Kirkwood Community College - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Kirkwood women cruise in regional

The top-seeded Kirkwood women’s basketball team cruised past Ellsworth, 103-51, in an ICCAC regional quarterfinal game Tuesday at Johnson Hall.

Kirkwood (27-5) advanced to face No. 4 seeded DMACC in a semifinal game at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Johnson Hall.

Addie Oberman made six 3-point goals and finished with 20 points for the Eagles. Madison Wood scored 14 points, Cyerra Hutchins and Ariana Dampler each had 10 points and Deleyah Harris grabbed seven rebounds.

KIRKWOOD (103): Harris 2 1-2 6, Lemons 3 3-4 9, Miles 2 4-4 9, Downs 3 0-2 6, Wheatly 0 0-0 0, Oberman 7 0-0 20, Sudduth 3 0-2 9, Voss 2 1-2 5, Hutchins 4 1-1 10, Dampler 5 0-0 10, Jennings 2 1-2 5, Wood 6 2-4 14. Totals 39 13-23 103.

3-point goals – Kirkwood 12 (Oberman 6, Sudduth 3, Harris, Miles, Hutchins).

Johnson County outslugs Eagles, 19-14

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - The Kirkwood baseball team pounded out 21 hits, but it wasn't enough as the Eagles dropped a 19-14 slugfest to Johnson County Community College on Sunday.

Kirkwood (0-4) got five hits from former Xavier standout Bryce Grimm and four more from JT Sole, including a home run and a double.

Tyler Butz had three hits while Jack Fitzgerald, Matt Paciello, and Brandon Brittain had two apiece.

Starter Austin Clemens took the loss, allowing 10 earned runs in just 1 1/3 innings of work.

Former Linn-Mar Prep Brandt Ollinger had two hits and two RBIs for Johnson County.

Kirkwood 333 012 110 - 14 21 2
Johnson County 570 120 31x - 19 17 1

Clemens, Neuhaus (2), Morrissey (7). Baruth, Stanek (2), Leitch (6), LaPlante (9). WP - Stanek. LP - Clemens. HR: Kirkwood: Sole, Hassman.

NIACC surprises No. 3 Eagles

Sophomore day is usually a day of celebration.

That was what was expected Saturday as the Kirkwood women's basketball team closed out its regular season against NIACC at Johnson Hall.

Six Eagles were honored before playing their final regular-season home game and the next step was to go out and finish a perfect run through the ICCAC schedule.

However, the visiting Trojans had other ideas. They built an eight-point lead in the third quarter, then got the benefit of a controversial intentional foul call in the final seconds to shock the No. 3 Eagles, 60-57.

Kirkwood (26-5, 13-1) had already clinched an outright conference title and the top seed in the upcoming regional tournament. The victory clinched the No. 2 seed for NIACC (19-10, 11-3).

Kirkwood will host Ellsworth in the opening round of the regional tournament Tuesday night.

Eagles Coach Kim Muhl felt bad for sophomores Casey Miles, A.J. Downs, Addie Oberman, Caitlin Sudduth, Cyerra Hutchins and Madison Wood who had a rough day collectively as a group.

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Kirkwood wraps up top seed with win

Bryan Petersen admitted he had some concerns as February started.

His Kirkwood men's basketball team had given up 95 points in a Feb. 6 loss to Iowa Lakes, on the heels of a January loss at Southwestern where the hosts scored 85.

What a difference a few weeks, and some attention to detail, can make.

Since the loss to Iowa Lakes, the No. 6 Eagles have won six straight, holding four of their six opponents under 60 points.

The lastest victim of Kirkwood's renewed defense was NIACC. The Trojans shot just 31 percent from the field Saturday at Johnson Hall and went back to Mason City with a 74-57 defeat.

The victory gave the Eagles (25-4, 10-2) a share of the ICCAC regular-season title with both Southwestern and Iowa Lakes. Kirkwood gained the No. 1 seed for the upcoming regional tournament by having the best strength of schedule. Southwestern will be the No. 2 seed, followed by Iowa Lakes.

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No. 3 Kirkwood softball wins twice

ROCHESTER, Minn. – The third-ranked Kirkwood softball team earned two wins Friday at the Rochester Tournament, beating Viterbo 4-1 and Madison College 10-3.

Nicky Simpson had nine strikeouts to earn the win over Viterbo. Taylor Nearad was 3-for-3 with a home run and Morgan Frost was 2-for-3 with a double, home run and two RBIs.

Lexi Kinnaird pitched a four-hitter with 14 strikeouts against Madison College. Nearad was 3-for-5 with a home run. Emilee Meyer was 3-for-4 with two RBIs and four stolen bases.

Kirkwood is 6-0.

KCC baseball falls at Johnson County

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – The Kirkwood baseball team suffered a 12-5 loss to Johnson County Community College on Friday.

Johnson County collected 17 hits off three Kirkwood pitchers and led 8-1 before the Eagles put four runs on the scoreboard in the sixth inning.

Johnson County answered with one run in the bottom of the sixth and three more on the seventh.

Colin Kreiter was 2-for-3 with a double, two runs and two RBIs for the Eagles. Matt Paciello tripled and scored. Jack Fitzgerald, Luke Hassman and General McArthur each had one RBI.

Nick Drahozal took the loss, pitching three innings with six hits, one walk, four strikeouts and three earned runs.

Kirkwood           001 004 000 –  5  9 2

Johnson County 012 411 30x – 12 17 0

W – Neller, L – Drahozal.

No. 3 Kirkwood women rip Ellsworth

IOWA FALLS - Deleyah Harris scored 15 points and collected five assists Wednesday night as the third-ranked Kirkwood women's basketball team strolled by Ellsworth, 80-28, in a junior college basketball game at Iowa Falls.

Cyerra Hutchins scored 14 points for the Eagles (26-4, 13-0). A.J. Downs and Mesha Wheatly added 11 points apiece and Addie Oberman had 10 points.

Rylee Voss and Madison Wood grabbed nine rebounds for Kirkwood. Ariana Dampier had five assists.

Ellsworth fell to 3-24 overall and 0-13 in the league.

KIRKWOOD (80): Harris 5 3-4 15, Lemons 0 1-2 1, Miles 1 0-0 2, Downs 5 0-0 11, Wheatly 5 1-1 11, Oberman 4 0-0 10, Sudduth 0 0-0 0, Voss 0 0-0 0, Hutchins 5 2-2 14, Dampier 2 1-2 5, Jennings 3 1-2 7, Wood 1 2-4 4. Totals 24 11-17 80.

3-point goals - Kirkwood 7 (Harris 2, Oberman 2, Hutchins 2, Downs 1).

No. 6 Kirkwood men pound Ellsworth

IOWA FALLS - Da'Rion King scored 15 points Wednesday night as the sixth-ranked Kirkwood Eagles dumped Ellsworth, 79-54, in a junior college basketball game in Iowa Falls.

The Eagles raised their records to 24-4 overall and 9-2 in the conference. Kirkwood can earn a share of the ICCAC title with a victory over NIACC Saturday at Johnson Hall.

Southwestern won Wednesday night and finished the conference race with a 10-2 record. Iowa Lakes also won Wednesday night and has a 9-2 mark. If Kirkwood and Iowa Lakes win Saturday, the race will finish in a three-way tie.

Hunter Rhodes scored 11 points for the Eagles Wednesday night and Byron Harp added 10.

Yach Deng scored 23 points for Ellsworth (13-14, 4-7).

KIRKWOOD (79): Bartlett 0 0-0 0, Rhodes 4 2-2 11, Richards 3 2-2 9, Jackson 4 1-2 9, Harp 4 0-0 10, Fagan 1 4-4 6, Olson 4 0-0 8, Meier 2 0-0 4, Wilson 2 0-1 4, Henry 1 1-1 3, Triplett 0 0-0 0, King 5 5-6 15. Totals 31 16-18 79.

ELLSWORTH (54): Arrington 2 0-1 4, Batie-Gaddy 5 3-3 15, Caster 1 2-2 4, Deng 6 10-10 23, Evans 1 0-0 2, Fuller 1 0-0 3, Johnson 0 0-0 0, O'Large 1 1-2 3, Thok 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 16-18 54.

Halftime - Kirkwood 37, Ellsworth 26. 3-point goals - Kirkwood 4 (Harp 2, Rhodes 1, Richards 1), Ellsworth 4 (Batie-Gaddy 2, Deng 1, Fuller 1).

Kirkwood softball team starts 4-0

DAVENPORT - The third-ranked Kirkwood softball team won all four of its games at the indoor facility in Davenport this weekend.

The Eagles opened the season Saturday with a 12-2 victory against Waubaunsee. Gabi Carter was 4-for-4 with a home run and six RBIs. Nicky Simpson was the winning pitcher.

Lexi Kinnaird tossed a no-hitter as the Eagles blanked John Wood, 8-0, in their second game Saturday.

Kirkwood defeated John Wood again on Sunday, 18-9, with Simpson collecting the victory.

The Eagles finished their weekend with a 9-1 triumph over Muscatine. Kinnaird was the winning pitcher.

Taylor Nearad went 6-for-8 Sunday with two triples, a home run and five RBIs.