Jefferson High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Jefferson girls put clamps on Prairie

Jefferson Coach Jason Edwards speaks so softly that it’s barely above a whisper.

But his J-Hawk girls certainly paid attention to what he had to tell them at halftime Tuesday night as they turned a two-point lead into a 24-point blowout over Prairie in the Jeff gym.

“Coach always tells us to aim for three things,” said junior sparkplug guard Sam Kitterman following the 51-27 runaway win. “Defend, rebound and run.”

Sophomore backcourt running mate Avery Guy repeated the mantra. “He says if we do those three things right, we’ll win games,” she said.

After a sometimes sloppy first half, Jefferson’s girls followed instructions from then on with near perfection. They held Prairie to just five points in the third quarter and kept them from scoring any points at all in the fourth quarter.

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Hunter Sturtz wins Metro Spotlight Award

Cedar Rapids Jefferson junior Hunter Sturtz is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school boys this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Sturtz has blossomed into one of the top bowlers in the state this season. He has dramatically improved his averages this year and leads the Metro area with a 242.8 game average and 485.5 series average so far. He ranks fourth in the state in both categories.

Sturtz had a 200.5 game average and 400.0 series average last year as a sophomore, so he has shown marked improvement this season in the early going. Jefferson has gotten off to a 2-0 start with victories over Washington and Iowa City High.

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Ollinger scores 23 in Jefferson loss

WEST DES MOINES – Amanda Ollinger had 23 points and 11 rebounds as the Jefferson girls lost to Class 5A fourth-ranked West Des Moines Valley 68-46 Saturday.

Valley led 20-13 after the first quarter and the J-Hawks couldn’t fight back.

Kylie Wise added 11 points for Jefferson, which fell to 3-2.

Valley is 3-0.

JEFFERSON (46): Rowles 0 0-0 0, Robinson 0 0-0 0, Kitterman 0 3-9 3, Guy 1 3-4 5, Melton 0 0-0 0, Wise 4 0-0 11, Veglahn 0 0-0 0, Dighton 1 2-4 4, Ollinger 8 4-4 23, Obrian 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 12-22 46.

WEST DES MOINES VALLEY (68): Casey Carr 0 0-0 0, Lodermeier 0 0-0 0, Loeck 0 0-0 0, Whitney Fuller 4 0-1 8, Jackie Feldt 3 0-0 6, Vander weide 3 3-3 11, Smith 6 1-3 13, Jamie Feldt 1 0-0 2, Courtney Carr 2 0-0 4, Hannah Fuller 3 4-4 11, Merritt 2 1-2 7, Meeks 0 0-0 0, Ward 1 4-4 6. Totals 25 13-17 68.

Halftime – West Des Moines Valley 41, Jefferson 25. 3-point goals – Jefferson 6 (Wise 3, Ollinger 3), West Des Moines Valley 5 (Vander weide 2, Merritt 2, Hannah Fuller).

Rashed takes 2nd at Keith Young

CEDAR FALLS – Jefferson’s Tavien Rashed took second place at 152 pounds at the Keith Young Invitational on Saturday.

Bettendorf’s Jacob Woodard pinned Rashed in 1 minute, 26 seconds in the championship match as the third-ranked J-Hawks finished sixth with 107 points.

Union won the tournament with 199½ points.

Kyle Briggs (132), Kelly May (182) and Dalton Kuehl (285) each finished third for the J-Hawks.

Kennedy was 13th with 72½ points. Ben Sarasin was third at 138 for the Cougars.

Team scores – 1. Union 199½; 2. Bettendorf 194; 3. West Des Moines Valley 149; 4. North Scott 131½; 5. Pleasant Valley 129; 6. Jefferson 107; 7. Cedar Falls 99; 8. Denver-Tripoli 97; 9. Don Bosco 96; 10. Waverly-Shell Rock 92½; 11. Charles City 80; 12. West Des Moines Dowling 75; 13. Kennedy 72½; 14. Mason City 52; 15. Waterloo West 36; 16. Waterloo Columbus 25.

132 – 3. Kyle Briggs (J) 
138 – 3. Ben Sarasin (K)
152 – 2. Tavian Rashed (J) 
182 – 3. Kelly May (J) 
285 – 3. Dalton Kuehl (J)

Linn-Mar 3rd at J-Hawk relays

The Linn-Mar boys swimming team scored 74 points for third place at the J-Hawk Relays on Saturday at Jefferson. The Lions won the 200-yard medley relay in 1 minute, 48.42 seconds.

Dubuque Senior won the meet with 96 points.

Jefferson finished fourth with 60 points.

Team scores – 1. Dubuque Senior 96; 2. Iowa City West 80; 3. Linn-Mar 74; 4. Jefferson 60; 5. Dubuque Hempstead 50.

400 medley relay – Dubuque Senior 3:50.15.
600 freestyle relay – Dubuque Senior 5:50.93.
200 freestyle relay – Iowa City West 1:30.33.
300 backstroke relay – Dubuque Senior 3:07.24.
300 medley relay – Iowa City West 2:51.16.
300 breaststroke relay – Dubuque Hempstead 3:16.72.
300 butterfly relay – Iowa City West 2:44.98.
400 freestyle relay – Dubuque Senior 3:30.15.
200 medley relay – Linn-Mar 1:48.42.

Warriors edge J-Hawks by 3 pins

Shania Christensen had a 408 series to lead the Washington girls bowling team to a narrow 2,395 to 2,392 win over Jefferson on Friday at Lancer Lanes.

Rylea Bennett had a 371 series for the J-Hawks.

Washington: Shania Christensen 189-219=408, Lynze Moon 181-145=326, Ally Owens 141-184=325, Ella Wake 140-169=309, Lucy Forster 105-148=253, Alice Tosi 101-83=184.

Jefferson: Rylea Bennett 202-169=371, Holly Miller 167-190=357, Rachael Daugherty 204-117=321, Kattie Smith 116-200=316, Allie Schirmer 142-130=272, Hailey Kimble 139-125=264.

Baccam’s 501 leads Jefferson

Victor Baccam had a 501 series to lead the Jefferson boys bowling team to a 3,075 to 2,380 win over Washington on Friday at Lancer Lanes.

Chris Schuttloffel had a 337 series for the Warriors.

Jefferson: Victor Baccam 279-222=501, Hunter Sturtz 223-235=458, Noah Tiedtke 200-242=442, Chaise Donner 165-177=342, Tyler Fowler 175-166=341.

Washington: Chris Schuttloffel 204-133=337, Donovan Trimble 171-155=326, Gabe Wedel 159-166=325, John Taylor 167-141=308, Anthony Valenti 124-179=303, Zach Nading 145-157=302.

Jefferson: 2,084-991=3,075.

Washington: 1,599-781=2,380.

3 Metro teams make wrestling poll

Jefferson, Prairie and Linn-Mar have been ranked in the top 10 of the initial Class 3A wrestling poll for the 2014-15 campaign.

The J-Hawks are ranked No. 3, Prairie is ranked No. 4 and Linn-Mar is ranked No. 7.

Southeast Polk is ranked No. 1 in Class 3A, followed by Bettendorf.

Jefferson has seven ranked wrestlers with Brenden Baker No. 2 at 113 pounds, Luke Sedlacek No. 3 at 160, Kyle Briggs No. 4 at 132, Dalton Kuehl No. 5 at 285, Kelly May No. 6 at 182, Tavian Rashed No. 7 at 152 and Joseph Sibomana No. 10 at 120.

Prairie features six ranked wrestlers with Marcus England No. 2 at 106 pounds, Josh Wenger No. 2 at 138, Sam Uthoff No. 3 at 126, Jarod Cadena No. 8 at 182, Jonah Manson No. 8 at 220 and Taylor Mehman No. 9 at 195.

Linn-Mar has five ranked grapplers with Shea Hartzler No. 2 at 160, Matt Wempen No. 3 at 145, Noah Ajram No. 5 at 120, Sam Nowak No. 6 at 220 and Toby Northrup No. 8 at 152.

The Xavier Saints have three ranked wrestlers with Clint Lembeck No. 2 at 132, Josh Gerke No. 6 at 126 and Jeff Vipond No. 9 at 106.

Kennedy has two ranked wrestlers with Nolan Hromidko No. 3 at 120 and Logen Rodriguez No. 5 at 145.

CLASS 3A TEAM RANKINGS
The Predicament

1. Southeast Polk, 2. Bettendorf, 3. Jefferson, 4. Prairie, 5. Iowa City West, 6. Fort Dodge, 7. Linn-Mar, 8. North Scott, 9. Dowling, 10. Council Bluffs Jefferson.

Sibomana makes impact for No.3 J-Hawks

Joseph Sibomana and his family fled Tanzania when he was eight years old, settled in Atlanta for awhile and moved to Cedar Rapids to join other family members four years ago.

He did not know a thing about wrestling until he enrolled at Roosevelt Middle School as an eighth grader.

"There was a poster in the locker room that said, 'If you think you're tough, come join wrestling,'" he said Thursday night. "I thought I was tough, so I went out for it."

Sibomana was plenty tough for the third-ranked Jefferson High School wrestling team Thursday in a pair of Mississippi Valley Conference dual meets to begin the season.

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