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Briggs enjoying perfect year with Jeff

There's only one word to describe the season Kyle Briggs is having with the Cedar Rapids Jefferson wrestling team.

Perfect.

Briggs raised his record to 26-0 Thursday night with a technical fall as the 10th-ranked J-Hawks defeated Xavier, 53-27, in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet at Jefferson.

Briggs is ranked No. 2 in Class 3A at 152 pounds and has won major titles this season at the Keith Young Invitational, Southeast Polk Invitational and West Des Moines Valley tournament. He also finished 5-0 at the Pipestone Duals in Minnesota and has cruised through his conference bouts as well.

Briggs finished with a 35-9 record last year and placed eighth at the state tournament at 132 pounds, but he's made a big jump this year at his new and more comfortable weight class.

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Jefferson boys trimmed by Tigers

CEDAR FALLS - Tra'Von Fagan poured in 28 points Tuesday night as the Cedar Falls Tigers trimmed the Jefferson J-Hawks, 68-65, in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball game in Cedar Falls.

Kane Kramer popped in four 3-pointers and scored 16 points for Jefferson (3-8, 0-6). James Brown Jr. added 13 points for the J-Hawks.

AJ Green contributed 18 points for Cedar Falls (6-3, 3-3).

Jefferson grabbed a 56-54 lead early in the fourth quarter, but the Tigers moved back in front and maintained a slim lead the rest of the game.

JEFFERSON (65): Webb 3 0-0 6, Wiederin  3 0-0 9, Green 3 1-2 7, Kramer 4 4-4 16, Brown 6 1-4 13, McCauley 1 0-1 2, Van Oort 3 2-2 9, Szabo 0 0-0 0, McKinney 1 1-2 3, Larson 0 0-0 0. Totals 24 9-17 65.

CEDAR FALLS (68): Fagan 9 10-15 28, Harrington 1 0-0 3, Green 6 4-4 18, Abbas 0 1-3 1, Labeaux 1 3-4 5, Alexander 1 0-0 3, Johnson 2 0-0 5, Bower 0 0-0 0, Gerdes 0 5-6 5, Leisinger 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 23-32 68.

Halftime - Cedar Falls 35, Jefferson 30. 3-point goals - Jefferson 8 (Kramer 4, Wiederin 3, Van Oort 1), Cedar Falls 5 (Green 2, Harrington 1, Alexander 1, Johnson 1).

Linn-Mar swimmers sweep Jefferson

The Linn-Mar boys swimming team won all 11 events and beat Jefferson, 97-45, in a Mississippi Valley Conference dual Tuesday at Linn-Mar.

Matt Peng won the 200- and 500-yard freestyles in 1 minute, 53.30 seconds and 5:10.39, respectively, for the Lions.

Hogan Myers took the 200 individual medley (2:15.63) and 100 freestyle (51.48), Reid Snell won the 50 freestyle (23.21) and 100 breaststroke (1:06.08), Jacob Wendt won the 100 butterfly (59.06) and Nathan Hendricks won the 100 backstroke (1:02.48).

Linn-Mar also captured the 200 medley (1:57.24), 200 freestyle (1:33.98) and 400 freestyle (3:33.14) relays.

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Jeff girls fall to No. 12 Tigers

The 12th-ranked Cedar Falls girls basketball team trimmed Jefferson, 48-40, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game Tuesday at Jefferson.

Emily Oler scored 13 points with two steals to lead the J-Hawks (6-6).

Emma Gerdes scored 14 points for the Tigers (10-1).

CEDAR FALLS (48): Johnson 4 0-0 10, Gerdes 6 2-2 14, Johnson 0 0-0 0, Becker 0 0-0 0, Conrad 3 0-0 8, Barney 2 2-5 6, Wolf 4 2-2 10. Totals 19 6-9 48.

JEFFERSON (40): Kitterman 0 1-2 1, Guy 1 0-0 3, Donner 1 0-0 2, Wise 2 0-0 6, Melton 1 0-0 2, Kuba 2 2-3 7, Erica Oler 1 0-0 2, Dighton 2 0-0 4, Emily Oler 5 0-0 13. Totals 15 3-5 40.

Halftime – Cedar Falls 27, Jefferson 20. 3-point goals – Cedar Falls 4 (Johnson 2, Conrad 2), Jefferson 7 (Em.Oler 3, Wise 2, Guy, Kuba).