Metro Sports Report

Bach family rules at Independence meet

INDEPENDENCE - First Center Point, now Independence.

The Bach siblings have done it again.

Marion High School senior Madison Bach won the 37th Annual Mustang Invitational on Saturday in Independence and led the Indians to the team championship. Then her brother Myles, a sophomore, captured his varsity race and led Marion to the boys title as well.

The Bachs did the same thing Tuesday at the Center Point-Urbana Invitational, winning individual crowns and leading their teams to the championships.

Madison Bach covered the 5K course in 19 minutes, 29 seconds for a 28-second victory over Felicity Traylor of South Winn. Marion won the girls championship with 44 points, with South Winn a distant second at 85.

Rima helps Prairie race by Burlington

As a publicity stunt (and to make money), the great Olympic sprinter Jessie Owens sometimes ran against race horses.

On the football field Friday night, Prairie’s unstoppable Jalen Rima out-ran a pack of Grayhounds not once, but several times, to lead his team to a much-needed 57-7 shellacking of District 6 foe Burlington.

Rima, a multi-sport star senior still deciding on college, scored three times on two long pass plays and a long run.

In the first half alone, as the Hawks built a 43-7 margin and coasted the rest of the way under a continuous clock, the lanky speedster accounted for 224 yards on just three rushes and three pass receptions.

Lions put clamps on Waterloo East

WATERLOO - It took awhile for the Linn-Mar offense to get started in Friday night's Class 4A District 4 opener with Waterloo East.

However, the Lion defense was in top form right from the start.

Linn-Mar held the Trojans to just 20 yards of total offense, including a whopping minus-65 rushing total, en route to a 54-0 triumph at Memorial Stadium.

The win moves Linn-Mar to 2-3 overall, 1-0 in district play, while Waterloo East falls to 0-5, 0-1. It was the 24th straight loss for the Trojans dating back to the 2012 playoffs.

"We needed a game like this tonight," said Linn-Mar senior defensive end Sam Bries. "I'm just really glad we all came together. Our defense just needed to be ready."

Ready they were. Linn-Mar surrendered just four first downs and the one time East moved inside the red zone after a long completion, Bries and his mates pushed the hosts back 10 yards and took over on downs.

"We just have the mentality of never giving up," Bries said. "Our offense may have been struggling, but we just want to keep working, hoping that will bring them up. We knew it was just a matter of time before they got going."

Linn-Mar wins title at Monticello

MONTICELLO - The Linn-Mar Lions won all five of their matches at the Monticello volleyball tournament Saturday and defeated West Delaware, 22-25, 25-17, 15-9 in the championship match.

West Delaware, which is ranked No. 1 in Class 4A, began the tournament with a perfect 25-0 record. Linn-Mar is ranked No. 7 in Class 5A with an 18-4 mark.

Amanda Ollinger collected 12 kills and 13 digs in the championship match against West Delaware. Ellie Anderson had eight kills and 29 assists in the finals. Megan Renner contributed eight kills and 12 digs. Emile McGowan had 11 digs.