Jefferson High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Jeff boys drop opener to Clinton

Derrick Howard scored 19 points Tuesday night as Clinton defeated Jefferson, 66-40, in the opening game of the boys basketball season at Jefferson.

Tyler Konigsmark paced the J-Hawks with 13 points.

McChesney, Hummel lead Jefferson swimmers to win

Max McChesney and Paul Hummel each won two individual events to lead the Jefferson boys swimming team to a 124-39 win over Waterloo East on Tuesday at Jefferson.

McChesney won the 200- and 500-yard freestyles in 2 minutes, 1.20 seconds and 5:34.99, respectively. Hummel won the 100 freestyle and 100 breaststroke in 53.02 and 1:04.49, respectively. The two also swam on the winning 400 freestyle relay team.

JEFFERSON 124, WATERLOO EAST 39

200 medley relay – Jefferson (Kyle Templton, Andrew Ilten, Jayden Krieger, Dillon Barnard) 2:01.93.
200 freestyle – Max McChesney (J) 2:01.20.
200 individual medley – Noah Hoogestraat (J) 2:21.33.
50 freestyle – Luke Hummell (J) 23.82.
100 butterfly – Tyler Kamp (WE) 1:00.79.
100 freestyle – Paul Hummell (J) 53.02.
500 freestyle - McChesney (J) 5:24.99.
200 freestyle relay – Jefferson (L.Hummell, Nate Homan, Noah Hoogestraat, Ryan Martin) 1:40.60.
100 backstroke - Homan (J) 1:02.81.
100 breaststroke – P.Hummell (J) 1:04.49.
400 freestyle relay – Jefferson (L.Hummell, Max McChesney, Hoogestraat, P.Hummell) 3:43.03.

Van Scoyoc commits to Arizona State

Cedar Rapids Jefferson junior Spencer Van Scoyoc has accepted a scholarship offer to play baseball at Arizona State, a family member confirmed Sunday.

The Gazette broke the story in Sunday's paper.

Van Scoyoc, a left-handed outfielder and pitcher, hit .400 for the J-Hawks last season with six home runs, three triples, 19 doubles and 38 RBIs. He compiled a 2-1 record and 1.93 ERA as a pitcher, with 40 strikeouts in 25.1 innings.

Arizona State has talked to Van Scoyoc about being a two-way player who would play in the field and pitch.

Van Scoyoc was named second team all-state last season in Class 4A by the Iowa Newspaper Association. He helped Jefferson finish with a 24-15 record.

Ollinger paces J-Hawks by Bettendorf

BETTENDORF - Amanda Ollinger scored 18 points and grabbed nine rebounds Saturday night as the Jefferson J-Hawks rallied to defeat Bettendorf, 54-48, in a non-conference game in Bettendorf.

The J-Hawks trailed 31-24 at halftime, but came storming back to square their record at 1-1.

Avery Guy collected 12 points, four assists and two steals for Jefferson. Kylie Wise and Kennedy Dighton scored eight points apiece. Dighton had five assists. Ollinger hit four 3-pointers and made three steals.

Ashton Glaus scored 14 points for Bettendorf (0-2).

JEFFERSON (54): Robinson 2 0-0 4, Kitterman 0 2-4 2, Guy 2 7-10 12, Melton 0 2-3 2, Wise 2 2-2 8, Veglahn 0 0-0 0, Dighton 4 0-0 8, Ollinger 7 0-0 18. Totals 17 13-19 54.

BETTENDORF (48): Wagner 4 0-0 12, Ivery 0 0-0 0, Hudson 0 0-0 0, Scott 3 0-0 7, Hatch 3 1-2 10, Glaus 7 0-0 14, Roman 2 1-5 5, Flynn 0 0-0 0.

Totals 19 2-7 48.

Halftime - Bettendorf 31, Jefferson 24. 3-point goals - Jefferson 7 (Ollinger 4, Wise 2, Guy 1), Bettendorf 8 (Wagner 4, Hatch 3 Scott 1).

Kelley, Saulnier, Thorson pace Wash swimmers

Cameron Kelley, Nick Saulnier and Jared Thorson were double-winners Tuesday in the Metro swim meet at Washington High School.

Kelley captured the 200 free and 500 free, Saulnier won the 200 IM and the 100 back, and Thorson claimed the 50 free and 100 fly.

Brennan Urbi of Kennedy took the 100 free and Paul Hummell of Jefferson won the 100 breaststroke. Linn-Mar won the 200 medley relay and 200 freestyle relay. Kennedy took the 400 freestyle relay.

No team scores were kept.

200 medley relay - Linn-Mar (Calvin Greve, Justin Arebaugh, Zach Hendricks, Brock Fischer) 1:43.65

200 free - Cameron Kelley (CRW) 1:49.34

200 IM - Nick Saulnier (CRW) 1:58.46

50 free - Jared Thorson (CRW) 21.87

100 fly - Jared Thorson (CRW) 54.01

100 free - Brennan Urbi (CRK) 50.23

500 free - Cameron Kelley (CRW) 4:52.23

200 free relay - Calvin Greve, Noah Decker, Brock Fischer, Justin Arebaugh) 1:35.20

100 back - Nick Saulnier (CRW) 53.29

100 breast - Paul Hummell (CRJ) 1:04.10

400 free relay - Kennedy (Stefan Kitsos, Alec Hanson, Brennan Urbi, Reece Linder) 3:38.64

Jefferson rally falls short against City

The Jefferson girls bowling team took a lead early in the Baker round, but could not hold on against Iowa City High Tuesday at May City Bowl, losing 2,524 to 2,466 to open the season.

Rylea Bennett led the J-Hawks with a 406 series.

Shyneice Cirillo led the Little Hawks with a 403 series.

Iowa City High (2,524): Shyneice Cirillo 213-190=403, Brooke Shaw 171-180=351, Liz Goss 152-191=343, Britnee Price 136-156=292, Taylor Hayslett 152-125=277, Megan Schnoebelen 81-127=208.

Jefferson (2,466): Rylea Bennett 204-202=406, Hailey Kimble 145-178=323, Kattie Smith 177-134=311, Holly Miller 119-172=291, Rachael Daugherty 155-120=275.

Iowa City High: 1,666-858=2,524.
Jefferson: 1606-860=2,466.

J-Hawks drop opener to North Scott

The mantra from the coaches on the Jefferson bench Monday night was that the girls play with “hot hands” on defense against their visitors from North Scott.

It was on offense, however, that they had much more trouble holding onto the ball with a severe case of butter fingers.

In their season opener, the young J-Hawks committed 23 turnovers that finally led to a 57-42 loss to the Lady Lancers.

“I think it was a little bit of first-game jitters,” said Jefferson Coach Jason Edwards. “And we were playing a really good team.”

North Scott is ranked third in Class 4A, and the J-Hawks made it a much closer game than the end score would indicate.

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Sturtz leads J-Hawks over Little Hawks

Hunter Sturtz had a 513 series to lead the Jefferson boys bowling team to a 3,398 to 2,494 season-opening win over Iowa City High Tuesday at May City Bowl. Sturtz also had the high game with 279 pins.

Colby Melsha led the Little Hawks with a 355 series.

Jefferson (3,398): Hunter Sturtz 234-279=513, Noah Tiedtke 227-266=493, Victor Baccam 228-237=465, Tyler Fowler 268-187=455, Chaise Donner 225-204=429.

Iowa City High (2,494): Colby Melsha 153-202=355, Andrew Franz 193-171=364, Paul Sirena 190-163=353, Garrett Highly 154-66=320, Austin Young 140-168=308, Adam Fiagle 135-91=226.

Jefferson: 2,355-1,043=3,398.
Iowa City High: 1,700-794=2,494.

Prairie, Jefferson win sportsmanship awards

Cedar Rapids Prairie and Cedar Rapids Jefferson are the winners of the Cliff Brees Fall Sportsmanship Awards in the Mississippi Valley Conference, as voted by the league's athletic directors.

Prairie won the award in the Mississippi Division and Jefferson took the honors in the Valley Division.

The award was based on each school's sportsmanship during the football and volleyball seasons.