Metro Sports Report

Wash girls blank J-Hawks in 2A tennis

The Washington Warriors defeated Jefferson, 6-0, in the first round of the girls Class 2A regional tennis tournament Saturday at the Washington courts.

Lilly Hartman blanked Kylie Jonas, 6-0, 6-0, at No. 1 singles.

WASHINGTON 6, JEFFERSON 0

Singles

1. Lilly Hartman (W) def. Kylie Jonas, 6-0, 6-0
2. Hannah Sherman (W) def. Mary Korch, 6-0, 6-0
3. Kelly King (W) def. Ashley Davidson, 6-0, 6-0
4. Jennifer Greif (W) def. Maddie Slagle, 6-1, 6-1
5. Eliza Sundermann (W) def. Alexis Johnson, 6-2, 6-0
6. Laura Gibson (W) def. Cameron Cox, 6-0, 6-0

Xavier boys net substate opener

The Xavier Saints blanked Grinnell, 5-0, in the opening round of the boys Class 1A substate tennis tournament at Xavier Saturday.

Ben Curley cruised to a 6-1, 6-0 victory at No. 1 singles against Edward Lopatto.

Jon Lansing, Charlie Esker, Alex Hinrichs and Blake Magill also won their singles matches in straight sets for the Saints.

Kernels dumped by hot River Bandits

The Cedar Kernels got a good look at the best team in the Midwest League Friday night.

Too good, in fact.

The Quad Cities River Bandits spanked the Kernels, 10-3, before 2,439 fans at Veterans Memorial Stadium.

The Kernels had not allowed more than six runs in a game this season, but the River Bandits scored six times in the first three innings and proceeded to the easy victory from there.

Quad Cities raised its record 28-7 for a winning percentage of .800, by far the best mark in the league. The Kernels fell to 21-13, which is the second-best mark in the MWL.

The River Bandits and Kernels stand 1-2 in the Western Division standings, but they are now 6 1/2 games apart.

Coe belts La Crosse to reach finals

LA CROSSE, Wis. - The Coe College baseball team smashed Wisconsin-LaCrosse, 11-5, in the winner's bracket finals of the NCAA Division III regional baseball tournament Friday night and needs one more victory to reach the World Series for the first time in school history.

Craig Konrardy and Michael Goerdt, batting 1-2 in the lineup, combined to go 10-for-11 at the plate with six runs scored and four RBIs. Konrardy was 5-for-6 and Goerdt was 5-for-5.

AJ Reuter, Jack Hoffmann and Jory Heckenberg all had two hits and two RBIs for the Kohawks as the top five batters in the lineup went 16-for-26 with 10 RBIs.

Coe will play in the championship game of the double-elimination tournament Sunday against an opponent to be determined Saturday. They will face either No. 20 Wisconsin-La Crosse, No. 3 Wisconsin-Whitewater or Concordia-Chicago.