Jefferson High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

No. 4 J-Hawks take pair from Wahlert

The fourth-ranked Jefferson baseball team raised its record to 13-3 Wednesday by sweeping a Mississippi Valley Conference twinbill from Dubuque Wahlert at the Jefferson field, 3-1 and 11-2.

Tyler Roeder and Cam Frazier both had two doubles for Jefferson in the first game. Spencer VanScoyoc, Lucas Larson and Frazier had RBIs. VanScoyoc pitched four innings for the victory and Jared Eivins tossed three shutout innings for a save.

Manny Olutunde went 3-for-4 with four RBIs for the J-Hawks in the second game. Roeder was 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs. Colton Knox was 3-for-3 with a home run, two RBIs and three runs scored. Olutunde had a double and triple. VanScoyoc had two hits.

Tyler Konigsmark pitched four innings for the victory. Roeder tossed three shutout innings with five strikeouts for a save.

Wahlert fell to 6-10.

GAME 1

Wahlert     010 000 0 - 1
Jefferson   011 010 x - 3

W - S.VanScoyoc. L - Savary. S - Eivins.

GAME 2

Wahlert     000 200 0 - 2
Jefferson   005 204 x - 11

W - Konigsmark. L - Buss. S - Roeder.

Halvorson helps Hawks split with Jeff

Natalie Halvorson was just an eighth grader when Prairie softball coach Joe Yegge put her into the game as a relief pitcher at the Class 5A state tournament in Fort Dodge two years ago.

Halvorson is still only a sophomore, but she's developed into one of the top pitchers in the Mississippi Valley Conference after that early indoctrination in a pressure-packed situation.

Halvorson pitched a complete game Wednesday night in a showdown with Jefferson all-stater Alyssa Olson as Prairie trimmed the sixth-ranked J-Hawks, 3-1, in the first game of an MVC doubleheader at the Prairie field.

Jefferson rebounded and took the nightcap, 7-6.

Halvorson pitched out of trouble all night against the J-Hawks, stranding 11 runners and surviving a bases-loaded jam in the seventh inning when Jefferson scored its only run.

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No.4 J-Hawks top Des Moines East

DES MOINES - Jared Eivins went 3-for-5 and drove in two runs Tuesday night as the fourth-ranked Jefferson J-Hawks defeated Des Moines, 8-4, in Des Moines.

Jefferson raised its record to 11-3. Des Moines East fell to 8-6.

Caleb Stekl was 2-for-4 with two RBIs for the J-Hawks. Tyler Roeder also had two hits. Colton Knox pitched six innings for the victory.

Jefferson        200 300 3 - 8
Des Moines East  103 000 0 - 4

W - Knox. L - Alcala.

J-Hawks sweep Wahlert with 9 homers

DUBUQUE - The Cedar Rapids Jefferson softball team belted nine home runs Tuesday and swept a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader from Dubuque Wahlert, 13-2 and 12-0, in Dubuque.

Kennedy Dighton went 3-for-4 with two home runs and four RBIs in the first game for the sixth-ranked J-Hawks. Hannah Towns went 3-for-4 with a homer. Maddie Hansen was 2-for-4 with a homer and three RBIs. Avery Guy went 2-for-4 with a homer and Erin Kuba was 3-for-4.

Alyssa Olson raised her record to 6-2 in the first game with nine strikeouts.

Towns was 3-for-3 with another homer and four RBIs in the second game. Hansen belted another home run. Lindsey Culver also hit a home run.

Alissa Good tossed a one-hitter and went 2-for-3 with a home run.

Jefferson raised its records to 12-4 overall and 8-2 in the conference. Wahlert fell to 1-18 overall.

4 Metro teams make baseball rankings

Cedar Rapids Prairie jumped into the prep baseball rankings Monday by the Iowa Baseball Coaches Association, putting four Metro teams in the Class 4A rankings for the first time this season.

The Jefferson J-Hawks are ranked No. 4, Linn-Mar is No. 7, Prairie is No. 8 and Kennedy has fallen to No. 10 after beginning the year in the No. 1 spot in the poll.

Three Central Iowa teams top the Class 4A charts with Johnston, Waukee and Southeast Polk ranked 1-2-3.

The Xavier Saints dropped out of the Class 3A rankings.

CLASS 4A

1. Johnston, 2. Waukee, 3. Southeast Polk, 4. Jefferson, 5. Dowling, 6. Sioux City East, 7. Linn-Mar, 8. Prairie, 9. Iowa City West, 10. Kennedy.

CLASS 3A

1. Davenport Assumption, 2. Pella, 3. West Delaware, 4. Sioux City Heelan, 5. Harlan, 6. Knoxville, 7. Gilbert, 8. Waverly-Shell Rock, 9. Fairfield, 10. Williamsburg.

No.6 J-Hawks dump Davenport West

The sixth-ranked Jefferson baseball team raised its record to 10-3 Wednesday night with a 10-1 triumph over Davenport West at Jefferson.

Tyler Roeder, Spencer VanScoyoc, Lucas Larson and Tyler Konigsmark had two hits for the J-Hawks. Larson collected three RBIs. Roeder and VanScoyoc scored two runs.

Sam Meyer pitched 4 1/3 innings for the victory. He allowed one earned run on two hits, with three strikeouts and three walks.

Davenport West   000 010 0 - 1
Jefferson        101 125 x - 10

W - Meyer. L - Burkhart.

Lions, J-Hawks split MVC twinbill

Elison Ollinger and Maddy Ryan had back-to-back doubles in the bottom of the sixth inning to give Linn-Mar a 3-2 victory over Jefferson in the first game of Mississippi valley Conference softball doubleheader Tuesday night at Linn-Mar.

The J-Hawks, behind four hits from senior Hannah Towns, took the nightcap, 14-4.

In the opener, Christina Lincoln had a triple and drove home two runs for Linn-Mar. Ryan picked up the pitching win for the Lions.

Towns had two doubles and drove home four runs for the J-Hawks in the nightcap. Kennedy Dighton had a double and three RBIs for Jefferson, which scored five runs in the top of the first.

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Roeder sparks J-Hawks by Spartans

BETTENDORF - Tyler Roeder went 3-for-3 and scored three runs Tuesday as the sixth-ranked Jefferson J-Hawks defeated Pleasant Valley, 7-2.

Spencer VanScoyoc, Manny Olutunde and Colton Knox had two RBIs for Jefferson. VanScoyoc and Olutunde had two hits.

Jarred Woods pitched four strong innings for the J-Hawks for the victory. He did not allow any runs on three hits. Knox pitched two scoreless innings in relief.

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No. 6 J-Hawks sweep City High

IOWA CITY - Both of the VanScoyoc brothers picked up victories on the mound Monday as the sixth-ranked Jefferson J-Hawks swept a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader against Iowa City High.

Spencer VanScoyoc struck out 10 batters in five innings as Jefferson won the first game, 6-2. Connor VanScoyoc tossed a complete game in the nightcap in a 5-1 verdict.

The sweep lifted Jefferson to 8-3 overall and 5-1 in the league. Iowa City High fell to 5-6 overall and 1-5 in the MVC.

Brayden Frazier went 4-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs for the J-Hawks in the first game. Spencer VanScoyoc went 2-for-3 with two doubles. Tyler Roeder and Tyler Konigsmark were 2-for-4.

Spencer VanScoyoc allowed only one hit during his five innings on the mound, but he walked six batters. He was touched for two unearned runs. Jared Eivins pitched two scoreless innings in relief.

Connor VanScoyoc struck out four batters and allowed seven hits in his complete-game victory in the nightcap. Spencer VanScoyoc had two more hits. Lucas Larson drove in two runs. Colton Knox was 2-for-2. Manny Olutunde scored twice.

GAME 1

Jefferson        202 101 0 - 6
Iowa City High   000 200 0 - 2

W - S. VanScoyoc. L - Cotton.

GAME 2

Jefferson        010 100 3 - 5
Iowa City High   100 000 0 - 1

W - C. VanScoyoc. L - Schnoebelen.