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Did the Johnston Boys' Make the Cut For the State Tournament?

The Johnston boys' soccer team faced Dowling Catholic Saturday in the substate finals.

The Johnston boys soccer team is three games away from a state championship.

, a three seed in iowa High School Boys' Class 3A State Tournament, take on six seed Bettendorf on Thursday.

Johnston, who has a record of 17-2, defeated Dowling Catholic 3-1 Saturday in the substate finals in Johnston.

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The road to state included a bye in the first round of substate play and a 4-0 last week.

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Bettendorf also started the substate play with a bye continued with a 4-0 win over North Scott Eldrige.

On Saturday the team defeated Pleasant Valley 2-0 to make the trip to the state tournament.

Thursday's state quarterfinal game begins at 5 p.m. on field seven at Cownie Soccer Park in Des Moines.


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