Metro Sports Report

Late surge carries Riders past Green Bay

All seemed lost when Green Bay went ahead midway through the third period on Friday at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena, but the RoughRiders rallied with a pair of goals in the final six minutes to pull out a 4-3 victory.

"We had a really good sense of urgency," forward Mitch Maloney said. "We knew if we played hard enough, things would start going our way."

Cedar Rapids (18-13-1, 37 points) got out to a quick 2-0 lead, but went into the final period tied with Green Bay (16-11-5, 37) at 2-2.

Urbi is busy guy for Kennedy swimmers

Don't be alarmed if you see Brennan Urbi dashing from one end of Kennedy High School to the other. And then back again.

He might be hustling to swimming practice. Or racing to show choir rehearsals. Or joining the speech club for improv. Or tying to squeeze in a few minutes for homework.

"The north end of our building, the south end of our building, he's a very talented young man," Kennedy swim coach Shawn Thomsen said Thursday night.

Urbi won three events Thursday and helped the Cougars slip by Jefferson, 92-75, in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet at Kennedy. He graciously had time for a quick interview before heading to his next activity ... or perhaps a nap.

No.9 J-Hawks stick No.5 Lions, 47-21

DUBUQUE - The ninth-ranked Jefferson J-Hawks upended No.5 Linn-Mar, 47-21, at a Mississippi Valley Conference double-dual wrestling meet in Dubuque Thursday night.

Jefferson finished its perfect night with a 44-18 victory over Dubuque Hempstead. The short-handed Linn-Mar Lions gained a split by topping Hempstead, 38-27.

Brenden Baker (106), Kelly May (152) and William Orr (220/285) had two pins for the J-Hawks. Patrick Rashed (126), Tavian Rashed (145) and Erik Hovey (170) also won both of their matches for Jefferson.

Noah Ajram (113), Alijah Jeffery (120), Damon Griffin (132), Shea Hartzler (160) and Andrew Holladay (195) won both of their bouts for Linn-Mar. The Lions competed without three of their top wrestlers with Matt Wempen, Toby Northrup and Ross Lembeck all sidelined with injuries.

Prairie Hawks pin Saints, Wahawks

The Cedar Rapids Prairie wrestling team swept a double-dual against Xavier and Waterloo West Thursday night by a combined score of 125-17.

The Hawks pinned the Saints, 53-12, and flattened the Wahawks, 72-5.

Josh Wenger (138) and Trey Blaha (152) collected two pins for Prairie. Marcus England (106), Dylan Kleinschmidt (113), Sam Uthoff (120), Jarod Cadena (182) and Jonah Manson also won twice on the mat.