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Stingy Cougars sweep series from Warriors

Cedar Rapids Kennedy Coach Bob Fontana has persuaded his guys to play defense with passion, pride and persistence.

It's been a simple message to get across.

"If you don't play defense, you don't play," senior Jake Misener explained. "That's how he gets us to play defense."

The stingy fourth-ranked Cougars held Washington to just three points in the third quarter Friday night and spanked the Warriors, 57-50, on Hall of Fame Night at Washington.

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Wash falls to Jefferson in double overtime

The heroes for the Cedar Rapids Jefferson basketball team posed for a picture Friday night after the J-Hawks topped Washington, 58-50, in double-overtime.

There was Jarrod Uthoff, who joined Jefferson's 1,000-point club with another big outing. There was Tyler Meiborg, who played a key role for the J-Hawks with his scoring and leadership. And there was 6-year-old Max Meiborg, Tyler's nephew, who is a cancer survivor and a courageous young boy.

Max was one of the honorary ballboys for this special Coaches vs. Cancer affair, and he was extremely proud of his uncle and Uthoff after Jefferson's victory.

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4th quarter flurry keys Warriors win

DUBUQUE – With the game on the line, Cedar Rapids Washington made it count at the charity stripe.

The Warriors sank 12-of-14 free-throw attempts in the fourth quarter and came away with a rugged, 46-33 victory over Dubuque Hempstead Tuesday at Moody Gymnasium.

It wasn’t pretty for Washington (9-4, 7-2 MVC). The Warriors needed to win the fourth quarter, 22-7, to separate themselves from a gritty Hempstead squad.

“(Hempstead) had a great game plan,” Washington Coach Brad Metzger said. “They were going to make some other guys make some shots.

“It doesn’t take much. When teams test us, by now, I’m pretty used to the fact that we’re going to break it eventually.”

Hempstead (5-8, 4-5) hedged its bets on a 3-2 zone and keying on Washington guard Josh Oglesby. Consequently, the Warriors shot 44 percent (14-for-32) for the game, and Oglesby, the third-leading scorer in the Metro at 20.8 points per game, was held to 13 on 4-of-11 shooting.

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Oglesby, Washpun shine

IOWA CITY –  University of Iowa men's basketball coach Fran McCaffery watched intently from near midcourt Friday night as future Hawkeye Josh Oglesby led his Cedar Rapids Washington Warriors to a 58-47 victory over Iowa City High.

But Oglesby, who scored a game high 25 points, wasn't the only player Iowa's first-year head coach was eying.

Washington senior Wes Washpun, who continues to draw interest from college hoops programs both big and small, put on a show of his own against the Little Hawks.

The 6-foot-1 guard scored 21 and hit some big shots down the stretch as the Warriors (8-4, 6-2) pulled away from their scrappy hosts.

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