Metro Sports Report

David Sweeting, who is from the Bahamas, pitched six shutout innings for Kirkwood Community College on Friday. (Photo by Margaret O'Banion)

Sweeting left Bahamas to help Eagles

Fri - 28 Mar Written by Jim Ecker

Kirkwood pitcher David Sweeting could have been back home in the Bahamas on Friday afternoon, enjoying another warm day and the beautiful blue-green waters.

"Mid-80s," he mused about the temperature where he lives in Nassau. "Clear skies, clear water. You can go out a couple of hundred feet of water and still see the bottom."

Instead, Sweeting was toiling on the mound for the Eagles on Friday with the temperature straining to reach 40 under gray skies.

He didn't seem to mind a bit.

Sweeting tossed six shutout innings as No.19 Kirkwood defeated Rochester Tech, 5-3, in the first game of a doubleheader at the Kirkwood Community College diamond in Cedar Rapids.

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Moldenhauer lifts Riders to victory

Fri - 28 Mar Written by Metro Sports Report

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Scott Moldenhauer scored an unassisted goal at the 5:37 mark of the third period Friday night to snap a 3-3 tie and give the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders a 4-3 victory over Youngstown in a USHL game before 1,564 fans at the Covelli Center.

Jason Kalinowski, Andrew Poturalski and Frederik Tiffels scored goals for Cedar Rapids in the second period to give the RoughRiders a 3-2 edge, but Trey Bradley tallied for Youngstown to forge a 3-3 tie late in the period.

Chris Birdsall made 18 saves in goal for the RoughRiders.

Cedar Rapids and Youngstown will meet again Saturday night at the Covelli Center.

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Christensen could stick with Kernels

Thu - 27 Mar Written by S.D. Buhr

FORT MYERS, Fla. — With the Cedar Rapids Kernels set to open their 2014 season in just a week, the Minnesota Twins Class A affiliate is headed into the final days of spring training in Fort Myers, Fla., with only a few more decisions to make.

Manager Jake Mauer indicated after Wednesday’s game with the Red Sox’s Class A group that the Kernels’ roster is shaping up with just a handful of positions still unresolved.

One player still “on the bubble” with the Kernels is Chad Christensen, who prepped at Cedar Rapids Washington High School before playing ball for the University of Nebraska. Christensen was drafted by the Twins last June and played last summer for the Twins’ Gulf Coast League rookie level affiliate in Fort Myers.

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Petersen sheds 'interim' tag at Kirkwood

Thu - 27 Mar Written by Jim Ecker

Bryan Petersen can cut the "interim" tag off his warmup suit at Kirkwood Community College now.

The job is all his.

Kirkwood has named Petersen, 26, the official men's basketball coach after he served as the interim coach this past season.

Doug Wagemester stepped aside as the coach after the 2012-13 campaign following 15 years at the helm to devote more time to his duties as the school's athletic director, but he mulled the possibility of returning as head coach after a year's absence.

On second thought, he's decided things have worked out just fine. Petersen compiled a 21-10 record as the interim coach and Wagemester liked what he saw.

Petersen played for Wagemester at Kirkwood and served as an assistant coach for one season before moving into the interim position.

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