Metro Sports Report

Colts pick Parry in 5th round

David Parry beat the odds when he joined the Stanford football team five years ago as a walk-on and enjoyed a successful career, earning Pac-10 Conference laurels and starting in two Rose Bowls.

Now the 2010 Linn-Mar High School grad is determined to beat the odds again by playing in the National Football League.

Parry, a 6-foot-1, 308-pound defensive tackle, was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the fifth round Saturday as the 151st overall pick in the draft.

Parry did not get any scholarship offers from Division I colleges while at Linn-Mar. Stanford and Iowa invited him to join their programs as invited walk-ons. He considered the Hawkeyes but headed west instead.

Anderson helps Coe net NCAA berth

Brady Anderson enjoyed a productive day Saturday and helped the Coe men's tennis team earn an automatic berth in the NCAA Division III national tournament.

The Kohawks topped Luther, 5-1, in the Iowa Conference finals to clinch their spot in the NCAA meet. The Kohawks also defeated Wartburg, 5-0, in the semifinals.

Anderson, a freshman from Linn-Mar, won both of his matches at No. 3 singles in straight sets. He also teamed with Riley Galbraith, a Kennedy grad, to win both of their matches at No. 1 doubles.

The Kohawks will take a 20-6 record into the NCAA tournament. Their opponent and location will be announced Monday.

COE 5, LUTHER 1

Gunderson ties for 2nd at IIAC golf

PEOSTA - Coe senior Tyler Gunderson tied for second place at the Iowa Conference golf tournament at Thunder Hills Country Club Saturday and earned all-conference honors for the fourth straight year.

Desmond Still of Central won the 72-hole tournament with a score of 4-over-par 289. Gunderson finished in a three-way tie for second place at 297 with scores of 75, 76, 72 and 74.

Central won the team championship by 29 shots over Wartburg. Coe finished eighth and last in the tournament.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Central 1192, 2. Wartburg 1221, 3. Dubuque 1225, 4. Simpson 1228, 5. Luther 1239, 6. Loras 1262, 7. Buena Vista 1265, 8. Coe 1324.

COE: 2. (tie) Tyler Gunderson 75-76-72-74=297, 35. Seth Inman 86-82-83-81=332, 37. Anthony Worden 97-87-79-84=347, 38. Hunter Mulnix 96-85-81-90=352, 39. Alex Everhart 93-94-87-93=367.

No. 6 Eagles roll into national tourney

The Kirkwood softball team is so good and so talented that Natalie Clark, an All-American for the Eagles last year, is only a part-time starter this season.

That's one of the many reasons the sixth-ranked Eagles are heading to the NJCAA Division II national tournament after destroying North Platte (Neb.) in the district tournament Friday at Kirkwood, 8-0 and 18-1, in two lopsided contests.

Kirkwood (45-8) advances to the 16-team national meet in Clinton, Miss., from May 13-16.

Clark has graciously accepted her role as a super-sub this season, an important intangible for a club that oozes talent.

"She's done great," said Coach Joe Yegge. "She knows she's struggled a little bit offensively, and that's why she's come out of the lineup with the way we've been hitting.