Metro Sports Report

Local players in pro baseball

SCOTT SCHEBLER (Prairie, Rancho Cucamonga (Dodgers)) - Started in right field Sunday and was 1-for-4 with a double in the Quakes' 2-1 win over Lake Elsinore. Season stats: G - 3, Avg. - .182, AB - 11, H - 2, HR - 1, RBI - 3, SB - 0.

KELLEN SWEENEY (Jefferson, Lansing (Blue Jays)) - Started at second base Sunday and was 2-for-4 with a run scored in the Lugnuts' 7-1 win at Lake County. Season stats: G - 4, Avg. - .267, AB - 15, H - 4, HR - 0, RBI - 1, SB - 0.

RYAN SWEENEY (Xavier, Iowa (Cubs)) - Started in right field Sunday and was 2-for-3 with a solo home run, walk and run scored in the I-Cubs' 7-3 loss at Albuquerque. Season stats: G - 2, Avg. - .833, AB - 6, H - 5, HR - 1, RBI - 2, SB - 0.

Jeff girls claim J-Hawk Relays

It may have been a surprise to some that the Cedar Rapids Jefferson girls ran away with the 27th annual J-Hawk Relays on a long and dreary day Saturday at Kingston Stadium.

But the decisive win certainly did not come out of the blue for longtime Coach Bill Calloway nor his athletes.

Using a mix of veterans and newcomers, the J-Hawks took five of seven relay events and came in a close second in another to cop the team title over perennial powerhouses Iowa City West and Cedar Falls.

“I’m very, very pleased,” said Calloway. “This early in the season it’s hard to know how you’ll measure up.

“But all the kids really stepped up. They’ve been working like crazy in the off-season and every single day since we started practice on February 11th.

Kernels' Tomshaw pitches with a smile

Matt Tomshaw does not fit the profile for a typical pitcher in the Midwest League.

He's 24 years old, which is a year or two older than most of the other pitchers for the Cedar Rapids Kernels, and he'll turn 25 in December.

He has a college degree from Jacksonville University in finance and worked for a financial company during the offseason in the mortgage department.

He was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in 2011 in the 42nd round, which is fairly low and means he got bus fare and a uniform, but that's OK.

Kirkwood splits twinbill with NIACC

MASON CITY - Kirkwood Coach Todd Rima sent his new team against his old team Saturday and came away with a split in Mason City.

Kirkwood bopped NIACC, 14-4, in the first game in six innings as Dairo Gonzalez went 4-for-4, scored four runs and drove in three runs.

NIACC took the nightcap, 8-2.