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Jefferson players leap for joy after beating Linn-Mar in four sets Monday night in a Class 5A regional first round match at Linn-Mar. The J-Hawks, from left to right, are Amanda Ollinger (18), Kayla Jaschen (6), Kaylie Zitek (9) and Sam Kitterman (19). (Photo by Margaret O'Banion)

J-Hawks clip Lions in regional opener

Mon - 28 Oct Written by Tom Fruehling

Fueled by three dozen spirited Jefferson male athletes who gave the Linn-Mar gym a homecourt feel, the J-Hawk volleyball girls steamrolled past the Lions, 3-1, Monday night in the first round of the Class 5A regional tournament.

They claimed the first two games 25-21, 25-19, lost a third-set squeaker, 25-23, and finished with a 26-24 nail-biter.

The resurgent Jefferson team (18-21) will go to Iowa City West (26-9) Thursday night for a semifinal contest against a squad that won two earlier matches this season.

“We stayed with them both times,” first-year J-Hawk Coach Mary Kay Van Oort noted. “It won't be an easy rematch, but our girls are playing with a lot of confidence right now.”

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Schulte 'not against' Class 3A for Saints

Mon - 28 Oct Written by Jim Ecker

The Xavier Saints have rolled up an 8-1 record this season in the Mississippi Valley Conference, outscored their opponents 272-61 and pitched five shutouts on their way to the Class 4A playoffs.

Imagine what they might accomplish next season if they drop to Class 3A.

It could happen if the Iowa High School Athletic Association puts all the Class 4A schools in Eastern Iowa into districts next year and abolishes the Mississippi Valley Conference as a football league. If that happens, Xavier could elect to compete in Class 3A based on its enrollment.

"I'm not against it," Xavier football coach Duane Schulte said Monday. "I don't know if I'm for it, but we haven't really sat down and talked about it as a school.

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Prairie braces for Kennedy's power attack

Mon - 28 Oct Written by Jim Ecker

Prairie Coach Mike Morrissey knows what the Kennedy Cougars will try to do against his team Wednesday night in the Class 4A playoffs.

"It's not a surprise," he said Monday. "The problem is, it's very difficult to stop."

The Cougars play power football, plain and simple. "Pound and ground," they call it, with two tight ends at times, their patented Stack-I formation in the backfield and plenty of beef up front.

Kennedy (6-3) and Prairie (5-4) will play the second game of a playoff doubleheader Wednesday at Kingston Stadium in southwest Cedar Rapids, with kickoff scheduled for approximately 8 p.m. Washington (6-3) meets Cedar Falls (6-3) in the first game at 5:30 p.m.

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Kennedy quarterback Derek Jacobus (5) looks for some running room in last Friday night's game against Iowa City High at Kingston Stadium. Jacobus scored two touchdowns in the Cougars' 35-14 win. (Photo by Joe Bishop)

Jacobus eager to play for Cougars

Sun - 27 Oct Written by Jim Ecker

The way Derek Jacobus sees it, he's waited too long to get a chance to play in an important playoff game to let a mysterious medical problem stand in the way.

He hopes his kidney specialist feels the same way so he can face Prairie in the first round of the Class 4A playoffs Wednesday night at Kingston Stadium.

Jacobus missed the entire 2012 football season with a shoulder injury and still wears a harness as a precautionary measure, even though his shoulder is fine.

He's had a good year as Kennedy's starting quarterback, but there was considerable doubt about his status for this past Friday's game against Iowa City High after he had urinated blood and went to the emergency room at 2:30 Friday morning.

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Three Bjornsen cousins play significant roles for this year's Washington football team, just like their dads - who are brothers - did for the Warriors in the 1980s. They are Clayton (7) and his parents Kevin and Lori, Jake (15) and his parents Greg and Kathy, and Lars (80) and his parents Steve and Molly. (Photo by Margaret O'Banion)

Bjornsens have Wash football in blood

Sat - 26 Oct Written by Jim Ecker

The Bjornsen family has played a special role on the Cedar Rapids Washington football team through the years.

Greg, Steve and Kevin Bjornsen - three brothers - starred for the Warriors as all-state players during the 1980s. Now their sons are members of a special group at Washington this year.

Clayton, Jake and Lars Bjornsen - three first cousins and all seniors - have helped the Warriors win six straight games and reach the first round of the Class 4A playoffs during a remarkable campaign.

Washington lost its first three games, but the Warriors have not lost again since falling at Cedar Falls on Sept. 13 in the UNI-Dome. By coincidence, the Warriors will face those same Cedar Falls Tigers in the playoffs Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at Kingston Stadium.

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J-Hawks clip Lions in regional opener

Schulte 'not against' Class 3A for Saints

Prairie braces for Kennedy's power attack

Jacobus eager to play for Cougars

Bjornsens have Wash football in blood

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