 |
|
Thank you for reading the Metro Sports Report....
|
|
Scroll down for the latest Metro Sports news, stats & standings!  |
 |
* Contact Metro Sports Report * Jim Ecker, President & Editor jim.ecker@metrosportsreport.com 319-390-4236 |
Although he's been Kennedy's leading rusher, senior scatback Miles Moa says he's been unhappy with his season so far.
“I had a rough start,” he said Friday night after leading the Cougars to a 35-14 win over Jefferson at Kingston Stadium.
“I wasn't reading the blocks right and kept missing my assignments. Just wasn't producing like I wanted to.”
That all changed in a flash when, on Kennedy's first play from scrimmage, he scooted 29 yards for a score.
IOWA CITY - Cedar Rapids Jefferson sophomore Meredith Koenigsfeld finished sixth at the Bud Williams Invitational cross country meet in Iowa City Thursday.
Sarah Hanna placed seventh and Megan Ely was eighth as the J-Hawks finished in third place in the team standings.
Jason Chung led the Jefferson boys in 18th place overall as the J-Hawks placed fourth.
WATERLOO - Mitch Willems and Adam Van Oort shared medalist honors with a 3-over-par 39 Thursday as the Jefferson J-Hawks won a Mississippi Valley Conference quadrangular meet at Gates Golf Course for their first victory of the season.
Freshman Nile Happel gave the J-Hawks a boost with a 4-over 40 with his best round of the season.
Jefferson finished at 159, followed by Iowa City West (169), Waterloo West (199) and Waterloo East (210). Noah Federici of Iowa City West shared medalist honors with the two J-Hawks with a 39.
Zach Denny shot a 5-over 41 for Jefferson.
Nick Rocha kicked a 46-yard field goal for the Jefferson J-Hawks in their 37-20 victory over Waterloo East last Friday and nobody was surprised.
"I'm not exaggerating," Jefferson Coach Brian Webb said Thursday. "He kicks them 60 to 65 yards in practice."
Actually, Webb short-changed his man by two yards.
"My longest in practice is 67," Rocha said. "I had a decent breeze, but it wasn't much. There was a lot of strength behind that one."
Kennedy fought off three match points Tuesday night and defeated Jefferson, 25-20, 22-25, 25-16, 15-25, 18-16 in a Mississippi Valley Conference slugfest at the Jefferson gym.
The J-Hawks led 14-13, 15-14 and 16-15 in the fifth set and needed just one more point to claim the match, but the Cougars had an answer each time.
Kennedy tied the fifth game, 16-16, on a kill shot by 6-foot-2 sophomore Brinley Milbrath. The Cougars took a 17-16 lead on a soft dink by senior Erin Coker and won the match on a kill by Coker.
Kennedy senior Michele Wasta loves to swim and is excited about joining the team at Western Illinois University next year, so she's willing to deal with a little pain.
Wasta has been bothered by sore muscles in her back since she was 13, a problem that may be caused by a minor case of scoliosis at the top of her back. Nobody seems to know for sure.
"There's no permanent solution that we can find yet," Wasta said Tuesday. "I've been going to doctors and chiropractors and anyone we can think of.
"They think it's just sore muscles, tight muscles, a lot of overworked muscles."
Wasta conquered the pain Tuesday with three victories as the Cougars dunked Jefferson, 130-53, in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet at the Jefferson pool.
ANAMOSA - The Cedar Rapids Jefferson girls cross country team placed fifth out of 10 teams at the Anamosa Invitational Saturday.
Megan Ely paced the J-Hawks by finishing 12th in 17 minutes, 19 seconds for the 4 kilometer course.
The Jefferson boys finished seventh out of 11 teams in their race. Jason Chung led the J-Hawks by finishing 19th in 18:56 for five kilometers.
Cedar Rapids Jefferson freshman super swimmer Kelsey Drake is feeling the joy of being part of a high school team.
“It's like a family,” she says.
At the Kennedy Invitational meet on Saturday she shattered a pool record that had stood for 25 years.
Mere minutes later, however, she was at the water's edge for the third heat of the next race cheering on a teammate she's been friends with since kindergarten.
WATERLOO - Two big plays showed what Waterloo East can do with the football.
The statistics and the final score proved what the Trojans cannot do - at least not yet.
While East's passing game gave Cedar Rapids Jefferson some problems, the J-Hawks found a multitude of ways to hurt the Trojans. Jefferson claimed a 37-20 victory Friday night at Memorial Stadium.
For Jefferson, the win was its first of the season and ended an overall 10-game losing streak. For East, the search for head coach Kevin Meyer's first win with the Trojans goes on.
WATERLOO - Freshman Kelsey Drake won four events, and Olivia Northrup and Jaylee Chung three apiece to lead Jefferson to a 95-75 win over Waterloo West on Tuesday at Waterloo Central.
Drake won the 200 individual medley and 100 butterfly, She also swam on the winning medley and 200 free relays.
Northrup won the 100 free and Chung the 200 free. Both also swam on the medley and 200 free relays.
Page 77 of 114
Copyright © 2024 Metro Sports Report. All Rights Reserved.
Site Created by 
|
