Sports

SOLON– Solon’s varsity girls moved to 8-3 on the season with a pair of convincing home soccer wins last week.
The Lady Spartans, ranked No. 11 in Class 1A by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union, defeated Western Dubuque 3-0 on April 25 and downed the Mount Vernon Mustangs 4-1 in soggy conditions April 28.
Senior Josie Durr accounted for all of Solon’s goals in the two matches to give her 47 for the season, according to online statistics.

TIFFIN– Clear Creek Amana’s boys track and field team picked up their first team title of the season Thursday, April 27, at their home Pacha Relays. The Creek Boys won with 109 points, topping runner-up Solon (94), Monticello and Mount Vernon (88 points each), Tipton (81), Williamsburg (78), Iowa City Regina (70), Davenport Assumption (49), Wilton (38), the Clipper junior varsity (JV) squad (13) and Durant (12).

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IOWA CITY– Six team points separated Iowa City West High’s Trojans from West Des Moines Valley for the boys’ championship Thursday, April 20, at City High’s Forwald-Coleman Relays. The West High guys amassed 162 points for the win to Valley’s 156. Pleasant Valley was third with 115, followed by Linn-Mar (99), the host Little Hawks (81), Southeast Polk (60), Des Moines East (38) and Muscatine (26).
The Women of Troy took the girls’ runner-up spot behind team champion Waukee.

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MARION– Iowa City West High’s Women of Troy remained undefeated on the tennis court Tuesday, April 25, defeating the Linn-Mar Lions, 6-3. The win boosted West’s record to 11-0 overall, 8-0 in the Mississippi Valley Conference.
Abby Jans, Jessica Moonjely and Meg Moreland picked up individual wins in the meet.
West travels to Cedar Rapids Jefferson on Thursday, May 4, for a 4 p.m. dual meet and remains on the road with a Tuesday, May 9, trip to Dubuque Senior.
The Women of Troy host a Class 2A regional singles and doubles tournament Thursday, May 18, at 9 a.m.

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CENTER POINT– The Clear Creek Amana (CCA) girls’ track and field team placed eighth Monday, April 24, at Center Point-Urbana’s (CP-U) Stormin’ Pointer Invitational. Solon won the meet with 145 points, followed by CP-U (100), Maquoketa Valley (57), North Linn (50), Springville (48), Alburnett and Jesup (42 each), the Clippers (41), Monticello (36) and Central City (26).
The Rollers picked up the only wins for the Creek Girls with Andrea taking the high jump by clearing 4-8 and Mariah winning the discus with a 109-7 throw.