Metro Sports Report

Metro stars survive NFL cuts

Three former Metro area stars breathed a sigh of relief Sunday as National Football League teams made their first mandatory cuts of the preseason.

NFL teams had to trim rosters to 75 players Sunday. The difficult decisions will come this week as all teams must get down to 53 players by Friday.

The three ex-Metro players trying to make NFL rosters are Adrian Arrington with New Orleans, Allen Reisner with Minnesota and Rob Bruggeman with Kansas City.

Arrington, in his fourth year out of Cedar Rapids Washington and Michigan, was having the best camp of his career when he suffered a torn meniscus Aug. 13. He had minor surgery immediately and his return to regular drills is in question.

“It's always important to be out there, but I think I've been out there enough the past few years where they know the things I can do,” Arrington told CBSsports.com. “Now it's just a matter of getting healthy. It's frustrating to not be out there.”

Wampole paces Cougars to title at Prairie

Kennedy senior Katie Wampole stands 5-foot, 3 1/2 inches tall (don't forget that half-inch) and weighs 105 pounds.

She used every half-inch and every pound to help the Cougars take first place in the Black Division at the Prairie Invitational cross country meet Saturday morning.

Wampole finished in third place in the individual standings as Kennedy nudged Iowa City West, 52-53, for the championship.

Former Metro preps in pro baseball

RYAN SWEENEY (Xavier, Boston Red Sox) -- Was placed on the disabled list July 31 after undergoing surgery for a broken knuckle on his left pinky finger. He is expected to be out until late September. Year to date -- BA - .260, AB - 204, R - 22, H - 53, RBI - 16, 2B - 19, 3B - 2, HR - 0, SB - 0.

SCOTT SCHEBLER (Prairie, Great Lakes Loons (Dodgers), Midwest League) -- Started in left field Monday and was 0-for-4 in the Loons' 4-3 loss to Lake County. Year to date -- BA - .266, AB - 497, R - 67, H - 132, RBI - 66, 2B - 32, 3B - 8, HR - 6, SB - 17.

KELLEN SWEENEY (Jefferson, Vancouver Canadians (Blue Jays), Northwest League) -- Vancouver was idle Monday. The Canadians open a five-game series to end the season Tuesday night at Yakima. In his last 35 games Kellen is 37-for-130 and has jumped his average from .163 to .232. Vancouver totals -- BA - .232, AB - 228, R - 32, H - 53, RBI - 29, 2B - 15, 3B - 2, HR - 5, SB - 5.

Warriors start season with special win

With 10 graduated seniors playing college football, experts perhaps could have been forgiven for hedging their expectations for the Washington football team.

"There weren't very high expectations for us," Washington senior tailback Mitch Bredeson said Friday night, after the Warriors disposed of cross-town rival Kennedy, 17-6, in a season-opener at Kingston Stadium. "We proved we still could play in the MVC and be a top team in the MVC. That's pretty special to us, yeah."

How special?