Washington High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Puk sidelined 6 weeks with thumb injury

Cedar Rapids Washington junior A.J. Puk will miss an extended period of the baseball season with a hairline fracture in his right thumb.

"He's out six weeks," Washington Coach Tony Lombardi told the Metro Sports Report Wednesday.

The injury occurred during a play last week against Jefferson when Puk, who is Washington's first baseman, had contact with a J-Hawk runner on an errant throw.

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Prairie, Wash trade precious softball wins

Two Metro softball teams in search of much-needed victories got them Tuesday night against each other as Prairie and Washington split a Mississippi Valley Conference twinbill at Prairie.

Prairie won the first game, 10-0, in five innings to raise its records to 1-5 in the conference and 2-9 overall.

Washington took the nightcap, 6-5, for its first victory of the season, raising its marks to 1-9 in the Valley and 1-11 overall.

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Washington pair 10th at co-ed golf

BOONE -- Jefferson's Megan Furnish and Zach Denny combined to shoot 76 and finished in fourth place Tuesday at the Co-Ed State Golf Tournament at Cedar Pointe Golf Course.

Dowling Catholic won the event with a 75. Clea Lake also shot 75 but the Maroons won by criteria.

Washington's sophomore duo of Dominic Rodriguez and MJ Kamin shot 79 and finished 10th.

Reyner retires at Wash with runnerup trophy

IOWA CITY – Win or lose Saturday at the Class 2A girls state tennis tournament, Cedar Rapids Washington Coach Dan Reyner had decided it was going to be his final match.

After 35 years of coaching, he had wanted to go out on top with a high school championship. He thought this might be the year with the second-best singles player in the state and a solid lineup from top to bottom.

“Any one of our top four girls could probably be the No.1 player on eight out of 10 teams in Iowa," he said.

The Warriors had finished third last year but came back with experience and a top-flight freshman. With three straight state titles under their belt, Reyner knew the Little Cyclones of Ames were again the ones to beat.

“But,” he said Saturday morning as the team competition got under way, “I think our chances are good.”

The defending champs proved too tough to handle, though, toppling Washington 5-2 in the finals at the University of Iowa tennis center.

As he planned to do, Reyner told his team on the way home from the tournament that he’d coached his last match.

“I’ve been thinking about it for a while,” he said between games Saturday afternoon. “I finally decided just recently that now is the time to go.”

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