Kennedy Football

Cougars enjoy banner game against Hawks

The Kennedy Cougars can go ahead and order their playoff T-shirts now and hang a banner in their gym.

The Cougars earned their postseason awards Wednesday night by thrashing Prairie, 42-14, in the opening round of the Class 4A playoffs at Kingston Stadium.

Kennedy Coach Tim Lewis, an old-school guy, does not let his team get their playoff T-shirts or hang a banner until they've actually won a playoff game. He's felt that way ever since the IHSAA expanded the tournament from 16 to 32 teams a few years ago, because merely making the playoffs is not good enough for the boss.

Now it's official.

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Playoffs feature 1,000-yard rushers

There are certain milestones in sports that elevate an athlete to elite heights, such as rushing for 1,000 yards during a football season.

The Metro area has three of them this year and they'll be on display when the Class 4A playoffs begin Wednesday night.

Two of the 1,000-yard runners - Miles Moa of Kennedy and Mitch Christensen of Prairie - will match skills when the Cougars (6-3) and Hawks (5-4) battle in the second game of a playoff twinbill at Kingston Stadium at approximately 8 p.m.

The third 1,000-yard runner - Brendan Miller of Xavier - will try to help the sixth-ranked Saints (8-1) take care of Clinton (4-5) in a Class 4A game at Xavier at 7 p.m.

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$6 tickets for Kingston doubleheader

All tickets will cost $6 for the doubleheader at Kingston Stadium Wednesday night in the Class 4A playoffs.

Fans do not have to purchase two tickets. Everyone can attend both games for the price of one $6 ticket, according to Kennedy athletic director Aaron Stecker.

Washington plays Cedar Falls at 5:30 p.m., followed by Kennedy against Prairie at approximately 8 p.m.

The price is the same for senior citizens, adults and students.

Jacobus eager to play for Cougars

The way Derek Jacobus sees it, he's waited too long to get a chance to play in an important playoff game to let a mysterious medical problem stand in the way.

He hopes his kidney specialist feels the same way so he can face Prairie in the first round of the Class 4A playoffs Wednesday night at Kingston Stadium.

Jacobus missed the entire 2012 football season with a shoulder injury and still wears a harness as a precautionary measure, even though his shoulder is fine.

He's had a good year as Kennedy's starting quarterback, but there was considerable doubt about his status for this past Friday's game against Iowa City High after he had urinated blood and went to the emergency room at 2:30 Friday morning.

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