Metro Sports Report

No.5 Kirkwood softball team wins twice

DAVENPORT - Sam Belz and Shy Saladino pitched complete games Sunday as the fifth-ranked Kirkwood softball team won both of its contests at the St. Ambrose tournament to finish the weekend with a 3-1 record.

Belz tossed a four-hitter with five strikeouts as the Eagles trimmed Waubonsee Community College in their first game, 4-2. Krysta Tutsch hit a home run and drove in three runs. Erin Weno and Jenna Schulte had two hits.

Saladino pitched a six-hitter with 11 strikeouts as Kirkwood trimmed St. Ambrose, 4-3, in the second game. Keirstyn Davis had two hits.

Clark paces No.15 Eagles by Iowa Lakes

Cassidy Clark scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds Saturday as 15th-ranked Kirkwood dunked Iowa Lakes, 71-37, in a junior college basketball game at Johnson Hall.

Clark scored 18 of her 20 points in the first half as Kirkwood took a 36-16 lead.

Dani Woolfolk contributed 11 points for the Eagles (20-6, 9-4). Ariel Sneed had 10 points.

'Happy' Warriors swim to 2nd at state

MARSHALLTOWN – For the Washington swimmers at the boys state meet Saturday, losing never felt so good.

In finishing second to runaway winner Iowa City West, the Warriors exceeded all expectations.

“They are a great, great team,” Washington Coach Chris Cruise said afterward of the first-time state champion Trojans, “with some very talented swimmers.

“Coming in second to them feels like coming in first.”

J-Hawks claim district wrestling title

Cedar Rapids Jefferson Coach Dick Briggs looked like a one-armed ticket peddler at a popular sports event Saturday night, trying to meet demand and stuffing money in his pocket as quickly as he could until all the precious seats were gone.

Briggs had a tiny allotment of 60 tickets to sell for the state wrestling tournament in Des Moines next week and Jefferson fans lined up to get as many as possible.

They sold like hotcakes at $8 apiece.

"I'll try to get some more," he told disappointed parents and fans after he ran out.

The Jefferson wrestling community was in a buying mood Saturday after the fifth-ranked J-Hawks topped No.4 Linn-Mar for the Class 3A district title at the Jefferson gym.