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Todd Rima steered the Kirkwood Community College baseball team to a winning record last season after inheriting a ballclub that finished below .500 the previous year.
Now he's ready for the next step in rebuilding the program.
The Eagles finished 30-14 overall and 13-11 in ICCAC conference games in 2013 after going 21-33 and 9-15 the year before under Tim Evans. Rima likes what he's seen so far.
JC Fuller and Joseph Tagarelli from Kirkwood have received first-team honors on the NJCAA Region XI basketball team.
Taylor Olson of Kirkwood was named to the second team and Ajay Lawton received honorable mention.
Jefferson High School graduate Ky Kramer, a freshman at Iowa Central, also received honorable mention.
Cedar Rapids Jefferson senior Mitch Willems will continue his golf career at Kirkwood Community College next season.
Willems plans to sign a letter-of-intent with Kirkwood on Thursday.
Willems led Jefferson this past season with an 18-hole average of 77.5 shots per round. He had a low round of 67.
Bryce Grimm of Xavier and Ben Milks of Prairie have signed to play baseball at Kirkwood Community College next season, KCC Coach Todd Rima said Wednesday.
Grimm, an outfielder, hit .262 with 10 RBIs last season. He helped the Saints reach the Class 4A state tournament.
Milks, a left-handed relief pitcher, had a 1-1 record and 3.92 ERA in 20 appearances for Prairie in 2013. He struck out 39 batters in 30.1 innings and held opponents to a .216 batting average.
Kirkwood sophomores Dani Woolfolk and Ariel Sneed have been named to the first team on the NJCAA Region XI all-star basketball squad.
Cassidy Clark, Tyra Polite and Mikayla Fallon of Kirkwood were named to the second team. Taylor Silva was selected for the third team.
The Eagles finished with a 25-7 record this season.
FORT DODGE - The Kirkwood Eagles missed three shots in the final seconds Friday night and lost to Iowa Central, 94-92, in the semifinals of the women's regional basketball tournament in Fort Dodge.
The 11th-ranked Eagles (25-7) led by 10 points in the second half, but No.9 Iowa Central (26-5) rallied and tied at 85-85.
The game was tied, 92-92, in the final minute before the Tritons scored their winning points.
Ariel Sneed led Kirkwood with 24 points and eight rebounds. Dani Woolfolk contributed 20 points and six assists. Cassidy Clark had 15 points and eight rebounds. Mikayla Fallon finished with 10 points and eight rebounds.
ESTHERVILLE - Diamontae McKinley made two free throws with four-tenths of a second left in the game Thursday night to give 17th-ranked Iowa Lakes a 53-52 victory over Kirkwood in the semifinals of the Region XI junior college tournament in Estherville.
Kirkwood led 52-51 in the final seconds when McKinley drove to the basket and a foul was called on Kirkwood forward Joe Tagarelli, sending McKinley to the free throw line. He hit both shots to win the game.
JC Fuller led the Eagles (21-10) with 21 points. Nobody else scored in double figures for Kirkwood. Tagarelli had 11 rebounds and Ajay Lawton collected seven assists.
Johnson Hall was a place for grown men with steel in their veins Tuesday night.
Men like Joseph Tagarelli, who left the Kirkwood gym with a welt under his left eye. And Jalen Currie, who played the game of his life. And Taylor Olson, whose sore ankle won't get the rest it needs for at least another few days.
The Kirkwood Eagles topped NIACC, 75-71, in an overtime thriller in the opening round of the Region XI junior college basketball tournament.
Kirkwood (21-9) will visit Iowa Lakes (22-8) in the semifinals Thursday night in Estherville. The regional finals are Saturday.
The Kirkwood women's basketball team strolled in the opening round of the regional junior college tournament Tuesday night with a 63-32 victory over Iowa Lakes, but their journey will get a lot harder from here.
The 11th-ranked Eagles (25-6) face No.9 Iowa Central (25-5) in the semifinals Friday night at Iowa Central, then probably would have to play top-ranked NIACC (29-2) in the finals Saturday afternoon for a trip to the national tournament.
On top of that, the Eagles might have to knock off those two ranked teams in Fort Dodge without 6-foot sophomore Ariel Sneed, who suffered a possible concussion Tuesday night when she fell on her face during the first half at Johnson Hall.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 04 March 2014 21:39COLUMBUS, Ga. - Shy Saladino pitched a one-hitter with five strikeouts Sunday as the Kirkwood softball team blanked Lakeland College, 1-0, at the NFCA Leadoff Classic in Georgia.
Lexi Quandt drove in Tara Walls with the game's only run.
Kirkwood lost to Northwest Florida State, 14-7, in its second game Sunday. Krysta Tutsch hit a home run. Tutsch, Alicia Crivaro and Chasney Jenkins had two RBIs.
The fifth-ranked Eagles (7-3) split two games on Saturday in the tournament. Keirstyn Davis hit two home runs and drove in three runs in a 3-2 victory over Southern Union on a five-hitter by Saladino. Kirkwood lost its second game Saturday to San Jacinto, 4-3.
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