Metro Sports Report

5-goal second period lifts RoughRiders

BENSENVILLE, Ill. - After falling behind 2-0 after one period, the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders exploded for five unanwered goals in the second period en route to a 7-3 win over the Chicago Steel in a Wednesday morning USHL game in Bensenville, Ill., before 1,489 fans.

Andrew Poturalski scored twice in the second period for Cedar Rapids (32-19-3, 67 points). He also had an assist on a Frederik Tiffels power-play goal

in the period. Alec Marsh and Ivan Provorov also scored for Cedar Rapids in the second. Marsh had four assists in the game.

KCC baseball team drops 2 games

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - The Kirkwood Eagles finished their spring trip Wednesday with an 8-2 record after dropping their last two games in Winter Haven, Fla.

The Eagles got only two hits in a 2-0 loss to UConn-Avery Point in their first outing Wednesday. Tyler Butz hit a double and Angel Merced had a triple.

Kirkwood scored two runs in the bottom of the last inning against Massasoit Community College in the second game, but the Eagles fell a run short in a 6-5 setback. Nick Jones went 3-for-4 for the Eagles. Randy Perez and Shawn Hagarty had two RBIs.

No. 5 Eagles sweep Central Methodist

FULTON, Mo. - The fifth-ranked Kirkwood softball team swept a doubleheader from Central Methodist Tuesday, 12-2 and 15-2, with both games lasting only five innings.

Taylor Wise, Krysta Tutsch, Tara Walls, Alicia Crivara and Jenna Schulte hit home runs in the doubleheader for the Eagles (17-4).

Wise was 2-for-3 with four RBIs in the first game. Natalie Clark was 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Chasney Jenkins scored three runs and Tutsch had two RBIs.

Crivara went 2-for-4 and drove in three runs in the second game. Walls was 4-for-4 with two doubles. Lexi Quandt went 3-for-4 and Brittney Lash was 2-for-2. Schulte drove in three runs.

Sommer twins giving track a whirl

CEDAR FALLS — Katie and Kristie Sommer plan to play basketball and softball at the same college next year, but they wanted to try something different this spring before graduating from Linn-Mar High School.

The Sommer twins have joined the Linn-Mar track team and are competing in the sport for the first time since they were eighth graders in Dubuque.

Naturally, both girls are sprinters. And naturally, they handed the baton to each other on the 4x100 relay at the Mississippi Valley Conference indoor meet Tuesday at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls.

"It's our senior year and we wanted to try something new," said Katie. "We were told to go out for track the past three years (at Dubuque Senior), but we were committed to softball. Now it's our senior year. We wanted to try it."

Kristie Sommer said they are leaning between Wartburg College or St. Thomas (Minn.) right now, but they definitely plan to attend college together and play basketball and softball. "We'll probably make our decision in early April," she said.