Metro Sports Report

Reuter goes 7-for-7 as Coe sweeps

AJ Reuter enjoyed a special day for the Coe College baseball team Sunday at Daniels Park in Cedar Rapids as the Kohawks swept an Iowa Conference doubleheader from Dubuque, 8-3 and 10-2.

Reuter went 7-for-7 in the twinbill with a home run and six RBIs. He also was the winning pitcher in the first game, raising his record to 4-1.

Reuter went 2-for-2 in the opener with two RBIs, then went 5-for-5 in the nightcap with his home run and four more RBIs.

Craig Konrardy went 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs in the opener. Cal Kragenbrink was 2-for-2 with two RBIs and scored twice. Ben Larison also scored two runs.

Larison scored two more runs in the second game. Konrardy was 2-for-3 and scored twice. Colton Janssen was 2-for-4, and Andrew Brierton drove in two runs. Michael Golinski (2-1) pitched six scoreless innings for the Kohawks with 11 strikeouts and no walks.

Coe raised its records to 8-11 overall and 5-7 in the conference. Dubuque fell to 8-13 overall and 4-7 in the league.

Light-hitting Kernels drop pair

The sun came out in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, but a temperature that neared 60 degrees was not enough to warm up the Kernels’ bats as they dropped both ends of their Midwest League doubleheader against the Clinton LumberKings at Veterans Memorial Stadium.

Cedar Rapids lost, 4-1, in the opener and things only got worse for the Kernels in Game 2 as they fell to Clinton, 6-0.

The Kernels had trouble finding outfield grass at the plate, totaling 19 groundouts in the two games.

“We’ll have to have games where those groundballs find holes,” said Manager Jake Mauer. “But we’re not a team that’s going to score 10-12 runs a game. That’s not going to happen.

"We’ve got to find ways to keep it close and find ways to scratch out three or four runs and bunch something together. That’s what we’re going to have to do.”

Blue helps J-Hawks enjoy golden meet

Cedar Rapids Jefferson sophomore Jasmine Blue needed a Brink's truck to haul all her gold medals back to school Saturday afternoon.

Blue collected four gold medals and helped Jefferson smash three meet records at the 28th Annual J-Hawk Relays on a mild, sunny day at Kingston Stadium in Cedar Rapids

Blue captured the 100 meter dash and ran on the 4x200 relay, sprint medley relay and 4x100 relay that set new standards for excellence.

RoughRiders drop shootout in Waterloo

WATERLOO —  The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders lost a marathon shootout to the Waterloo Blackhawks in a USHL game in Waterloo on Saturday night, 3-2.

The game was tied, 2-2, after the third period. Neither team scored in overtime, which led to a shootout that went nine rounds before Jake Horton won the game for Waterloo before 3,471 fans at Young Arena.

The first eight skaters for both teams came up empty in the shootout. Alec Marsh, Andrew Poturalski, Dylan Steman, Charlie Curti, Frederik Tiffels, Judd Peterson, Dylan McLaughlin, Mark Auk and Andrew Oglevie all failed to score for the RoughRiders.

Likewise, the first eight skaters for Waterloo could not get the puck past Danny Tirone in goal for Cedar Rapids until Horton scored the game-winner in the final regular-season contest for both clubs.

Poturalski gave the RoughRiders a 1-0 lead in the second period, but Waterloo tied the game on a goal by Drew Melanson.