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Jefferson held onto the No.8 spot in the Class 5A softball rankings released Wednesday by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.
Xavier, meanwhile, slid four spots to No.8 in the Class 4A rankings.
Jefferson (9-1) hosts Xavier (3-3) Thursday night in a doubleheader at 5:30 p.m.
CEDAR FALLS - Maddie Hansen went 5-for-6 with a grand slam and nine RBIs Tuesday as No.8 Jefferson swept a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader from Cedar Falls, 14-3 and 14-0.
Kaitlyn Davidson went 3-for-4 in the first game for the J-Hawks (9-1, 5-1). Hannah Towns and Brooke Stauffer were both 2-for-5 with an RBI. Stauffer (4-1) was the winning pitcher with seven strikeouts.
Amber Grimm went 2-for-4 with two RBIs in the nightcap. Erin Kuba was 2-for-3 with an RBI, Paige Timmerman 2-for-4 with an RBI, Kaitlin Holub 2-for-3 with two RBIs and Maddie Koolbeck had two RBIs.
Alyssa Olson (5-0) was the winning pitcher in the nightcap with 10 strikeouts. The second game lasted only five innings.
BETTENDORF - Pleasant Valley scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning Tuesday and defeated the Jefferson J-Hawks, 7-3, in a non-conference baseball game in Bettendorf.
Spencer Hunt drove in two runs for Jefferson (1-8).
JEFFERSON (3): Koering 3 2 1 0, Frazier 3 1 1 0, Hunt 2 0 0 2, Kramer 0 0 0 0, Sullivan, 2 0 1 0, Van Scoyoc 2 0 0 0, Larson 3 0 0 0, Wright 3 0 1 0, Johnson 3 0 0 0. Totals 24 3 4 2.
Jefferson 200 010 0 - 3 4 4
Pleasant Valley 000 025 x - 7 7 0
Halle Lueck drove in the game-winning run with a walkoff single in the bottom of the seventh Monday as Prairie upset No.8 Jefferson, 3-2, in the first game of a Mississippi Valley Conference softball doubleheader at Prairie.
Jefferson rolled in the nightcap, 12-2.
Katie Kuch pitched a complete game for Prairie (7-3, 3-1) in the opener. Malia Gudenkauf went 2-for-2 with a double.
Maddie Koolbeck was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI for Jefferson in the opener.
Brooke Stauffer and Alyssa Olson fired two-hitters to lead Jefferson to a pair of wins Saturday at the Jefferson Classic softball tournament.
Stauffer, who authored no-hitters in her previous two starts, struck out 10 in Jefferson's 1-0 win over New London.
Olson fanned 12 in the J-Hawks' 4-2 win over Davenport North.
Tony Lombardi is trying to keep it simple.
His Washington Warriors baseball team has starters ranging from an eighth-grader (his son Rocky) to a possible soon-to-be professional baseball player (A.J. Puk) and several others in-between.
“I am really proud of these kids, they have come a long way,” Lombardi said after his team’s sweep of Cedar Rapids Jefferson on Friday night at Jefferson. “Our goal is to come out here and be the kind of team you have to beat. That was not our moniker a year ago.”
Lombardi has liked what he has seen so far. Friday’s 7-1 and 6-3 wins over the J-Hawks have Washington off to a 5-1 start.
The Jefferson High School softball field will officially become Larry Niemeyer Field on Wednesday, June 5. The naming ceremony will be held at 7:15 p.m., between the Jefferson - Waterloo West games. The event was originally scheduled for May 28 but was postponed by rain.
The special program will include comments by CRCSD Superintendent Dr. Dave Benson, the presentation of a naming plaque, and the unveiling of the Larry Niemeyer Field sign by Niemeyer and his family.
Superintendent Benson approved the request by the Jefferson High School Booster Club and administration to name the field in honor of Niemeyer last fall.
Niemeyer led Jefferson High School to 19 state softball tournaments and 3 state championships. His total of 2,089 softball victories stands as the most ever by any high school coach.
The Jefferson J-Hawks started a new tradition under Coach Brian Erbe on Tuesday in the same winning manner as their old one.
Brooke Stauffer pitched a five-inning no-hitter and drove in three runs in the opener to spark Jefferson to a doubleheader sweep of Washington, 10-0 and 12-0, in MVC softball at Jefferson.
Erbe, the former coach at Xavier, was coaching his first games as the J-Hawk mentor after replacing Larry Niemeyer following last season. Before coaching at Xavier Erbe was an assistant coach for Niemeyer, who holds the national record for most wins by a prep softball coach with 2,089. Niemeyer collected many of those wins during his 25-year tenure at Jefferson.
Ceremonies to dedicate the Jefferson softball field and rename it in honor of legendary coach Larry Niemeyer will be held May 28. The ceremony will be held at approximately 7:15 p.m., between the Jefferson-Waterloo West games. The special program will include comments by Cedar Rapids Community School District Superintendent Dr. Dave Benson, the presentation of a naming plaque, and the unveiling of the Larry Niemeyer Field sign by Niemeyer and his family.
Superintendent Benson approved the request by the Jefferson High School Booster Club and administration to name the field in honor of Niemeyer last fall noting, “Mr. Niemeyer’s 53-year career in education, including numerous coaching recognitions, is worthy of such a significant recognition.”
Niemeyer led Jefferson High School to 19 state softball tournaments and three state championships. His total of 2,089 softball victories stands as the most by any high school coach in the nation. “This illustrious and legendary career deserves recognition,” reads the Jefferson Booster Club request.
DES MOINES - Timauntay Jones and Stephanie Jenks turned in special performances at the state track meet Saturday.
Jones gave Cedar Rapids Jefferson its first gold medal in 30 years when he captured the Class 4A 800 meter run in a personal best 1 minute, 52.75 seconds.
Jenks, the precocious ninth grader from Linn-Mar, finished one of the most successful years for a freshman in state history when she added the 1500 meter title to her growing list of accomplishments.
Metro athletes finished with eight gold medals at the state meet along with a long list of silver and bronze medals.
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