Metro Sports Report

Tschantz rolls 415 series for Lions

Alexis Tschantz rolled a 236 game and a 415 series for the Linn-Mar girls bowling team in a 2,647 to 2,442 loss to Waterloo East on Friday at the Cedar Rapids Bowling Center.

Alissa Claassen had a 407 series for the Trojans.

WATELOO EAST: Alissa Claassen 171-236=407, Josie Jacobs 226-166=392, Leah Frost 212-160=372, Ashley Cary 183-171=354, Alysha Edler 135-199=334, Ashlee Snapp 129-112=241.

LINN-MAR: Alexis Tschantz 179-236=415, Mekena Diercks 181-144=325, Hannah Bates 189-130=319, Katie Routhe 149-135=284, Brittni Krause 147-105=252.

Waterloo East: 1,859-788=2,647

Linn-Mar: 1,595-847=2,442.

Prairie girls bounce J-Hawks

In his second season with the vastly improved Prairie girls basketball team, Josh Bentley may have found the secret of coaching.

“When the shots are falling, it makes the coach look good,” he said Tuesday night after his near-flawless crew surprisingly throttled Jefferson, 57-31, at Prairie.

And it was no fluke that Prairie had a hot shooting night by hitting 22 of 50 (44 percent), according to star senior guard Olivia Usher.

"Defensively, we really came out ready to play,” she said. “When we’re playing good defense, it makes our offense work a lot better.”

In an almost perfect performance, Usher led the Hawks with 19 points, with eight of them coming in a 20-2 Prairie run after the score was tied 9-9.

Lions, Cougars climb in rankings

The Linn-Mar Lions and Kennedy Cougars made big jumps in the IGHSAU girls basketball rankings Friday.

The Lions climbed four spots to No. 6 in Class 5A and the Cougars jumped five spots to No. 7.

The Marion Indians fell two places to No. 6 in Class 4A. The Xavier Saints dropped out of the Class 4A rankings.

CLASS 5A
1. Waukee, 2. Johnston, 3. Ankeny Centennial, 4. Dowling Catholic, 5. Indianola, 6. Linn-Mar, 7. Kennedy, 8. Southeast Polk, 9. Iowa City High, 10. West Des Moines Valley, 11. Cedar Falls, 12. Davenport North, 13. Pleasant Valley, 14. Sioux City West, 15. Iowa City West.

CLASS 4A
1. Ballard, 2. Mason City, 3. Harlan, 4. Western Dubuque, 5. Fairfield, 6. Marion, 7. Keokuk, 8. Dallas Center-Grimes, 9. Lewis Central, 10. Bishop Heelan, 11. Waverly-Shell Rock, 12. North Scott, 13. Carlisle, 14. Pella, 15. Spencer.

Gosiewski lifts Riders by Chicago

Matt Gosiewski scored on a power play in the third period Friday night to snap a 3-3 tie and help the RoughRiders nip Chicago, 4-3, in a USHL game before 2,013 fans at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena.

The RoughRiders jumped to a 3-0 lead on goals by Johnny DeRoche, Jacob Hayhurst and Luke Morgan, but the Steel answered with three straight goals of their own to forge a 3-3 tie.

Gosiewski snapped the tie with an assist from Hayhurst at the 12:42 mark of the final stanza.

Ben Blacker made 20 saves in goal for Cedar Rapids. DeRoche had two assists in addition to his goal.