MUSCATINE — Sioux City North goalkeeper Taylor Culver was outstanding. Stood on her head. Stopped everything the Cedar Rapids Kennedy Cougars kicked, headed or otherwise at her.
 
Except for two.
 
Senior midfielder Katherine Lewis put the Cougars up four minutes into the second half and senior forward Jade Grimm finished off Thursday’s Class 2A state girls’ soccer quarterfinal, 2-0, at the Muscatine Soccer Complex.
 
The top-ranked Cougars (18-0) face No. 4 Ankeny (17-2) in today’s semifinals. Ankeny defeated Pleasant Valley.
 
Kennedy dominated North (13-5). The dominance was so profound the Stars stacked all but …

By Brian Heinemann
For The Gazette

MUSCATINE — The crossbar almost ended the season for the Iowa City West girls in the quarterfinals of the state soccer tournament.

At the end, the bar helped extend the team to today’s semifinal.

The Women of Troy were taken the distance by the Johnston Dragons last night but prevailed after the seventh shooter in a defensive, 1-0 shootout win at the Muscatine Soccer Complex.

“This is one of those games that you could see was going to go on for a while,” said West Coach Dave Rosenthal.

West had …

MUSCATINE — It was the moment in the game that just seemed to paralyze everyone.

Urbandale defender Allie Brees sent a pass up the middle toward the Cedar Rapids Jefferson goal. Jefferson had a few players in the general area, but the ball seeped through.

Urbandale’s Kristen Sims won the race to the free ball and sent the Jefferson J-Hawks home from the Class 2A girls’ state soccer tournament, 1-0, in a quarterfinal last night at the Muscatine Soccer Complex.

“That was the one time we didn’t communicate,” Jefferson goalkeeper Cara Evans said. …

METRO/IOWA CITY
City High 10-16, Washington 0-0 (5,3)
Dubuque Wahlert 4-2, Xavier 0-2
Iowa City Regina 13, West Liberty 1
Iowa City West 2-4, Linn-Mar 1-2 (1st in
Jefferson 4-4, Waterloo West 3-0
Waterloo East 5-3, Prairie 4-2
AREA
Bellevue 3, Midland 2
Bellevue Marquette 4, Camanche 2
Charles City 17, Riceville 0 (3)
Clear Creek Amana 6, Anamosa 0
DeWitt Central 5-1, Benton Comm. 1-0
Highland 10, Columbus Junction 2
Jesup 13, Dike-New Hartford 0 (5)
Lisbon 16, Andrew 0 (5)
Mount Vernon 9, Vinton-Shellsburg 8
Waverly-Shell Rock 9, Decorah 1
Williamsburg 2, Dyersville Beckman 0
 
C.R. JEFFERSON 4, WATERLOO WEST 3 — Alex Jacobson …

METRO
Solon 13-10, Marion 3-9 (1st in 6)
AREA
Alburnett 2-4, Edgewood-Colesburg 1-6
Benton Community 10-1, DeWitt Central 0-0 (1st in 6)
Clear Creek Amana 13-5, Anamosa 2-12
Lisbon 9, Andrew 3
Midland 4, Bellevue 3
Monticello 7-12, Springville 1-2 (2nd in 5) 
North Fayette 4-10, MFL MarMac 1-3
North Linn 2-7, Central City 1-6
Oelwein 4, Vinton-Shellsburg 1
Sumner-Fredericksburg 9-11, Valley Community 5-1 (2nd in 5)
Tri-County 8, Twin Cedars 7
Wat. Columbus 12-11, Maquoketa 2-0 (5,5)
Western Dubuque 17-10, Center Point-Urbana 2-0 (4,5)
 
LISBON 9, ANDREW 3 — Michael Bahl had a double and a home run with three RBIs and Derek Huenecke …

MUSCATINE  The Cedar Rapids Xavier Saints didn’t freak out.

They certainly could have.
They entered Friday’s girls’ state soccer Class 1A quarterfinals as a favorite if not the favorite. But there were the three-time defending champs and No. 1 ranked Saints, trailing by a goal with 12:35 left in the first half.
And it was a goal that bounced and leaked into the bottom left corner of the net. We’re talking 1 mph.
They could’ve freaked. They didn’t. That three-time defending champ stuff showed up and the Saints (16-4) advanced to today’s semifinals, 2-1, …

MFL MarMac has been one of the top Class 2A programs in Northeast Iowa for many seasons. The Bulldogs seems to crank out competitive teams and state medalists each of the last few years. Specifically, MFL coach Chet Bachman has had at least two state medalists every year since the 2005 state tournament and at least one on the awards stand since 2004.
The Bulldogs will receive a little boost, sharing their room with quality wrestlers who comprised the Elkader Central roster the last couple years. MFL and Elkader Central agreed to a co-op …

The 11th annual Senior All-Star Spotlight Meet will be held Saturday at Platteville, Wis.
Athletes from Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois and South Dakota will compete.

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A three-run fifth inning broke a 1-1 tie and propelled the Bearcat baseball team to a win over rival Rockford Wednesday night in Allison. North Butler would win the game 6-5.
Three RBI singles in the fifth inning provided needed momentum for the Bearcat offense. After Taylor Henrichs walked and advanced on a passed ball, Andy Endelman singled to put the home team on top 2-1. Jason Edeker then brought Endelman home with a single. Following another single by Dustin Osier, Kyle Heuer plated the final run of the …

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WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moines will host the 2009 Dowling Catholic Classic, Saturday, June 13th, with games scheduled at Dowling High School, West Des Moines Valley High…
Source: Iowa Sports Connection