Jefferson High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Kramer, Robinson lift Jeff by City High

IOWA CITY - Ky Kramer and Creighton Robinson combined for 40 points Friday night as the Jefferson J-Hawks topped Iowa City High, 51-39, in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball game in Iowa City.

Kramer scored 21 points and Robinson finished with 19 for Jefferson (8-7, 5-5). Robinson tossed in three 3-pointers and Kramer hit two triples. Kramer also went 5-for-5 on foul shots.

Lonnie Chester paced Iowa City High (5-10, 1-9) with 16 points.

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J-Hawks dropped by No.5 Little Hawks

Haley Lorenzen scored 29 points and Mickey Hansche added 24 to lead No.5 Iowa City High past Jefferson, 84-63, Friday night in girls basketball at Jefferson.

Maddie Koolbeck scored 20 points and Kaitlyn Davidson added 19 for Jefferson (7-10, 5-6 MVC).

Iowa City High is 16-2 overall and 9-1 in the MVC.

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Tiedtke, Kluth torch lanes for J-Hawk boys

Noah Tiedtke and Austin Kluth torched the lanes at May City Bowl, leading Jefferson to a 3176-2983 win over Xavier in boys bowling Friday.

Tiedtke shot games of 267 and 218 for a 485 series that was high for the match. His 267 also was high game. Kluth shot games of 214 and 258 for a 472 series.

Zach Ficken also rolled high for the J-Hawks with a 234 high game and 409 series.

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James leads Jeff girls bowlers past Xavier

Lindsey James rolled games of 182 and 233 for a 415 series and Jefferson held off Xavier, 2767-2611, Friday afternoon in girls bowling at May City Bowl.

Tara Trcka shot games of 202 and 209 for a 411 series to lead Xavier.

Jefferson built a 147-pin lead in round one.

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Phelan steps down as Jeff volleyball coach

Kelly Phelan announced Thursday that she has resigned her post as volleyball coach at Jefferson.

The announcement came in a press release from Athletics Director Chris Deam.

Phelan cited family reasons for her decision to resign.

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J-Hawks come up short against Senior

The Jefferson J-Hawks faced No.3 Dubuque Senior at home Tuesday night in boys basketball and dropped the Mississippi Valley Conference matchup, 54-38.

Size mattered.

Dubuque Senior (12-1, 8-1) used eight players and six of them were 6-foot-4 or taller. Faced with the size disadvantage, the J-Hawks used an aggressive zone defense in an attempt to keep the Rams out of the lane.

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Jacobson fires J-Hawks past Senior, 74-73

DUBUQUE - Taylor Jacobson came off the bench to score 20 points and  Jefferson squeezed past Dubuque Senior, 74-73, Tuesday night in a Mississippi Valley Conference girls basketball game.

Kaitlyn Davidson and Amanda Ollinger scored 14 points apiece for the J-Hawks (7-9, 5-5). Dani Stromert added 10 points.

Ollinger also grabbed 10 rebounds.

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Olson, Kramer spark J-Hawks by Hempstead

DUBUQUE - Jacob Olson and Ky Kramer scored 18 points apiece Friday night as the Jefferson J-Hawks clipped Dubuque Hempstead, 64-44, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game in Dubuque.

Olson tossed in five 3-pointers as Jefferson raised its records to 7-6 overall and 4-4 in the conference. The J-Hawks hit ten 3-pointers.

Jefferson led 36-15 at halftime. Kramer went 9-for-10 at the foul line.

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Koolbeck leads J-Hawks past Hempstead

Maddie Koolbeck scored 19 points and Jefferson rallied from a nine-point halftime deficit to beat Dubuque Hempstead, 53-47, Friday night in girls basketball at Jefferson.

Kaitlyn Davidson added 12 points for Jefferson (6-9, 4-5). Freshman Amanda Ollinger came off the bench to score six points and grab a team-high eight rebounds. Koolbeck collected six caroms.

Hempstead held a 31-22 lead at halftime.

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