Metro Sports Report

Eagles sweep No.2 DMACC & Freese

The Kirkwood Eagles spent all week watching it rain and trying to keep warm, anxious to play winning baseball again after losing a series at NIACC last weekend.

They responded in championship form Saturday.

The Eagles swept a doubleheader from second-ranked DMACC, 4-3 and 3-1, to scramble the ICCAC conference standings and get back in the race.

"As a coach, you are nervous about how you're going to respond," Kirkwood boss Todd Rima remarked after the twin-killing. "I feel we have great kids and they'll respond the right way. And they did."

Collin Belk and Jean Carlos Rosario pitched complete games for Kirkwood on a chilly, partly sunny afternoon. Rosario beat former Cedar Rapids Washington ace Dakota Freese in the nightcap.

Kernels end layoff with clean sweep

CLINTON - What do baseball players do for four days when the weather refuses to allow them to play baseball?

The Cedar Rapids Kernels had to figure out their own answers to that question after a combination of rain and snow kept them from playing ballgames in Wisconsin against the Timber Rattlers Tuesday and Wednesday nights, as well as Thursday and Friday nights in Clinton.

But after four straight postponements, the Kernels finally got to play baseball again on Saturday and they took advantage of the opportunity by sweeping a doubleheader from the LumberKings in Clinton, 4-3 and 2-1, to raise their record to 6-1.

KCC softball has 23-game win streak

Amber Logemann tossed a no-hitter Saturday and the Kirkwood Eagles swept a doubleheader from Mineral Area College, 8-0 and 4-0, at the Kirkwood softball field.

The sixth-ranked Eagles (30-3) have won 23 straight games.

Kirkwood was scheduled to host a tournament this weekend, but an unfavorable weather forecast for Sunday and an unplayable field at Prairie High School led to a change in plans.

Local players in pro baseball

SCOTT SCHEBLER (Prairie, Rancho Cucamonga (Dodgers)) - Started in left field Saturday and was 2-for-3 with a triple and two runs scored in the Quakes' 10-5 loss at High Desert. Season stats: G - 8, Avg. - .241, AB - 29, H - 7, HR - 1, RBI - 3, SB - 0.

KELLEN SWEENEY (Jefferson, Lansing (Blue Jays)) - The Lugnuts were rained out Saturday against South Bend. Season stats: G - 6, Avg. - .227, AB - 22, H - 5, HR - 0, RBI - 2, SB - 0.

RYAN SWEENEY (Xavier, Iowa (Cubs)) - Started in right field Saturday and was 1-for-3 with a double and run scored in the I-Cubs' 6-1 win over Albuquerque. Season stats: G - 8, Avg. - .370, AB - 27, H - 10, HR - 2, RBI - 4, SB - 0.