Metro Sports Report

Uthoff visits ISU and Iowa, not ready to decide

Sun - 06 May Written by Jim Ecker

Jarrod Uthoff enjoyed his visit to Iowa State last week as he continues to search for a new college basketball team, but it's becoming a recurring theme for the 6-foot-8 forward.

He enjoyed his official visit to Creighton two weeks ago and he also enjoyed poking around Iowa City on Saturday, just a day after he finished his trip to Ames.

He also imagines he'll enjoy his trips to Marquette and possibly Florida, and that's the rub. What does he do if he likes them all?

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Washington's Dennis Kravchenko heads the ball away from teammate Kimu Kasha and a Jefferson opponent during Saturday night's game at Kingston Stadium. The Warriors whipped the J-Hawks, 6-0. (Photo by Joe Bishop)

Wash's breakout game buries J-Hawks

Sat - 05 May Written by Jake Koolbeck

Cedar Rapids Washington got the offensive output its coach has expected all year as the Warriors whipped Jefferson, 6-0, Saturday night in an MVC boys soccer game at Kingston Stadium.

The game was a make-up from last Thursday night, which was postponed by severe weather.

“We have kind of expected this all year,” Washington Coach JP Graham said of Washington's offensive outburst. “We put some people in different spots and they did what they are supposed to. I am proud of them.”

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Jefferson freshman Shaquille Harbor gets eady to step into the blocks for the start of the 4x100 relay Friday in the MVC Valley Division meet at Kingston Stadium. The J-Hawks ran third in the event. (Photo by Ken Gilchrist)

Shaq Harbor is 'good story' for J-Hawks

Fri - 04 May Written by Jim Ecker

Shaquille Harbor did not win any races at the Mississippi Valley Conference track meet at Kingston Stadium Friday, but he was a winner nonetheless.

Harbor has experienced quite a bit during the past nine months, enough to make most teenagers dizzy and confused. Instead, Shaq sounds level-headed and determined to make a success of himself in sports and the classroom at Cedar Rapids Jefferson.

Harbor moved from Louisiana to Cedar Rapids in September, was adopted by his biological cousin and her husband in October, began the school year as an eighth grader at McKinley Middle School and was promoted to the freshman class at Jefferson in January.

He joined the Jefferson track team after the season began and has already developed into one of the top young sprinters that Ron Tower has tutored during his 16 years as head coach.

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Foreman foiled by City High freshman

Sat - 05 May Written by Tom Fruehling

The race of the meet came down to the wire between the old guard and the new among elite Eastern Iowa female hurdlers.

And on this night, anyway, freshman phenom Sarah Plock of Iowa City High edged senior Brooke Foreman of Cedar Rapids Washington by an eyelash Friday in the 400 meter hurdles in the Mississippi Valley Conference division meet at Linn-Mar.

Foreman hates to lose, and it’s not often that she does.

“But,” she said after the showdown with Plock, “I really don’t mind getting beat by somebody that good. She’s way ahead of what I was as a freshman.”

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Jefferson's Summer Carber anchors the J-Hawks to a first-place finish in the shuttle hurdles relay Friday in the MVC Valley Division meet at Prairie. (Photo by Margaret O'Banion)

J-Hawks, Hawks ready for strong district runs

Sat - 05 May Written by Jake Koolbeck

The Jefferson girls have been through a rough year of injuries and disappointing performances from what looked to be a very competitive track team coming into the year.

But the J-Hawks appear to finding their stride at the right time. They looked much improved at the MVC Valley divisional meet Friday night at Prairie.

“We are finishing strong, I hope,” Jefferson Coach Bill Calloway said.

“I feel pretty good about everything tonight, but I know we can go harder,” senior Summer Carber added. “I know we can win.”

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