Kirkwood Community College - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

No.6 Kirkwood women bop Waubonsee

Cyerra Hutchins popped in 17 points Saturday afternoon as the sixth-ranked Kirkwood women's basketball team cruised to an 83-42 victory over Waubonsee in the final round of the Kirkwood Classic at Johnson Hall.

Deleyah Harris collected 13 points and six rebounds for Kirkwood. Arianna Dampier contributed 12 points and four steals.

Kirkwood raised its record to 5-3.

WAUBONSEE (42): Love 0 0-0 0, Bailey 4 2-2 12, Wadsworth 1 0-0 2, Hope 0 0-0 0, Rowe 3 0-0 8, Flores 3 0-0 6, Robinson 0 0-0 0, Skaggs 3 8-14 14. Totals 14 10-16 42.

KIRKWOOD (83): Harris 5 2-2 13, Lemons 3 0-0 6, Miles 3 0-0 8, Downs 2 0-0 4, Wheatly 3 0-0 6, Oberman 2 0-0 4, Sudduth 1 2-2 4, Voss 1 0-0 2, Hutchins 6 2-2 17, Dampier 5 2-2 12, Jennings 0 1-2 1, Jones 1 0-0 2, Woods 2 0-0 4. Totals 34 9-10 83.

Halftime - Kirkwood 39, Waubonsee 22. 3-point goals - Waubonsee 4 (Bailey 2, Rowe 2), Kirkwood 6 (Hutchins 3, Miles 2, Harris 1).

KCC volleyball finishes 7th in nation

PHOENIX - The Kirkwood women's volleyball team pulled off another upset at the NJCAA Division II national tournament Saturday and finished seventh in the country this year.

The Eagles topped Central of Nebraska, 3-1, in their final match in the double-elimination tournament in Phoenix to end the season with a 30-17 record.

Kirkwood was seeded 12th out of 16 teams in the tournament and went 2-2 in four matches. The Eagles upset No. 5 seed Owens, lost to No. 4 seed DMACC, lost to No. 8 seed Cowley and whipped No. 7 seed Central.

Kirkwood women crush Oakton, 111-19

Caitlin Sudduth led six players into double figures Friday night with 18 points as the Kirkwood women's basketball team crushed Oakton, 111-19, in the first round of the Kirkwood Classic at Johnston Hall.

Kirkwood blanked Oakton, 24-0, in the first period and led 58-4 at halftime.

Deleyah Harris scored 15 points, Rylee Voss 12, Mesha Wheatly 11, Amber Lemons 10 and Madison Wood 10 for the Eagles (4-3).

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KCC volleyball falls in NJCAA quarterfinals

PHOENIX - The Kirkwood Eagles were swept by DMACC, 25-18, 25-13, 25-19, in the quarterfinals of the NJCAA Division II national volleyball tournament Thursday night in Phoenix.

The Eagles began the tournament by upsetting Owens Community College, 25-23, 25-13, 23-25, 25-22, in the opening round.

Kirkwood (29-16) will face Parkland or Cowley in a consolation match Friday afternoon in the double-elimination tournament.

Erin Wenzel led Kirkwood with 15 kills and 18 digs against Owens. Morgan Grimm collected 12 kills, Alex Miner had nine, Madsy Richards eight and Erica Armstrong four.

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Wyant will play ball at Kirkwood

Linn-Mar senior Ryan Wyant plans to continue his baseball career at Kirkwood Community College.

Wyant hit .298 this past season with one homer and nine RBIs. He also went 2-2 as a pitcher with a 5.10 ERA in 35 innings.

Wyant hit .312 as a sophomore in 2014 with 17 RBIs. He was 3-3 as a pitcher with a 2.70 ERA.

Kirkwood tops Coe junior varsity

Cristen Wilson scored 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds Wednesday night as the Kirkwood men's basketball team defeated the Coe junior varsity, 89-73, at Johnson Hall.

Kirkwood raised its record to 7-0.

Nick Richards scored 15 points for the Eagles. Josh Meier contributed 14 points and eight rebounds. Jacob Olson had five assists.

Kirkwood opened a 26-point lead with 13:15 left and settled for the 16-point victory.

Eric Schark tossed in five 3-pointers and led Coe with 19 points. Jessie Porter scored 18 points for the Kohawks. Freshman Lane Halupnik from Linn-Mar added 10 points.

COE JV (73): Schark 7 0-0 19, Constable 0 1-1 1, Williams 4 0-0 8, Nelson 2 0-0 4, Schlabaugh 1 3-6 5, Moellenbeck 1 0-0 3, Grenier 0 0-0 0, Halupnik 4 0-1 10, Roth 2 0-0 5, Porter 7 3-4 18. Totals 28 5-9 73.

KIRKWOOD (89): Bartlett 3 2-3 9, Rhodes 1 1-2 4, Richards 5 5-5 15, Olson 1 1-2 4, Meier 7 0-0 14, Woods 0 0-0 0, Jackson 1 0-0 2, Harp 2 0-0 4, Fagan 0 0-0 0, Wilson 11 2-4 24, Bonds 1 0-0 2, Henry 4 0-0 8, Triplett 0 2-3 2, King 0 1-2 1. Totals 36 14-21 89.

Halftime - Kirkwood 47, Coe 34. 3-point goals - Coe 12 (Schark 5, Porter 3, Halupnik 2, Schlabaugh 1, Moellenbeck 1), Kirkwood 3 (Bartlett 1, Rhodes 1, Olson 1).

Drahozal will pitch for Nebraska-Omaha

Nick Drahozal, a Xavier grad who joined the Kirkwood baseball team last season as a walk-on, has signed to play NCAA Division I baseball at Nebraska-Omaha.

Drahozal, a left-hander, compiled a 6-3 record and 2.98 ERA for the Eagles last year as their No. 1 pitcher. He struck out 61 batters in 66.1 innings with only 16 walks.

Jack Fitzgerald from Kirkwood has signed to play at Houston Baptist. Fitzgerald, from Mason City, hit .288 with two home runs and 18 RBIs last season for the Eagles in 36 games.

Drahozal and Fitzgerald will be sophomores at Kirkwood this season. The Eagles finished with a 32-22 record last year.

Kirkwood volleyball draws No. 12 seed

The Kirkwood Community College volleyball team has been seeded No. 12 for the NJCAA Division II national tournament this week.

The Eagles (28-15) will face No. 5 seed Owens Community College (37-6) in the first round Thursday at 3 p.m. in Phoenix. Kirkwood lost to Owens, 3-1, earlier this season.

Parkland College is the No. 1 seed in the 16-team tournament with an imposing 53-0 record. DMACC is seeded No. 4 at 32-8.

Red-hot Rhodes lifts Eagles by SCC

Kirkwood Coach Bryan Petersen has been raving about Hunter Rhodes ever since practice began this year.

It was easy to see why Saturday night.

Rhodes poured in 19 straight points for the Eagles in the final 4 minutes, 16 seconds and hit the game-winning 3-pointer with 1.2 seconds left as Kirkwood rallied to trim Southeastern, 90-87, in a thriller at Johnson Hall.

Kirkwood trailed 79-71 when Rhodes went to work. When he was finished, the sixth-ranked Eagles had raised their record to 6-0 with their most satisfying victory of the season.

Southeastern tied the game, 87-87, with six seconds left on a pair of free throws by Chris Myers. Kirkwood quickly inbounded the ball to Rhodes on the run, and the six-foot sophomore raced up court and unleashed a 3-pointer from in front of the Kirkwood bench with a hand in his face.

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