Metro Sports Report

Chris Ward (gray foreground) scores a basket and is fouled by a Grand View defender in Kirkwood's 92-64 win over the Viking JV Tuesday night at Johnson Hall. (Photo by Joe Bishop)

Batie-Gaddy looking sharp for Eagles

Tue - 12 Nov Written by Jim Ecker

Myzeah Batie-Gaddy looks like a new man since he enrolled at Kirkwood Community College this summer.

Batie-Gaddy chopped off the stylish dreadlocks he wore during his championship days at Iowa City West High School and is sporting a closely cropped look these days.

"I was just tired of it," he said Tuesday night. "My mom used to do it for me, but I moved away from home of course. It was a last-minute decision. I actually cut it right before I moved up here. The morning I moved out, I cut it."

One thing hasn't changed about the 6-foot-5, 230-pound power forward, however. He's still an extremely strong player with a soft touch around the rim.

Batie-Gaddy scored 16 points, grabbed five rebounds and shot 5-for-5 from the floor as Kirkwood polished off the Grand View junior varsity, 92-64, with a strong second half at Johnson Hall.

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RoughRixers goalie Danny Tirone (left) sprawls on the ice after stopping a shot by Dubuque's Karson Kuhlman in the shootout period Tuesday at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena. Tirone made three saves in the shootout and the RoughRiders pulled out a 3-2 win. (Photo by Ken Gilchrist)

Tirone saves game for RoughRiders

Tue - 12 Nov Written by Ryan Suchomel

TWACK! One puck hit the pad on his right leg.

THUNK! One off his left leg pad.

CRACK! And another hit his stick as he knocked the puck out of the air.

RoughRiders goalie Danny Tirone made three huge saves on three shots in a shootout Tuesday, helping deliver a 3-2 win for Cedar Rapids over Dubuque in The Stable.

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Ollinger fills many roles for J-Hawks

Tue - 12 Nov Written by Jim Ecker

Amanda Ollinger is a 6-foot-2 center who can do just about anything you need on a basketball floor and do it well.

She handles the ball well enough to be a point guard, she shoots well enough to be an off-guard, she runs the floor like a small forward and she can post herself near the basket and bang around like a power forward.

"She can literally play any spot on the floor," Jefferson Coach Jason Edwards said Tuesday at practice. "If they want to guard her big, she can step out on the perimeter. If they want to guard her small, she can take them down low and put it in the basket.

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Hembera is bigger, stronger for CVC

Tue - 12 Nov Written by Jim Ecker

The first thing you notice when you walk into the gym at Cedar Valley Christian is that Shelby Hembera has gotten bigger and stronger.

She's still a lanky 6-footer, but her shoulders and arms have gotten noticeably stronger since last season.

The second thing you notice is that Cedar Valley Christian has more than the bare minimum of five players, which was the case at times the last two years.

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