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It's been a long time since the Jefferson J-Hawks defeated the Linn-Mar Lions in a boys basketball game.
"Yeah, it was 1896," Jefferson Coach Stu Ordman quipped before the teams tangled Friday night at the Linn-Mar gym.
It wasn't quite that long, but it may have seemed that way to J-Hawk fans.
The drought is over.
Jefferson defeated Linn-Mar for the first time in nine seasons with a tense 46-44 verdict in a Mississippi Valley Conference game.
The Jefferson girls are once again the runnin,’ gunnin’ J-Hawks.
Decimated by injuries last season, Jeffferson's five senior regulars are all back at full speed.
And unlike a year ago they have some underclassmen to come off the bench to spell the starters.
“We’ve got a lot of fast girls on the team,” said mile-a-minute talker and speedster Rachel Broghammer, also a star on the track team. “We figure we can use that to our advantage. We can get down the court before the other team sets up. And we’ve all got fresh legs for a change.”
In a fast-paced up-and-down-the-floor home game Friday night, the newly energized J-Hawks ran Linn-Mar out of the J-Hawk gym in an entertaining 69-56 victory.
Nicole Petersen had the line, rolling games of 201 and 205 for a 406 series that led Jefferson past Washington, 2705-2251, Friday in girls bowling at Lancer Lanes.
Rebecca Early shot a 373 series and Savannah Fowler a 358 series for Jefferson.
Ashley Duffy had a 350 series for Washington.
Zach Christensen shot a 499 series and Quincy Bruce a 480 to power Washington past Jefferson, 3169-2865, Friday in boys bowling at Lancer Lanes.
Christensen shot games of 268 and 231. Bruce fired games of 236 and 244.
Kyle Kaness shot a 418 series and Bryan Cline a 402 for the Warriors.
Zach Ficken led Jefferson with a 238 high game and 426 series. Christian Hindt shot a 416 series and 234 high game.
CEDAR FALLS - Jefferson got six forfeits and recorded two pins en route to a 55-20 pasting of Washington in wrestling Thursday night at Cedar Falls.
Cedar Falls beat both teams.
Josh Allen (170) and Randy Deaton (195) had pins for the J-Hawks against Washington. Luke Sedlacek (160) won by a major decision and Cody Hensel (132) by decision.
Zac Gillis (285) had a fall for Washington. JP Mercado (152) won by technical fall and Devin Dills (120) by decision.
DUBUQUE -- Dani Stromert scored 13 points to lead Jefferson past Dubuque Wahlert, 57-49, Tuesday night in a Mississippi Valley Conference girls basketball game at Wahlert.
Kaitlyn Davidson and Rachel Broghammer added 10 points apiece for the J-Hawks (2-4, 1-2).
Freshman Amanda Ollinger came off the bench to score nine points for Jefferson.
Jacob Olson poured in 25 points Tuesday night and Ky Kramer scored 22 as the Jefferson J-Hawks spanked Dubuque Wahlert, 62-44, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at the Jefferson gym.
Olson and Kramer outscored the Golden Eagles by themselves, 47-44, as the J-Hawks ran their record to 2-0. Olson made all 10 of his free throws and Kramer was 7-for-7 at the foul line.
Cordell Pemsl scored 22 points for Wahlert (0-3).
WEST DES MOINES – Maddie Koolbeck scored 19 points but Jefferson was upended by No. 8 West Des Moines Valley, 66-46, Saturday afternoon in a non-conference girls basketball game.
The loss the J-Hawks' third of the week and dropped their record to 1-4.
Jefferson tallied only 11 field goals and Koolbeck had six. The J-Hawks were 23 of 31 from the free-throw line.
CEDAR FALLS - Kyle Briggs finished second at 106 pounds to lead Jefferson to an 11th place finish Saturday at the Keith Young Invitational wrestling meet.
The meet featured five of the top 10 teams in Class 3A. No. 8 North Scott won the meet with 191.5 points. No. 3 Bettendorf was second with 190.
Other ranked teams in the field were Waverly-Shell Rock, Pleasant Valley and West Des Moines Dowling in 3A, Denver-Tripoli and Charles City in 2A and Don Bosco in 1A.
Jefferson finished 11th with 79.5 points. Kennedy was 16th with 22.
Dylan Casey of Kennedy swam 100 yards Saturday with his eye goggles around his nose, but was able to laugh about it later.
For one thing, the Cougars set a record in the 300-yard backstroke relay with Casey swimming the anchor leg. And for another, the annual J-Hawk Relays are a fun meet with a variety of different events that you don't see anywhere else.
"It's a fun event to come to," said Casey. "It's a lot less stress. You can enjoy yourself while you're swimming. If you drop times, it's great. It you don't, it's no big deal."
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