METRO/IOWA CITY
West Delaware 6, Marion 0
 
AREA
Anamosa 1, Independence 0 (9)
Bellevue Marquette 8, Northeast 6 (9)
Cascade 4-5, Central City 3-6 (2nd,
Clear Creek Amana 6, Dyersville Beckman 0
East Buchanan 4-0, Monticello 3-7
Keota 13, Montezuma 2 (5)
Maquoketa Valley 9-1, Starmont 4-3
Mount Vernon 7, Waterloo Columbus 1
North Cedar 7, Davenport North 6
Olin 3, Midland 2
Springville 4-7, Alburnett 2-6
Williamsburg 4, Solon 1
Wilton 4, Lisbon 1
 
WILLIAMSBURG 4, SOLON 1 — Kayley Hakeman struck out seven and Mikayla Wetjen scored three runs as Williamsburg improved to 8-0.
WILTON 4, LISBON 1 — Carlee Grunder had two …

METRO/IOWA CITY
Clinton 19, Prairie 0 (5)
I.C. West 13, Pleasant Valley 3
Davenport West 4, Xavier 0
AREA
Cascade 5-16, Solon 2-9
Dyersville Beckman 6-3, Mount Vernon 2-2
HLV 8, Sigourney 6
Keota 11, Montezuma 1
Lyville Sully 11, Tri-County 4
Midland 10, Olin 0 (5)
North Fayette 16, Maquoketa Valley 1 (4)
Northeast 9, Bellevue Marquette 2
Waterloo Columbus 15, Union Community 0 (4)
West Delaware 17, Oelwein 5
I.C. WEST 13, PLEASANT VALLEY 3 — Josh DeBoer and Chris Lauer each had a home run and three RBIs, and Neil Madsen drove in two runs and scored three for West (3-6).
CLINTON …

CLASS 2A REGIONAL SEMIFINALS
Region 5
Iowa City West 2, Newton 1
Muscatine 1, Iowa City High 0
Region 6
C.R. Washington 2, Cedar Falls 1
C.R. Kennedy 10, Waterloo West 0
Region 7
North Scott 3, Dubuque Hempstead 0
C.R. Jefferson 1, Linn-Mar 0

AT COE

 
C.R. Washington 2, Cedar Falls 1
Goals — CRW: Ashley Piper, Maddi Hines; CF: Melanie Adrian. Assists — CRW: Hines, Sarah Boniface; CF: Lindsey Morris
 
AT KENNEDY
C.R. Kennedy 10, Waterloo West 0
Goals — Jade Grimm 4, Shauna Happel 2, Kathrine Lewis, Lauren Boyer, Kim Journot, Laura Pocobradsky. Assists — Jenny Snook 2, Lauren Hanzelka, Pocobradsky, Brooke …

DES MOINES — Cedar Rapids Xavier’s 10-7 record doesn’t generate much respect in Class 2A boys’ soccer circles. But the Saints’ pattern of success hardly qualifies them as an underdog.
 
 
Xavier qualified for state seven consecutive years (2001-07). The Saints won the state title three times and finished second once. But it was the 2007 and 2008 performances that have the team focused this year, not their championship trophies.
 
Xavier entered the 2008 substate final after winning its three qualifying games by a combined score of 9-0. But the Saints struggled against …

Brian Heinemann
News correspondent

One early goal was all the Cedar Rapids Jefferson girls’ soccer team needed to advance to the regional final.

That goal, scored less than seven minutes into a regional semifinal against Linn-Mar, provided the winning margin in a physical 1-0 victory Wednesday at Lower Kingston Stadium.

It came a day after a tough 2-1 victory over Cedar Rapids Prairie, a game Jefferson Coach Ash Brannan said featured somewhat of a second-half letdown by his team. He was surprised fatigue didn’t play a role against Linn-Mar and was happy to see …

Here is a list of nominations we have received for 2009 Gazette Athletes of the Year.
Obviously, we need more. Please send nominees to jeff.linder@gazcomm.com.

Here is the first team:

Here is the first team:

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CEDAR RAPIDS — One in singles. Two doubles teams. A berth in the state team tournament for the seventh time this decade.
Yeah, it’s a typical spring for the Cedar Rapids Kennedy girls’ tennis team.
Typically brilliant.

Kennedy is more than well-stocked for the Class 2A state tournament, which begins with first- and second-round individual play Thursday at the University of Iowa Tennis Center in Iowa City. Semifinals and finals are Friday, with team play Saturday.

Megan Nielsen

The team tournament might be the Cougars’ best opportunity to shine. They don’t have any seeded …

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Rockford’s bats have connected quite well in the first three games of the 2009 softball campaign.
The Warrior girls continued the strong start to the season at the plate with a number of key hits as Rockford downed Mason City Newman 4-3 Tuesday in nonconference play.
"We’ve come up with some timely hitting from a lot of different people," said Rockford coach Rudy Evertsen.
Rockford’s timely hit came via Heather Dolan’s bat in the fourth. Dolan’s double scored two runs, giving the Warriors a 3-2 lead.
The Warriors added another run …