Metro Sports Report

Kirkwood falls to Iowa Western in OT

These rematches are killing the Kirkwood men's basketball team.

It happened again Saturday when the eighth-ranked Eagles blew a 16-point lead and lost to Iowa Western, 82-76, in overtime at Johnson Hall.

This is the third time Kirkwood (10-3) has lost a rematch with an opponent after beating them the first time around.

The Eagles topped John Wood 84-63 in their first meeting this season, then dropped the rematch 75-65. They beat Southeastern 72-63 the first time, then got hammered 95-66 in the rematch.

And now it's happened with Iowa Western.

Kirkwood women roll by Marshalltown

The Kirkwood women's basketball team was credited with 26 assists on its 27 field goals during Saturday's 80-45 romp past Marshalltown at Johnson Hall.

That tells you one of two things: Either the official statistician was extremely generous handing out assists or the seventh-ranked Eagles passed the ball extremely well.

It was the latter.

"We were unselfish," said Kirkwood Coach Kim Muhl. "That's the big thing with this group. When they start passing the ball, they're much better."

Tyra Polite collected seven assists and Taylor Silva had five to lead the way, but 10 different Eagles had at least one assist as Kirkwood zipped the ball around the floor.

"We're starting to get better," said Muhl after his club raised its record to 8-4 with a strong overall performance.

Prairie pushes No. 2 Bettendorf in finals

Cedar Rapids Prairie nearly toppled one of the giants of prep wrestling Saturday at the 5 Seasons Duals.

The Hawks built a 15-point lead against second-ranked Bettendorf before falling, 38-33, in the championship round of the day-long tournament at Kennedy High School.

Prairie owned a 33-18 lead with four matches left against Bettendorf, but the Bulldogs still had three top-ranked wrestlers in their tank - including a pair of defending state champions who are accustomed to winning big matches.

Bettendorf collected two pins, a decision and a technical fall in the last four bouts and rallied for the 38-33 victory.

Bettendorf won the Class 3A state title last February and returns three state champions with Jack Wagner, Jacob Schwarm and Fredy Stroker.

RoughRiders trimmed by Sioux City

SIOUX CITY - The Sioux City Musketeers scored three unanswered goals in the third period Saturday night and tripped the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, 3-1, before 4,014 fans at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City.

The Musketeers lead the Western Conference of the USHL with a 16-6-1 record for 33 points. The RoughRiders lead the Eastern Conference with a 20-4 mark for 40 points.

Casey Jerry gave the RoughRiders a 1-0 lead early in the second period with an assist from Hugh McGing, but that was all the scoring for the visitors.

Robert Carpenter tied the game for Sioux City with a power-play goal in the third period. Max Kalter gave the Musketeers a 2-1 lead. The third goal came with 29 seconds left into an empty net.

RoughRiders     0  1  0 - 1
Sioux City      0  0  3 - 3

RR - Casey Jerry (Hugh McGing)
SC - Robert Carpenter (power play) (Joel Janatuinen, Adam Johnson)
SC - Max Kalter (Alexandre Payusov)
SC - Avni Berisha (empty net) (unassisted)