Metro Sports Report

No. 8 Xavier spikers sweep Warriors

The Xavier High School volleyball team got a healthy dose of confidence Saturday when it defeated Kennedy at the Dubuque Invitational.

The Saints kept it going Tuesday night against Washington.

Xavier swept the Warriors, 25-18, 25-17, 25-23, in a Mississippi Valley Conference match at Washington with a strong performance.

Shipley named Linn-Mar softball coach

Mike Shipley, an assistant baseball coach at Linn-Mar High School for 13 years, has been named the new head softball coach at the school.

Shipley coached the sophomore baseball team from 2009 until this past season. He also worked with the varsity and freshman teams in previous years.

Shipley succeeds Jon Harms, who resigned as softball coach.

Cougars, Saints sweep MVC golf honors

The best boys golf teams in the Mississippi Valley Conference are from Cedar Rapids.

It's not even close.

The Kennedy Cougars ran away with top honors in the Mississippi Division Monday with a strong showing at Bunker Hill Golf Course in Dubuque, winning their division by 50 strokes.

The Xavier Saints, meanwhile, completed a dominating performance in the Valley Division at Hunters Ridge in Marion, taking their division by 44 shots.

Kennedy and Xavier also had the top individuals this season in conference action.

Latasha Roundtree shot and killed

Former Cedar Rapids Washington girls basketball player Latasha Roundtree was shot and killed in southwest Cedar Rapids Saturday night, the Cedar Rapids police department confirmed Sunday morning.

"The victim of the shooting that occurred in the 600 block of 16th Avenue SW has been identified as Latasha Roundtree (19) of Cedar Rapids," Lt. Craig Furnish of the police department announced in a news release. "The victim was pronounced dead at 0305 hours on today's date.

"The Cedar Rapids Police Department is investigating the case as a homicide," he said. "Any further information will be released by the Cedar Rapids Police Department's Public Information Officer."