Kennedy High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Kennedy girls roll past Wahlert

Alissa Waterhouse, Carlee Ellsworth and Sydney Hayden each scored two goals as No. 3 Kennedy had no trouble with Dubuque Wahlert, winning 10-0 on Friday night at Kennedy.

Alyssa Drewelow, Anna Frerichs, Kasey Dekko also scored for the Cougars.

Hayden and Morgan Petsche had two assists each. Drewelow, Alexis Hull and Olivia Hellweg had one each.

Kennedy stays 3rd in girls soccer

The Kennedy Cougars remained in the No. 3 spot in the Class 3A girls soccer rankings Friday by the IGHSAU.

Iowa City West is ranked No. 1 in Class 3A and Dowling Catholic is No. 2.

The Xavier Saints slipped one notch from No. 5 to No. 6 in Class 2A. Ankeny leads the Class 2A rankings.

CLASS 3A

1. Iowa City West (11-0), 2. Dowling (11-2), 3. Kennedy (9-2), 4. West Des Moines Valley (9-4), 5. Waukee (8-4), 6. Bettendorf (8-3), 7. Iowa City High (8-3), 8. Hempstead (10-2), 9. Southeast Polkk (6-4), 10. Johnston (9-4).

CLASS 2A

1. Ankeny (8-2), 2. Dallas Center-Grimes (8-1), 3. North Scott (8-4), 4. Pleasant Valley (8-4), 5. Waverly-Shell Rock (7-2), 6. Xavier (5-6), 7. Lewis Central (9-1), 8. Pella (8-1), 9. Newton (10-3), 10. ADM/Van Meter (9-3), 11. Spencer (13-1), 12. Burlington Notre Dame (12-1), 13. Grinnell (8-5), 14. DeWitt Central (11-0), 15. Keokuk (11-1).

Kennedy's Hargens 9th at Dubuque

Kennedy Sierra Hargens shot an 83, good for ninth place in the Ram Invitational on Thursday at Bunker Hill.

Dyersville Beckman's Brooke Klosterman shot a 71, six shots ahead of the field.

Dubuque Hempstead won the title with a 334, two shots ahead of Beckman.

Kennedy was seventh at 374.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Dubuque Hempstead 334, 2. Dyersville Beckman 336, 3. Pleasant Valley 343, 4. Dubuque Senior 363, 5. Dubuque Wahlert 363, 6. Western Dubuque 365, 7. Kennedy 374, 8. North Scott 375.

KENNEDY: Sierra Hargens 83, Nicole DeCoste 90, Val Davidson 98, Avery Haefner 103, Katie Choate 105, Abby Krueger 107.

Kennedy girls net tennis victory

The Kennedy girls tennis team lost only five games all day and blanked Waterloo East, 9-0, in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet at Kennedy Wednesday.

Shelby Cook blitzed Laquinnesias Harris, 10-0, at No. 1 singles.

KENNEDY 9, WATERLOO EAST 0

Singles

1. Shelby Cook (K) def. Laquinnesias Harris, 10-0
2. Veena Venkatesh (K) def. Aliyah Campbell, 10-0
3. Gabby Olejniczak (K) def. Ashley Woods, 10-1
4. Lauren Gifford (K) def. Jenna Drahos, 10-0
5. Lydia Yang (K) def. Noely Sibrian, 10-0
6. Aubree Langhurst (K) def. Lesly Inarrito, 10-0

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No. 11 Cougars knock off J-Hawks

Alex Stone, Mark Schulz and Sameeullah Jung scored goals Friday as the 11th-ranked Kennedy Cougars defeated Jefferson, 3-1, in a Mississippi Valley Conference soccer match at Lower Kingston.

Ryan Walker and Schulz collected two assists for Kennedy. Jung and Andrew Sheeley also had assists.

Jefferson scored in the final minute of the match.

Kennedy raised its records to 6-6 overall and 4-5 in the MVC.

No.3 Kennedy girls blank Jefferson

Kasey Dekko, Morgan Petsche, Olivia Hellweg and Carlee Ellsworth scored goals Tuesday as the third-ranked Kennedy girls soccer team shut out Jefferson, 4-0, in a Mississippi Valley Conference match.

Alyssa Drewelow, Alissa Waterhouse and Sydney Hayden collected assists for the Cougars.

Prairie girls shut out Kennedy

Vale Caro defeated Shelby Cook, 10-1, at No. 1 singles Tuesday as Prairie blitzed Kenned 9-0 in a Mississippi Valley Conference tennis meet at Prairie.

Magui Caro, Karleigh Schilling, Shannon Costigan, Anna Postnikov and Michelle Grenn also won their singles matches for the Hawks.

PRAIRIE 9, KENNEDY 0

Singles

1. Vale Caro (P) def. Shelby Cook, 10-1
2. Magui Caro (P) def. Veena Venkatesh, 10-0
3. Karleigh Schilling (P) def. Gabby Olejniczak, 10-2
4. Shannon Costigan (P) def. Lauren Gifford, 10-0
5. Anna Postnikov (P) def. Lydia Yang, 10-3
6. Michelle Grenn (P) def. Aubree Langhurst, 10-3

Doubles

1. Caro/Caro (P) def. Cook/Venkatesh, 10-0
2. Schilling/Postnikov (P) def. Olejniczak/Gifford, 10-1
3. Madie Renner/Lauren O'Brian (P) def. Allie Ernster/Langhurst, 10-3

Kennedy trims Prairie in boys tennis

Rami Hemaidan defeated Evan Gaskill, 6-2, 6-1, at No. 1 singles Monday to help Kennedy nip Prairie, 5-4, in a Mississippi Valley Conference tennis meet at Kennedy.

Corey Duncan, Kyle Butler and Matt Jontz also won their singles matches for Kennedy. Jason Niccolls and Brandon Bruhn won their matches for Prairie.

KENNEDY 5, PRAIRIE 4

Singles

1. Rami Hemaidan (CRK) def. Evan Gaskill , 6-2, 6-1
2. Corey Duncan (CRK) def. Blake Larsson, 6-0, 6-1
3. Kyle Butler (CRK) def. Connor Wiesender, 6-0, 6-1
4. Matt Jontz (CRK) def. Jake Crumbo, 6-1, 6-3
5. Jason Niccolls (CRP) def. Matt Ramundo, 6-3, 6-4
6. Brandon Bruhn (CRP) def. Connor Crippes, 6-2, 7-5

Doubles

1. Duncan/Crippes (CRK) def. Larsson/Wisender, 6-2, 6-1
2. Gaskill/Niccolls (CRP) def. Butler/Jontz, 3-6, 6-4, 10-5
3. Bruhn/Joseph Schmitt (CRP) def. Zach Amsler/Cody Heaton, 7-5, 6-2

Hargens ties for 8th at MVC golf

CORALVILLE - Sierra Hargens of Kennedy tied for eighth place at the MVC Valley Division golf tournament at Brown Deer Monday.

Hargens shot a 15-over-par 86. Van Davidson shot an 18-over 89 for the Cougars.

Maddie Hawkins of Dubuque Senior took medalist honors with a 5-over 76.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Iowa City West 344, 2. Cedar Falls 346, 3. Wahlert 357, 4. Kennedy 379, 5. Dubuque Senior 381, 6. Linn-Mar 425, 7. Jefferson 473.

KENNEDY: Sierra Hargens 86, Val Davidson 89, Abbie Haller 101, Nicole DeCoste 103, Avery Haefner 106, Katie Choate 110.

LINN-MAR: Kristen Harding 98, Alexa Mindrup 104, Megan Murphy 111, Danielle Gerlach 112, Hannah Westfall 115, Isabel Schminke 122.

JEFFERSON: Regan Grekoff 102, Ciara Hammons 121, Victoria Day 123, Emily Smith 127, Taylor Rajtora 128, Jordan Henderson 154.