Jefferson High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

J-Hawks fade against Waterloo East

WATERLOO – The Jefferson boys basketball team faded down the stretch and lost to Waterloo East, 49-43, Thursday in a Mississippi Valley Conference game in Waterloo.

The J-Hawks finished the third quarter tied 39-39 with the Trojans, but Waterloo East outscored Jefferson 10-5 in the fourth quarter.

Kane Kramer popped in five 3-pointers scored a career-high 17 points for the J-Hawks, who finished the regular season 1-20.

Dominique Terry scored 15 points for Waterloo East (3-18).

JEFFERSON (43): Cardis 0 0-0 0, Wiederin 0 2-2 2, Van Oort 1 1-2 3, Konigsmark 1 1-1 3, Furrow 1 0-0 2, Kramer 5 2-2 17, Webb 1 1-1 3, Green 2 2-3 6, Hunt 2 1-2 5, Szabo 1 0-0 2. Totals 14 10-13 43.

WATERLOO EAST (49): Gafeney 2 2-2 7, Sales 3 0-0 8, Williams 2 2-2 6, Terry 7 0-3 15, Nash 0 3-8 3, Bradford 1 0-0 2, Phillips 0 0-0 0, Clark 1 0-0 2, Muhammad 0 4-6 4, Sanders 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 11-21 49.

Halftime – Waterloo East 31, Jefferson 29. 3-point goals – Jefferson 5

(Kramer 5), Waterloo East 4 (Sales 2, Gafeney, Terry).

Jefferson girls advance in 5A play

Kennedy Dighton scored 13 points to lead Jefferson to a 43-35 win over Prairie in a Class 5A regional quarterfinal game Wednesday night at Jefferson.

The J-Hawks (8-14) will travel to Southeast Polk for a regional semifinal on Saturday at 7 p.m.

Avery Guy and Samantha Kitterman scored nine each for Jefferson.

Halle Person led Prairie (4-18) with nine points

PRAIRIE (35): Moenk 1 0-0 2, Altenhofen 2 0-0 6, Rotter 3 1-2 7, Usher 1 3-4 5, Person 2 5-6 9, Stoffer 2 0-0 4, Kuch 1 0-0 2, Adams 0-0-0 0. Totals 12 9-12 35.

JEFFERSON (43): Robinson 2 2-2 7, Kitterman 3 3-6 9, Guy 2 4-6 9, Wise 1 2-2 5, Dighton 4 4-4 13, Melton 0 0-0 0, Rolwes 0 0-0 0, Veglahn 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 15-20 43.

Halftime: Jefferson 17, Prairie 13. 3-point goals: Prairie 2 (Altenhofen 2), Jefferson 4 (Robinson, Guy, Wise, Dighton).

Hawks bury Prairie for 3rd place, 59-6

DES MOINES - The friendly rivalry between the Cedar Rapids Jefferson and Cedar Rapids Prairie wrestling teams got a little contentious at the state dual meet tournament at Wells Fargo Arena Wednesday night.

Both teams had one of their wrestlers disqualified for "flagrant misconduct" during their consolation battle for third place as tempers flared on both sides.

Jefferson ran away with the meet, 59-6.

The J-Hawks used the bulk of their varsity lineup, including seven of the eight wrestlers who will compete in the individual state tournament that begins Thursday. The Prairie Hawks took the opposite approach, resting all nine of their state qualifiers after using them earlier in the day.

It turned out to be a mismatch, but the grapplers who took the mat took it seriously. Too seriously, perhaps.

Nick Hogan of Prairie was disqualified from his meet against Nick Dreckman at 170 pounds for unnecessary roughness. And Richard Moomey of Jefferson was disqualified from his bout against Jonah Manson at 220 for similar reasons.

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Prairie, Jeff matmen fall in semifinals

DES MOINES - The Cedar Rapids Prairie and Cedar Rapids Jefferson wrestling teams got off to promising starts at the Class 3A State Duals Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Both teams prevailed against strong competition in the opening round, then both clubs smacked into brick walls in the semifinals.

The Prairie Hawks were socked by top-ranked Southeast Polk in the semifinals, 56-12, and the Jefferson J-Hawks lost to second-ranked Bettendorf, 44-29.

Prairie and Jefferson advanced to the "Battle of Southwest Cedar Rapids" for third place Wednesday night, while Southeast Polk and Bettendorf were headed for a showdown for the title.

Prairie dumped fifth-ranked West Des Moines Valley, 35-23, in the opening round Wednesday. Jefferson bumped off third-ranked Johnston, 33-19, for a pair of satisfying victories over CIML clubs.

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J-Hawks fade late against Hempstead boys

Adam Van Oort scored 12 points and Tyler Konigsmark added 11 as the Jefferson boys basketball team fell to Dubuque Hempstead, 51-43, Tuesday at Jefferson.

The J-Hawks (1-19) tied the score at 39-39 with four minutes to play but could not pull it out. The Mustangs shot 17-of-23 from the free throw line in the game.

Robert Duax scored 22 points for Dubuque Hempstead (14-6).

DUBUQUE HEMPSTEAD (51): McDonough 5 1-2 14, Rindfleisch 1 0-0 2, Paulsen 0 1-2 1, Duax 6 9-11 22, Butler 3 1-2 7, Bitter 0 5-6 5, Keleher 0 0-0. Totals 15 17-23 51.

JEFFERSON (43): Cardis 1 2-2 4 Wiederin 0 0-0 0, Galvin 0 0-0 0, Webb 2 0-0 4, Van Oort 4 3-6 12, Szabo 0 0-0 0, Konigsmark 5 0-0 11, Kramer 3 0-0 7, Furrow 1 0-0 3, Hunt 1 0-0 2, Green 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 5-8 43.

Halftime – Dubuque Hempstead 24, Jefferson 18. 3-point goals – Dubuque Hempstead 4 (McDonough 3, Duax), Jefferson 4 (Van Oort, Konigsmark, Kramer, Furrow).

Cline, Hite lead bowlers to state

As expected, the highly ranked Jefferson boys and Prairie girls earned return trips to next week’s state bowling tournament with team victories in the state qualifiers Tuesday afternoon at Lancer Lanes.

But the two individual qualifiers had to come from far back in the field to stake their place at state.

In the case of boys champ Bryan Cline of Washington, it was a mild upset in that he came into the meet seeded third with a 216 average. The two Jefferson bowlers ahead of him, however, boasted much higher averages and are ranked second and third in the state in Class 3A.

The senior Cline does have experience on his side, though.

He bowled at the state tourney as a freshman and sophomore when the Warriors qualified as a team, and two years ago he was the runner-up for the individual title.

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Hummel shows 'all guts and heart' for J-Hawks

MARSHALLTOWN – The most gutsy performance at the boys state swimming championships Saturday was turned in by Cedar Rapids Jefferson sophomore Paul Hummel.

He came close to matching his all-time personal best times in both of his races despite undergoing an emergency appendectomy on Thursday.

“I told him it was his choice if he wanted to swim or not,” said J-Hawk Coach Ryan York.

Hummel, a 6-foot-3 breaststroke specialist who also normally swims on the freestyle relays, said that once he got in the water, he felt fine.

“Oh, it hurt just a little bit,” he said matter-of-factly. “Not that bad. I felt pretty good, actually.”

He started getting excruciating stomach pains on Wednesday afternoon just before practice. York said he had a friend in college who suffered an attack of appendicitis with similar symtoms.

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J-Hawks win district, send 8 to state

WAVERLY – The Jefferson wrestling team won the Class 3A district meet with 214 points Saturday at Waverly-Shell Rock and qualified eight wrestlers for the state tournament, which opens Thursday in Des Moines.

The J-Hawks finished with 214 points. Kennedy was fourth with 152.5 points and sent three wrestlers to state. Washington finished eighth with 30 points and did not have a state qualifier.

Jefferson crowned three champions. Zach Main won a 7-4 decision over Waverly-Shell Rock’s Derick Wyatt at 106 pounds, Kelly May pinned Waterloo West’s Sam Gerst in 1 minute and Dalton Kuehl won a 7-2 decision over Waterloo East’s Omar Begic.

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Warriors’ balance beats Jeff boys

Hunter Strait scored 11 points and was the only player to score in double digits to lead the Washington boys basketball team to a 64-48 win over Jefferson on Friday at Jefferson.

Keegan Moore added nine points for the Warriors (10-9) and Maurice Arrington scored eight.

Tyler Konigsmark led all scorers with 16 points for the J-Hawks (1-18).

WASHINGTON (64): Kramer 2 1-2 6, Strait 3 2-2 11, Hoeger 1 4-4 6, Wills 4 0-1 8, Gonder 0 0-0 0, Richmond 0 0-0 0, Arrington 4 0-1 8, Moore 3 3-4 9, Printy 3 0-0 7, Thulin 0 0-0 0, Williams 2 1-2 5, Hatfield 0 0-0 0, Good-Jones 1 2-2 4. Totals 23 13-17 64.

JEFFERSON (48): Cardis 2 2-7 7, Wiederin 1 0-0 2, Webb 3 0-0 6, Van Oort 2 2-4 6, Szabo 1 0-0 2, Konigsmark 6 3-5 16, Hall 0 0-0 0, Kramer 2 0-0 6, Furrow 0 0-2 2, Hunt 0 1-2 1, Green 1 0-2 2. Totals 18 8-22 48.

Halftime – Washington 25, Jefferson 22. 3-point goals – Washington 5 (Strait 3, Kramer, Printy), Jefferson 4 (Kramer 2, Cardis, Konigsmark).