Metro Sports Report

RoughRiders keep rolling without Foley

Erik Foley, Andrew Oglevie and Jiri Fronk have formed one of the most potent lines in the USHL this season, but the RoughRiders kept rolling Saturday night after Foley suffered a head injury early in the second period and went to the hospital for treatment.

Fronk and Oglevie scored goals after Foley got hurt as the RoughRiders defeated Team USA, 4-2, before 2,959 fans at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena.

Fronk tied the game, 2-2, with a blast from about 20 feet in front of the goal in the second period, then Oglevie gave the RoughRiders a 3-2 advantage with a rocket in the third stanza.

Fronk and Oglevie were happy to score goals for their absent buddy.

"I think he just drove the net really hard and hit his head on the post," said Oglevie. "He got cut a little bit, but I think he's going to be all right."

Sneed hurt as Kirkwood women tip NIACC

MASON CITY - The fourth-ranked Kirkwood women's basketball team may have paid a steep price for its 73-71 victory over NIACC Saturday in the conference opener for both schools.

All-American Ariel Sneed suffered a knee injury with five seconds left in the game and could be lost for an extended period of time, according to a team spokesman.

Kirsten Larson popped in five 3-pointers and scored 19 points as Kirkwood (13-4, 1-0) won for the ninth straight time. Taylor Silva contributed 13 points with three 3-pointers and five assists. Peyton Bockholt scored 10 points.

Sneed, who has signed with Southern Mississippi, finished with 10 points and seven rebounds. She hurt her left knee in a scramble for the ball in the final seconds.

No.10 Lions roar with 16 3-pointers

On a night where Linn-Mar set a school record for 3-point field goals, it was the defense that impressed Coach Chris Robertson.

The No. 10 Lions netted an all-time single-game best 16 treys (in 28 attempts) and the defense had visiting Cedar Falls out of sync most of the night.

The result was an impressive 81-45 Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball win Friday night at the Linn-Mar gym.

Linn-Mar's record-setting effort from beyond the arc came in just three quarters as the Lions went deep into the bench for a continuous-clock fourth quarter. The old mark was 15 set in the 2005-06 season.

"We shot it well tonight, but I was more impressed with our defense," said Robertson. "We knew (Cedar Falls) was a good team that had been scoring about 65 a game.

"I thought our guys really locked in defensively and focused," he added. "I thought we rebounded much better tonight than we did (in Tuesday's win at Kennedy)."

RoughRiders knock off Team USA

There are few things as sweet in a hockey game as getting a short-handed goal. It gives your own team a lift and demoralizes the opponent.

The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders are good at it.

Dylan McLaughlin collected the RoughRiders' seventh shorthanded goal of the season Friday night to help Cedar Rapids stop Team USA, 4-2, in a USHL game before 2,250 fans at the Ice Arena.

"It's a momentum gainer for us, and it loses momentum for them," said McLaughlin, who gave the RoughRiders a 2-0 lead in the second period with his unassisted tally. "It's always nice to pop in the short-handed goals."

Cedar Rapids raised its record to 23-8-0 for 46 points, good for a five-point lead over Muskegon for first place in the Eastern Conference.