Metro Sports Report

Sullivan sparks J-Hawks to first win

Fri - 27 Sep Written by Jim Sullivan, Waterloo Courier

WATERLOO - Two big plays showed what Waterloo East can do with the football.

The statistics and the final score proved what the Trojans cannot do - at least not yet.

While East's passing game gave Cedar Rapids Jefferson some problems, the J-Hawks found a multitude of ways to hurt the Trojans. Jefferson claimed a 37-20 victory Friday night at Memorial Stadium.

For Jefferson, the win was its first of the season and ended an overall 10-game losing streak. For East, the search for head coach Kevin Meyer's first win with the Trojans goes on.

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Marion bumped off by Maquoketa, 27-8

Sat - 28 Sep Written by Clete Campbell

MAQUOKETA - The Marion football team's sluggish, shaky season was badly in need of a shot of adrenaline, a double expresso of momentum, something that would wake the Indians up and get this talented club back on the playoff track.

Marion wasn't finding it on this bummer of a Friday night road trip.

A Maquoketa team looking like the best club in Class 3A District 6 sent the skidding Indians to their third loss in four games with a no-doubt 27-8 rout in Maquoketa.

The Cardinals (4-1, 3-0) derailed the Marion running game early and never allowed the Indians to get on track. Maquoketa held its guests to zero rushing yards in the first half and kept Marion (2-3, 1-1) off the scoreboard until Dontavious Young broke up the shutout with a 2-yard run with 1:58 to play.

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Local players in pro baseball

Sat - 28 Sep Written by Metro Sports Report

RYAN SWEENEY (Xavier, Chicago Cubs) - Started in center field Friday and was 0-for-4 in the Cubs' 7-0 loss to the Cardinals. Season stats: G - 68, Avg. - .273, AB - 187, H - 51, HR - 6, RBI - 19, SB - 1.

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Washington quarterback Reid Snitker (red 3) picks up a block from teammate Lars Bjornsen and races 45 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter of Thursday night's game against Waterloo West at Kingston Stadium. Snitker threw a pair of touchdown passes to Isaiah Nimmers in the final 61 seconds of the game to engineer a 28-27 win. (Photo by Ken Gilchrist)

Snitker steers Warriors to amazing win

Thu - 26 Sep Written by Jim Ecker

Reid Snitker would not have been Washington's starting quarterback this season if Rocky Lombardi had not left town in August, but that doesn't matter now.

He's got the job and he's king of the world.

Snitker threw a pair of touchdown passes to Isaiah Nimmers in the final 61 seconds Thursday night as the Warriors rallied from a 27-15 deficit and stunned Waterloo West, 28-27, on homecoming at Kingston Stadium.

"I can't do anything but smile," he said after engineering one of the greatest comebacks in school history.

It looked hopeless when the Warriors got the ball with 2:19 left in the game, needing two touchdowns in a little more than 2 minutes to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

Somehow, they found a way.

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Cougars bracing for top-ranked Saints

Wed - 25 Sep Written by Jim Ecker

The stretch of 42nd Street NE that runs between Kennedy High School and Xavier High School used to be nice and flat when their football teams knocked heads.

During the first eight games of the rivalry from 1998 through 2007, the Cougars won four times and the Saints won four times. That led to bragging rights on both sides and made it fun.

Lately, however, Xavier has gained the upper hand. The Saints have whipped the Cougars five straight times in regular-season contests in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 by at least 18 points each time, and the last two meetings resulted in lopsided shutouts by the tune of 28-0 and 35-0.

Xavier also beat Kennedy in the 2008 playoffs, but the Cougars returned the favor with an 11-7 victory against the Saints in the 2010 playoffs.

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