Metro Sports Report

Sommer twins lift Wartburg past Coe

WAVERLY - Linn-Mar graduates Kristie and Katie Sommer scored 10 points apiece to lead Wartburg to a 60-54 win over Coe in Iowa Conference women's basketball action on Wednesday night at Buzz Levick Arena.

The Knights (13-7, 4-5 IIAC) built a 30-20 halftime lead and held off a late charge to avenge an earlier loss to the Kohawks in Cedar Rapids. Kailey Kladivo led Wartburg with 12 points. The Sommer twins each hit a pair of 3-point baskets for Wartburg.

Coe (13-7, 6-3) dropped into a three-way tie for second place in the league with Loras and Luther, two games behind Dubuque. Prairie graduate Courteney McCrary led the Kohawks with 13 points and seven rebounds. Megan Hayes finished with 11 points.

Knights drop Coe from IIAC lead

WAVERLY - Jordan Cannon scored 18 points to lead four Wartburg players in double figures as the Knights upset Coe, 86-70, in an Iowa Conference men's basketball game Wednesday night at Buzz Levick Arena.

Wartburg (5-4, 12-8 IIAC) led 37-28 at halftime and maintained the advantage throughout the second half. The Knights were 23-of-24 from the foul line. Nate Woeste and Clay Cook each had 16 points while Nick Webber finished with 14. Wartburg outrebounded the Kohawks, 41-29. Cook had 12 caroms, Webber 11.

JT Vonderhaar led Coe (13-7, 7-2) with 15 points. Mike Vonderhaar and Jacob Timm added 13 each. The loss dropped Coe one game behind Buena Vista in the IIAC standings.

8 Metro football stars pick colleges

There was a lot of talent on high school football teams in the Metro area this past season. Now many of those players have decided where to continue their football careers in college.

Connor Vincent, a star linebacker at Washington, has committed to Northwest Missouri State. Royal Silver, an outstanding lineman for the Warriors, will sign with Iowa Western Community College.

Keagan Pinter, who rushed for 1,103 yards and scored 11 touchdowns for Prairie, is headed to Upper Iowa. Sam Drysdale, a premier place-kicker for the Prairie Hawks, will be joining the University of Northern Iowa.

Perrion Scott, a speedster who rushed for 985 yards and scored nine touchdowns at Linn-Mar, plans to sign with Iowa Central Community College. Logan Nelsen, who led Linn-Mar in tackles, has committed to St. Cloud State.

Prairie Hawks knock off J-Hawks

The Cedar Rapids Prairie boys basketball team set a goal for a certain number of victories this season, but sophomore Max Smith Drahos and Coach Jeremy Rickertsen do not agree on the exact number.

"At the beginning of the year we said we wanted to be the first Prairie team in awhile to get 10 wins," Smith Drahos said Tuesday night, "and we wanted to go deep into substate and possibly go to state."

Rickertsen thought 10 wins was reasonable, but set his sights higher than that.

"We were thinking more like 14 or 15," he remarked. "We'll see. Double digits would be good. It's a step in the right direction. Yeah, we'd take that."

The improved Prairie Hawks won their eighth game Tuesday night with a 66-45 victory over the struggling Jefferson J-Hawks in a Mississippi Valley Conference contest at Prairie.