Metro Sports Report

Prairie's Marcus England (top) works on Newton's Koby Hull during the 106-pound championship bout in the Class 3A district meet Saturday at Newton. England won, 7-3, and was one of five Prairie champions. The Hawks won the district title. (Photo by Russ DeHoedt)

Prairie wins district with 5 champs

Sun - 16 Feb Written by Metro Sports Report

NEWTON - Cedar Rapids Prairie crowned five champions and captured the Class 3A district wrestling tournament at Newton Saturday.

Marcus England (106), Sam Uthoff (120), Josh Wenger (138), Trey Blaha (152) and Skyler St.John (160) won titles for the Hawks. Taylor Mehmen placed second at 145 pounds for Prairie and also qualified for the state meet in Des Moines.

Prairie won the district title with 251.5 points. Iowa City West finished second with 226.5 points.

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Kirkwood men bump off Iowa Lakes

Sun - 16 Feb Written by Metro Sports Report

Ajay Lawton and Myzeah Batie-Gaddy scored 17 points apiece Saturday as Kirkwood defeated Iowa Lakes, 81-65, in a junior college men's basketball game at Johnson Hall.

Joe Tagarelli pitched in 14 points for the Eagles (16-9, 7-4).

Latrell Love scored 14 points for Iowa Lakes (16-8, 7-4).

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Riders top Dubuque in marathon shootout

Sat - 15 Feb Written by Jim Ecker

The hockey fans who chanted "U-S-A! U-S-A!" at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena Saturday night must have sensed something special in the air.

Shortly after the United States defeated Russia, 3-2, in an eight-round shootout at the Winter Olympics, the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders went one better than that.

The RoughRiders topped Dubuque, 5-4, on a goal by Frederick Tiffels that ended a nine-man shootout before 3,861 spirited fans.

The victory lifted Cedar Rapids into second place in the Eastern Conference of the USHL, one point ahead of the Fighting Saints.

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Coe women stun Simpson, 66-62

Sat - 15 Feb Written by Metro Sports Report

INDIANOLA - Coe outscored Simpson 8-4 over the final 2-1/2 minutes and stunned the Storm, 66-62, Saturday afternoon in Iowa Conference women's basketball.

Hannah Breitbach, Mickey Hansche and Mary Halvorson scored 14 points apiece to lead Coe (14-9, 9-3) to its eighth win in nine games. The Kohawks moved into a second-place tie with Simpson in the conference standings.

Morgan Terpstra scored 13 points to lead Simpson (14-9, 9-3). Whitney Van Wyk added 10 points and 13 rebounds.

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Washington's Dani Franklin (white jersey) eyes the basket before scoring two of her game-high 35 points Friday in the Warriors' 79-65 win over Jefferson at Washington. The Warriors won the MVC Valley Division title and finished the regular season with a 12-1 league mark. (Photo by Margaret O'Banion)

Franklin's 35 lead Wash to Valley title

Fri - 14 Feb Written by Jim Ecker

The Washington Warriors did not look like Mississippi Valley Conference champions when they got drubbed by Iowa City High by 46 points in the season opener in December, but that was eons ago.

Their conference journey had a happy ending Friday night.

Dani Franklin poured in 35 points as the eighth-ranked Warriors clipped Jefferson, 79-65, to claim the outright Valley Division title in the MVC with a 12-1 league record.

Washington treated that miserable 73-27 loss to Iowa City High on Dec. 3 as a wakeup call.

"I think after that game we kind of regrouped and knew that we needed to improve and we could be much better than what we played that night," said Franklin, who came within two points of matching her career high.

"It feels really good," she about being division champs. "We're excited. It's a great accomplishment."

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