Metro Sports Report

Stars put RoughRiders in deep freeze

A festive crowd of 3,256 fans filed into the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena Saturday night to cheer for the RoughRiders and have a good time, but the end result was a big chill for everyone.

The Lincoln Stars defeated the RoughRiders, 5-2, and all those fans were sent back out into the snowy, bone-chilling weather with an empty feeling.

Cedar Rapids rallied and tied the USHL game, 2-2, in the second period on goals by Andrew Poturalski and Mark Auk, but Lincoln scored twice within 52 seconds late in the period to grab a 4-2 advantage.

Cougars top Wash; No.3 Lancers next

Drew Heitland knows he'll become a full-time football player the next time Kennedy loses a basketball game, so he's determined to keep his roundball career going as long as possible.

He played like it Friday night.

Heitland scored 10 points, grabbed nine rebounds and provided some muscle as the Cougars topped Washington, 55-47, in the Class 4A substate semifinals at the Kennedy gym.

The Cougars (17-5) will face No.3 North Scott (21-1) in the substate finals Tuesday night at Clinton for a berth in the state tournament.

Noble, Brandt spur Lions to substate finals

Not always, but sometimes, practice does make perfect.

Linn-Mar junior Trevor Noble and sophomore Jordan Brandt have been subs all year, coming off the bench to relieve the starters.

But both were in the game Friday night when Dubuque Hempstead was making a late surge in the Class 4A substate semifinal in the Lions' gym.

And given the chance to make a difference, they delivered when it counted.

Prairie Hawks pummelled by West, 63-21

IOWA CITY - James Moses has been around basketball most of his life. He has experienced both the highs and lows the game can bring.

The former Iowa Hawkeye standout spent the past four seasons as the head boys basketball coach at Cedar Rapids Prairie, working to build a program from the ground up.

Last week, Moses announced he was stepping away from the job after the season to spend more time with his family.

There have been more lows than highs on the court during Moses’ tenure and in his final game, bad luck struck early.