Metro Sports Report

Roloff relishes spot in UNI Hall of Fame

He's been fired by Kennedy High School, hired by Mount Vernon and inducted into the University of Northern Iowa Hall of Fame.

It's certainly been an eventful seven months for Dennis Roloff.

Roloff, 59, was inducted into the UNI Hall of Fame Saturday in recognition of his exploits with the school's track team from 1972-75. He was an NCAA Division II All-American for the Panthers and set 11 school records, including a 440-yard mark that stood for 28 years.

Xavier, 6 others, have clinched berths

The Xavier Saints know what they will be doing on Oct. 24.

The Saints will be playing a first-round game in the Class 4A football playoffs at a site yet to be determined.

Xavier (6-0) and six other teams from the east side of the state have clinched Class 4A playoff berths, according to calculations by the Metro Sports Report. Four of the teams are members of the Mississippi Valley Conference.

Packed church bids tearful goodbye to Roundtree

More than 400 friends, relatives and former teammates paid their final respects to Tasha Roundtree Saturday in a moving service at the Gospel Tabernacle Church in northeast Cedar Rapids.

Roundtree, 19, is the former Cedar Rapids Washington basketball player who was shot and killed in southwest Cedar Rapids last weekend.

The police are calling her death a homicide. No arrests have been made.

Roundtree was lovingly remembered as a charismatic young lady who will be sorely missed by everyone who knew her.

Washington girls basketball coach Frank Howell, one of many people to speak at the service, said Roundtree brought people together with her fun-loving personality and energy. He said Roundtree was the type of person that made everyone else better and the type of player every coach would want on their team.

Prairie foiled by Cedar Falls again, 41-30

A year later, but the script stayed the same.

Last season, the lowly Prairie Hawks were tied 21-21`with heavily favored Cedar Falls going into the fourth quarter but ended up losing 41-28.

It was deja vu all over again Friday night at John Wall Field as the undefeated and second-ranked Tigers put on a four-touchdown blitz in the final quarter for a come-from-way-behind 41-30 victory.