Metro Sports Report

Moore, Richardson pace Kennedy swimmers

WATERLOO -- Harrison Moore and John Richardson won three events Thursday night as Cedar Rapids Kennedy defeated Waterloo East and Decorah in a double-dual swimming meet in Waterloo.

Moore won the 200 freestyle and swam on the triumphant 200 freestyle relay and 400 freestyle relay. Richardson captured the 50 freestyle and 100 breaststroke and swam on the victorious 200 freestyle relay.

Dylan Casey, Andy Hanson and Chandler Heisler were double winners for the Cougars.

KENNEDY 131, WATERLOO EAST 30

KENNEDY 102, DECORAH 65

200 Medley Relay

1. Decorah 1:56.15

2. Kennedy (John Smith, Andy Hanson, Evan Batterson, Landon Crippes) 2:00.58

3. Decorah 2:01.77

200 Freestyle

1. Harrison Moore (CRK) 2:04.30

2. Alex Boomershine (CRK) 2:06.76

3. Will Yahr (DEC) 2:20.31

200 IM

1. Tyler Kamp (WE) 2:07.69

2. Brennan Urbi (CRK) 2:20.19

3. Mac Faldet (DEC) 2:28.33

50 Freestyle

1. John Richardson (CRK) 23.89

2. Stefan Kitsos (CRK) 24.18

3. Cole Svestka (DEC) 25.13

100 Butterfly

1. Tyler Kamp (WE) 1:00.70

2. Alex Boomershine (CRK) 1:09.60

3. Trevor Malven (DEC) 1:11.25

Kirkwood suffers bloody loss to John Wood

Taylor Olson will do just about anything to help Kirkwood Community College win a basketball game.

He'll even swallow his own blood.

Olson was hit in the mouth during Wednesday night's game against John Wood Community College at Johnson Hall and suffered some internal bleeding, but the game was tied and there wasn't time for full medical treatment with a little more than 3 minutes left.

Kirkwood called a timeout with 3:09 remaining and Olson did what he had to do. He grabbed a cup of water and gulped it down -- blood and all.

"It was getting pretty bloody in there, but I didn't want to come out of the game so I had to tough it up," said Olson, a freshman from Cedar Rapids Jefferson. "I was going to hide that blood as long as I could, evenif I had to swallow it."

Needless to say, the bloody mess did not taste real good.

"No, not at all," he said.

Jacob Olson sparks Jeff by No. 10 Saints

Taylor Olson's little brother is all grown up.

Jacob Olson poured in 22 points Tuesday night and made several clutch plays as Jefferson defeated 10th-ranked Xavier, 64-55, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at Jefferson.

Taylor Olson, now a freshman at Kirkwood Community College, was an all-state guard for the J-Hawks last season when he averaged 18.4 points and led Jefferson to the Class 4A state tournament for the third straight year.

Jacob Olson, Taylor's kid brother, averaged just 1.4 points for the J-Hawks last year as a sophomore, but there's no stopping him now at 19.4 points per outing.

Prairie girls knock off No. 9 Kennedy

After his undefeated girls were upended 51-44 at Prairie Tuesday night, Kennedy Coach Tony Vis summed it up best.

“It’s not always the size of the dog in the fight,” he said. “Sometimes it’s the size of the fight in the dog.”

His Cougars came into the dogfight at 5-0 and ranked ninth in last week’s Class 5A poll.