Boys Soccer Roundup: Late Penalty Kick Lifts Fifth-ranked Pleasant Valley Past No. 8 City High
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Jack Roemer scored a pair of goals including the game-winner off a penalty kick in the 69th minute as Class 3A fifth-ranked Pleasant Valley edged eighth-ranked City High 2-1 in the Substate 7 title game on Wednesday in Bettendorf.
The win sends Pleasant Valley (17-3) to the state tournament for the first time in program history.
Pleasant Valley will face second-ranked Cedar Rapids Prairie (15-2) in a Class 3A state quarterfinal on Tuesday at Cownie Soccer Complex in Des Moines at 5:20 p.m.
City High closed the season 11-6.
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