Kirkwood Community College - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Kirkwood splits 2 games in Florida

VERO BEACH, Fla. - Dennis Colon and Eric Schenck-Joblinske hit home runs Friday as the Kirkwood Eagles thumped Miami Middletown of Ohio, 16-4, in the first game of their spring trip to Florida.

Kirkwood (5-1) lost to Miami Hamilton of Ohio, 6-5, in the second game Friday.

Jean Carlos Rodriguez went 3-for-3 and drove in three runs for the Eagles in the first game. Colon went 2-for-4 with four RBIs. Dylan Hast and Shane Kemp drove in a pair of runs.

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KCC softball raises record to 4-2

CENTRALIA, Ill. - The Kirkwood Community College softball team won a pair of games from Kaskaskia on Saturday.

The Eagles defeated Kaskaskia, 5-0, in the completion of a suspended game from Friday, then blanked Kaskaskia again, 12-0, with an 11-hit attack.

The Eagles (4-2) played another game Saturday and lost to Kankakee, 2-0, despite a strong pitching performance by Amber Logemann.

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Kirkwood women KO'd by Iowa Central

KEOKUK - The regional finals of the women's junior college basketball tournament were held at an elementary school in Keokuk before 96 fans, with coaches and players for both teams sitting on the front row of hard metal bleachers.

That's where the Kirkwood Eagles, once ranked No.2 in the country, saw their promising season come to a disappointing end.

Iowa Central Community College went on an astonishing 19-0 run in the second half and bounced Kirkwood, 71-65, for the Region XI title.

Iowa Central (24-8) advanced to the NJCAA Division II national tournament for the second time in three years. Kirkwood (28-5) went home with an empty feeling.

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Kirkwood men ousted by Ellsworth, 70-65

The Kirkwood men's basketball team ran out of patches and bandaids Friday night.

The Eagles darn near ran out of players, too.

It was that kind of a season for Kirkwood, filled with injuries and player defections, but the Eagles went down fighting as best they could.

Kirkwood lost to Ellsworth, 70-65, in the regional semifinals Friday night at Johnson Hall to finish a topsy-turvy season with a 19-13 record.

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Jacobs leads Kirkwood to regional finals

KEOKUK - Kianna Jacobs scored 19 points and grabbed 17 rebounds Friday night as the Kirkwood women's basketball team defeated Southeastern Community College, 63-45, in the NJCAA Division II regional semifinals in Keokuk.

The seventh-ranked Eagles (28-4) will face Iowa Central (23-8) in the regional finals Saturday at 3 p.m. in Keokuk. The winner will advance to the national tournament in East Peoria, Ill., on March 19-23.

Jacobs scored 11 straight points for Kirkwood during a stretch that spanned both halves. She collected 14 of her 19 points in the second half  as the Eagles pulled away from a 27-20 lead at intermission.

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Tatge blasts 3 homers in Eagles' rout

CENTRALIA, Ill. - Kayla Tatge blasted three home runs, including a grand slam, to lead Kirkwood to a 13-6 win over Kankakee on Friday in junior college softball.

Kirkwood (2-1) banged out 20 hits. Tatge drove in six runs.

Leah Duffe had two hits and also swatted a grand slam. She drove in four runs.

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Kirkwood sweeps twinbill in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS - The Kirkwood baseball team swept a doubleheader from St. Louis-Meramec Thursday afternoon, 5-0 and 4-3, with good pitching and timely hitting.

Collin Belk and Michael Amador combined on a five-hit shutout in the opener. Belk (2-0) pitched the first five innings and allowed four singles.

Wilfredo Feliz, Roly Hernandez, Angel Merced and Eric Schenck-Joblinske had two hits apiece for the Eagles (4-0) in the first game.

Kirkwood rallied for two runs in the top of the seventh inning to win the nightcap. Feliz led off the seventh with a double, went to third on a sacrifice bunt and tied the game, 3-3, on an RBI double by Dairo Gonzalez.

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Semler's hot streak stopped by torn ACL

Kasey Semler was enjoying one of the best games of his life last Saturday for the Kirkwood Eagles against DMACC.

He had scored a career-high 27 points and the Eagles were a few minutes away from securing a 96-86 victory when he felt a sharp pain in his left knee.

"It gave out," he said Wednesday night. "It popped."

That popping sound was the ACL in his knee.

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Kirkwood's 'Fab 9' top NIACC in OT

Their roster keeps shrinking, but the Kirkwood men's basketball team keeps battling and plugging away.

The Eagles did it in grand style Wednesday night.

Kirkwood outlasted NIACC in overtime, 89-83, in the opening round of the Region XI tournament at Johnson Hall with Kasey Semler sitting on the bench with a torn ACL.

Semler is Kirkwood's leading scorer and top 3-point artist, but the Eagles found a way to outslug NIACC without him in a highly entertaining ballgame.

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