Jefferson High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Prairie girls blank Jeff netters, 9-0

Vale Caro, Magui Caro, Michelle Grenn and Karleigh Schilling won their singles matches by 10-0 scores Tuesday as the Prairie Hawks sweptJefferson, 9-0, in a Mississippi Valley Conference tennis meet at Jefferson.

Vale Caro blanked Kylie Jonas at No. 1 singles.

Prairie 9, Jefferson 0

Singles

1. Vale Caro (P) def. Kylie Jonas, 10-0

2. Magui Caro (P) def. Hallie Techau, 10-0

3. Michelle Grenn (P) def. Alexa Terrington, 10-0

4. Bri Kalous (P) def. Mary Korch, 10-2

5. Karleigh Schilling (P) def. Maddy Cobb, 10-0

6. Lauren O'Brian (P) def. Ashley Davidson, 10-1

Doubles

1. Grenn/Maddie Renner (P) def. Jonas/Techau, 10-3

2. Kalous/Schilling (P) def. Terrington/Korch, 10-0

3. O'Brian/Emma Sedrel (P) def. Cobb/Davidson, 10-3

Cougars, J-Hawks struggle at MVC golf

WATERLOO - The Kennedy Cougars and Jefferson J-Hawks struggled at the MVC Mississippi Division girls golf tournament at Gates Park in Waterloo Monday.

Nobody from either team cracked 100 at the par-72 layout.

Emily Moore led Kennedy to a fifth-place finish in the team standings with a 102. Regan Grekoff led Jefferson to a sixth-place showing in the team standings with a 108.

Tierney Dalsing of Hempstead shot an 11-over 83 to claim medalist honors and lead Hempstead to first place.

Team Standings

1. Dubuque Hempstead 367, 2. Dubuque Senior 375, 3. Iowa City West 385, 4. Iowa City High 392, 5. Kennedy 414, 6. Jefferson 514, 7. Waterloo Eastincomplete.

KENNEDY: Emily Moore 102, Sierra Hargens 104, Breanna Osterkamp 104, Raemi Chavez 104, Val Davidson 105, Erica Gouchee 111.

JEFFERSON: Regan Grekoff 108, Cassidy Simpson 122, Marisa Dorochowski 135, Holly Moershel 149, Jordan Henderson 158.

Nate Karlan wins Metro Spotlight Award

Cedar Rapids Jefferson senior Nate Karlan is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school boys this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Karlan is one of the top sprinters in the Mississippi Valley Conference and ranks No. 2 in the 100 meter dash in the Mississippi Division at 11.14 seconds.

Karlan helped the J-Hawks place second in the 4x200 relay at the Drake Relays last month in 1:28.56, the second-fastest time in the state this year. The J-Hawks broke the school record in the 4x200 that had stood since 1981.

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No. 13 Prairie blanks J-Hawks, 2-0

Nerm Ibrahimovic and Logan Rinderknecht scored goals Friday night as No. 13 Prairie subdued Jefferson, 2-0, in a Mississippi Valley Conference soccer match under the lights at John Wall Field.

Mitch Renwick collected an assist on the goal by Ibrahimovic, while Ibrahimovic had the assist on the goal by Rinderknecht.

Alex Balta posted the shutout for Prairie (6-5 overall, 5-4 MVC).

Prairie girls nip J-Hawks, 2-1

Hannah Kousheh and Paige Pritts scored goals Friday as No. 10 Prairie edged Jefferson, 2-1, in a Mississippi Valley Conference soccer game hosted by Jefferson.

Kousheh scored on a penalty kick for the Hawks. Cayla Renwick collected an assist on the goal by Pritts.

Shalyn Kinney tallied for Jefferson.

Jeff girls win 6 events at MVC meet

WATERLOO - The Jefferson girls track team captured six events at the MVC Mississippi Division meet in Waterloo Thursday.

Jasmine Blue blazed to victory in the 100 meter dash (12.87) and Madison Ranschau claimed the 100 hurdles (15.87).

The J-Hawks won the shuttle hurdle relay with Abbie Ranschau, Sam Kitterman, Ellie Trosky and Madison Ranschau clocked in 1:06.09. Abbie Ranschau, Blue, Morgan Meese and Lucy Schneekloth took the 4x200 relay in 1:44.92.

Madison Ranschau, Schneekloth, Abbie Ranschau and Blue captured the sprint medley in 1:52.14. Schneekloth, Abbie Ranschau, Meese and Blue won the 4x100 relay in 49.43 seconds.

Alyssa Averhoff of Kennedy won the 3000 meter run in 10:57.31.

Iowa City High won the meet with 166 points. Jefferson finished third (89) and Kennedy was fourth (69).

Kennedy, Jeff boys win 5 events

DUBUQUE - The Kennedy Cougars and Jefferson J-Hawks came home from Dubuque Thursday with five gold medals from the MVC Mississippi Division boys track meet.

Kennedy claimed three victories with Willie Rhoads in the high jump (6-foot-6), Derek Jacobus in the long jump (21 feet, 11.75 inches) and Drew Heitland in the shot put (50 feet, 11.75 inches).

Jefferson won two events. Nate Karlan claimed the 200 meter dash (22.10 seconds) and joined Jacob Beaton, Dan Larson and Dylan Chittick on the victorious 4x200 relay (1:29.50).

The Cougars got second-place showings from Mark Schulz (800), Shaun Beyer (high jump), the 4x100 relay, the 4x200 relay and the shuttle hurdle relay. Kennedy got third-place finishes from Famiek Cook (100), Marcus Perkins (400 hurdles) and Dalles Jacobus (discus).

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J-Hawks trimmed by Cedar Falls

Alex Tvedtke, Jason Chung and Kellen Brown won their singles matches Wednesday as Jefferson lost to Cedar Falls, 5-4, in a Mississippi Valley Conference tennis meet at Jefferson.

Zach Denny and Nate Weger won their match at No.2 doubles, but the J-Hawks fell a point short.

Cedar Falls 5, Jefferson 4

Singles

1. Brennan Ashwood (CF) def. Jacob Donald, 6-0, 6-0

2. Vineel Mallavarapu (CF) def. Zach Denny, 6-0, 6-1

3. Kyle Wiebers (CF) def. Nate Weger, 7-6, 6-0

4. Alex Tvedte (CRJ) def. Michael Flanscha, 6-2, 6-3

5. Jason Chung (CRJ) def. Brian Cook, 6-3, 6-3

6. Kellen Brown (CRJ) def. Daniel Licari, 6-4, 6-3

Doubles

1. Ashwood/Mallavarapu (CF) def. Donald/Tvedte, 7-5, 6-3

2. Denny/Weger (CRJ) def. vs Wiebers/Licari, 7-6, 6-3

3. Andy Mong/Flanscha (CF) def. Chung/Garrett Bisenius, 6-3, 6-2

Jeff, Linn-Mar girls shine in IC

IOWA CITY - The Cedar Rapids Jefferson and Linn-Mar girls track teams combined to win seven events at the Iowa City West Invitational Thursday.

Jasmine Blue captured the 100 meter dash (13.06) and Madison Ranschau won the 100 hurdles (16.60) for the J-Hawks. Jefferson also claimed the 4x200 relay (1:50.33) and the 4x100 relay (49.13).

Abbie Ranschau, Morgan Meese, Malorie Beard and McKayla Belew ran the 4x200 for Jefferson. Lucy Schneekloth, Abbie Ranschau, Meese and Blue ran the 4x100.

Linn-Mar captured the distance medley and 4x400 relay. Katie Sommer, Sarah Renner, Hanna Saville and Amber Decker ran on the medley. Hanna Saville, Maddie Saville, Kennedy Japenga and Decker formed the 4x400 relay.

Lannie Nietert won the shot put for Linn-Mar (39-5 1/4).

Iowa City West won the team championship. Linn-Mar placed third in the seven-team field. Jefferson placed fourth, Kennedy fifth and Washington sixth.