Metro Sports Report

Coe women hold off Wartburg, 74-70

WAVERLY - Megan Hayes scored 21 points and Hannah Breitbach added 17 to lead Coe to a 74-70 win over Wartburg in an Iowa Conference women's basketball game Saturday at Levick Arena.

Coe (7-8, 2-2) scored the first six points of the game and built a 16-point lead in the first half.

Wartburg (7-8, 1-3) whittled the Kohawks' lead to 37-31 by halftime. The Knights hed their only lead of the game, 54-52, on Kailey Kladivo's layup with 10:27 left in the game.

Coe regained the lead, 55-54, on Hayes' three-point play with 9:57 to play. The Kohawks never trailed for the remainder of the game, but they couldn't shake the Knights.

Franklin sparks Warriors by Prairie

She hit 3-pointers. She rebounded. She passed the ball. She blocked shots. She even sold popcorn at halftime.

Well, four out of five ain’t bad.

Dani Franklin put on a dazzling do-everything performance for the Washington Warriors Friday night, collecting 27 points, four rebounds, four assists, four steals and two blocks in a gritty 59-52 win over Prairie at the Warrior gym.

“That’s funny,” Franklin said when asked if she sold popcorn at halftime. “I haven’t heard that one before.”

Mims sparks Prairie past Warriors

Michael Mims sure knows how to change a game.

Making three spectacular plays that shifted the momentum of the game, the 5-foot-9 junior guard led the Prairie Hawks to a workmanlike 47-41 victory over the Washington Warriors Friday night at Washington.

Prairie won its second game in a row and improved to 4-7 overall and 2-5 in the Mississippi Valley Conference. Washington lost its third straight and slipped to 2-7 overall and 2-5 in the MVC.

Cougars scare No.1 Rams before falling

The Kennedy Cougars threw a scare into top-ranked Dubuque Senior Friday night, but making them nervous was not the goal.

The goal was claiming a signature victory on their homecourt, so cutting a 16-point deficit to just six points in the fourth quarter was not good enough.

"No. It's a loss," said Kennedy Coach Jon McKowen after the Cougars fell short, 70-62. "It doesn't matter if it's 40 or six or eight or whatever."

Dubuque Senior (10-0, 6-0) features a college-size lineup of four college-bound athletes who stand 6-foot-9, 6-foot-9, 6-foot-7 and 6-foot-5, the same guys who defeated then No.1-Iowa City West this season and snapped the Trojans' 60-game winning streak.