1 (5)
Mount Vernon 9-7, Waterloo Columbus 5-6
South Winneshiek 7, Decorah 3
Valley Community 4, Edgewood-Colesburg 2
 
BURLINGTON 7, I.C. WEST 5 — At Burlington, Sean Moore had three hits, including a home run, and drove in three runs.  Chris Lauer added a solo home run for the Little …

METRO/IOWA CITY
Bettendorf 1, Linn-Mar 0
Davenport West 1, C.R. Prairie 0 (OT)
Marion 1, Mount Pleasant 0
Area
Denver 3, Center Point-Urbana 2 (OT)
 
AT DAVENPORT
Davenport West 1, C.R. Prairie 0 (OT)
Goals — DW: Bekah Willich.
 
AT MARION
Marion 1, Mount Pleasant 0
Goal — Sarah Rosenberger. Assist — Ashley Kupka.
 

C.R. Washington 3, Dubuque Hempstead 0
Goal: Sara Boniface. Assist: Maddie Hines
 

AT C.R. XAVIER
C.R. Xavier 8, Clear Creek Amana 0
Goals — CRX: Charlie Bales 3, Aaron Lacy, Chad Gilmore, Trevor Hermesh, Flynn Heald, Clayton Lynch; Assists — CRX: Bales 2, Alex Thacker, Connor Dorrance, Eric Schreck, Lacy, Collin O’Connor, Tim Bouchard
 
AT C.R. Kennedy
C.R. Prairie 3, C.R. Kennedy 1
Goals — CRK: Pat Montag
 

CORALVILLE — It wasn’t a surprise that second-ranked Iowa City West scored three goals on No. 4 Cedar Rapids Washington. After all, the Trojans did that in the teams’ regular-season game.
But Thursday at Northwest Junior High School, West drilled its first two goals off corner kicks, which surprised the Trojans (15-2) as much as it deflated the Warriors (15-4). West Coach Brad Stiles chuckled when explaining the team’s strategy on corner kicks. It’s not as if the team had one that actually worked before this 3-1 victory in a Class …

Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Cedar Rapids Xavier are ranked No. 1 in the final girls’ soccer rankings of the season.

CEDAR RAPIDS — Does Charlie Caris have a date with history?
Not if Joey White can help it.

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If district scores mean anything, the Class 3A boys’ state golf tournament is anybody’s race.

Seven of the eight teams qualified with scores within 13 strokes of each other.
Washington (Iowa) was fourth last year, and the Demons’ district tally of 303 is best among the qualifiers.
The 3A tournament is at The Harvester Golf Club, Rhodes. The 2A competition is at Lake Panorama National Resort, Panorama, while the 1A event is at Spring Valley Golf Course, Livermore. Tee time is noon Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday.
Decorah and Ballard are among …

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Three defending state champions are ranked No. 1 in the preseason softball rankings, released Wednesday at the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

West Des Moines Valley (40-5 in 2008) is the top team in Class 4A, while Winterset (41-4) and North Polk (40-4) head the lists in 3A and 2A, respectively.
Martensdale-St. Marys (33-6), the 1A runner-up last year, leads the 1A list. Defending champion Newell-Fonda is No. 4.
Cedar Rapids Jefferson and Clear Creek Amana lead the area hopefuls.
Jefferson (32-11) is No. 2 in 4A. The J-Hawks finished third last year. …

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There were more birds than ballplayers at Lou Koenigsfeld Field on Wednesday.
Charles City baseball’s scheduled home opener with Cedar Falls was postponed due to unplayable conditions at Sportsmen’s Park.
The Comets will take on Cedar Falls at 4 p.m. Friday as part of the Louie K Classic. The winner of that matchup will face the winner of Clear Lake and Mason City Newman for the championship later that night.
Source: Charles City Press