Kirkwood Community College - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Bonds leads Kirkwood men in opener

Gary Bonds collected a double-double in his first game for the Kirkwood Eagles Saturday in a 96-38 blowout over the William Penn junior varsity in the season opener at Johnson Hall.

Bonds, a 6-foot-7 freshman from Indianapolis, scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in 18 minutes. He also blocked four shots.

Nick Richards and Deantae Woods scored 11 points apiece for the Eagles.

WILLIAM PENN JV (38): Bennett 6 0-0 12, Belt 1 0-0 3, Deanes-Henry 1 1-2 4, Ellison 0 0-0 0, Letzring 1 0-1 2, Jackson 2 1-6 5, Putnam 0 0-0 0, Cunningham 0 0-0 0, Stevenson 0 1-1 1, Wheeler 0 0-0 0, Dunmars 1 2-3 4, Davis 1 0-0 2, Smith 2 0-0 5. Totals 15 5-13 38.

KIRKWOOD (96): Bartlett 2 0-0 6, Rhodes 0 2-2 2, Richards 3 5-6 11, Olson 0 4-4 4, Meier 1 3-4 5, Woods 4 1-2 11, Jackson 3 0-0 6, Harp 2 0-0 5, Fagan 3 1-2 7, Wilson 3 2-2 8, Bonds 7 4-5 18, Henry 1 1-1 3, Triplett 2 0-0 4, King 3 0-0 6. Totals 34 22-27 96.

Halftime - Kirkwood 42, William Penn 19. 3-point goals - William Penn 3 (Belt 1, Deanes-Henry 1, Smith 1), Kirkwood 6 (Bartlett 2, Woods 2, Harp 1, Fagan 1).

Kirkwood women fall to Moberly

SEDALIA, Mo. - The Kirkwood women's basketball team lost to Moberly, 51-44, Saturday at the State Fair Classic in Sedalia, Mo.

Addie Oberman led the Eagles with 10 points. A.J. Downs scored eight points and Madison Wood had seven.

Kirkwood fell to 0-2 for the season.

KIRKWOOD (44): Harris 2 0-0 5, Lemons 0 0-0 0, Miles 2 0-0 5, Downs 4 0-0 8, Wheatly 0 0-0 0, Oberman 5 0-0 10, Sudduth 1 0-0 2, Hutchins 2 0-0 5, Dampier 1 0-0 2, Jennings 0 0-0 0, Jones 0 0-0 0, Wood 3 1-2 7. Totals 20 1-2 44. 3-point goals - Harris 1, Miles 1, Hutchins 1.

Kirkwood women trimmed in opener

SEDALIA, Mo. - The Kirkwood women's basketball team was nipped by State Fair, 53-52, in the season opener Friday night at the State Fair Classic in Sedalia, Mo.

The Eagles led by five points with about two minutes remaining but could not hold on in a hard-fought game.

"It was a fight. It was a fist-fight, is what it was," Kirkwood coach Kim Muhl said. "Our kids stepped up pretty well."

Kirkwood is ranked No. 6 in the nation in the NJCAA Division II poll. State Fair is ranked No. 13 in NJCAA Division I.

Cyerra Hutchins led the Eagles with 17 points. Casey Miles added 13. Caitlin Sudduth scored nine points.

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Kirkwood looks to take next step

Bryan Petersen has done a good job as the men's basketball coach at Kirkwood Community College the past two years.

Now he wants more.

Petersen led the Eagles to a 21-10 record during the 2013-14 season as their rookie head coach, then followed with a 25-7 mark last season.

"We want to take the next step," Petersen said Thursday after practice at Johnson Hall. "We've knocked on the door a little bit, but it's time. We have to find a way to get Kirkwood back to conference champs and going to the national tournament.

"This team has the potential to do that," he said. "I think we're a long ways away from it, but it's something we're thinking about on a daily basis."

The Eagles open the 2015-16 at 3 p.m. Saturday with a home game against William Penn.

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No. 17 Kirkwood volleyball team rolls

MARSHALLTOWN - The 17th-ranked Kirkwood volleyball team cruised to a 25-8, 25-9, 25-16 victory over Marshalltown on Thursday night in Marshalltown.

Morgan Grimm collected 10 kills for Kirkwood and Erin Wenzel had seven. Halle Lueck finished with 24 assists. Madsy Richards had nine digs. Wenzel and Erica Armstrong blocked four shots.

Kirkwood raised its record to 25-14.

Kirkwood has drawn the No. 2 seed for the Region XI-B tournament and will host No. 7 Southwestern at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the semifinals.

Muhl has normal worries at Kirkwood

Kim Muhl has a few complaints about his women's basketball team at Kirkwood Community College on the eve of the 2015-16 campaign, but it's probably nothing to get too concerned about.

He always worries about his team this time of year. More often than not, everything turns out OK.

Muhl thinks the Eagles need to get tougher, play better defense, communicate better, play harder and listen more to the coaches.

"I think we have a little ways to go," he said Monday. "We have some nice kids and we could be pretty good, but I think it's going to be awhile."

Defense. Toughness. Intensity.

"It's got to be important to them," Muhl said. "Execution to me is important. Guarding somebody is important. We should be able to guard, but it's not important to them yet. What's important to them is scoring.

"It's just Basketball 101, sometimes, and buying into how we want it done."

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KCC volleyball swept by Indian Hills

The Kirkwood volleyball team was swept by Indian Hills, 25-11, 25-17, 25-14, in a junior college match Tuesday night at Johnson Hall.

Erin Wenzel led the Eagles with six kills and Brittni Wright had five. Halle Lueck had 16 assists and 11 digs.

Kirkwood fell to 25-14 for the season.

Kirkwood golf ranked 7th in nation

The Kirkwood men's golf team is ranked seventh in the nation in the latest NJCAA Division II Coaches Poll.

South Mountain, the defending national champion, has been ranked No. 1 all season.

TOP 10

1. South Mountain, 2. Mississippi Gulf Coast, 3. (tie) Tyler & Meridian, 5. Mesa, 6. Walters State, 7. Kirkwood, 8. Owens, 9. East Central, 10. Murray State.

Wenzel, Lueck power Kirkwood volleyball

Erin Wenzel collected 22 kills and Halle Lueck dished out 43 assists as the Kirkwood volleyball team swept Northeast, 25-20, 25-18, 25-16, in a conference match at Johnson Hall Wednesday night.

The Eagles raised their overall record to 25-13 and finished the ICCAC conference race with a 6-2 mark.

Morgan Grimm had 11 kills for Kirkwood. Grimm and Jenna Laxton had 18 digs. Erica Armstrong blocked three shots.