Articles Tagged: Kirkwood Eagles

Emilee Linder expected a big jump from her small high school at Pekin to college softball at Kirkwood. In her second season, she ranks among the Eagles’ offensive leaders.

Chase Moseley spent the last two seasons with Kirkwood. After a semester at Mount Mercy, he opted to return to the Eagles for one more semester available from the canceled 2020 season. He has served as a leader for the fifth-ranked Eagles.

Photos from the 2022 Eastern Iowa All-Star high school basketball game at Kirkwood.

Kirkwood women’s basketball coach Kim Muhl still loves what he does and is still motivated to win more after wrapping up his 33rd season at the school with his eighth national championship.

Tasia Jordan led Kirkwood to its eighth women’s basketball national title Saturday night, scoring 16 points in a 49-44 win over Morton.

Top-seeded and defending national champion Kirkwood defeated Bryant and Stratton (Wis.) in the semifinals of the NJCAA Division II women’s basketball tournament, 69-41, Friday night.

South Dakota State has four Iowans in its rotation and an assistant coach who was Kirkwood Community College’s head coach. The Jackrabbits could face Iowa in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

No. 1-ranked Kirkwood is seeded first in the NJCAA Division II women’s basketball tournament and is on a 19-game winning streak.

Kirkwood women's basketball is going back to the national touranment after a 65-44 victory over Iowa Western in the regional championship.

Northeast grads and good friends Jeremy Rickertsen and Doug Wagemester provide a strong coaching staff for state tournament bound Cedar Rapids Prairie.

The Kirkwood women’s basketball team defeated NIACC, 72-34, in the ICCAC Region XI semifinal Saturday afternoon at Johnson Hall, moving to within one win from a spot in the NJCAA national tournament.

Kirkwood is ranked No. 1 in NJCAA Division II and owns a 13-game winning streak and a 26-1 record heading into its final three games of the regular season.

No. 15 Kirkwood wants to keep its winning streak alive, including a big game Thursday against NIACC.

Saturday, Kirkwood will face Heartland (Ill.)for seventh place in the NJCAA volleyball tournament at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse, and the Eagles expect a third straight day of local support.

Kirkwood beat McHenry County in five sets to reach Thursday night’s NJCAA volleyball tournament quarterfinals at Alliant Energy PowerHouse.