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No.1 Warriors, No.1 Saints ready to go

Thu - 25 Sep Written by Jim Ecker

High school football fans in the Metro area have the rare luxury of supporting two top-ranked teams this week with the Washington Warriors and Xavier Saints.

Both teams have home games Friday.

The Warriors, ranked No. 1 in Class 4A by the Des Moines Register, entertain Muscatine at Kingston Stadium. The Saints, ranked No. 1 in Class 3A by the Register, entertain Maquoketa.

Marion hosts DeWitt Central, Prairie visits Burlington, Linn-Mar entertains Waterloo East and Cedar Valley Christian travels to Lansing Kee in the other Metro games Friday night.

MUSCATINE at WASHINGTON

Kingston Stadium, 7:15 p.m.
Class 4A District 6 Game

Records:

Muscatine (3-1 overall, 0-0 district)
Washington (4-0 overall, 0-0 district)

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RoughRiders count 22 college commitments

Wed - 24 Sep Written by Jim Ecker

The young men who play hockey for the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders gather here for a year or two to improve their skills before heading off to some of the most prestigious colleges in the United States.

They'll attend Dartmouth and Yale, Penn State and Notre Dame, Northeastern and Providence, New Hampshire and Miami of Ohio, along with Western Michigan, Michigan Tech, Clarkson, Mankato, Vermont and St. Cloud State.

There are 26 players on the RoughRiders roster as they head into Saturday night's season opener against Dubuque at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena, and fully 22 of them have already committed to college. The other four will join them before long.

"With all the guys and prestigious institutions, I really have to be on my game because they're real smarter than me," RoughRiders Coach Mark Carlson joked at a preseason press conference Wednesday. "So if I'm not explaining things the right way I'm going to be in trouble."

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Halle Lueck sets the ball for Kirkwood during Wednesday's match against Clinton as Jasmine Jackson (13) moves into position. (MSR photo by Margaret O'Banion)

Lueck helps No. 7 Eagles soar

Wed - 24 Sep Written by Jim Ecker

Halle Lueck has been a Kirkwood kid for a long time.

She grew up in the Kirkwood neighborhood as a student in the College Community (Cedar Rapids Prairie) School Sistrict. And her mother, Lynn, is the office manager for the Kirkwood athletic department at Johnson Hall, so Halle knows her way around the gym.

Now Lueck is a top-notch athlete at Kirkwood Community College as a prominent member of the seventh-ranked volleyball team. She leads all players in the ICCAC conference in assists and ranks seventh in the nation in Division II, averaging more than 10 assists per set on the team that's filled with heavy hitters.

Lueck had offers from NCAA Division III colleges and from Upper Iowa, an NCAA Division II school, but she was confident Kirkwood was the right place to begin her college experience this year.

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Pinter leads Kortemeyer in Metro rushing

Wed - 24 Sep Written by Jim Ecker

Cedar Rapids Prairie tailback Keagan Pinter has taken a slight lead over Jay Kortemeyer of Xavier as the leading rusher among the eight Metro football teams.

Pinter has rushed for 437 yards in four games for the Hawks this season, compared to 427 yards in four games for Kortemeyer.

Prairie has the leading rusher, leading passer and leading receiver so far this season. Trey Beckman has thrown for 780 yards and Jalen Rima has 19 catches for 270 yards.

Linn-Mar quarterback Ryan Schmidt and Xavier quarterback Bryce Schulte are tied for the Metro scoring lead with seven touchdowns for 42 points.

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J-Hawks hope to snap 25-game Metro skid

Wed - 24 Sep Written by Jim Ecker

The Jefferson J-Hawks have lost 25 straight games to Metro opponents the last six years, but Brian Webb's club hopes to end that negative streak Thursday night when it faces the winless Kennedy Cougars at Kingston Stadium.

The kickoff is scheduled for 7:15 p.m. (KGYM 1600 AM/107.5 FM).

Jefferson (2-2) has not whipped a Metro opponent since topping Linn-Mar, 27-19, on Oct. 17, 2008. The J-Hawks lost to five Metro teams in 2009, five more in 2010, five more in 2011, four more in 2012, four more in 2013 and two this year.

Jefferson has given top-ranked Washington and Prairie good battles this season and appears primed to knock off Kennedy, which has struggled this year with an 0-4 record.

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Today's Line-up

Metro Sports Report

No.1 Warriors, No.1 Saints ready to go

RoughRiders count 22 college commitments

Lueck helps No. 7 Eagles soar

Pinter leads Kortemeyer in Metro rushing

J-Hawks hope to snap 25-game Metro skid

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