Kirkwood’s Sailor Hall leads the team in starts, innings pitched and wins. She closed the Eagles’ softball doubleheader sweep against Southeastern Thursday at home, throwing a shutout for her ninth win of the season.
Drew Proskovec was in search of more opportunities to compete, so he took a gamble on himself, leaving University of Iowa for Kirkwood. The move has paid dividends. He improved 3-0 this season, helping the Eagles to a doubleheader sweep over Iowa Lakes Tuesday at home.
Kirkwood’s Peyton Johnson tallied three hits with a home run and double, drove in five runs and scored twice, including the game-winning run on Sailor Hall’s double for a walk-off 9-8 victory against Iowa Lakes in the opener of a softball doubleheader.
Ogden column: Kirkwood won its ninth NJCAA women’s basketball title under Coach Kim Muhl.
Kirkwood sophomore Miles Risley has parlayed hard work into gaudy statistics for the Kirkwood baseball team. He belted a three-run home run to cap Kirkwood’s 13-1 victory in five innings against Southwestern Community College on Wednesday at home.
Jenna Twedt scored 18 points and No. 2 seed Kirkwood knocked off No. 1 seed Johnson County (Kan.) to claim its ninth national championship in women’s basketball Saturday night.
One of the first moves Kirkwood women's basketball coach Kim Muhl made for this season was signing former Benton Community all-stater Jenna Twedt. The 5-foot-8 guard has been a standout, helping lift the Eagles to the national tournament for a record 22nd time.
At the junior college level, NJCAA student-athletes have two years of eligibility, making this season essentially the first without ‘COVID year’ eligible players. It’s something Kirkwood women’s basketball coach Kim Muhl and his staff are feeling.
Dave Brown has taken a long journey leading up to his new head volleyball coaching position at Kirkwood Commuity College. The Eagles have had the same success this season.
Kirkwood swept Ellsworth, 3-0 (25-9, 25-21, 25-9) in an Iowa Community College Athletic Conference volleyball match Wednesday night.
Here’s a look at area Iowans in the minors. These are players in affiliated professional baseball from Eastern Iowa and the University of Iowa. There are some additions to this list in recent draft picks.
McIlravy competed in the Greater Cedar Rapids Open Thursday and Friday. The former Solon Spartan standout has enjoyed his experience on the professional circuit.
A look at how former Eastern Iowa high school and University of Iowa baseball players are doing in affiliated professional baseball.
The five Male finalists for Gazette Athlete of the Year 2023: Ben Kueter of Iowa City High, Aidan McDermott of Cedar Rapids Xavier, Alex Mota of Marion, Tate Petersen of Monticello and Miles Thompson of Cedar Rapids Washington.
A look at how former Eastern Iowa high school and University of Iowa baseball players are doing in affiliated professional baseball.
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