Metro Sports Report

Eagles split with Iowa Central

FORT DODGE - The Kirkwood Eagles trimmed Iowa Central, 9-8, in the second game of their doubleheader Sunday to salvage the final game of the four-game weekend series.

Iowa Central won the first game, 14-4, in five innings.

The split left Kirkwood at 14-11 overall and 4-4 in the conference. Iowa Central is 15-10 and 6-2.

Sulliam Rios Reyes went 3-for-4 for the Eagles in the 9-8 victory. Randy Perez was 2-for-5 and drove in three runs. Adam Barbarich and Ozzie Adams also had two hits. Rios Reyes and Kolton Smith scored two runs.

Bokoyo wins sprints for J-Hawks

Merje' Bokoyo has arrived at Cedar Rapids Jefferson this year with speed.

Bokoyo, a transfer student from Galesburg, Ill., captured the 100 and 200 meter dashes at the John Ask Relays Saturday on a cool, sunny day at Kingston Stadium.

Bokoyo claimed the 100 meter dash in a hand-held time of 10.92 seconds, which Jefferson Coach Ron Tower said would translate to about a 11.15 electronic clocking.

"That's a good time. No question, this early, in the cold," said Tower.

Bokoyo helped Galesburg finished third in the 4x100 relay and sixth in the 4x200 relay at the Class 2A state meet in Illinois last year. Tower said Bokoyo is originally from the Congo in Africa.

RoughRiders tumble in Dubuque, 4-1

DUBUQUE - The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders did not have enough "power" in their power plays in a key USHL game against the Dubuque Fighting Saints Saturday night.

The RoughRiders had nine power plays in Saturday's game and converted only once in a 4-1 loss to Dubuque before 3,088 fans at the Mystique Ice Center in Dubuque.

The RoughRiders fell five points behind Youngstown in the chase for the Eastern Conference title with only a handful of games left in the regular season.

Youngstown won Saturday night and has a 37-14-5 record for 79 points with four games left. Cedar Rapids fell to 37-18-0 for 74 points with five games left in their regular season.

Muskegon and Dubuque are both 33-18-4 for 70 points with five games left. The RoughRiders have clinched a spot in the USHL playoffs, but it remains to be seen if they'll finish 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th in their own conference.

Dubuque scored midway through the first period, but Erik Foley countered for Cedar Rapids on a power play to make it 1-1 at the 11:35 mark of the stanza. Dylan McLaughlin and Andrew Oglivie collected assists on Foley's goal.

Alberhasky tosses no-hitter for Kohawks

Connor Alberhasky pitched the third no-hitter in school history Saturday as Coe blanked Loras, 7-0, in the first game of an Iowa Conference doubleheader at Daniels Park.

Coe also won the second game, 9-5.

Alberhasky, from Iowa City, struck out five batters and walked only one man during his seven-inning masterpiece. He threw just 60 pitches in the efficient ballgame, including 42 for strikes.

Alberhasky joined Shane Staker (1997) and Dave Drahn (1985) with no-hitters for Coe. It was the first no-hitter in the Iowa Conference since 2011.

Michael Goerdt and AJ Reuter had two hits for the Kohawks in the first game. Grant Henning socked a home run, drove in two runs and scored two runs. Cole Tomlinson also scored twice.