Washington High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Puk enjoys fast start with Warriors

A.J. Puk has one of the sweetest left-handed swings in Iowa.

You could scour all the schools between the Mississippi River on the east and the Missouri on the west and find none better.

He showed it Monday evening.

Puk lined a single to left field in the first inning, ripped a double to deep right-center in the second inning and smashed a long, towering homer to right field in the third as the Washington Warriors dumped Oskaloosa, 17-7, in five innings in a Memorial Day special at the Washington field.

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Carson helps Warriors boot Central

Tori Carson scored a pair of goals Thursday as Cedar Rapids Washington blanked Davenport Central, 2-0, in a girls soccer match at Kingston Stadium.

Maddi Hines collected assists on both goals.

Cougars breeze past Wash; Trojans up next

The Kennedy boys soccer team won the right to a rematch with 3A top-ranked Iowa City West in Saturday’s substate final by toppling Washington, 4-1, Wednesday evening at Kingston Stadium.

Next up for the No. 16 Cougars (9-8) is once-beaten West, who won the first go-around in the regular season 2-0.  No. 14 Washington gave the Trojans their only blemish of the year, a 3-2 defeat in overtime.

“We know we’re capable of beating them,” Kennedy keeper Ben Feltes said. “We just need to focus on our game. And play with passion like we did tonight.”

It was breezy Wednesday as well as balmy, and in a tournament game between two evenly matched, well-acquainted foes, the windy conditions may have played as much of a factor as anything. Though the Warriors won the opening coin flip, Coach J.P. Graham chose to have his guys go into the wind the first half and have it at their backs in the second.

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Puk's elbow passes tuneup against Jeff

A.J. Puk said his tender left elbow felt fine after pitching two innings in the Bob Vrbicek Metro Tournament Tuesday night.

Now Puk is looking forward to helping Cedar Rapids Washington win more games and he's also looking forward to a pair of special baseball trips this summer.

Puk was the starting pitcher Tuesday night as the Warriors held off Jefferson, 10-9, in a consolation game of the Metro Tournament at Linn-Mar.

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