Metro Sports Report

Local players in pro baseball

SCOTT SCHEBLER (Prairie, Rancho Cucamonga (Dodgers)) - Started in left field Thursday and was 2-for-4 and scored twice in the Quakes' 14-4 loss at High Desert. Season stats: G - 6, Avg. - .190, AB - 21, H - 4, HR - 1, RBI - 3, SB - 0.

KELLEN SWEENEY (Jefferson, Lansing (Blue Jays)) - The Lugnuts' scheduled exhibition game against Michigan State was rained out Thursday. Season stats: G - 6, Avg. - .227, AB - 22, H - 5, HR - 0, RBI - 2, SB - 0.

RYAN SWEENEY (Xavier, Iowa (Cubs)) - Started in right field Thursday and was 1-for-4 in the I-Cubs' 2-0 loss at Round Rock. Season stats: G - 6, Avg. - .400, AB - 20, H - 8, HR - 1, RBI - 2, SB - 0.

McDermott strongly endorses Petersen

Bryan Petersen is only 25 years old, just a few years older than the players he'll be leading next season as the interim head coach of the Kirkwood men's basketball team, but Creighton Coach Greg McDermott is confident he'll do a good job.

Petersen played and worked for McDermott at Iowa State, where he was a two-year starter at point guard during the 2007-08 and 2008-09 campaigns. He spent a season on McDermott's staff as a graduate assistant before spending two more years on the ISU staff when Fred Hoiberg succeeded McDermott as head coach.

"When we recruited him and he played for us, it was obvious that he was a coach on the floor," said McDermott. "His basketball I.Q. was off the chart.

"That was evident as a player. He was able to carry that over to his coaching career."

Jacobs, Dufelmeier named All-Americans

Kianna Jacobs and Bianca Dufelmeier from the Kirkwood women's basketball team have been named NJCAA Division II All-Americans.

Jacobs, a 6-foot forward from Milwaukee, averaged 15.5 points, 7.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists.

Dufelmeier, a 5-7 guard from Canberra, Australia, averaged 9.9 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.2 assists.

Kirkwood finished 28-5 this season and climbed as high as No.2 in the national rankings.

Local players in pro baseball

SCOTT SCHEBLER (Prairie, Rancho Cucamonga (Dodgers)) - Did not play Wednesday in the Quakes' 9-4 win over Modesto. Season stats: G - 5, Avg. - .118, AB - 17, H - 2, HR - 1, RBI - 3, SB - 0.

KELLEN SWEENEY (Jefferson, Lansing (Blue Jays)) - Did not play Wednesday in the Lugnuts' 10-1 loss at Bowling Green. Season stats: G - 6, Avg. - .227, AB - 22, H - 5, HR - 0, RBI - 2, SB - 0.

RYAN SWEENEY (Xavier, Iowa (Cubs)) - Started in right field Wednesday and was 2-for-5 in the I-Cubs' 3-2 win at Round Rock. Season stats: G - 5, Avg. - .438, AB - 16, H - 7, HR - 1, RBI - 2, SB - 0.