Metro Sports Report

Jefferson boys trimmed by Tigers

CEDAR FALLS - Tra'Von Fagan poured in 28 points Tuesday night as the Cedar Falls Tigers trimmed the Jefferson J-Hawks, 68-65, in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball game in Cedar Falls.

Kane Kramer popped in four 3-pointers and scored 16 points for Jefferson (3-8, 0-6). James Brown Jr. added 13 points for the J-Hawks.

AJ Green contributed 18 points for Cedar Falls (6-3, 3-3).

Jefferson grabbed a 56-54 lead early in the fourth quarter, but the Tigers moved back in front and maintained a slim lead the rest of the game.

JEFFERSON (65): Webb 3 0-0 6, Wiederin  3 0-0 9, Green 3 1-2 7, Kramer 4 4-4 16, Brown 6 1-4 13, McCauley 1 0-1 2, Van Oort 3 2-2 9, Szabo 0 0-0 0, McKinney 1 1-2 3, Larson 0 0-0 0. Totals 24 9-17 65.

CEDAR FALLS (68): Fagan 9 10-15 28, Harrington 1 0-0 3, Green 6 4-4 18, Abbas 0 1-3 1, Labeaux 1 3-4 5, Alexander 1 0-0 3, Johnson 2 0-0 5, Bower 0 0-0 0, Gerdes 0 5-6 5, Leisinger 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 23-32 68.

Halftime - Cedar Falls 35, Jefferson 30. 3-point goals - Jefferson 8 (Kramer 4, Wiederin 3, Van Oort 1), Cedar Falls 5 (Green 2, Harrington 1, Alexander 1, Johnson 1).

Hart rolls 440 series for Xavier

The Xavier boys bowling team had 2,825 pins, but it wasn’t enough against Dubuque Hempstead’s 3,369 in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet Tuesday at May City Bowl.

Charlie Hart led the Saints with a 238 game and a 440 series.

Noah Cheever rolled a 500 series for the Mustangs.

DUBUQUE HEMPSTEAD: Noah Cheever 258-242=500, Jacob Coohey 249-226=475, Justin Lanser 224-244=468, Cody Scheffert 193-223=416, Chance Brimeyer 171-237=408, Kyle Wersinger 188-207=395.

XAVIER: Charlie Hart 238-202=440, Jackson Schuster 196-197=393, Jacob Fulton 214-176=390, Michael Buenzow 210-162=372, Nic Peters 147-167=314, David Weaver 110-137=247.

Dubuque Hempstead 2,267-1,102=3,369.

Xavier: 1,909-916=2,825.

Crane, Zaugg lead Saints vs Hempstead

Cheyanne Crane had a 213 game and Tanya Zaugg rolled a 376 series to lead the Xavier girls bowling team in a 2,525 to 2,366 loss to Dubuque Hempstead in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet Tuesday at May City Bowl.

Kassidy Gerken led the Mustangs with a 395 series.

HEMPSTEAD: Kassidy Gerken 220-175=395, Natalie Leach 215-151=366, Elsa Schmidt 180-183=363, Kaitlin Weber 158-138=296, Sierra Thurston 159-134=293, Liz John 117-146=263.

XAVIER: Tanya Zaugg 188-188=376, Cheyanne Crane 213-143=356, Ella Schrader 161-189=350, Abby Scott 128-138=266, Jamsion Janson 129-106=235, Katie Langholz 106-100=206.

Hempstead: 1,714-812=2,525

Xavier: 1,583-783=2,366.

Linn-Mar swimmers sweep Jefferson

The Linn-Mar boys swimming team won all 11 events and beat Jefferson, 97-45, in a Mississippi Valley Conference dual Tuesday at Linn-Mar.

Matt Peng won the 200- and 500-yard freestyles in 1 minute, 53.30 seconds and 5:10.39, respectively, for the Lions.

Hogan Myers took the 200 individual medley (2:15.63) and 100 freestyle (51.48), Reid Snell won the 50 freestyle (23.21) and 100 breaststroke (1:06.08), Jacob Wendt won the 100 butterfly (59.06) and Nathan Hendricks won the 100 backstroke (1:02.48).

Linn-Mar also captured the 200 medley (1:57.24), 200 freestyle (1:33.98) and 400 freestyle (3:33.14) relays.