METRO/IOWA CITY
Linn-Mar 6, Iowa City Regina 5
 
AREA
Belle Plaine 9, BGM 2
Center Point-Urbana 8, North Linn 0
Clear Creek Amana 12, Battle Creek-Ida Grove 0 (3)
Mount Vernon 5, Lisbon 0
Waukon 2-1, Charles City 0-7
 
MOUNT VERNON 5, LISBON 0 — Emily Stoner threw a complete-game one-hitter and Megan Cannon and Sarah Ryan added RBI singles to lead the Mustangs (7-1). Emily Svatosh collected a single in the fourth inning for the Lions (6-2).
 

METRO/IOWA CITY
C.R. Kennedy 4-10, Cedar Falls 1-0 (2nd 6)
C.R. Prairie 4-7, C.R. Xavier 1-5 (1st
Iowa City West 15, Iowa City High 4 (6)
Linn-Mar 4-4, Dubuque Senior 0-9
 
AREA
BGM 11, Belle Plaine 4
Central City 3, Clear Creek Amana 1
Keota 13, English Valleys 5
Monticello 10, Vinton-Shellsburg 3
Tri-County 15, Montezuma 5 (6)
 
C.R. KENNEDY 4, CEDAR FALLS 1 — Andy Petersen had two hits and two RBIs, while Bryan Bruner and Trevor Brady each added two hits and an RBI for the Cougars.
C.R. KENNEDY 10, CEDAR FALLS 0 (6) — Griffin Michael threw …

Class 1A Regional Semifinals
Region 5
Waterloo Columbus 2, Denver 1
Waverly-Shell Rock 10, Clear Lake 0
 
Region 6
Union Community 6, Center Point-Urbana 0
Dubuque Wahlert 6, Dyersville Beckman 0
 
Region 7
Solon 4, Central DeWitt 1
Cedar Rapids Xavier 8, Marion 0
 Xavier Goals:  Colleen Bouchard (2), Annie Dale (2), Kristin Kramer, Katherine Metenberg, Katelyn Winker, Catherine Bunting.
 
 
Region 8
Dav. Assumption 5, Washington (Iowa) 0
Mount Pleasant 1, Keokuk 0 (OT)
 
Monday
Class 2A Regional Finals
(winners to state)
Waukee at Ankeny, 6 p.m.
Pleasant Valley at Bettendorf, 6 p.m.
C.R. Washington at C.R. Kennedy, 6 p.m.
C.R. Jefferson at North Scott, 6 …

CLASS 2A
At Iowa City
(Area athletes only for Consolation)
Singles
Semifinals — Krissy Lankelma (Marshalltown) def. Kristin Barnes (Bett), 6-1, 6-2;  Cassandra Chalhoub (CRX) def. Susanna Howard (ICH), 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.
Third Place — Barnes (Bett) def. Howard (ICH), 7-5, 7-6 (4).
Championship — Lankelma (M) def. Chalhoub (CRX), 6-3, 6-0
Consolation
Semifinals — Alex Curtis (WDMV) def. Elizabeth Hoffman (CRX), 6-2, 6-2.
Seventh Place — Catherine Porto (WDMD) def. Hoffman (CRX), 4-6, 6-3, (1).
Doubles
Semifinals — Evelyn Qin/Jessica King (Ames) def. Julia Vodislav/Sarah Massey, (Clinton), 6-1, 6-3; Libby Caris/Ellie Nixon, Des Moines Roosevelt def. Stowe Heiderscheit/Brooke Johnson …

 
FRIDAY
Semifinals
Class 3A at Southeast Polk
Ames 1, Ankeny 0
Iowa City West 5, Bettendorf 0
 
Class 2A at West Des Moines Valley
Dubuque Wahlert 2, Dallas Ctr-Grimes 0
Spencer 2, Hudson 0
 
Class 1A at Urbandale
Iowa City Regina 2, Nevada 0
CB St. Albert 2, Gladbrook-Reinbeck 1
 
SATURDAY
Championship matches
at Urbandale
Class 1A — Iowa City Regina (20-2) vs. CB St. Albert (17-4), noon
Class 2A — Dubuque Wahlert (8-10-1) vs. Spencer (18-1), 2:30 p.m.
Class 3A — Ames (17-4) vs. Iowa City West (19-2), 5 p.m.
 
Consolation matches
at Southeast Polk
Class 1A — Nevada (11-7) vs. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (10-7-2), 10 a.m.
Class 2A — Dallas …

PLEASANT HILL — When preparation meets focus and punctuality, the Iowa City West boys’ soccer team is three steps ahead of its competition.

The Trojans cruised to their third-straight state title game with a 5-0 win against Bettendorf last night in a Class 3A state semifinal. It was a domination rooted in the team’s preparation for its longtime Eastern Iowa rival.

“I had a good idea that the guys were going to be ready today,” Iowa City West coach Brad Stiles said. “We were all on time, everything was good. And I …

URBANDALE — Iowa City Regina advanced to its first state boys’ soccer championship game by dispatching Nevada, 2-0, last night in a Class 1A semifinal at Frerichs Field.

Top-ranked Regina (20-2) plays Council Bluffs St. Albert or Gladbrook-Reinbeck at noon today in Urbandale.

“We’re finally there I guess,” Regina sophomore Daniel Larew said. “It’s a big thing for the school. It’s a big thing for our team just to finally get over that hump.”

This is Regina’s third trip to state. The Regals finished third in 2005 and fourth last year.

“This is a …

By Brian Heinemann
For The Gazette

IOWA CITY — After spending three hours and five minutes outlasting a familiar foe in the semifinals, Cassandra Chalhoub didn’t have enough left in the tank to upend the tournament’s top seed.

The Cedar Rapids Xavier senior lost to Marshalltown’s Krissy Lankelma, 6-3, 6-0, in the Class 2A singles final of the state tennis tournament Friday at Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Center.

Chalhoub (13-3), the third seed, pushed Lankelma (24-0) for nearly every point, providing the first challenge of the tourney for the champion.

“It was frustrating,” Chalhoub said. …

JOHNSTON — Lindsay Cayton and Hannah Mart of Marion finished fourth Friday in Class 1A doubles at the state tennis tournament in Johnston.
 
Cayton and Mart lost to a Red Oak duo in the semifinals, 6-1, 6-2, then lost the third-place match to two-time defending state champions Michelle Schupbach and Lauren Friedman of Waterloo Columbus, 6-0, 6-2.
 
Decorah’s Logan Thompson and Karissa Shindelar finished sixth.
In 1A singles, Jenny Dallenbach finished third. She lost to Chelsea Moore of Camanche in the semifinals, 6-1, 6-0, and to Katie Allen of Pella in the third-place …

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An early offensive surge provided plenty of run support and Bre Hackman kept the Forest City bats in check, as the Comet softball team notched a 7-2 win Thursday evening over the Indians at Sportsmen’s Park.
Charles City scored twice in the first inning and three times in the second to take control of the game.
Following a split in a doubleheader against conference rival Waverly-Shell Rock, the Comets came into Thursday’s non-conference matchup with Forest City brimming with confidence.
That was evident from the first pitch.
After a perfect top half …