Kirkwood Community College - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

No.2 Eagles smash Northwestern JV

COUNCIL BLUFFS - Freshman Hanna Haynes scored a career-high 19 points and grabbed 12 rebounds Friday as Kirkwood belted the Northwestern College junior varsity team, 91-58, in the opening round of the Iowa Western Classic.

Kirsten Larson popped in five 3-pointers and netted 17 points for the second-ranked Eagles (8-1). Danielle Woolfolk scored 14 points and Ariel Sneed had 12.

Kirkwood pounded Northwestern on the backboards, 57-23.

The Eagles will play the Concordia (Neb.) junior varsity team on Saturday at the tournament.

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Kirkwood women ranked No.2 in NJCAA

The Kirkwood women's basketball team vaulted into the No.2 spot in the NJCAA Division II national rankings Wednesday.

The Eagles (7-1) were not ranked in the preseason poll, but their victories over No.5 Owens, No.7 Illinois Central and No.8 Kishwaukee helped them jump all the way near the top.

Louisburg College climbed from No.14 to No.1 in the rankings.

NIACC, which competes in the same league as Kirkwood, is ranked third this week. Iowa Central is 17th.

NJCAA DII TOP 20
1. Louisburg (8-0), 2. Kirkwood (7-1), 3. NIACC (9-0), 4. Highland (12-0), 5. Owens (11-1), 6. Johnson County (9-0), 7. Illinois Central (6-2), 8. Kishwaukee (7-2), 9. Mesa (5-1), 10. Guilford Tech (6-0), 11. Lake Michigan (5-1), 12. Pima (5-4), 13. Chesapeake (10-0), 14. Rhode Island (6-0), 15. Kansas City (9-1), 16. St. Louis (7-1), 17. Iowa Central (7-1), 18. Kalamazoo (6-2), 19. Central Columbus (10-3), 20. Lackawanna (9-0).

No.11 Eagles fall at John Wood, 85-75

QUINCY, Ill. - The Kirkwood men's basketball team climbed five spots to No.11 in the national rankings Tuesday, but the John Wood Blazers were not impressed and handed the Eagles an 85-75 setback in Quincy, Ill.

Ajay Lawton hit five 3-pointers and led Kirkwood (7-3) with 17 points. J.C. Fuller scored 16 points for the Eagles. Taylor Olson collected 15 points and seven assists. Jalen Currie scored 10 points and Joe Tagarelli grabbed 13 rebounds.

Jordan Johnson paced John Wood (5-5) with 17 points.

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Kirkwood men feast on Black Hawk

Before that good home-cooking on Thanksgiving, the Kirkwood men's basketball team enjoyed some home-cooking on Tuesday, beating Black Hawk 81-65 in Johnson Hall.

The Eagles built a 42-25 halftime lead, but the Braves whittled it down to five in the second half before Kirkwood (7-2) turned things around.

"They are a good team and I thought we had a lot of letdowns on defense," sophomore guard Taylor Olson said. "Turnovers too. A lot of breakdowns. We weren't mentally tough during that run."

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Eagle women pound Grand View JV

The Kirkwood women's basketball team started thinking about that good home-cooking on Tuesday against Grand View JV, but shook off the holiday yips for a big 76-38 win in Johnson Hall.

"That's what started happening," freshman post Hanna Haynes said. "At halftime, we thought, we have 20 more minutes, then we can go home."

It may have started a little sooner for Kirkwood (7-1). The Eagles blitzed the JV Vikings, racing out to a 32-8 lead.

Mikayla Fallon had two 3-pointers and Kirsten Larson and Taylor Silva each added their own during that early run. Kirkwood finished 6-of-21 from 3-point range (28.6 percent).

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Kirkwood men shoot down Lincoln, 102-76

Led by sophomore guards J.C. Fuller and Taylor Olson, Kirkwood avenged one its two losses with a 102-76 thumping of Lincoln (Ill.) College Friday night at Johnson Hall.

Fuller scored a game-high 21 points while Olson added 18.  Nine of Fuller's points came from the charity stripe in 10 attempts and Olson hit on 7 of 8 free throws. There were 49 fouls called and 72 free throws shot in the game.

“We just attacked on offense and took advantage of what they gave us,” said Fuller.  “If we are aggressive on offense and concentrate on our defense we gain a big advantage at the free throw line.”

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Kirkwood hosting softball camp Dec. 28

Kirkwood Community College will host its annual softball camp for players in the 8th grade through 12th grade on Saturday, Dec. 28 at the Gould Recreation Center on campus.

The camp will cover offense, defense and pitching. Each camper should bring their own equipment. Pitchers are asked to supply their own catcher.

The Kirkwood coaching staff will be joined by guest coaches from Alabama, Western Illinois, Northern Iowa, Bowling Green, Northern State and Wichita State. Current and former Kirkwood players also will assist.

Brochures are available in the Kirkwood athletic offices at Johnson Hall. Kirkwood softball coach Joe Yegge may be contacted at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Kirkwood women suffer 1st loss

NORFOLK, Neb. - Northeast handed the Kirkwood women their first loss of the season Friday, 72-56, in women's junior college basketball.

Northeast (8-0) went on a 13-0 run to end the first half and built a 38-24 lead.

Kirkwood (6-1) was led by Danielle Woolfolk's 13 points. Ariel Sneed had 12 points and Anna Martensen 10. The Eagles made only 12 of 27 free throws.

Northeast is a member of NJCAA Division I. Kirkwood is in NJCAA Division II.

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Tagarelli helps Eagles top Coe JV

Most of the basketball players at Kirkwood Community College dream about joining an NCAA Division I team some day.

Joseph Tagarelli has been there and hopes to get back.

Tagarelli spent the 2012-13 campaign as a walk-on at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, but things did not work out for him and he transferred to Kirkwood this year.

From the look of things so far, he might get another shot at a D-I school in the future.

Tagarelli scored 18 points in 15 minutes Wednesday night as the 16th-ranked Eagles bopped the Coe junior varsity, 99-62, at Johnson Hall.

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