Washington High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Bredeson stars as Warriors clip Rams, 35-10

DUBUQUE – Mitch Bredeson is starting to make a name for himself as Washington’s featured running back.

Bredeson rushed for 171 yards and three touchdowns to help the Warriors snap a two-game losing streak with a 35-10 victory over Dubuque Senior Friday at Dalzell Field.

Bredeson needed 30 carries to reach his rushing total, and every one of his plunges came with heavy resistance from Senior’s front seven. In other words, the Washington junior earned his yards against the Rams.

“I give all the credit to my (offensive) line,” Bredeson said. “They did a great job tonight. I’m doing a better job reading my holes and getting to the second level.”

Bredeson has stepped in for injured tailback Will Griffin. Washington Coach Tony Lombardi admires Bredeson’s work ethic.

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Shannon Gorman 2nd at Eastern Iowa Classic

The Cedar Rapids Kennedy girls cross country dominated the Eastern Iowa Classic at the Tuma Soccer Complex Thursday afternoon.

The 10th-ranked Cougars placed five runners in the top-10 to capture top honors out of eight teams.

Jessica Rodman, Katie Wampole and Alyssa Averhoff finished 3-4-5 for Kennedy, followed by Tara Mittelberg in eighth place and Lauren Meyer in ninth.

Kate Kaster of Clinton High School won the 4-kilomer race in 15 minutes, 5.70 seconds. Shannon Gorman of Cedar Rapids Washington was second in 15:29.54.

Washington finished third in the girls team race, Xavier was seventh and the Linn-Mar junior varsity placed eighth.

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Wahlert's McCarron too much for Warriors

Riley McCarron had two jobs for Dubuque Wahlert's football team Friday night against Washington.

McCarron had to direct Wahlert's offense at quarterback and shut down record-setting Washington wide receiver Flynn Heald on defense.

Check and check.

McCarron threw four touchdown passes and intercepted two passes to lead Wahlert past the Warriors, 31-10, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at Kingston Stadium.

The loss was the second straight for Washington (2-2) after winning its first two to open the season.

The score was tied at 10-10 at halftime.

Wahlert (3-1) took the second half kickoff and went 62 yards in 47 seconds to take a lead it did not surrender. McCarron tossed an 11-yard touchdown pass to senior Nate Pierotti for the go-ahead score with 11:13 to play in the third quarter.

It was the second touchdown pass of the night for McCarron who fired scoring passes of 55, 8 and 29 yards to senior Brady Williams. The first came in the first half. The 8-yard scoring pass gave the Golden Eagles a two-score cushion at 24-10 with 2:48 left in the third quarter. The 29-yard pass play all but sealed the win with 6:42 to play.

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Colleges impressed with Heald's 21 receptions

Flynn Heald took an official recruiting trip to Indiana University last weekend. While there, his hosts wondered how he did in his game for Cedar Rapids Washington on Friday night.

"Well, we lost," Heald told the IU coaches.

"That's too bad," they said. "How did you do in the game?"

"Oh, I did all right," he replied.

"Catch any balls?" they wondered.

"Yeah," he said. "Twenty-one."

"Twenty-one!," they exclaimed. "Are you kidding? Twenty-one receptions in one game?"

Yup, 21.

"That's almost the exact conversation," Heald said Tuesday, grinning at the memory.

Heald caught 21 passes for 292 yards in a 41-28 loss to Cedar Rapids Kennedy, breaking school and Mississippi Valley Conference records for most receptions in one game.

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