Coe College - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Cook ready for 18th year with Kohawks

Wed - 26 Feb Written by Jim Ecker

Steve Cook has the ingredients for his own girls basketball team in his household with five daughters, although 2-month-old Lucy might need a little seasoning.

"Everybody says you should keep trying for a boy," Cook said Wednesday, laughing, "and I'm like, 'I've got boys every day in my life here at Coe.' I'm fine with the five girls I've got."

Cook is entering his 18th year as the head baseball coach at Coe College with a 365-344-1 record and three titles in the Iowa Conference tournament. He's got 37 guys on his roster, so he's perfectly happy to head home to his wife, Shannon, and daughters Callie, Shelby, Lilly, Maggie and Lucy and leave the boys behind for awhile.

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 26 February 2014 21:32

Timmons ready for 17th year at Coe

Wed - 26 Feb Written by Jim Ecker

Bob Timmons knows a few things about fast-pitch softball.

He played in the Cedar Rapids Major Open with Welty Way and Modern Piping, two outstanding ballclubs.

He won 375 games as the head coach at Mount Mercy University from 1983 to 1994 and led the Mustangs to the national tournament four times.

He's won 516 games as the head coach at Coe College the past 16 years, with two trips to the NCAA Division III World Series and a second-place showing in 2009.

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Coe women roll Loras, 60-48

Sat - 22 Feb Written by Metro Sports Report

Mary Halvorson scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds, and Hannah Breitbach added 15 points as Coe stunned Loras, 60-48, Saturday in an Iowa Conference women's basketball game at Eby Fieldhouse.

Coe handed Loras only its second loss in league play in the regular-season finale. The Kohawks (15-10, 10-4) clinched the No.2 seed in next week's conference tournament. Loras (17-8, 12-2) is the No.1 seed.

Both teams received first-round byes and will host semifinal round games on Thursday. Coe will play either Dubuque or Buena Vista, Loras either Simpson or Wartburg.

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Loras men avoid Wirth Fever

Sat - 22 Feb Written by Kelci de Haas

A picture may be worth one thousand words, but only two words are needed to describe the Iowa Conference season finale game Saturday night at Eby Fieldhouse between Coe and Loras: Wirth Fever.

Loras (15-10, 8-6) may have won the game, beating Coe (11-14, 3-11) 82-75, but the theme of this game started even before the men stepped foot on the court.

As the last home game, Coe honored Andrew Wirth, the only senior player on the team. He stood in the middle of the court with his family as Coach Bryan Martin presented him with a black shirt that read Wirth Fever.

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Last Updated on Saturday, 22 February 2014 23:06

Coe women lose game, but help good cause

Wed - 19 Feb Written by Kelci de Haas

The Coe women’s basketball team just couldn’t seem to hold onto a lead during its Iowa Conference game against Wartburg Wednesday night at Eby Fieldhouse.

Wartburg triumphed 73-66, though the Kohawks (14-10, 9-4) led 33-32 against the Knights (10-14, 4-9) at halftime.

The teams were within three points of each other for the first six minutes of the second half, but after a three-point play by Bobbie Burrows the Knights started to pull away.

But this game was about more than the score.

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