Iowa City West High School

Next, five West students named Coke finalists.

Five Iowa City West High School students were named semi-finalists for a national $20,000 Coca-Cola scholarship, a program that recognizes students for their outstanding leadership and service to their schools and communities.

West High's semifinalists are Faizan Ahmad, Aaron Chen, Shannon Chen, Ayed El Fadil, and Kento Sugiyama.

The 1,227 semifinalists were selected from more than 113,000 applicants nationwide.

That last point was awkward.

"I went up to swing and Taylor Ott went up to swing," Iowa City West's Sophia Austin said.

"I whiffed it." Ott didn't, though.

And that unconventional point, match point, sent West to its second consecutive Mississippi Valley Conference volleyball tournament championship.

In high school cross-country today, City High, Liberty, Prairie, Washington, Xavier are at the MVC Mississippi Divisional.

That's Seminole Valley Park, 5 PM.

Iowa City West, Jefferson, Kennedy, Lindmar are at the MVC Valley Division.

That's run at the Oakridge Middle School at 5 PM.

It was really quite amazing.

He was beat by Dakota Bauer from Iowa City West in the semis, I believe it was.

And then he was knocked back to the backside and finishing his tournament in the wrestling.

I mean, it just is kind of a metaphor for just how tough that tournament is.

The championship will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday against Boone, who beat Pella in the other semifinals.

In Class 2A team tennis action at Waukee Northwest, Iowa City West was eliminated by Waukee Northwest 5-0 and Iowa City Liberty was erased by Johnston 5-0.

Those two CIML programs will battle for the 2A team title at 9 a.m. Tuesday.

UNI up to number 19 in FCS Top 25.

The Class 2A meet will be at Waukee Northwest.

Both Iowa City West and Iowa City Liberty will be underdogs in their quarterfinal matches.

West, who is 14-4, meets top-ranked Waukee Northwest, who is 14-0.

Liberty is 15-2 and is seeded seventh and will meet number two, Johnston, who is 10-1.

Quarterback Cannon Davis completed 19 of 22 passes for 215 yards and four touchdowns in Bettendorf's 50-7 win over Cedar Rapids Jefferson.

Reese Wheeler had four TD passes and Atari Brown rushed for 149 yards and a touchdown at Iowa City West, beat Davenport Central at home 48-21.

Class 2A top-ranked Albernette beat Monticello at home 55-16.

Lake and Caves rushed for 201 yards on just seven carries, scoring a touchdown.

In high school girls tennis, they came to the state tournament on Wednesday as an afterthought.

By the time Iowa City West seniors Grace Wang and Elsie Gross finished up Thursday afternoon at the Class 2A State Doubles Tournament in Waterloo, they were in everybody's thoughts.

After entering the tournament unseeded, they reeled off three wins before eventually falling to the top seeds from Waukee Northwest in the title match at Burns Park.

Not bad for a duo that early in their career just wanted to get on the court.

The biggest surprise of the state meet came in Class 2A play at Burns Park in Waterloo.

Iowa City West seniors Grace Wang and Elsie Gross were unseated, but the Trojan veterans had a great two-day run to claim the runner-up spot.

In cross-country, Keegan Decker topped a star-studded field of 350 runners five days ago.

How do you top that? A senior at Iowa City Liberty, Decker got to the front almost immediately and built a 26-second cushion in winning the boys' individual title at the Mississippi Valley Conference Cross-Country Championships Thursday afternoon at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.

This is the most daunting task of the three.

The Spartans will be favored in their final two regular-season contests.

Davenport Central at Iowa City West, 7 p.m. at Trojan Field.

Both teams are 3-3.

That meet begins at 9 a.m. A win over Decorah would put the Saints into a 1 p.m. semifinal match against the winner of the Dyke-New Hartford Central DeWitt match.

In Class 2A play at Waukee Northwest, both Iowa City West and Iowa City Liberty will be underdogs in their quarter- quarterfinal matches.

West, 14-4, meets top-ranked Waukee Northwest, 14-0.

Liberty, 15-2, is seeded seventh and will beat No. 2 Johnston, 10-1.