Jefferson High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Walton leads J-Hawks by Waterloo

WATERLOO – Riley Walton had a 158 game and a 311 series to lead the Jefferson boys bowling team to a 2,058 to 1,934 win over Waterloo East on Friday at Cadillac Lanes.

JEFFERSON: Riley Walton 153-158=311, Hunter Sturtz 133-147=280, Chaise Donner 145-123=268, John Gardner 107-148=255, Tanner Bennett 96 -127=223, Logan Miller 108-88=196.

WATERLOO EAST: Bryce Staver 148-146=294, Tannis Morgan 94-184=278, Braden Smith 117-139=256, Trevor DeWiece 123-119=242, George Bowser 107-130=237, Devon Rowe 120-69=189.

Jefferson: 1,337-721=2,058.

Waterloo East: 1,307-627=1,934.

J-Hawks stop Lilly from netting 500

It wasn’t a thing of beauty, but the Jefferson girls got their wish with a 38-36 win on Xavier’s home floor Friday night.

"Before this week, our motto in the locker room was, ‘All we want for Christmas is two big wins,'” J-Hawk point guard Avery Guy explained. “We won both games, so now we’re over .500 (at 5-4) going into the break.”

The Saints, on the other hand, are now 3-5 and must wait awhile longer to give veteran coach Tom Lilly his 500th career victory.

“I don’t even want to talk about that,” Lilly said. “What I’m interested in is what we have to do to play with the intensity we showed in the last four and a half minutes.”

Up to then, it was a ragged affair as both teams had trouble holding onto the ball. Xavier had 18 turnovers for the game, Jefferson 16. And, at times, they had trouble putting the ball in the hoop.

In a woeful third quarter, the J-Hawks outscored the Saints 3-2 and went into the final stanza ahead just 24-19.

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Wennermark helps Prairie pin J-Hawks

New Cedar Rapids Prairie wrestling coach Kane Thompson has been preaching a "team championship lifestyle" to the Hawks since taking over the squad this season.

Trenton Wennermark embraced the concept Thursday night.

Wennermark rallied from a 9-0 deficit and pinned Brenden Baker in the biggest upset of the match as the sixth-ranked Prairie Hawks topped No. 7 Jefferson, 42-30, in a Mississippi Valley Conference showdown at Jefferson.

Wennermark lost all three of his matches against Baker last year and was headed for a fourth straight defeat when he turned the tables in the third period. He got a reversal to draw within 9-4, then put Baker on his back and pinned him in 4 minutes, 33 seconds.

Thompson and all the wrestlers on the Prairie bench jumped in the air in celebration. Baker, a senior, is ranked No. 2 at 120 pounds by The Predicament wrestling magazine and Wennermark, a sophomore, is ranked No. 8 at 120. They wrestled a weight higher at 126 and Wennermark gave the Hawks a 21-9 lead with his precious victory.

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Jeff swimmers fall to Rams

The Jefferson boys swimming team won two events in a 116-52 loss to Dubuque Senior on Tuesday at Jefferson.

Luke Hummell won the 50-yard freestyle in 23.83 seconds for the J-Hawks and Paul Hummell won the 100 breaststroke in 11:04.03.

DUBUQUE SENIOR 116, JEFFERSON 53
200 medley relay - Dubuque Senior (John Dalton, Andrew Breitfelder, Jacob Hansen, John Colin) 1:44.45
200 freestyle – Will Colin (DS) 1:57.85.
200 individual medley – J.Colin (DS) 2:07.68.
50 freestyle – Luke Hummell (J) 23.83.
100 butterfly – J.Colin (DS) 55.36.
100 freestyle – Dalton (DS) 52.50.
500 Freestyle – W.Colin (DS) 5:20.43.
200 freestyle relay – Dubuque Senior (J.Dalton, Brandon Sindt, Nick Topping, W.Colin) 1:35.29.
100 backstroke – Dalton (DS) 1:00.76.
100 breaststroke - Paul Hummell (J) 1:04.03.
400 freestyle relay – Dubuque Senior (J.Colin, Sindt, Dalton, Topping) 3:34.06.

Dighton powers J-Hawks with double-double

Kennedy Dighton scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the Jefferson girls basketball team in a 55-39 win over Waterloo West on Tuesday at Jefferson.

Emily Oler had 12 points for the J-Hawks, Sammy Kitterman added 10 points and Avery Guy dished out nine assists.

Jefferson improved to 4-4. Waterloo West fell to 3-5.

WATERLOO WEST (39): Robinson 2 3-4 8, Campbell 3 5-8 12, Ceaser 5 1-4 13, Cook 2 0-0 4, Phillips 0 2-2 2, Young 0 0-0 0, Wehr 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 11-18 39.

JEFFERSON (55): Culver 1 0-0 2, Kitterman 5 0-1 10, Guy 2 0-1 4, Donner 0 0-1 0, Wise 3 0-0 8, Melton 1 0-0 2, Thurmond 0 0-0 0, Erica Oler 2 2-2 6, Baxter 0 0-0 0, Dighton 5 1-2 14, Emily Oler 4 4-7 12, Obrian 1 0-0 2. Totals 24 7-14 60.

Halftime – Jefferson 33, Waterloo West 16. 3-point goals – Waterloo West 4 (Ceaser 2, Robinson, Campbell), Jefferson 5 (Dighton 3, Wise 2).

Jeff boys fall at Waterloo West

WATERLOO – Valentino Green scored 14 points to lead the Jefferson boys basketball team in a 65-57 loss to Waterloo West on Tuesday.

Gabe Pepin had 20 points for the Wahawks (2-2) and Demetrius Caddell had 19.

Jefferson fell to 2-4.

JEFFERSON (57): Webb 3 3-5 9, Wiederin 2 0-0 4, Green 7 0-3 14, Kramer 1 0-0 3, Brown 2 3-6 7, McCauley 0 0-0 0, Van Oort 5 0-0 12, McKinney 4 0-0 8. Totals 24 7-14 57.

WATERLOO WEST (65): Cooper 0 0-0 0, Spates 1 3-6 5, Pepin 7 2-3 20, Nickelson 0 0-0 0, Caddell 8 1-1 19, Wright 0 0-0 0, Harris-Anderson 3 1-1 7, Kuljuhovic 6 2-3 14, T.Burt 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 9-14 65.

Halftime – Waterloo West 34, Jefferson 28. 3-point goals – Jefferson 3 (Van Oort 2, Kramer), Waterloo West 6 (Pepin 4, Caddell 2).

Paul Hummell leads J-Hawk swimmers

CEDAR FALLS - Paul Hummell of Jefferson won the 100 breaststroke and placed second in three other events at the Marcussen Invitational in Cedar Falls Saturday.

Hummell claimed the 100 breaststroke in 1:00.84. He finished second in the 50 freestyle (23.05) and helped the J-Hawks place second in the 200 medley relay (1:44.75) and 200 freestyle relay (1:34.09).

Nate Homan, Paul Hummell, Noah Hoogestraat and Luke Hummell swam on the 200 medley relay. Paul Hummell, Luke Hummell, Homan and Max McChesney formed the 200 freestyle relay.

Dowling won the team championship. Jefferson placed sixth out of seven teams.

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Briggs wins title for J-Hawk wrestlers

WEST DES MOINES - Kyle Briggs of Jefferson captured top honors at 152 pounds Saturday at the West Des Moines Valley wrestling tournament.

Briggs nipped Collin Hushagen of Johnston, 4-3, for the title.

West Des Moines Valley, which is ranked second in Class 3A, claimed the team championship with 229 points. The seventh-ranked Jefferson J-Hawks finished second out of 10 teams with 198 markers.

The J-Hawks got second-place finishes from Colten Mastin (113), Brenden Baker (120), Tavian Rashed (160) and Nick Dreckman (182). Baker, who is ranked No. 2 at 120 pounds, lost to fourth-ranked Zach Price of Johnston, 7-3, in the finals.

The J-Hawks got third-place showings from Dalton Mastin (132) and Matt Culver (170). Zach Main (126), Cody Clendenen (145) and Keenan Stewart (220) finished fourth.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. West Des Moines Valley 229, 2. Jefferson 198, 3. Johnston 196.5, 4. Waverly-Shell Rock 181, 5. Indianola 175, 6. Marshalltown 105, 7. Hampton-Dumont 73, 8. Sioux City North 71.5, 9. Winterset 70, 10. Des Moines Roosevelt 41.5.

Jefferson boys clip Marion

Dennis McKinney scored 13 points Saturday as the Jefferson J-Hawks defeated Marion, 57-41, in a boys basketball game at the Jefferson gym.

Baylor Fish led Marion with 13 points.

Both teams have 2-3 records.

MARION (41): Fish 4 5-5 13, Zielke 2 0-0 6, Walter 2 1-2 5, Manderscheid 3 2-2 9, Whalen 0 0-0 0, Pflughaupt 0 1-2 1, Chris Mohwinkle 0 0-0 0,Clayton Mohwinkle 1 2-2 4, Wiese 1 1-1 3. Totals 13 12-14 41.

JEFFERSON (57): Webb 2 3-4 7, Shaw 1 0-0 3, Wiederin 3 0-0 7, Green 2 1-4 5, Kramer 3 0-1 8, Brown 2 0-0 4, McCauley 1 0-0 2, Van Oort 2 2-2 6, Szabo 1 0-0 2, McKinney 6 1-2 13. Totals 23 7-11 57.

Halftime - Jefferson 32, Marion 22. 3-point goals - Marion 3 (Zielke, Manderscheid), Jefferson 4 (Kramer 2, Wiederin 1, Green 1).