Metro Sports Report

Prep football prevue - Nov. 2

Prairie has avenged one loss in the playoffs.

Is two too many to hope for?

The Hawks play at powerful Xavier in the Class 4A quarterfinals Friday night.

The winner advances to next Friday's semifinals at the UNI-Dome.

Xavier (11-0) has been the team of destiny throughout the season, mowing through its foes by an average 35.6 points per game. Included was a 34-point rout of Prairie.

No. 7 Kirkwood men open year Friday

The Kirkwood Eagles have a 6-foot-11 center from Nigeria who resembles former NBA Hall of Famer David Robinson at times with a left-handed baby hook near the basket.

Unfortunately for Kirkwood, Henry Uwadiae is academically ineligible this season and won't be able to play for the Eagles until next year.

It's doubly unfortunate, because 6-foot-8 sophomore center Matt Tiby won't play for Kirkwood in their first two games this weekend due to a violation of team rules. That leaves the Eagles a little shorthanded as they begin the new campaign.

No. 5 Kirkwood women look strong again

The women's basketball team at Kirkwood Community College has depth, talent, size, good shooters and an exceptionally successful head coach.

Good luck, opponents.

Coach Kim Muhl plans to put five experienced sophomores in the starting lineup when the fifth-ranked Eagles open the season Friday afternoon against Highland (Ill.) Community College at the Southeastern Classic in West Burlington.

MSR adds Kirkwood to lineup of schools

The Metro Sports Report has added Kirkwood Community College to the list of schools it covers on its sports website, the company announced Wednesday.

This is a new venture for the MSR, which was launched in January of 2011 as a website that specialized in the coverage of high school sports in Cedar Rapids and Marion. The company has always wanted to expand its coverage of local sports, however, and feels the time is right to include Kirkwood in its package.