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MARSHALLTOWN– West High volleyball coach Randy Dolson described the Women of Troy’s day at the Marshalltown Roundhouse and Pat Apgar Invitational as “up-and-down.”
West went 3-1 in pool play, defeating Charles City 2-0 (21-18, 21-18), Southeast Polk 2-1 (21-15, 17-21, 15-13) and Iowa Falls 2-0 (21-18, 21-16), but lost to Dike-New Hartford 0-2 (19-21, 13-21). The Women of Troy faced the Wolverines of Dike-New Hartford again in the semifinals, taking the first set, 25-19, and falling, 25-21, in the second forcing a hard-fought third set. West fell, 16-14, in that game.

By Don Lund
Sports Writer
This is the final part of Hawkeye football preview 2015.
This week, I’ll look at the linebackers, defensive backs and special teams.

Linebackers

Let’s be honest, the linebackers struggled a lot last year.
Iowa gave up 65 big plays last fall. Not all of them were the linebackers’ fault, but when you have two freshmen starting as linebackers, Bo Bower and Josey Jewell, you can expect some growing pains.
The Hawks gave up an average of 168.3 yards on rushing defense last fall, sixth best in the Big Ten.

CEDAR RAPIDS– West High’s Trojans opened the 2015 varsity football season with a 34-31 loss on the road at Cedar Rapids Kennedy Thursday, Aug. 27. The Cougars’ Tyler Dralle stymied the Trojan defense, rushing 40 times for 265 yards and four touchdowns.

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IOWA CITY– The West High Women of Troy Swimming and Diving Team has a new head coach for the 2015 season. Byron Butler, a three-time individual state champion in Wisconsin and former University of Iowa Hawkeye swimmer, took the position in late May after Rob Miecznikowski stepped down. Butler twice was a state champion in the butterfly, and once in the backstroke. West High Athletic Director Scott Kibby noted Butler’s times qualified him for automatic All-American status.

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CEDAR RAPIDS– West High’s girls varsity cross country team opened the 2015 season by winning the 31st annual Prairie Invitational meet on the campus of Prairie High School Aug. 29.
The boys varsity team placed fourth.
The Women of Troy won the meet with 46 team points ahead of Waukee and Linn-Mar. Cedar Rapids Kennedy was ninth, Cedar Rapids Washington was 11th and the host Hawks were 14th while the Xavier Saints were 15th in the 18-team field.