Metro Sports Report

Steingreaber, Freese win at Demon meet

IOWA CITY - Xavier High School senior Nick Steingreaber enjoyed a speedy beginning to the indoor track season Thursday.

Steingreaber captured the 60-meter dash in 6.98 seconds at the Demon Indoor meet at the University of Iowa Recreation Center.

There were a total of 104 sprinters from several dozen schools in the event, leading to numerous heats. Steingreaber beat them all.

Semler's hot streak stopped by torn ACL

Kasey Semler was enjoying one of the best games of his life last Saturday for the Kirkwood Eagles against DMACC.

He had scored a career-high 27 points and the Eagles were a few minutes away from securing a 96-86 victory when he felt a sharp pain in his left knee.

"It gave out," he said Wednesday night. "It popped."

That popping sound was the ACL in his knee.

Eagles win opener; Muhl blasts format

The Kirkwood women's basketball team played its final home game at Johnson Hall Wednesday night and now will pack its bags for the rest of the Region XI tournament after coasting by Ellsworth, 65-36.

Coach Kim Muhl is not happy.

The Eagles won the ICCAC title by a landslide this season, but all it got them was a home game in the opening round of the league tournament.

Kirkwood will play the rest of the tournament in Keokuk. Making it even worse, the Eagles will have to play Southeastern Community College on its home floor in Keokuk.

Kirkwood's 'Fab 9' top NIACC in OT

Their roster keeps shrinking, but the Kirkwood men's basketball team keeps battling and plugging away.

The Eagles did it in grand style Wednesday night.

Kirkwood outlasted NIACC in overtime, 89-83, in the opening round of the Region XI tournament at Johnson Hall with Kasey Semler sitting on the bench with a torn ACL.