Metro Sports Report

Marion girls win relay at Wamac meet

MOUNT VERNON —  The Marion Indians captured the distance medley at the Wamac Conference indoor track meet Saturday at Cornell College.

Skylar Miller, Gloria Coder, Sam Livingstone and Sydney Brase passed the baton in 4 minutes, 43 seconds for first place.

Avery Graves placed second in the 55 meter dash (8.02 seconds), and she placed third in the 200 (29.23) for the Indians.

The Marion boys finished second in three events. Colton Forster was second in the 1600 (4:57.13), Quinn Cannoy was the runner-up in the 55 hurdles (8.11) and the 4x800 relay also placed second (8:53.04).

No team scores were kept.

Kohawks upend No.17 Augustana

ST. LOUIS — Haley Smith delivered a key two-run double as a pinch-hitter Saturday as No.12 Coe trimmed No.17 Augustana (Ill.), 5-3, in a college softball game in St. Louis.

Danielle Schlotterbeck went 3-for-3 for the Kohawks. Maddison Woodruff (7-0) pitched a three-hitter with 11 strikeouts.

Coe lost its second game Saturday to Illinois Wesleyan, 2-0. The Kohawks (11-2) got only two hits in the ballgame.

Riders miss chance to clinch playoffs

The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders missed a chance to clinch a spot in the USHL playoffs Friday night when they lost to Omaha, 3-2, before 2,788 fans at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena.

The RoughRiders will get another shot Saturday night when they visit the Dubuque Fighting Saints in a showdown for second place in the Eastern Conference.

Frederik Tiffels lifted Cedar Rapids into a 2-2 tie Friday when he scored with 14 minutes, 24 seconds left in the third quarter with an assist from Andrew Oglevie. That gave RoughRider fans something to cheer about, but it did not last long.

Iowa preps don't need spring baseball

It's a good thing high school baseball is a summer sport in Iowa.

Can you imagine playing high school ball in the spring? Especially this spring?

Don't be fooled by Thursday's sunny skies and 50-degree temperatures. Starting Saturday, it's headed back into the 30s with precipitation on the way early next week.

Aside from the chilly conditions, the baseball fields are not ready for the season. There's too much frost in the ground, for one thing, and the grass is still dormant.

Coe College was supposed to host Simpson in Iowa Conference doubleheaders Friday and Saturday at Daniels Park in Cedar Rapids, but that's not going to happen. They might play one of those twinbills at Simpson, but not here.

Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School was supposed to host a girls track meet Saturday, but that's fallen by the wayside as well.