Jefferson High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Ives helps J-Hawks boot Little Hawks

In her first game back after missing the last four contests with severe bone bruises on her knee, Cedar Rapids Jefferson freshman Katie Ives was involved in all three goals Wednesday night as the J-Hawks blanked Iowa City High, 3-0, in the Class 3A regional semifinals at Kingston Stadium.

Jefferson (12-6) will meet No.3 Iowa City West (16-2) in the regional finals Monday at 5 p.m. at Northwest Junior High School in Coralville for a berth in the state tournament.

The J-Hawks led West 1-0 with two minutes left in regulation in the last game of the regular season but fell 2-1 in overtime.

Jefferson Coach Ash Brannan said having Ives in the lineup again will be a big boost with a trip to the state tournament on the line. “I’ve coached Katie since she was nine years old,” he said. “She’s just a very solid player.”

Following a scoreless first half Wednesday, Ives started the scoring by hooking a penalty kick from the far left side just past the Little Hawks goalkeeper with 17:43 left in the second period. “It sort of went from right to left,” she said, “and just bended in.”

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Furnish 4th, Kamin 12th at state golf

ANKENY -- Cedar Rapids Jefferson senior Megan Furnish enjoyed a much better round on Day 2 of the Class 4A state golf tournament Wednedsay, but so did just about everyone else at Otter Creek.

Furnish fired a 5-over-par 76 and finished the tournament with a 36-hole total of 159, three shots behind the medalist. She matched the third-best overall score in the tournament, but officially placed fourth due to tiebreaker rules.

Cedar Rapids Washington sophomore MJ Kamin shot a 10-over 81 Wednesday and tied for 12th place with a 36-hole score of 167.

Payton Minear of Waukee claimed medalist honors at 156. Allison Rolinger of Cedar Falls finished second at 158, with Furnish and Jasmine Wyzgowski of Waukee next at 159.

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Patience, Feltes are top MVC goalkeepers

Andrew Patience  (pictured here) of Jefferson and Ben Feltes of Kennedy have been named the top goalkeepers in the Mississippi Valley Conference this season in boys soccer.

Patience was named the top keeper in the Valley Division and Feltes was selected as the top keeper in the Mississippi Division.

Patience edged Feltes on the all-Metro soccer team, with Patience honored on the first team and Feltes placed on the second team.

Austin Bergstrom of Washington, Matt Shannon of Kennedy, Connor Johnson of Linn-Mar, Jacob Bjornsen of Washington and Killian Magee of Kennedy were named first team all-conference in the Mississippi Division.

Austin Reutzel of Prairie, Colyn Snyder of Prairie, Ali Al-Yasseri of Jefferson, Chad Gilmer of Xavier and Tom Bales of Xavier were named first team all-conference in the Valley Division.

Bergstrom and Al-Yasseri were named the Metro co-Players of the Year. John O'Connor of Jefferson was named the Metro Coach of the Year.

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J-Hawks humbled by Bettendorf

BETTENDORF -- Jefferson was limited to two hits, Bettendorf clubbed seven extra-base hits and the J-Hawks were beaten by the Bulldogs, 9-4, Thursday in nonconference baseball.

Bettendorf's Matt Albert was 4-for-4 with a home run, double and five RBIs. The Bulldogs (1-0) had 12 hits and received seven bases on balls.Their top four batters were a combined 9-for-13 with six extra-base hits, seven runs scored and seven RBIs.

Ky Kramer's double leading off the fourth innings was Jefferson's first hit. Chance Tiedtke had a single in the fifth inning. J-Hawk batters drew nine bases on balls.

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Petersen pitches, bats J-Hawks to sweep

Jefferson senior Hannah Petersen led her team to a softball sweep of Waterloo East at the J-Hawk diamond Wednesday night.

Petersen scattered four hits, struck out 13, and had a game-winning double in the No. 8 J-Hawks' 3-1 victory in the opener. Petersen's bases-loaded triple keyed a 13-0, three-inning romp in the nightcap.

With the opening game tied 1-1 in the bottom of the sixth, Maddie Koolbeck lined a two-out single to right field. Petersen followed with a double to deep right field that plated the go-ahead run.

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Jeff beats Mount Vernon for 1st win

Jefferson bunched three runs in the first innings and four more in the fourth to beat Mount Vernon, 9-4, Wednesday at Marion in the seventh place game of the Bob Vrbicek Metro Tournament.

Junior Dylan Wright drove in three runs for the J-Hawks (1-2). He drew a bases-loaded walk in the first inning and doubled home two runs in the fourth.

Senior Austin Goodell (1-0) worked four solid innings, before being lifted after back-to-back hits leading off the Mount Vernon fifth. Senior Sam Techau pitched the final three innings and earned a save.

Jefferson plays a JV/Varsity doubleheader Thursday at Bettendorf.

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Puk's elbow passes tuneup against Jeff

A.J. Puk said his tender left elbow felt fine after pitching two innings in the Bob Vrbicek Metro Tournament Tuesday night.

Now Puk is looking forward to helping Cedar Rapids Washington win more games and he's also looking forward to a pair of special baseball trips this summer.

Puk was the starting pitcher Tuesday night as the Warriors held off Jefferson, 10-9, in a consolation game of the Metro Tournament at Linn-Mar.

Puk threw nothing but fastballs during his two-inning stint and switched to first base in the third inning with a 3-1 lead.

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Burgart's bingo leads J-Hawks to split

IOWA CITY -- Hannah Petersen scattered two hits while striking out seven and Carson Burgart hit a two-out single in the fifth inning to drive in the only run of the game and No. 8 Jefferson beat No. 5 Iowa City West, 1-0, Tuesday in the opener of a Mississippi Valley Conference softball doubleheader.

West came back to win the nightcap, 7-3.

In the opener, Jefferson's Maddie Koolbeck drew a two-out walk to start the fifth. Pinch-runner Savanah Fowler advanced to second when West pitcher Mackenzie Laux plunked Petersen.  Burgart then singled up the middle scoring Fowler.

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Late goals doom J-Hawks

IOWA CITY -- Jefferson dropped a heartbreaker to top-ranked Iowa City West, 2-1, Tuesday in girls soccer.

Shalyn Kinney's goal gave Jefferson a 1-0 lead.

West scored off a corner kick with two minutes left in regulation and again with 49 seconds left in the first overtime to win it.

Jefferson finished the season 11-6 overall and 8-5 in the MVC.

West tied with Xavier for the Valley Division title. The Women of Troy are 15-2 overall and 11-2 in the MVC.