Jefferson High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

No.1 Xavier girls blank Jefferson, 2-0

Kayla Armstrong and Sammi Shepard scored goals to lead No.1 Xavier past Jefferson, 2-0, Tuesday in girls soccer at Lower Kingston.

Armstrong's goal with 27:41 remaining in the first half gave the Saints a 1-0 lead at halftime. Shepard scored an insurance goal with 12:31 left in the game.

Xavier took 34 shots, 10 on goal. Jefferson got off only five shots, three on goal. The J-Hawks did not put a shot on goal in the second half.

Jefferson keeper Madison Weber had eight saves.

Jefferson girls post shootout wins

URBANDALE - The Jefferson girls scored a pair of shootout wins Saturday at the Urbandale Invitational soccer tournament.

Jefferson beat host Urbandale, 1-0, and toppled Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson, 2-1.

Jefferson won the shootout against Urbandale, 4-3, in penalty kicks.

The J-Hawks beat TJ, 6-5, in penalty kicks.

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Jeff girls, Evans shine at Kingston

The Jefferson girls turned in another series of dominant performances Saturday at Kingston Stadium, while the Linn-Mar boys outdueled Kennedy for the team title in a frigid running of the Draxton-Stiers/Wilkinson Invitational track meet.

Fresh from a blowout at their own meet a week ago, the J-Hawks claimed six of seven relay events Saturday and also picked up wins from senior hurdler Taylor Jacobson and sophomore sprinter Lucy Schneekloth.

The Lion boys, meanwhile, won four of six relay events along with a school record-setting run by unstoppable junior Josh Evans in a race for which he wasn’t even primed.

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Jeff girls claim J-Hawk Relays

It may have been a surprise to some that the Cedar Rapids Jefferson girls ran away with the 27th annual J-Hawk Relays on a long and dreary day Saturday at Kingston Stadium.

But the decisive win certainly did not come out of the blue for longtime Coach Bill Calloway nor his athletes.

Using a mix of veterans and newcomers, the J-Hawks took five of seven relay events and came in a close second in another to cop the team title over perennial powerhouses Iowa City West and Cedar Falls.

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J-Hawks blank Davenport North, 4-0

DAVENPORT - The Cedar Rapids Jefferson boys soccer team shut out Davenport North, 4-0, in a non-conference match Tuesday in Davenport.

Nick Rocha, Reece Suckow, Jacob Chiza and Joseph Peterson scored goals for the J-Hawks.

Jeff girls win 9 events at Sherwood

IOWA CITY -- The Cedar Rapids Jefferson girls track team captured nine events at the Sherwood Relays in Iowa City on Saturday.

The J-Hawks dominated the relay events with victories in the shuttle hurdle relay, distance medley, 4x200, sprint medley, 4x100 and 4x400.

Rachel Broghammer won the 100-meter dash for Jefferson, Madison Ranschau took the 100 hurdles and Brianna Prohaska won the high jump.

Abbie Ranschau, Sam Kitterman, Maliya Ratliffe, Morgan Meese and Broghammer came home with three gold medals for the J-Hawks. Taylor Jacobson, Madison Ranschau, Meredith Koenigsfeld, Lucy Schneekloth and Jasmine Blue were double-winners for Jefferson.

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Jeff girls win 5 events in Mount Pleasant

MOUNT PLEASANT -- The Cedar Rapids Jefferson J-Hawks broke their own meet record in the 4x100 relay and won five events at the Mount Pleasant Relays on Thursday.

Lucy Schneekloth, Jasmine Blue, Morgan Meese and Rachel Broghammer claimed the 4x100 relay in 49.83 seconds, snapping the old mark set by Jefferson in 2010.

Broghammer also captured the 100-meter dash for the J-Hawks. Taylor Jacobson took the 400 hurdles and Emma Edelen won the discus.

Jefferson also won the distance medley with Maliya Ratliffe, Jessica Ohrnstein, Jasmine Blue and Emma Rolwes.

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Jenks, J-Hawks double up at Dickinson Relays

CEDAR FALLS - Stephanie Jenks ran 15 laps around the UNI-Dome track Monday at the A.D. Dickinson Relays, took one deep breath and then waited for the rest of the girls in the 3000 meter run to cross the finish line so she could shake their hands.

The Linn-Mar freshman had to wait a while to greet them all.

Jenks won the 3000 in 10:16.27 in a breeze. She clocked a 9:49.24 at the same distance last week at a major meet in Ames when she faced serious competition from Anna Holidman of Waverly-Shell Rock, but there wasn't much of a challenge Monday.

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Maddie Koolbeck will play ball at Coe

It pays to be smart, talented and energetic.

Maddie Koolbeck is a prime example.

Koolbeck has been an all-state basketball player during her career at Cedar Rapids Jefferson, but she's been much more than that.

She carries a 4.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale with numerous Advanced Placement classes, serves as editor of the school newspaper, is vice president of the senior class, vice president of the National Honor Society, a member of the Service Club and plays softball.

Colleges drool over student/athletes like that.

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