Scouting Report: Iowa City High-Iowa City Liberty

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>IOWA CITY, Iowa - </strong>Class 5A No. 1-ranked Iowa City Liberty played host to rival Iowa City High Thursday night in a non-conference match. Both teams wore pink uniforms as part of a fundraiser for breast cancer awareness. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The following is a rundown of some of the top performers during the evening: </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(<em>Note: We wrote about Iowa City High's top two players, [player_tooltip player_id='251664' first='Claire' last='Ernst'] and [player_tooltip player_id='215434' first='Emmy' last='McComas'], in a report last week, which can be read <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://prepdig.com/2022/09/scouting-city-western-dubuque-match/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</em>) </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"id":"block_633dcb2d1cef4","name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["79685"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":["override_image"],"_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":231202,"_player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":"field_62f141137ead9","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Hartman is a problem for opponents, a big one. 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