Here are current girls’ soccer rankings.

CEDAR RAPIDS — Goalkeeper Cara Evans suffered a right elbow injury in the middle of a shootout Monday night at Kingston Stadium. She thinks it’s some sort of ligament issue.
The game was held up awhile to see if Evans could continue playing. She did, making a save that helped give the Cedar Rapids Jefferson girls’ soccer team a 1-0 upset win over rival and defending Class 2A state champion Cedar Rapids Kennedy.
How fitting for these J-Hawks. They won’t wow you with a ton of flash — or goals, for that …

These are provided by the Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union
 
Class 2A
1-Ankeny
2-Cedar Rapids Kennedy
3-Urbandale
4-West Des Moines Valley
5-Iowa City West
6-Johnston
7-Pleasant Valley
8-Bettendorf
9-Cedar Rapids Washington
10-Sioux City North
11-Linn-Mar (Marion)
12-Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson
13-Cedar Rapids Jefferson
14-Dowling Catholic
15-Davenport West
 
Class 1A
1-Cedar Rapids Xavier
2-Dallas Center-Grimes
3-Bishop Heelan (Sioux City)
4-Union (LaPorte City)
5-Pella
6-Waverly-Shell Rock
7-Solon
8-Norwalk
9-Columbus Catholic (Waterloo)
10-Glenwood
11-Davenport Assumption
12-Dubuque Wahlert
13-Nevada
14-Lewis Central (Council Bluffs)
15-Grinnell

The Cedar Rapids Xavier Saints staked their claim as the Dan Gable wrestling Hawkeyes of Class 1A girls’ soccer with their fourth consecutive state title last weekend in Muscatine. Kathryn Mettenberg, seen here in the interview portion, scored the Saints’ goal in a 1-0 victory over Dallas Center-Grimes.
On the other side, the Cedar Rapids Kennedy Cougars finally broke through in Class 2A. Senior and Iowa recruit Jade Grimm, also interviewed here, scored a pair of goals in the Cougars’ 3-1 victory over fellow Mississippi Valley Conference school Iowa City West.
After …

MUSCATINE — They fought for position as though there was still time on the clock.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s six seniors waited as patiently as they could for their bounty. After three years of bitter disappointment in the Class 2A girls state soccer finals, you couldn’t blame them if there was a little pushing and shoving.
“There was a little pushing and shoving,” midfielder Katherine Lewis said. “This is absolutely amazing. All I want to do is scream right now.”
After sophomore Shauna Happel tied No. 11 Iowa City West, senior forward Jade Grimm …

MUSCATINE — When Megan Konchar puts a corner kick in the air, she knows Kathryn Mettenberg will own the ball.
Never mind that Mettenberg is all of 5-foot-2 and 115 pounds. The ball goes in the air, it’s hers.
“She always just goes up with her whole heart,” Konchar said. “She just goes up and gets something on it.”
Saturday, Mettenberg got her temple on a Konchar corner kick with 22:31 left and the ball trickled into the net to lift Cedar Rapids Xavier, 1-0, over Dallas-Center Grimes for the girls’ Class 1A …

MUSCATINE — One more chance. And probably the best chance yet.
Top-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy advanced to the championship game for the fourth straight season, handling No. 4 Ankeny, 2-0, in a Class 2A semifinal at the girls’ state soccer tournament last night at the Muscatine Soccer Complex.
The last three trips to the final have ended the same way — 1-0 losses to West Des Moines Valley.
“We’ve never really pulled it off,” said Kennedy’s Jade Grimm. “Hopefully, this is the year we can get it done.”
The Cougars (19-0) will be favored …

MUSCATINE — Dave Rosenthal posed the question: “How do you top this?”
Two freshmen scored the goals, and No. 11 Iowa City West pulled another upset to hold off No. 7 Urbandale, 2-1, in a Class 2A semifinal at the girls’ state soccer tournament last night at the Muscatine Soccer Complex.
The Women of Troy (15-5) took out No. 3 Johnston in the first round Thursday, then downed Urbandale in the drizzle. How do you top this? Simple.
“We’ll try to top this tomorrow,” Rosenthal said.
West meets Mississippi Valley Conference rival Cedar Rapids …

MUSCATINE — For the sixth straight year, Cedar Rapids Xavier will play Saturday soccer at the girls’ state tournament.
The top-ranked Saints exploded for four goals in an 8 1/2-minute span early in the second half and defeated No. 4 Union, 4-2, in a Class 1A semifinal Friday afternoon at the Muscatine soccer complex.
“Four goals, that surprised even us,” said Colleen Bouchard, who scored the first one. “We came out with a lot more intensity in the second half. We played more as a team than as individuals.”
The Saints (17-4) reached …

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 …