Jefferson Baseball

J-Hawks split with IC West

The Jefferson J-Hawks split a pair of one-run games with Iowa City West Monday in a Mississippi Valley Conference baseball doubleheader at Jefferson.

Jefferson won the first game, 3-2, behind a complete game by Spencer VanScoyoc.

Iowa City West took the nightcap, 5-4, despite a 4-for-4 effort by Jared Eivins.

VanScoyoc, who pitched a no-hitter against Prairie last week, followed with his second strong outing of the season. He allowed six hits and one earned run in seven innings, with 11 strikeouts and two walks.

Eivins went 4-for-4 with two doubles for Jefferson in the 5-4 loss. Colton Knox had two hits.

Jefferson, ranked No. 9 in Class 4A, is 3-3 overall and 1-1 in the MVC. Iowa City West, ranked No. 6, is 4-3 overall and 1-1 in the league.

GAME 1

Iowa City West    101 000 0 - 2
Jefferson         030 000 x - 3

W - S. VanScoyoc. L - Lohaus.

GAME 2

Iowa City West    201 200 0 - 5
Jefferson         100 021 0 - 4

W - Miller. L - C. VanScoyoc. S - McCaffery.

VanScoyoc wins Metro Spotlight Award

Spencer VanScoyoc of Cedar Rapids Jefferson is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school boys this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

VanScoyoc, a junior, is one of the top baseball players in the state as a left-handed pitcher, center fielder and hitter for the ninth-ranked J-Hawks.

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No. 9 J-Hawks upset by Solon

The Solon Spartans erupted for seven runs in the sixth inning Thursday and knocked off Jefferson, 8-5, in a non-conference baseball game at the Jefferson field.

The ninth-ranked J-Hawks owned a 5-1 lead entering the fatal sixth inning, but never recovered.

Spencer VanScoyoc went 2-for-3 and belted a solo home run for Jefferson (2-2). Brayden Frazier went 2-for-3 and drove in two runs.

Patrick Mason had two RBIs for Solon.

Solon      001 007 0 - 8
Jefferson  004 010 0 - 5

W - Kessler. L - Roeder.

No. 1 Cougars nip J-Hawks for Metro title

If the Kennedy Cougars are truly the No. 1 baseball team in Class 4A this year, then the Jefferson J-Hawks must by No. 1A.

Round 1 went to the Cougars Wednesday night, by a whisker.

Sammy Lizarraga ripped a game-winning single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning to give Kennedy a dramatic 5-4 victory over Jefferson in the championship game of the Bob Vrbicek Metro Tournament.

Lizarraga said he's never had a bigger hit in his career, not even when the Junior Cougars won the USSSA World Series a few years ago.

"That was a big one," he said after his walk-off screamer to right-center. "Senior year, Metro tournament. That was a lot of fun."

Kennedy and Jefferson are now tied for the most titles in Metro Tournament history with 13 apiece.

The J-Hawks scored four runs against Kennedy ace Zach Daniels in the early going and it was tied, 4-4, after three innings. But it stayed that way for a long, long time.

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