Prep Boys’ Soccer- The Iowa High School Athletic Association has released their postseason brackets for all four Classes with round one scheduled to start on Monday, May 13th, for Classes 2A and 1A and Tuesday, May 14th, for Classes 3A and 4A.
Class 1A
The Southeast Iowa Super Conference (SEISC) will be battling it out in Substate 6 with West Branch snagging the top seed. WACO will host Central Lee on Monday at 5 pm with the winner moving on to play West Branch.
The Hawks won the last matchup 3-1 as Colton Leichty scored the one goal for the Warriors. Landan Crank had one of the goals for Central Lee as he leads the team with seven on the season.
On the bottom half of the bracket, Danville will face off against Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union at home at 5 pm on Monday. Danville won that matchup 4-0 as Colin Pealer scored two goals and totaled two assists. The Wildcats will need Fernando Erazo and Sachiel Villagrana to bring it on offensively.
The winner of the matchup will take on Mediapolis in the second round.
Class 2A
Substate 5 will feature a Southeast Conference (SEC) rivalry to kickoff play with Mt. Pleasant taking on Keokuk at 7:30 pm on Monday. The Panthers won both matchups this season in tight games as Dylan White has tallied three goals in the two contests. The Chiefs will lean on Cooper Abfalter-Dial with three of the four goals in the contests.
The winner will compete against Williamsburg, who is ranked 5th in Class 2A.
The bottom half of the bracket will have Burlington Notre Dame compete against Wapello at 7:30 pm. The Nikes recently defeated Wapello 10-0. Both games will be held at Notre Dame.
The winner of Notre Dame versus Wapello will take on Assumption.
Substate 6 will feature Fairfield traveling to Knoxville on Monday to battle with Chariton at 5:30 pm. The winner will get the dubious distinction of playing #1 Gilbert, who is undefeated.
Class 3A
The SEC will meet again with Washington and Fort Madison squaring off in the second round on May 20th. The Demons have the higher seed, but the Bloodhounds have the one win of the season back on April 15th, 4-3. Fort Madison won on penalty kicks after the Demons scored two goals in the second half.
The winner will take on either Xavier or North Scott/Clinton in the Substate 2 finals.
In Substate 3, Burlington will travel to face off against Clear Creek-Amana on May 20th. The winner will take on either Marion or Western Dubuque/Northeast Iowa United in the substate finals.