Metro Sports Report

Uthoff visits Creighton; mulls Iowa, ISU

Jarrod Uthoff got to be teammates with Creighton All-American Doug McDermott in pickup basketball games in Omaha this week during his official visit to the Missouri Valley Conference school.

"It was fun. I really enjoyed it," Uthoff said Wednesday night in a telephone interview. "I was on his team a couple of times. He's a great guy."

But Uthoff is not ready to decide if he'll join McDermott on a full-time basis at Creighton next season as he continues to search for a new school. He plans to visit Iowa State on May 3-4 and also is giving serious consideration to the Iowa Hawkeyes, even though he'd probably have to pay his own way at Iowa for one year.

Warrior 'D' key to thrilling win

The Cedar Rapids Washington girls soccer team had some true Warriors in the back line Tuesday night at Kingston Stadium.

But none were bigger than goalie Sophie Malcolm, who shutout Class 2A top-ranked Xavier for a 1-0 victory.

“Our goalie played a heck of a game. She came up with some great saves and played well,” Washington Coach Chad Hollmer said.

“I would like to congratulate Washington tonight. They played a hard game and it was a good win for them,” Xavier Coach Doug Graham said.

Dr. Tom's tree starting to bloom

Last week Xavier High School filled its boys basketball coaching vacancy be hiring Ryan Luehrsmann. "Louie," as he was known by during his playing days at Washington High School and then the University of Iowa, takes over for Matt Jenkins who resigned after three years at the helm.

A couple weeks ago, I wrote about "Coaching Trees", and specifically the Paul James tree which has taken root the past couple of years around town. Now it's time to take a look at another tree that has taken on some very strong roots, this time through a well-known and well-liked college coach.

Tom Davis coached at the University of Iowa from 1986-1999. He led the Hawkeyes to nine NCAA appearances, including within a game of the Final Four in 1987.

Lindo limps to 83 at Hunters Ridge

Ali Lindo admits she's stubborn.

A lot of golfers would have retired for the day after aggravating a painful knee injury in the middle of their round, but Lindo stayed on the course and limped through the final 11 holes of the Linn-Mar Invitational at Hunters Ridge Golf Course Tuesday in Marion.

Remarkably, the Cedar Rapids Kennedy junior shot an 11-over-par 83 to finish only one shot behind the leaders on a warm, sunny day.