Jefferson High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Jeff boys tie Lions for bowling title

The Jefferson J-Hawks defeated previously unbeaten Linn-Mar, 3326 to 3104, to tie for the Mississippi Valley Conference championship Thursday at May City Bowl.

Both teams finished the MVC campaign with 10-1 records.

Chaise Donner and Hunter Sturtz both rolled a 268 game for Jefferson. Tyler Fowler had the high series with a 480 for the J-Hawks.

Ryan Wyant shot a 248 game for Linn-Mar and Sam Crawford had a 451 series.

JEFFERSON: Tyler Fowler 246+234=480, Chaise Donner 268+202=470, Hunter Sturtz 268+179=447, Victor Baccam 234+195=429, Noah Tiedtke 244+184=428, Tanner Bennett 224+194=418.

LINN-MAR: Sam Crawford 215+236=451, Ryan Wyant 248+190=438, Andrew Yeisley 211+224=435, Kaleb Foye 226+184=410, Nathan Williams 170+158=328, Alex Diercks 125+178=303.

Jefferson: 2254 + 1072 = 3326
Linn-Mar: 2062 + 1042 = 3104

Jeff girls top Linn-Mar for 7th in row

The Jefferson girls bowling team won its seventh straight match Thursday with a 2487 to 2357 victory over Linn-Mar at May City Bowl.

Rylea Bennett rolled a 187 game and 360 series for the J-Hawks (7-4)

Emma Davis had a 191 game and 366 series for the Lions (5-6).

JEFFERSON: Rylea Bennett 173+187=360, Kattie Smith 172+164=336, Rachael Daugherty 138+183=321, Hailey Kimble 153+146=299, Holly Miller 145+138=283.

LINN-MAR: Emma Davis 191+175=366, Mekena Diercks 163+176=339, Doriann Whitlock 156+154=310, Kayla Johnson 136+167=303, Alexis Tschantz 167+126=293, Abbie Smith 151+123=279.

Jefferson: 1599 + 888 = 2487 
Linn-Mar: 1611 + 746 = 2357

J-Hawks pin Bobcats, make state duals

Cedar Rapids Jefferson senior Dalton Kuehl plans to enroll at Coe this summer to begin his college education and play football, but he's toying with the idea of wrestling for the Kohawks as well.

Based on what he's accomplished with the Jefferson wrestling team this season, it might be hard to walk away from the sport.

Kuehl collected a pin in 2 minutes, 50 seconds Wednesday night at 285 pounds to help the J-Hawks flatten 13th-ranked Western Dubuque, 46-15, in the Class 3A dual meet regional finals at Jefferson.

The sixth-ranked J-Hawks (13-4) will face third-ranked Johnston (23-4) in the quarterfinals of the state dual meet tournament next Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

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Konigsmark, J-Hawks push No. 9 Cougars

Tyler Konigsmark and the Jefferson J-Hawks could have quit on themselves a long time ago in the midst of a grueling campaign, but they proved Tuesday night against Kennedy that they're alive and kicking.

Unfortunately for the J-Hawks, their best effort of the season was not good enough.

The Kennedy Cougars took Jefferson's best punch and escaped with a 79-69 victory in an entertaining Mississippi Valley Conference game at Kennedy.

Konigsmark poured in 22 points in the first half alone and finished with a career-best 27 points in a sterling performance. The J-Hawks have a dismal 1-and-17 record and have lost 12 games by lopsided scores, but they trailed the No. 9 team in the state by only two points at 62-60 midway through the fourth quarter.

Kennedy scored 12 straight points for a 74-60 lead to put the game away, but it was a terrific effort by the visitors from the southwest side of town.

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Botkin joins 1,000/500 club for Cougars

Stephanie Botkin missed her first two shots Tuesday night and had only five points for the Kennedy Cougars in their home game against Jefferson.

She didn't miss a whole lot after that and ended up becoming only the ninth player in Metro history with 1,000 points and 500 rebounds in her career.

Botkin popped in 24 points and Lela Sellers had 26 as No. 8 Kennedy recovered from a sluggish first half and pounded the J-Hawks, 65-26, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game.

Botkin, a lanky 6-foot senior, began the game with 981 points and knew exactly what she needed to reach 1,000 in her four-year varsity career.

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Wash swimmers win 52nd title in row

Cedar Rapids Washington’s dominance at the boys district swimming meet has to end sooner or later.

But not for now.

A bunch of pool records were set Saturday at the first-ever district meet at the luxurious new Linn-Mar Aquatic Center, most of them by a small fleet of fast swimmers from Iowa City West.

Still, for the 52nd year in a row, the team championship was claimed by a gutsy gang of Washington Warriors who refused to see the magical streak stopped on their watch.

It wasn’t until the last race of the day in the 400 yard freestyle relay that they knew they had the title in the bag. Even if they were disqualified, they would have won by a half-point.

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J-Hawks fall at No. 1 IC West

IOWA CITY – The top-ranked Iowa City West boys basketball team cruised past Jefferson, 78-55, Friday at Iowa City West.

Kane Kramer nailed four 3-point goals and finished with 14 points for the J-Hawks (1-16).

David DiLeo scored 25 points to lead the Trojans (17-0).

JEFFERSON (55): Cardis 0 1-2 1, Wiederin 0 0-0 0, Webb 4 0-0 8, Van Oort 4 0-0 8, Szabo 1 0-0 2, Konigsmark 5 0-0 11, Kramer 5 0-0 14, Furrow 2 0-0 5, Hunt 1 0-0 2, Green 2 0-1 4. Totals 24 1-3 55.

IOWA CITY WEST (78): Pedersen 0 0-0 0, Adcock 0 0-0 0, Parks 5 0-1 10, Henderson 2 0-0 4, Lane 6 3-4 15, Lohaus 1 6-6 8, Nock 1 0-0 3, Majors 0 1-2 1, McCaffery 2 8-8 12, Barnes 0 0-0 0, DiLeo 10 0-0 25, Nicklaus 0 0-0 0, Carter 0 0-0 0, Blackhurts 0 0-0 0. Totals 27 18-21 78.

Halftime – Iowa City West 46, Jefferson 27. 3-point goals – Jefferson 6 (Kramer 4, Konigsmark, Furrow), Iowa City West 6 (DiLeo 5, Nock).

Jeff girls win 6th straight

IOWA CITY – The Jefferson girls bowling team earned its sixth consecutive win, beating Iowa City West 2,571 to 2,247 Friday at Colonial Lanes.

Rylea Bennett bowled a 205 game and a 385 series to lead the J-Hawks (6-4).

Erica Roth led the Women of Troy (2-8) with a 364 series.

Jefferson (2,571): Rylea Bennett 180-205=385, Holly Miller 170-203=373, Kattie Smith 158-151=309, Rachael Daugherty 154-149=303, Hailey Kimble 157-136=293.

Iowa City West (2,247): Erica Roth 162-202=364, Kalei Strabala 138-157=295, Nicole Ritchey = 136-154=290, Brooke Kreiss 133-157=290, Shati Cooper 97-157=254.

Jefferson – 1,663-908=2,571.
Iowa City West – 1,493-745=2,247.

Jefferson boys bowl over West

IOWA CITY – Victor Baccam had a 268 game and Noah Tiedtke rolled a 465 series to lead the 10th-ranked Jefferson boys bowling team to a 3,175 to 2,863 win over Iowa City West on Friday at Colonial Lanes.

Jared Donovan bowled a 424 series for the Trojans (3-6-1).

The J-Hawks improved to 9-1.

Jefferson (3,175): Noah Tiedtke 210-255=465, Victor Baccam 192-268=460, Chaise Donner 215-236=451 Tyler Fowler 181-237=418, Tanner Bennett 222-180=402, Hunter Sturtz 204-185=389.

Iowa City West (2,863): Jared Donovan 213-211=424, Nicholas Rohm 170-221=391, Patrick Wood 192-182=374, Heath Schintler 196-173=369, Jordan Tiegs 155-169=324, Eric Vidhamali 151-152=303.

Jefferson – 2,196-979=3,175.
Iowa City West – 1,892-971=2,863.