Washington High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Hammond takes 2nd at state tennis

Fri - 01 Jun Written by Tom Fruehling

IOWA CITY – Katie Hammond said her bum knee didn’t bother her.

Moving from the indoor courts at the University of Iowa’s tennis center on Thursday into the wind and sun outside the next day wasn’t a problem.

Her blonde pony tail didn’t get into her eyes and her pink shoe laces didn’t come untied.

“I wish I could say I had an excuse,” the Cedar Rapids Washington senior said Friday afternoon after her first singles defeat of the season in the championship match of the girls Class 2A high school state tournament.

The fact is, on this day anyway, the tournament’s undefeated No. 2 seed was no match for top seed and defending champ Jessica King of Ames, who kept her title with a convincing 6-3, 6-1 victory.

“She’s such a great player,” said Hammond, who finished third in the state last year and was 22-1 this season. “She just hit so many wonderful winners. I don’t think I played poorly at all. But she never missed.”

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Last Updated on Friday, 01 June 2012 22:13

Injuries hamper Wash girls in defeat

Wed - 30 May Written by Tom Fruehling

After dominating much of the match, the Cedar Rapids Washington girls soccer team ended its season Wednesday night at Kingston Stadium when Cedar Falls scored a ricochet goal with 5:24 left in the first overtime.

The 2-1 loss in the Class 3A regional semifinals left the Warriors with an 11-7 record for the year.

“I thought we played really well,” Washington Coach Chad Hollmer said. “We had ball possession a good portion of the game. But we just didn’t take advantage of our opportunities.”

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 May 2012 23:34

Kamin places 12th at state golf meet

Wed - 30 May Written by Metro Sports Report

ANKENY -- Cedar Rapids Jefferson senior Megan Furnish enjoyed a much better round on Day 2 of the Class 4A state golf tournament Wednedsay, but so did just about everyone else at Otter Creek.

Furnish fired a 5-over-par 76 and finished the tournament with a 36-hole total of 159, three shots behind the medalist. She matched the third-best overall score in the tournament, but officially placed fourth due to tiebreaker rules.

Cedar Rapids Washington sophomore MJ Kamin shot a 10-over 81 Wednesday and tied for 12th place with a 36-hole score of 167.

Payton Minear of Waukee claimed medalist honors at 156. Allison Rolinger of Cedar Falls finished second at 158, with Furnish and Jasmine Wyzgowski of Waukee next at 159.

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Last Updated on Thursday, 31 May 2012 10:44

Foreman, Gorman lead all-Metro track team

Thu - 31 May Written by Metro Sports Report

Brooke Foreman and Shannon Gorman of Cedar Rapids Washington High School have been named to the all-Metro girls track team in two individual events apiece.

Foreman topped the all-Metro selections in the 100 meter hurdles and 400 meter hurdles. Gorman led the honor squad in the 1500 meter run and 3000 meter run.

Bill Calloway of Jefferson was named the Metro Coach of the Year.

The all-Metro teams were selected by the coaches.

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Last Updated on Thursday, 31 May 2012 00:20

Warriors swept by Little Hawks

Wed - 30 May Written by Tyler Tjelmeland

By Tyler Tjelmeland

Metro Sports Report

Trailing 8-1 with the bases loaded and two outs, any baseball team needs a spark.

The Cedar Rapids Washington Warriors seemed to be in a good position Tuesday night with future Florida Gator and highly touted lefty A.J. Puk coming to the plate. However, Puk struck out looking at a curveball that just painted the edge from Iowa City High righthander Grant Simpson.

Puk’s at-bat illustrated more than just one inning for the Warriors. It demonstrated the entire night for Washington as it fell in both contests, 11-1 in five innings and 9-6, in a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader at Washington.

Ryan Duncan led off the first inning in the first game against Puk with a deep triple off the right-field wall and City High never looked back.

Duncan scored on a passed ball, Jack Frakes reached on a dropped third strike and Mitch Wieland hit a no-doubt homer to deep right field to put the Little Hawks up 3-0.

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 May 2012 10:22