Metro Sports Report

Wash boys swimmers snag MVC title

 IOWA CITY – Surprising Washington claimed the Mississippi Division title and finished third overall Saturday in the Mississippi Valley Conference Boys Swimming Championships at Mercer Park Aquatic Center.

Linn-Mar matmen 2nd at Clinton

CLINTON -- Competing in a large field of schools, Linn-Mar finished the runner-up in the Clinton wrestling tournament on Saturday.

Twenty-five teams competed in the daylong event. The Metro area was represented by two other teams: Cedar Rapids Washington and Kennedy.

Davenport Assumption took the top honors. It accumulated 244 points, outdistancing Linn-Mar by 73.5. Kennedy finished fifth and Washington finished 20th.

At the buzzer

Last second shots dealt the No. 5 Washington and No. 11 Xavier girls basketball teams tough losses in games pitting them against ranked foes.

Washington was beaten by Class 3A No. 7 DeWitt Central, 43-42, at the U.S. Cellular Center. Read about it here>>

A banked 3-point shot from the top of the key with 2.4 seconds left sent No. 13 West Des Moines Dowling past Xavier, 38-37. Read about it here>>

Bohannon's 25 send No. 1 Lions past Cougars

The people who told Matt Bohannon he'll never be as good as his brother Jason could be right.

He might turn out better.

Bohannon popped in 25 points Friday night as No.1 Linn-Mar beat fourth-ranked Kennedy, 66-57, in a choppy Mississippi Valley Conference game before a near-capacity crowd at Linn-Mar.

Jason Bohannon helped Linn-Mar win the Class 4A state title in 2004 and was named Iowa's Mr. Basketball in 2006, then had a solid career at the University of Wisconsin. Matt is five years younger than Jason, but closing ground fast.

Linn-Mar Coach Chris Robertson, who has coached all three Bohannon brothers so far -- Jason, Zach and Matt -- said Matt has been motivated by unfavorable comparisons to his siblings.