Metro Sports Report

Xavier boys have the size to compete

Mississippi Valley Conference basketball teams could be looking up to the Xavier Saints this season.

Literally.

The Saints could put a frontline on the court that measures 6-foot-8, 6-foot-5 and 6-foot-5, and they've got another half-dozen boys who range from 6-foot-2 to 6-foot-4.

Boys basketball could be CVC's premier sport

The principal, boys basketball coach and bus driver for Cedar Valley Christian School began plotting the team's road trips last week to make sure everything was in order.

Actually, it was the same guy.

Jeff Pospisil wears all three hats at Cedar Valley Christian - principal, coach, bus driver - along with numerous other duties at the private school in southeast Cedar Rapids.

Jacobson hurt in J-Hawk victory

The Jefferson girls basketball team won its season opener in overtime Saturday night, but may have lost its best player.

Junior forward Taylor Jacobson, the J-Hawks’ floor leader and top scorer, crashed to the floor on a drive to the basket with 5:42 to go in regulation play.

In tears and obvious pain with an injured right leg, she was taken to the locker room and then to Mercy Medical Center after the game.

Jefferson Coach Larry Niemeyer said an x-ray at the hospital showed no break, but that it’s feared Jacobson may have a torn tendon.

“They told us to keep it on ice and see how she feels Monday or Tuesday,” Niemeyer said. “So we won’t know anything definite until then.”

If she’s out for the season or even for an extended amount of time, it would be a serious blow to Jefferson’s already-fragile lineup.

“Jake’s our best shooter, and everyone feeds off of her,” Niemeyer said. “And right now, we don’t have much of a bench.”

Moses excited about Year 2 with Prairie

Every successful team needs a good quarterback. Even basketball teams.

That's why James Moses thinks his second year as the boys basketball coach at Cedar Rapids Prairie will be better than his first. He has a quarterback on the floor now with Jace Hanna, who was also the quarterback for the Prairie football team this year.

Moses likes Hanna's decision-making on the court.

"If think if we had him last year we would have won a lot of those close games that we lost," Moses said. "I think people are going to be surprised at what we can do from top to bottom."