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Kennedy goalkeeper Nathan Althoff stared Washington All-American Austin Bergstrom squarely in the eye Tuesday night in the final round of their dramatic PK Shootout at Kingston Stadium.
He never blinked.
Althoff made a diving stop on Bergstrom's left-footed boot to give No.2 Kennedy a 3-2 victory over No.5 Washington under the lights.
After a sluggish start to a track season marred by canceled meets, the Kennedy girls broke out Tuesday night by winning the Linn-Mar Lion Relays by a decisive margin over the host team.
The Cougars claimed five individual champs along with two relay winners and also picked up a pair of runner-up relay finishes. They topped the eight-team field with 150 points.
Linn-Mar came in second with 121 points thanks to three relay victories. In two of their winning events, the distance medley and the sprint medley, the Lions set meet records.
Xavier won all nine matches and shutout Kennedy, 9-0, Tuesday in boys tennis at Kennedy.
Xavier's Bill Young beat Kennedy's Quinn Jamrock, 6-2, 6-1, at No.1 singles.
Young and Kyle D'Mello combined for a 6-2, 6-3, win at No.1 doubles.
WEST DES MOINES - Kennedy completed a perfect trip to the West Des Moines Valley Invitational with a pair of victories over ranked boys soccer foes Saturday.
Kennedy, ranked ninth in Class 3A, topped Class 2A No.3 Norwalk and Class 3A No.7 Pleasant Valley by identical 1-0 scores. The Cougars toppled No.1 Valley Friday night.
Mark Schulz scored in the 12th minute of the Norwalk game. Sameeullah Jung had the assist.
Kennedy scored off a corner kick in the final minute of the Pleasant Valley game. Nikolas Newcamp got the goal with assists by Josh Warder and JJ Reinhart.
The Cougars are 5-0-0.
WEST DES MOINES - No.9 Kennedy toppled No.1 West Des Moines Valley, 1-0, Friday night in a shootout victory at the Tiger Invitational.
There was no score after regulation and overtime. Kennedy beat Valley, 4-3, on penalty kicks.
Junior goalkeeper Nathan Althoff was the hero for Kennedy with three saves in the penalty kick shootout.
Kayla Kvach's goal on the seventh penalty kick in a shootout lifted No.7 Linn-Mar past No.5 Kennedy, 1-0, Thursday in Mississippi Valley Conference girls soccer at Linn-Mar.
Neither team scored in regulation or overtime. The Cougars had a goal disallowed due to an offside call.
The Lions won the PK shootout, 7-6. Linn-Mar goalkeeper Rylie Frese preserved the victory by making the final save of the match.
Last Updated on Thursday, 11 April 2013 21:56Jon McKowen got a very early start in coaching.
He was about 10 years old at the time, in just the fourth grade.
Jon's father, Marty, is the successful boys basketball coach at Wapsie Valley High School in Fairbank, and Jon quickly gravitated to the sport.
The stakes weren’t as high but the intensity level was the same Friday night as the Ankeny Hawks sought revenge on the Kennedy girls home soccer field.
Last year, the unheralded Cougars upended top-ranked and undefeated Ankeny 2-1 in the finals of the Class 3A state championship in Muscatine. The upset stopped the Hawks 31-game win streak over two years.
For the Cougars, who were ranked seventh coming to into the state tournament, the title culminated a remarkable run by beating the top three ranked teams on consecutive days.
The match Friday on a cold night was not nearly as dramatic as Ankeny scored once in each half and held Kennedy at bay for a 2-0 victory.
Last Updated on Saturday, 06 April 2013 11:34
IOWA CITY - Marissa Estelle of Kennedy and Craig Murtha of Xavier were double-winners at the Iowa City West coed track meet Thursday.
Estelle captured the 100 hurdles and 200 dash for the Cougars. Murtha claimed the shot put and discus for the Saints.
The Linn-Mar girls won five events and finished second in the team standings. Rachel Perry (400), Amber Decker (800) and Stephanie Jenks (1500) won individual titles. The Lions also claimed the 4x800 relay and sprint medley.
The Xavier Saints and Kennedy Cougars, who won girls state soccer titles last year, are considered two of the top teams in the state again this season.
Xavier was ranked No.1 in Class 2A in the IGHSAU preseason ratings that were released Monday.
Kennedy is ranked No.2 in Class 3A, one notch behind Bettendorf. The Linn-Mar Lions are ranked No.7 in Class 3A.
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