Jefferson High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Brannan resigns as Jeff soccer coach

Ash Brannan has resigned as the girls soccer coach at Cedar Rapids Jefferson for personal reasons, according to the Cedar Rapids Community School district website.

The J-Hawks finished with a 5-10 record this season.

No replacement has been named.

4 J-Hawks named all-state in softball

Eight players from Metro area high schools have been named to the 2013 all-state softball teams, the Iowa Girls Coaches Association announced Tuesday.

Maddie Hansen, Alyssa Olson, Kaitlyn Davidson and Dani Stromert from Cedar Rapids Jefferson made the Class 5A all-state team.

Mallory Jones and Katie Kuch of Cedar Rapids Prairie also made the Class 5A all-state team.

Erin Drahozal and Sydney Galligan of Xavier were named to the Class 4A all-state team.

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5 Metro girls make all-district softball

Five players from Metro high schools have been named to the 2013 Iowa Girls Coaches Association all-district softball teams.

Alyssa Olson and Maddie Hansen, the battery that helped Jefferson reach the state tournament, have been selected for the Class 5A East team.

Erin Drahozal of Xavier, Sydney Galligan of Xavier and Beth Knapp of Marion have been named to the Class 4A Northeast squad.

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Furnish wins Iowa Women's Amateur

MASON CITY - Megan Furnish shot a final round 76 Wednesday to capture the 2013 Iowa Women’s Amateur Championship at Mason City Country Club.

Furnish, who came into the final round tied with Jenny Graeser, finished with a total of 13-over-par 229, good enough for a two shot win over Alex Zenor of Cedar Rapids.  Zenor shot a final round best 74 to jump into second place.

Furnish is a Cedar Rapids Jefferson grad and Zenor graduated from Kennedy.

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Jeff's Hansen on all-tournament team

FORT DODGE - Jefferson sophomore Maddie Hansen was named to the Class 5A all-tournament team Friday at the conclusion of the Class 5A championship game.

Hansen led the J-Hawks to a 2-1 mark and fifth-place finish in the tournament. She batted .556 with two doubles and two RBIs in nine at-bats.

State champion Dowling Catholic had four representatives on the team, and runnerup Johnston had three.

Dowling beat Johnston, 5-2, in the title game.

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J-Hawks edge Prairie for 5th place

FORT DODGE - Jefferson and Prairie went all the way to Fort Dodge to decide softball supremacy on the west side of Cedar Rapids and fifth place in the Class 5A state tournament.

The J-Hawks prevailed, 4-1, behind the two-hit pitching of sophomore Alyssa Olson and some clutch hitting by sophomore Maddie Hansen and freshman Erin Kuba.

Jefferson (33-12) won two games in Wednesday's consolation rounds. Prairie (29-16) split its two games.

The J-Hawks and Prairie Hawks split their doubleheader on June 4, the only time they met during the season.

This was the rubber match.

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J-Hawks stopped by No.3 Ottumwa, 2-0

FORT DODGE - Alyssa Olson and Maddie Hansen are young. They're just sophomores. They'll have two more chances to get back to the state softball tournament with the Jefferson J-Hawks in the next two years and try to win the title.

Their first trip to the Class 5A state tournament ended in frustration Tuesday night with a 2-0 loss to third-ranked Ottumwa in the opening round at Harlan Rogers Park in Fort Dodge.

The J-Hawks (31-12) put up a good fight, but Ottumwa pitcher Mandi Moore and the Ottumwa hitters were just a little better and defeated Jefferson for the third time this season, including once in 13 innings back in Cedar Rapids.

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Hansen tops all-Metro softball team

Cedar Rapids Jefferson catcher Maddie Hansen has been named the Athlete of the Year on the All-Metro Softball Team, it was announced Monday.

Jefferson and Prairie, both headed to the state tournament this week, both had three first-team selections.

Hansen, Kaitlyn Davidson and Alyssa Olson were honored from Jefferson. Katie Kuch, Gabi Carter and Mallory Jones were honored from Prairie.

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Versatile J-Hawks ready for state tourney

One of the secrets to the success of the Jefferson softball program over the years is that few of its players are ever one-dimensional.

As the J-Hawks begin play Tuesday in the state tournament for the 20th time in the past 31 years, for instance, leading slugger Maddie Hansen prides herself for defensive skills as a catcher.

Even when she’s not on the mound as a pitcher, Brooke Stauffer is in the starting lineup as a solid hitter.

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