Metro Sports Report

Phillips wins Metro Spotlight Award

Sun - 20 Oct Written by Metro Sports Report

Abby Phillips of Marion is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school girls this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Phillips, a 5-foot-3 junior, is one of the top volleyball players in the Wamac Conference. She leads the league with 502 digs and ranks fourth in Class 4A in that category.

Phillips has already broken the Marion career record for digs with a full season left to play with the 11th-ranked Indians. She has helped Marion compile a 24-14 record and reach the semifinals of the Wamac Conference tournament this season.

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Ulmer wins Metro Spotlight Award

Sun - 20 Oct Written by Metro Sports Report

Kenan Ulmer of Cedar Valley Christian is this week's winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school boys, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Ulmer plays football for Cedar Valley Christian and had a big night for the Huskies during their 70-36 loss at Elkader Central Friday.

Ulmer passed for two touchdowns, ran for two touchdowns, returned a kickoff for a touchdown and ran for three 2-point conversions. He had a hand in all 36 points for his team.

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Jefferson freshman Kelsey Drake checks her time after shattering the 25-year-old MVC record in the 100 butterfly by nearly 1.5 seconds Saturday at the Mercer Aquatic Center in Iowa City. Drake also won the 200 individual medley. (Photo by Becki Eyman)

Drake, Jenks claim MVC swim titles

Sat - 19 Oct Written by Jim Ecker

IOWA CITY - According to family lore, Kelsey Drake first got into a pool when she was still a baby.

"I don't remember it, but my mom says I was 6 months old," Drake said Saturday at the Mississippi Valley Conference swim meet. "I think it was mostly my mom got in the water and held me there and let me feel the water, more than anything."

That early start has paid off for the Jefferson freshman.

Drake won two MVC titles Saturday and shattered the oldest meet record on the books with an impressive showing at the Mercer Park Aquatic Center in Iowa City.

Drake captured the 100 yard butterfly in 57.19 seconds, breaking the meet record of 58.53 that had stood since 1988, and she also claimed the 200 individual medley in 2:11.13.

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Kennedy's Macy Anderson (8, far court) attempts to tip the ball past Iowa City West's Hannah Fairfield in the semifinals of the MVC volleyball tournament Saturday at Cedar Falls. West won the match in three sets before falling to Cedar Falls in the finals. (Photo by Ken Gilchrist)

Cougars pace Metro at MVC volleyball

Sat - 19 Oct Written by Tom Fruehling

CEDAR FALLS – In the power-packed Mississippi Valley Conference volleyball tournament Saturday that featured way more nail-biters than blowouts, coming close was almost as good as winning.

The home team Tigers of Cedar Falls captured the crown by taming Iowa City West, 25-19 25-19, in the finals.

But five of the six Metro teams in the 14-school field won two of their three matches in pool play, and four of them advanced to the championship bracket.

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Refs made right call against Cougars

Sat - 19 Oct Written by Jim Ecker

Upon further review, Kennedy football coach Tim Lewis acknowledged the officials made the correct call against the Cougars in their 30-27 loss to Dubuque Hempstead Friday night at Dalzell Field in Dubuque.

Kennedy quarterback Derek Jacobus was flagged for a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty when he leaped over a Hempstead defender on a running play in open field. Lewis questioned the call Friday, saying he'd never seen a penalty like that in 22 years as a high school coach.

He checked the rulebook and discovered the officials were right. It's a safety rule, meant to protect the player who is being vaulted.

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