Metro Sports Report

Cedar Valley volleyball sweeps match

CLINTON - The Cedar Valley Christian volleyball team blanked Prince of Peace, 25-16, 25-23, 25-17, Tuesday night in Clinton.

Maggie Cach collected eight kills and four assists for the Huskies. Candace Wilson finished with 11 assists, eight digs and four kills.

Emma Slagle contributed nine digs and Nicole Hartmann had five kills.

Phillips, Gorsich share Metro Spotlight

Reese Phillips and Daniel Gorsich from the Linn-Mar football team are the co-winners of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school boys this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Phillips and Gorsich enjoyed a record-setting night Friday when the Lions walloped Clinton, 50-14.

Phillips, a junior, set a school record with five touchdown passes. Gorsich, a senior, tied the school record by scoring four touchdowns in a single game, all on passes from Phillips.

Kate Busswitz wins Metro Spotlight Award

Kate Busswitz of Cedar Rapids Prairie is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school girls this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Busswitz, a senior, helped the Prairie volleyball team capture top honors at the Linn-Mar Invitational Saturday with six straight 2-0 victories.

Busswitz collected 41 kills in the tournament for the balanced Hawks. She leads Prairie this season with 80 kills and 31 blocks in 11 matches.

Murphy helps Kernels top Peoria in opener

PEORIA, Ill. - While playing baseball for the Bradley University Braves, Max Murphy called Dozer Park in Peoria his home field. On Saturday night, Murphy visited Dozer Park again and held his own personal homecoming celebration.

Murphy’s two-run home run to deep left field in the seventh inning snapped a 1-1 tie and powered the Kernels to a 3-2 victory over the Peoria Chiefs before a crowd of 989 at the ballpark Murphy used to call home.

The win gave the Kernels a 1-0 lead in the best-of-3 Midwest League Western Division Championship Series. The Kernels can clinch the series Sunday at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids at 4:05 p.m. A third game, if necessary, would be played in Cedar Rapids Monday night.

Murphy, the Kernels designated hitter, had been held hitless in the postseason going into the game, but his first playoff hit was a game-changer.