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MUSCATINE - Sydney Hayden collected a goal and an assist Monday night as the Kennedy girls soccer team clipped Muscatine, 3-1, in the season opener.
Kennedy is the defending Class 3A state champion. Hayden has committed to play college soccer at the University of Northern Iowa.
Kenadee Dekko and Linden Runels also scored goals for the Cougars. Kasey Dekko, Anna Frerichs and Alissa Waterhouse had assists.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy junior Dalles Jacobus is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school boys this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.
Jacobus was a double-winner at the Hollingsworth Relays in Iowa City Saturday when he captured the shot put (51 feet) and the discus (154-11) to help Kennedy finish second in the team standings.
Jacobus is a four-sport varsity athlete at Kennedy in football, wrestling, track and baseball. He placed eighth in the discus at the state track meet last year as a sophomore.
IOWA CITY - Dalles Jacobus of Cedar Rapids Kennedy won the shot put and the discus at the Hollingsworth Relays in Iowa City Saturday.
Jacobus captured the shot put with a toss of 51 feet. He claimed the discus with a fling of 154 feet, 11 inches.
Willie Rhoads of Kennedy won the high jump at 6 feet, 4 inches. Shaun Beyer also cleared 6-4 for the Cougars, but Rhoads won the title with fewer misses.
The Linn-Mar Lions set a meet record in the 4x200 relay with Austin Flieder, Tristan Freese, Griffin Freese and Daniel Gorsich timed in 1:29.58. It was the only meet record for the day.
Waterloo West captured the top prize at the Vance Fuller Invitational girls tennis tournament at the Veterans Memorial Tennis Center Saturday.
The meet was hosted by Kennedy High School.
Waterloo West finished with 206 points, followed by Decorah (177), Kennedy (127) and Ottumwa (62).
Shelby Cook placed second at No. 1 singles to lead Kennedy. Lauren Gifford, Veena Venkatesh, Lydia Yang, Gabby Olejniczak and Renee Mittelberg finished third for the Cougars in singles.
All three Kennedy doubles teams placed third.
Payton Wensel gave a hint of her immense talent last year as an eighth grader when she won the 200, 400 and 800 meter runs at the state meet for junior high school kids.
Now she's a freshman at Linn-Mar and is already a smash hit on a much bigger stage.
Wensel set a meet record in the 400 meter dash and helped Linn-Mar set another mark in the 4x800 relay as the Lions captured top honors at the 29th Annual J-Hawk Relays at Kingston Stadium.
She also ran on the triumphant 4x400 relay to finish with three gold medals in a major meet that featured 14 schools and five Metro teams.
Last Updated on Saturday, 04 April 2015 18:57
The annual girls soccer jamboree will be held at Kingston Stadium this Monday, April 6 beginning at 3:30 p.m.
Six Metro teams will participate in the jamboree.
Xavier meets Iowa City Regina in the first match at 3:30 p.m., followed by Jefferson against Iowa City West at 4:20 p.m. and Iowa City High versus Marion at 5:10 p.m.
The final two matches feature Linn-Mar against Prairie at 6 p.m. and Washington against Center Point-Urbana at 6:50 p.m.
All of the contests will last 40 minutes. The admission fee is $2 for all spectators.
IOWA CITY - Linn-Mar junior Stephanie Jenks smashed two meet records at the Women of Troy Relays in Iowa City Tuesday.
Jenks blazed to victory in the 800 meter run in 2 minutes, 14.38 seconds, breaking the old mark of 2:17.69 set by Erin Penticoff of Xavier in 2003. She captured the 1500 in 4 minutes, 35.77 seconds, snapping her own meet record of 4:42.94 set as a freshman in 2013.
Jenks ran the fastest times in the state this year in both events. She also ranks No. 1 in the state in the 3000.
Iowa City West nipped Linn-Mar for the team championship, 146 to 145. Prairie placed third, Kennedy fifth and Xavier seventh.
Six Metro boys soccer teams have cracked the preseason rankings by the Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association.
The Linn-Mar Lions are ranked No. 3 in Class 3A. Kennedy is ranked No. 5, Washington No. 8 and Prairie No. 16 in 3A.
The Xavier Saints are ranked No. 2 in Class 2A. The Marion Indians are ranked 16th in 2A.
The top-ranked teams are Iowa City West in Class 3A, Norwalk in Class 2A and Iowa City Regina in Class 1A.
All seven of the major Metro boys soccer teams will participate in the annual jamboree at Kingston Stadium Thursday.
Each game will last 40 minutes. The admission charge is $2 for all spectators.
The jamboree begins at 3:30 with Xavier facing Solon. Marion meets Clear Creek-Amana at 4:20 p.m., following by Prairie against Mount Vernon at 5:10 p.m.
The final three matches are Iowa City High against Kennedy at 6 p.m., Iowa City West against Linn-Mar at 6:45 p.m. and Washington against Jefferson at 7:40 p.m.
Willie Rhoads of Cedar Rapids Kennedy is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school boys this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.
Rhoads, a senior, is one of the top high jumpers and long jumpers in the state for the Kennedy track team. He ranks second in the state in the high school with a leap of 6 feet, 6 inches and ranks seventh in the long jump at 20 feet, 11 1/4 inches.
Rhoads placed sixth in the high jump at the state meet last year and is looking to move up this season.
Last Updated on Sunday, 29 March 2015 18:19
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