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Blood, Sturtz top all-Metro bowling

Rylee Blood of Prairie and Hunter Sturtz of Jefferson have been honored as the Athletes of the Year on the all-Metro bowling teams, as selected by the Metro coaches.

Prairie girls claimed three of seven spots on the all-Metro first team with Blood, Ashley Sundstrom and Sabrina Keiper. Shania Christensen of Washington, Bre Smith of Marion, Mekena Diercks of Linn-Mar and Jamie Milota of Kennedy also made the first team.

Alex Diercks of Linn-Mar, James Jambois of Kennedy, Matt Galloro of Prairie, Jarrett Steward of Marion, Jacob Fulton of Xavier and Charlie Hart of Xavier joined Sturtz on the all-Metro first team for boys.

Don Willfong of Prairie was named the girls Coach of the Year and Mat Fowler of Jefferson was named the boys Coach of the Year.

Second Team Girls

Kaitlyn Earley (Prairie), Alexis Tschantz (Linn-Mar), Jade Klinefelter (Prairie), Alexis Smith (Marion), Megan Kitzmiller (Jefferson), Tanya Zaugg (Xavier).

Second Team Boys

Chase Donner (Jefferson), Nathan Williams (Linn-Mar), Ryan Wyant (Linn-Mar), Bert Goodwin (Kennedy), Shawn Wille (Prairie), Dakota Timmerman (Marion).

Honorable Mention Girls

Jefferson - Allie Schirmer, Hailey Kimble
Kennedy - Alyssa Wiedemeier, Abbie Haller
Linn-Mar - Abbie Smith, Brittni Krause
Marion - Aleann Romo, Alicia Steepleton
Prairie - Mikayla Hite, Ashley Grady
Washington - Ella Wake, Lucy Forster
Xavier - Cheyanne Crane, Ella Schrader

Honorable Mention Boys

Jefferson - Riley Walton, John Gardner
Kennedy - Max Hiatt, Nick Green
Linn-Mar - Jacob Wheaton, Alex Barnett
Marion - Dylan Nash, Nate Meister
Prairie - Lucas Galloro, Brendan Poock
Washington - Donovan Trimble, John Taylor
Xavier - Jackson Schuster, Michael Buenzow

Kennedy girls roll past Muscatine

Lela Sellers scored 15 points as the 11th-ranked Kennedy girls basketball team made quick work of Muscatine with a 47-25 win in a Class 5A regional semifinal Saturday at Kennedy.

The Cougars (18-4) advanced to play No. 8 Davenport North (20-3) in a regional final at 7 p.m. Tuesday at North.

Kennedy led 10-2 after the first quarter and never looked back. Linden Runels added 11 points for the Cougars.

Muscatine finished 9-14.

MUSCATINE (25): Rusch 0 1-2 1, Miller 0 0-0 0, Butler 0 0-0 0, Kerr 1 0-0 2, Rodgers 1 5-8 7, Wagg 0 0-0 0, White 0 0-0 0, Hepker 2 0-0 4, Torres 2 1-1 6, Oppel 1 3-6 5. Totals 7 10-17 25.

KENNEDY (47): Choate 0 1-2 1, Langhurst 2 1-2 6, Hamilton 1 2-2 5, Hayden 2 0-0 6, Sellers 7 1-1 15, Steele 0 0-2 0, Timmerman 0 0-0 0, Vaske 0 0-0 0, Hellweg 1 0-0 2, Dolphin 0 1-2 1, Runels 4 0-0 11, Meier 0 0-0 0, Gallagher 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 6-11 47.

Halftime – Kennedy 25, Muscatine 10. 3-point goals – Muscatine 1 (Torres), Kennedy 7 (Runels 3, Hayden 2, Lanhurst, Hamilton).

Surprising Cougars steal the show

DES MOINES - The Cedar Rapids Kennedy wrestling team surprised a lot of people at the Class 3A state wrestling tournament in Des Moines this week.

They even surprised themselves.

The Cougars surged into a tie for fourth place in the team standings Saturday following the consolation finals at Wells Fargo Arena with just a five-man team.

The Cougars have fared better than all the other Metro teams in the tournament and they've fared better than all the other Mississippi Valley Conference clubs in the tournament.

Nobody saw it coming.

"We turned a lot of heads today," said Nolan Hromidko, who placed third at 126 pounds. "I was surprised myself, actually, when I looked at the standings today, but that's what hard work and determination gets you."

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4 Metro grapplers eye state titles

DES MOINES - The emotions will be churning for four Metro wrestlers Saturday night when they join the Parade of Champions at Wells Fargo Arena prior to the final round of the Class 3A state tournament in Des Moines.

But first, they needed to calm their nerves and try to get a good night's sleep Friday after winning in the semifinals.

"Some nights I don't sleep at all and some other nights I'll sleep like a baby," said Taylor Mehmen of Prairie, who will be gunning for the 195-pound crown. "I guess we'll see when I get back to the hotel."

Clint Lembeck of Xavier (138), Logan Rodriguez of Kennedy (152) and Shea Hartzler of Linn-Mar (160) also will be battling for state crowns Saturday night.

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