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Kirkwood women fall at Iowa Western

COUNCIL BLUFFS - Iowa Western Community College built a 19-point halftime lead and defeated Kirkwood, 78-60, in a women's junior college basketball game Saturday in Council Bluffs.

Kianna Jacobs led Kirkwood (8-3) with 20 points. Whitney Rohrbach scored 10 points for the Eagles.

Tyisha Smith led Iowa Western (13-0) with 16 points. The Reivers are ranked No. 4 in NJCAA Division I.

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Litts named JUCO All-American in volleyball

Kirkwood sophomore Lexi Litts has been named a first team NJCAA All-American in volleyball after helping the Eagles place ninth at the national tournament.

Litts, a Kennedy graduate, collected 1,576 assists and was named to the All-American team as a setter. She made the all-tournament team at the national event in Ohio.

Ashley Gonzalez of Kirkwood was named a second team All-American as a hitter.

Eagles shrug off poor start to upset NIACC

Totally lost does not always mean a loss.

Kirkwood shrugged off a mistake-prone first half  and beat third-ranked NIACC, 81-68, Friday night in a men's junior college basketball game at Johnson Hall.

Kirkwood (7-5, 1-0 ICCAC) committed many of its 23 turnovers in the first half, but surprisingly only trailed 34-32 at halftime.

“They were who we thought they were,” Kirkwood Coach Doug Wagemester said of NIACC. "They did exactly what we prepared for and our kids were totally lost.”

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Kirkwood drops spirited battle to Indian Hills

The Kirkwood Eagles got into a horserace with a bunch of thoroughbreds from Indian Hills Community College Tuesday night at Johnson Hall.

The thoroughbreds won by a nose, 95-88.

"Man, a lot of horses in that stable," Kirkwood Coach Doug Wagemester whistled after the 40 minutes of mayhem had ended.

Indian Hills has five players who have signed scholarships to play at NCAA Division I schools next season and a few more who will join them this spring. Kirkwood doesn't have anybody like that yet, but it was a good battle nonetheless.

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