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No.8 KCC volleyball team ready to go

The Kirkwood Community College volleyball team has been ranked No.8 in the first poll of NJCAA Division II teams for the 2013 campaign.

As far as Coach Jill Williams is concerned, the No.8 ranking is perfect. It's not too high and not too low. It shows respect for the program, yet tells the Eagles they have work to do to reach the upper echelon.

In other words, it's perfect.

Kirkwood opens the season Friday and Saturday with four matches at the Southeastern Volleyball Jamboree in West Burlington against good competition.

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McInerny receives CRSHOF scholarship

Cedar Rapids Jefferson product Hannah McInerny has been named the Kirkwood Community College scholarship winner by the Cedar Rapids Softball Hall of Fame.

McInerny, a 2012 Jefferson graduate, was a freshman on Kirkwood’s softball team last year that had a 57-5 record and reached the winner’s bracket semifinals of the national tournament.

McInerny will be honored during the CRSHOF Hall of Fame weekend Aug. 24-25 at Ellis Park. The ceremony will be at noon Aug. 25.

Inductees into the CRSHOF this year are Max Elliott, John Monroe, Steve Stafford, Kevin Thorp, Gary Alberhasky, Jody Beltram, Larry Pilcher and Dan Sipe.

Kirkwood softball gets 14 new players

Kirkwood softball coach Joe Yegge has attracted several strong recruiting classes during his years with the Eagles.

He thinks this could be the best yet.

Yegge has signed 14 new players for the 2014 campaign, including a dozen players from Iowa and two from the Illinois side of the Quad Cities.

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Gonzalez named baseball all-American

Kirkwood infielder/catcher Dairo Gonzalez has been named to the NJCAA Division II all-American baseball team.

Gonzalez, a sophomore from Lake Worth, Fla., was named to the first team. He batted .413 with eight home runs and 51 RBIs for the Eagles.

Gonzalez is Kirkwood's first All-American baseball player since Travis Bennett was named to the first team in 2007.