Metro Sports Report

Kirkwood wins twice in Florida

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. —  Sulliam Rios Reyes scored on a balk in the bottom of the ninth inning on Saturday as the Kirkwood baseball team nipped Miami-Hamilton, 7-6, in Winter Haven, Fla.

Rios Reyes led off the ninth with a walk, went to second on a sacrifice bunt by Ozzie Adams and reached third on a wild pitch. Miami-Hamilton walked two batters to intentionally load the bases, but Rios Reyes trotted home with the winning run on the balk.

Adams went 3-for-4 for the Eagles. Rios Reyes was 2-for-3, scored three runs and had two RBIs. Tyler Butz had a triple and two RBIs.

No.5 Eagles split games in Missouri

CROWDER, Mo. —  Sam Belz tossed a four-hit shutout Saturday as the fifth-ranked Kirkwood softball team from Cedar Rapids blanked Seminole State, 4-0, in their first game at the Crowder Tournament in Crowder, Mo.

Chasney Jenkins and Erin Weno went 2-for-4 for the Eagles. Jenkins, Weno, Brittney Lash and Krysta Tutsch drove in runs. Belz struck out six batters in the seven-inning game.

Kirkwood lost to Northern Oklahoma College, 2-1, in its second game Saturday despite another four-hitter by Belz. Natalie Clark drove in the only run for the Eagles (12-4).

Kirkwood is scheduled to play two more games in the tournament Sunday.

Poturalski's hat trick sparks RoughRiders

Andrew Poturalski picked an excellent time to collect his first hat trick of the season Friday night.

Poturalski scored three straight goals to help the RoughRiders snap a five-game losing streak and defeat Team USA, 5-2, before 2,620 USHL fans at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena.

Poturalski, a 20-year-old forward from Williamsville, N.Y., gave the RoughRiders a 3-1 lead with a power play goal in the first period, made it 4-1 in the second period and struck again with an unassisted goal in the third period as his club collected an important win.

Boyer aims to finish career with NCAA title

When you spot a wrestler named Dimitri, you expect to meet someone from Russia.

Not this guy.

Dimitri Boyer is from Eddyville, a small town in southeast Iowa of about 1,024 folks down by Oskaloosa and Ottumwa. He was a two-time state champion at Eddyville-Blakesburg High School, where he fashioned an impressive 180-12 record before enrolling at Coe College four years ago.

Now a senior, he's ranked No.2 at 157 pounds and he took two major steps toward an NCAA Division III national title Friday with a 7-0 victory over Kevin Collins of Ithaca in the opening round and a 4-0 conquest of Mark Savenok of Wheaton in the quarterfinals.

Those victories sent Boyer (30-6) to the semifinals Saturday morning at the U.S. Cellular Center, where he'll meet Jorge Lopez of Williams College for a spot in the national finals Saturday night.