Despite starting the season 33-0, the Kirkwood Eagles could not complete the perfect season to bring home their ninth national championship. Instead, they finished fourth in the nation. “Being undefeated heading into the nationals was a great achievement,” said head coach Kim Muhl. “It is extremely difficult for [Continue Reading »]
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Following a program record 33 wins, the Kirkwood Community College men’s basketball team has brought home its fourth national championship. The Eagles took down the Parkland College Cobras in a 55-54 thriller led by redshirt freshman guard Lucas Lueth and freshman point guard Germaine Benson, who combined [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]With March right around the corner, Kirkwood Community College students will find the days growing longer and warmer, but the hottest place to be on campus will still be Johnson Hall. Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams could potentially play all of their ICCAC playoff tournament [Continue Reading »]
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Editor’s Note: Due to reporting deadlines, games played on Feb. 19 are not included. Just two regular season games remain before the 15-1 Bears of Des Moines Area Community College and the 14-2 Eagles of Kirkwood Community College meet on Feb. 26, for the final game of the [Continue Reading »]
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Following a heartbreaking semifinal loss last season, the Kirkwood Community College’s Men’s Basketball team enters the new season with an opportunity to get back to the finals for the first time since 2019. Head Coach Tim Sandquist said he never loses motivation to come and work with his [Continue Reading »]
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With the start of the basketball season, the Kirkwood Community College Women’s basketball team is looking to double down on their success from a season ago and capture the program’s 10th national championship. The team is gearing up to have another successful season at the helm of Hall [Continue Reading »]
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Following the departure of former Athletic Director Doug Wagemester, Kirkwood Community College has named new a leader for the athletic department: Todd Rima. Rima, the head coach of the Eagles baseball team, has an extensive coaching background. He has won 726 games as a coach, according to [Continue Reading »]
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Competition season is in full swing for Kirkwood Community College’s Cheerleading team and they are training for their next competition at the 12th annual WOW Factor Sports Cheer and Dance championship in Minneapolis, Minn. The competition is at the end of February and takes place over three days. [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]With the end of the fall season brings winter and with winter brings basketball and for Kirkwood this year they have been 8-0 and off to an undefeated start while on top of that being ranked number one in the nation for the entire year since the preseason [Continue Reading »]
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What happens when two of the most physical basketball teams in the region meet? You’ll get a tremendously scrappy game just like Kirkwood Community College and John Wood were against each other on Nov. 29. Going into the game Kirkwood was ranked 13th and were home in Johnson [Continue Reading »]
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