Metro Sports Report

Goodrum delivers for Kernels (and dad)

Niko Goodrum's father, visiting from Georgia, was taking a video of his son's final at-bat at Veterans Memorial Stadium Friday night when he got something a little unexpected.

He got a collector's item.

Goodrum lined a game-winning single with one out in the bottom of the ninth as the Kernels rallied to trim Beloit, 3-2, before 1,026 fans in a Midwest League game.

The Kernels trailed, 2-1, entering the last inning before winning the game in dramatic style.

Evans breaks 3200 mark at Wilkinson

Linn-Mar junior Josh Evans set a meet record in the 3200 meter run Friday at the 27th Annual Wilkinson Relays at Kingston Stadium.

Evans made eight trips around the track in 9:21.01, snapping the old mark of 9:24.87 that had stood since 1993.

Linn-Mar won seven events and captured the team championship with 123 points. The Marion Indians claimed second place with 84 points, nipping Prairie and Kennedy by a single point for runnerup honors in the seven-team Metro field.

Ankeny avenges loss to Cougars

The stakes weren’t as high but the intensity level was the same Friday night as the Ankeny Hawks sought revenge on the Kennedy girls home soccer field.

Last year, the unheralded Cougars upended top-ranked and undefeated Ankeny 2-1 in the finals of the Class 3A state championship in Muscatine. The upset stopped the Hawks 31-game win streak over two years.

For the Cougars, who were ranked seventh coming to into the state tournament, the title culminated a remarkable run by beating the top three ranked teams on consecutive days.

The match Friday on a  cold night was not nearly as dramatic as Ankeny scored once in each half and held Kennedy at bay for a 2-0 victory.

Local players in pro baseball

SCOTT SCHEBLER (Prairie, Rancho Cucamonga (Dodgers)) - Started in left field Friday and was 0-for-3 with two strikeouts in the Quakes' 6-2 loss to Lake Elsinore.

KELLEN SWEENEY (Jefferson, Lansing (Blue Jays)) - Started as designated hitter Friday and was 0-for-3 with a walk and run scored in the Lugnuts' 5-3 win at Lake County.

RYAN SWEENEY (Xavier, Iowa (Cubs)) - Did not play Friday in the I-Cubs' 10-6 loss at Albuquerque.