Kennedy High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Botkin wins Metro Spotlight Award

Cedar Rapids Kennedy senior Stephanie Botkin is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school girls this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Botkin, a 6-foot senior, is one of the top basketball players in the Metro area. She has played for the Kennedy varsity since she was a freshman and has amassed 913 points and 494 rebounds in her career, giving her a chance to join the 1,000/500 club before the season is over.

Botkin is averaging 15.3 points and 6.7 rebounds this season, the best marks of her career. She has enjoyed games of 27 points against Waterloo West, 25 against Prairie, 21 against Waukee and 20 against Fairfield. She grabbed 12 rebounds against Fairfield and Ames, giving her double-doubles in both games.

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Kitsos leads Kennedy swimmers to 2nd

PLEASANT HILL – Stefan Kitsos won the 100 yard breaststroke to lead the Kennedy boys swimming to second place at the Southeast Polk Invitational on Saturday.

Kitsos won the breaststroke in 1 minute, 2.42 seconds and also finished second in the 200 individual medley in 2:05.4. Cade Schoenauer was third in the 100 butterfly. Kennedy was third in the 200 medley and 200 freestyle relays.

The Cougars scored 246 points. Waukee won with 449.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Waukee 449; 2. Kennedy 246; 3. Indianola 189; 4. Boone 187; 5. Des Moines East 83; 6. Des Moines Hoover 80; 7. Southeast Polk 40; 8. Grinnell 28.

Wenger powers Prairie to Geneseo title

GENESEO, Ill. – Josh Wenger broke the Prairie wrestling team’s all-time record for wins and was named Outstanding Wrestler of the lightweights to lead the Prairie Hawks to a first-place finish Saturday at the Geneseo Invitational.

Prairie scored 186½ points to win the 18-team tournament by 31 points. Kennedy was seventh with 114.

Wenger won the 138-pound title for Prairie and now has 152 wins in his career. Sam Uthoff won the 126 title for his 100th career win.

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No.2 Waukee stops Kennnedy girls

The second-ranked Waukee girls basketball team couldn’t be caught and the 10th-ranked Kennedy Cougars lost, 60-51, Saturday at Kennedy.

Stephanie Botkin had 21 points for the Cougars (10-5) and Hailey Dolphin added 11 points.

Reilly Jacobson had 24 points for Waukee (11-1) and Anna Kollmorgen had 14 points.

WAUKEE (60): Deskin 1 0-0 3, Coleman 2 0-0 5, Jacobson 8 8-11 24, Mataloni 0 1-2 1, Corbett 0 0-0 0, Littlefield 4 0-0 9, Kollmorgen 4 6-9 14, Cavanaugh 1 1-2 4. Totals 19 16-24 60.

KENNEDY (51): Heyden 2 0-0 5, Sellers 2 4-4 8, Hellweg 1 0-0 2, Runels 0 0-0 0, Botkin 8 3-4 21, Hamilton 0 0-0 0, Dolphin 4 3-4 11, Milbrath 1 0-0 2, Dye 1 0-0 2. Totals 19 10-12 51.

Halftime – Waukee 30, Kennedy 25. 3-point goals – Waukee 4 (Deskin, Coleman, Littlefield, Cavanaugh), Kennedy 3 (Botkin 2, Hayden).

Blood leads Prairie girls bowlers over Kennedy

Rylee Blood had a 257 game and a 417 series to lead the Prairie girls bowling team to a 2,704 to 2,359 win over Kennedy on Friday at Lancer Lanes.

Jamie Milota had a 329 series and Kayla Sickles had a 328 to lead the Cougars.

Prairie (2,704): Rylee Blood 257-160=417, Rile Hanson 225-179=404, Mikayka Hite 178-188=366, Emily Hartgrave 162-203=365, Sabrina Keiper 157-154=311, Samantha Keiper 142-143=285.

Kennedy (2,359): Jamie Milota 193-136=329, Kayla Sickles 196-132=328, Abbie Haller 151-185=336, Katie Slota 121-168=289, Jill Zaiser 140-145=285, Morgan Stangl 136-134=270.

Prairie – 1,863-841=2,704.
Kennedy – 1,567-792=2,359.