Metro Sports Report

Photo Gallery now offers magazine covers

The Photo Gallery on the Metro Sports Report website is now offering special magazine covers for our readers to purchase and enjoy.

The customized magazine covers are for all 21 varsity sports and will utilize pictures of Metro athletes that MSR photographers have taken in action.

Readers can order the picture they want, select the magazine cover they want and have the order delivered to their home.

Celebrate boys hoops at MSR Classic

It's finally here.

After a year of planning, fussing, tweaking and promoting the first Metro Sports Report Classic, the day of the big event is finally here.

All eight Metro boys basketball teams will gather this Saturday at Johnson Hall on the Kirkwood Community College campus in southwest Cedar Rapids to celebrate the grand old sport and enjoy a day of community spirit.

You've heard of a win-win situation before, but we believe this is a win-win-win-win-win situation for everyone involved.

Special acts set for MSR Classic

There will be special entertainment at the Metro Sports Report Classic on Saturday, in additional to the four high school basketball games.

Doug Sayers, a world champion juggler, will perform during halftime of Game 1 and Game 3. Sayers grew up in Cedar Rapids and is a phenomenal entertainer.

Members of the Salvation Army boys and girls basketball programs will be featured in short games during the halftimes of Game 1 and Game 3.

RoughRiders trimmed by Waterloo, 3-2

WATERLOO - Peter Krieger scored on a power play early in the third period Thursday as the Waterloo Black Hawks trimmed the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, 3-2, in a USHL game before 3,248 fans at Young Arena.

Cedar Rapids (12-4-1) and Waterloo (13-5) traded goals in the first two periods.

Andrew Poturalski gave the RoughRiders a 1-0 lead in the first period, but Patrick Russell tied it for the Black Hawks.