Metro Sports Report

Andersen wins Metro Spotlight Award

McKenna Andersen of Xavier is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school girls this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Andersen, a 5-foot-9 senior, has been on a hot streak for the Xavier girls basketball team and is averaging 17.5 points with twelve 3-pointers in her last four ballgames.

The hot streak began when Andersen scored 20 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to help the Saints defeat Davenport Assumption on Dec. 22 to give Coach Tom Lilly the 500th victory of his career.

CVC boys topped by Prince of Peace

SPRINGVILLE - Will Andersen and Seth Moeller scored 13 points apiece Tuesday night as Prince of Peace defeated Cedar Valley Christian, 56-29, in a Tri-Rivers Conference basketball game in Springville.

Logan Crittenden scored 10 points for Cedar Valley (1-9, 0-5).

Prince of Peace raised its records to 5-6 overall and 2-3 in the league.

PRINCE OF PEACE (56): Morgan 0 0-0 0, Irish 2 0-0 4, Williams 0 0-0 0, Kaczinski 2 0-2 6, Mulholland 1 2-5 4, Peters 0 0-0 0, Marlowe 4 0-0 8, Bilek 2 0-0 4 Andersen 6 1-1 13, Sager 2 0-0 4, Moeller 6 1-4 13. Totals 25 4-12 56.

CEDAR VALLEY (29): Heeren 0 0-0 0, Herr 0 0-0 0, Crittenden 3 4-4 10, Telecky 1 0-0 3, D.Gustafson 0 0-0 0, K.Gustafson 2 0-0 6, Scroggs 2 0-0 4, Geels 1 0-0 2, Joyce 1 0-0 2, Foote 0 0-0 0, Johnson 1 0-5 2. Totals 11 4-9 29.

halftime - Prince of Peace 29, Cedar Valley 14. 3-point goals - Prince of Peace 2 (Kaczinski 2), Cedar Valley 3 (K.Gustafson 2, Telecky 1).

Washington girls trimmed by Wahawks

WATERLOO - The Washington girls basketball team fell behind by eight points after the first quarter Tuesday night and lost to Waterloo West, 49-46, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game in Waterloo.

Anne Visser collected 11 points and seven rebounds for the Warriors (7-6, 4-4). Joniqua Clark had eight steals and six assists. Payton Bruner contributed seven points and six rebounds.

Tahya Campbell had a big night for Waterloo West (5-7, 1-5) with 20 points as the Wahawks won their first conference game of the season. Na'Tracia Ceasar added 14 points for the victors.

Waterloo West made only eight field goals in the game, but the Wahawks hit 30 of 34 free throws to win the contest at the charity stripe. Campbell was 15 for 18 at the foul line and Ceaser was 9 for 9.

Wash boys trimmed by Waterloo West

The Washington boys basketball team got off to slow starts in both halves Tuesday night and lost to Waterloo West, 65-57, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at Washington.

The Warriors were outscored, 35-21, in the first and third quarters and were not able to overcome that discrepancy.

Laveechie Williams collected a double-double for Washington (4-5, 2-4) with 17 points and 11 rebounds. Hunter Strait also scored 17 points for the Warriors and Keion Wills had 13 points. Ian Thomas contributed seven points, four assists and four steals.