Metro Sports Report

Coe needs OT to stop Simpson

INDIANOLA - Matt Daoust scored a career-high 29 points as Coe outlasted Simpson, 81-74, in overtime on Wednesday night in Iowa Conference men's basketball action.

Simpson (6-19, 1-13 IIAC) was bent on upsetting the Kohawks, leading by as many as seven in the second half. The Storm had a shot to win in regulation, but a late shot attempt was off the mark, forcing overtime.

Coe (16-9, 10-4) took control in the extra session, outscoring Simpson, 11-4. Christian Fahey finished with 15 points for the Kohawks. JT Vonderhaar had nine points and a game-high 12 rebounds before fouling out. Coe outrebounded Simpson, 47-26.

Ryan Skaar led Simpson with 20 points.

Kohawks cruise past Simpson

INDIANOLA - Mickey Hansche scored 19 points and Aleena Hobbs added 18 as Coe downed Simpson, 70-55, in an Iowa Conference women's basketball game on Wednesday night.

Megan Hayes added 14 points and Allie Wirth had nine rebounds for Coe (16-8, 9-4).

Simpson (16-8, 6-7) was led by Maddie Bosworth's 13 points.

Cline, Hite lead bowlers to state

As expected, the highly ranked Jefferson boys and Prairie girls earned return trips to next week’s state bowling tournament with team victories in the state qualifiers Tuesday afternoon at Lancer Lanes.

But the two individual qualifiers had to come from far back in the field to stake their place at state.

In the case of boys champ Bryan Cline of Washington, it was a mild upset in that he came into the meet seeded third with a 216 average. The two Jefferson bowlers ahead of him, however, boasted much higher averages and are ranked second and third in the state in Class 3A.

The senior Cline does have experience on his side, though.

He bowled at the state tourney as a freshman and sophomore when the Warriors qualified as a team, and two years ago he was the runner-up for the individual title.

“The guy that beat me,” he noted, “rolled a 300 game.”

The victory by girls medalist Mikayla Hite of Prairie was a clear surprise, even to her and her coach.

Bohannon powers Lions over Waterloo East

Jordan Bohannon scored 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead the Linn-Mar boys basketball team in a 65-40 win over Waterloo East on Tuesday at Linn-Mar.

Lane Halupnik scored 14 points for the Lions (16-4) and Beau Klostermann added 11 points. Bohannon made four 3-pointers.

Linn-Mar jumped to a 22-7 lead in the first quarter and didn’t look back.