Jefferson High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Scallon swims to lone Jeff win

Lance Scallon won the 100 backstroke to cllaim Jefferson's only win in a 129-39 loss to Dubuque Senior Tuesday night in a boys swimming meet at Jefferson.

Scallon also was second in the 50 freestyle.

Dubuque Senior won 10 of 11 events and claimed eight second-place finishes.

Jefferson's Zach Khorsand was second in the 200 and 500 free.

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Larry Lawrence: A J-Hawk icon passes

It was the golden era of sports at Cedar Rapids Jefferson and he was its golden boy.

With his boyish good looks and remarkable athletic skills, Larry Lawrence was the pride of the west side. Young athletes idolized him and the multitude of other terrific athletes that competed for the J-Hawks in the 1960s.

In two seasons of football, Lawrence quarterbacked Jefferson to a 17-0-1 record, a mythical state championship in 1965 and back-to-back Mississippi Valley Conference crowns. In his senior season of basketball, Lawrence’s 40-second dribbling exhibition and two free throws in the waning seconds solidified the 1967 state championship in come-from-behind fashion.

Lawrence died last week at the age of 63 in Galveston, Texas, of edema (swelling of the brain). He had a heart transplant in 2004.

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Marion hands J-Hawk boys 1st loss

Jefferson's second trip to Marion in as many nights didn't go quite as well as its first one.

The J-Hawks ended a nine-season drought against Linn-Mar on Friday night, but couldn't solve Marion's mighty mites on Saturday.

Marion handed the J-Hawks their first loss of the season, 61-47, in a non-conference boys basketball game at Marion High School.

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J-Hawk great Larry Lawrence dies

Larry Lawrence, a star athlete at Cedar Rapids Jefferson in the 1960's, died Tuesday in Texas.

Lawrence, 63, was an all-state quarterback and all-state basketball player for the J-Hawks. He helped Jefferson win the state football title in 1965 and also helped the J-Hawks win the state basketball title in 1967.

Lawrence played college football at Iowa and the University of Miami. He played in the NFL and CFL.

Scallon paces Jeff swimmers in Cedar Falls

CEDAR FALLS - Lance Scallon of Jefferson collected a pair of bronze medals Saturday at the Marcussen Invitational swimming meet in Cedar Falls.

Scallon placed third in the 50 freestyle and also finished third in the 100 backstroke. Max McChesney placed sixth in the 500 freestyle for the J-Hawks.

Jefferson finished fifth out of six teams in the meet. Dowling Catholic won the championship.

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J-Hawks crown 6 in Maquoketa win

MAQUOKETA -- Jefferson crowned six champions Saturday and won the Maquoketa Zimmerman Invitational wrestling meet.

Michael Moncivais (126), Kelly May (145), Josh Allen (170), Drake Allen (182), Dalton Kuehl (195) and Michael Smith (285) won titles for the J-Hawks.

Kyle Briggs (113), Luke Sedlacek (160) and Dale Deaton had second-place finishes.

The J-Hawks recorded 22 falls in the meet. May, Josh Allen and Seth Jellison (120) had three pins apiece.

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J-Hawks snap drought against Linn-Mar

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.

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J-Hawk girls run and gun past Linn-Mar

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.

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Petersen leads J-Hawk girls past Wash

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.

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