Kennedy High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Cook leads Cougars in tennis meet

Shelby Cook of Kennedy defeated Tina Kajtazovic of Waterloo West, 10-0, at No. 1 singles Thursday in a Mississippi Valley Conference girls tennis meet at Kennedy.

Waterloo West won the meet, 6-3.

Gabby Olejniczak of Kennedy claimed her match at No. 3 singles, 11-10, in a tiebreaker. Aubree Langhurst also won her match for the Cougars.

WATERLOO WEST 6, KENNEDY 3

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No.6 Kennedy girls wallop Rams

DUBUQUE - Alyssa Drewelow poured in three goals Thursday as the sixth-ranked Kennedy girls soccer team whipped Dubuque Senior, 9-0, in a Mississippi Valley Conference match in Dubuque.

Carlee Ellsworth collected two goals for the Cougars. Anna Frerichs, Morgan Petsche, Abby Hellweg and Emily Sass also scored for Kennedy.

Sydney Hayden finished with four assists for Kennedy. Alissa Waterhouse had two assists. Linden Runels and Frerichs also had assists.

Xavier girls trump Cougars in tennis

Allison Jasper of Xavier defeated Shelby Cook, 10-1, at No. 1 singles Wednesday as the Saints topped Kennedy 8-1 in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet at Kennedy.

Jeanne Bouchard, Claire Bouchard, Katie Neumeyer and Megan D'mello also won their singles matches for Xavier.

XAVIER 8, KENNEDY 1

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Xavier boys clip Cougars in tennis

Jon Lansing, Jack VonKampen, Alex Hinrichs and Blake Magill won their singles matches Wednesday for Xavier as the Saints topped Kennedy, 6-3, in a Mississippi Valley Conference tennis match at Kennedy.

Rami Hemaidan of Kennedy blanked Ben Curley at No. 1 singles, 6-0, 6-0.

XAVIER 6, KENNEDY 3

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Freshmen help Prairie kick Kennedy

Three freshmen helped the Cedar Rapids Prairie boys soccer team maintain its perfect record Tuesday night.

Freshman Spencer Young scored the first goal of his varsity career as the seventh-ranked Hawks blanked No. 8 Kennedy, 1-0, in a Mississippi Valley Conference match at Prairie.

Matt Walter and Boston Riley, who are also freshmen, collected the assists on Young's game-winning tally in the second half.

Senior Alec Balta pitched another shutout in goal for Prairie as the Hawks raised their records to 8-0 overall and 6-0 in the conference.

Prairie has outscored its eight opponents, 45-0, this season.

Kennedy fell to 4-4 overall and 2-3 in the league.

Hellweg sparks No.6 Cougars by Prairie

Olivia Hellweg fired in two goals Tuesday night as the sixth-ranked Kennedy soccer team defeated Prairie, 5-1, in a Mississippi Valley Conference match at Kennedy.

Sydney Hayden, Kasey Dekko and Olivia Weigel also scored for the Cougars. Alyssa Drewelow had two assists for Kennedy. Morgan Petsche and Hayden also collected assists.

Cayla Renwick scored with an assist from Adelaide Bayne for Prairie.

Hargens leads Kennedy at Linn-Mar golf

Sierra Hargens shot an 87 Tuesday to help Kennedy finish third at the Linn-Mar Invitational golf tournament at Hunters Ridge.

Hargens tied for fourth in the individual standings.

Emily Machula of Prairie finished sixth with an 88 and Amy Olberding of Xavier tied for seventh place with an 89.

Cedar Falls defeated Pleasant Valley by 13 shots for the team championship. Brittany Coppess of Clinton and Rachele Miller of Pleasant Valley posted the low scores with 83's.

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Netolicky starred for Indiana in ABA

In the rich history of Metro area basketball, only eight players have gone on to be drafted at the highest level of professional basketball. And only one has played in a NBA or WNBA regular season game.

Stacy Frese, Washington product set to be inducted into Iowa State’s Hall of Fame in October, played 21 games for the WNBA Utah Starzz in 2000. She was a third-round draft pick of Utah.

That is likely to change in a few weeks, though. Linn-Mar’s Kiah Stokes, a first-round pick of the New York Liberty this year, promises to play a significant role with Bill Laimbeer’s team. The Liberty open the WNBA season June 5 against the Atlanta Dream, whose roster likely will include first-round draft pick Samantha Logic of Iowa.

The WNBA plays a 34-game regular season schedule. The rookie minimum salary in the league is $34,500.

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Kennedy boys win title in Muscatine

MUSCATINE - The Kennedy boys track team was dominant in the field events and relays Monday night, easily winning the Dave Matthews Invitational at Muscatine High School.

The Cougars scored 158 points to easily outdistance host Muscatine (128) and Pleasant Valley (77).

Kennedy went 1-2 in the high jump as Willie Rhoads won with a jump of 6-6, Shaun Beyer was second at 6-3.

Jackson Coker and Dalles Jacobus went 1-3 in the discus while Jacobus won the shot put.

On the track, Kennedy won five relays which proved to be the difference in the meet

Team Standings

1. Kennedy 158, 2. Muscatine 128, 3. Pleasant Valley 77, 4. Bettendorf 49, 5. Clinton 48, 6. Davenport North 47, 7. North Scott 33, 8. Davenport West 18.

Kennedy Top 3 finishers

Long Junp: 3. Willie Rhoads, 19-6 3/4.
High Jump: 1. Willie Rhoads, 6-6, 2. Shaun Beyer 6-3.
Shot Put: 1. Dalles Jacobus, 51-1 3/4.
Discus: 1. Jackson Coker, 165-3, 3. Dalles Jacobus, 153-6.
3,200: 3. Derek Girling, 10:49.19
4 x 800: 1. Kennedy (Jesse Price, Mark Schulz, Ryan Walker, Hunter Schoenauer) 8:16.97
Shuttle Hurdle: 1. Kennedy (Shaun Beyer, Matt Gardner, Austin Coats, Chris Krystofiak), 59.35
4 x 200: 1. Kennedy (Chase Baker, Mitchell Gaffey, Nick Duehr, Josh Warder) 1:33.05.
110 Hurdles: 2. Shaun Beyer, 15.41.
400 hurdles: 2. Austin Coats, 57.01.
Sprint Medley: 3. Kennedy (Jay Blank, Conner Christophersen, Keeler Dix, Jackson Middlekauf), 3:56.46.
4 x 100: 1. Kennedy (Peyton McCarty, Mitchell Gaffey, Chase Baker, Josh Warder), 44.18
4 x 400: 1. Kennedy (Mark Schulz, Nich Duehr, Jesse Price, Hunter Schoenauer), 3:29.19