Kennedy High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Hayden, Botkin lead Kennedy girls

Sydney Hayden had 16 points and Stephanie Botkin had 15 to lead the Kennedy girls basketball team to a 68-34 win over Jefferson on Friday at Jefferson.

Katelynn Dye added nine points and Abby Hellweg had eight points for the Cougars (10-4).

Kennedy Dighton had 15 points to lead the J-Hawks (5-8).

KENNEDY (68): Dunham 0 0-0 0, Dye 4 1-2 9, Hamilton 1 0-0 2, Hayden 6 0-0 16, Sellers 3 0-0 6, Steele 0 0-0 0, A.Hellweg 3 2-2 8, Meyer 1 0-0 2, Green 0 0-0 0, Milbrath 1 1-2 3, Runels 1 1-2 3, Dolphin 0 0-0 0, Botkin 6 1-2 15, O.Hellwig 0 0-0 0. Totals 26 10-14 68

JEFFERSON (34): Rolwes 1 0-0 3, Robinson 0 0-0 0, Kitterman 1 0-0 2, Guy 3 0-0 9, Melton 0 0-0 0, Wise 1 0-0 2, Veglahn 1 0-0 3, McVeigh 0 0-0 0, Dighton 6 1-2 15, E.O’Brien 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 1-2 34.

Halftime – Kennedy 38, Jefferson 11. 3-point goals – Kennedy 6 (Hayden 4, Botkin 2), Jefferson 7 (Guy 3, Dighton 2, Rowles, Veglahn).

Svoboda leads Kennedy boys bowlers

Doug Svoboda had a two 244 games for a 488 series and led the Kennedy boys bowling team to a 3,079 to 2,697 win over Prairie on Friday at Lancer Lanes.

Matt Golloro had a 203 game and 388 series to lead the Prairie Hawks.

Kennedy (3,079): Doug Svoboda 244-244=488, Alec White 206-233=439, Aaron Smith 234-182=416, George Bert Goodwin 202-176=378, James Jambois 202-170=372, Nicholaus Green 166-178=344.

Prairie (2,697): Matt Galloro 203-185=388, Zach Zimmerman 193-175=368, Logan Ewing 163-190=353, Walker Hunt 151-194=345, Lucas Galloro 169-130=299, Sam Michaud 225-166=291.

Kennedy – 2,093-986=3,079. 
Prairie 1,845-852=2,697.

Botkin nets 25 as Cougars top Hawks

Stephanie Botkin poured in 25 points and grabbed nine rebounds Tuesday night as Kennedy defeated Prairie, 58-41, in a Mississippi Valley Conference girls basketball game at Prairie.

Lela Sellers collected 18 points, four assists and four steals for the Cougars (9-4).

Halle Person scored 12 points for Prairie (1-10). Jenna Wagemester added 10 points. Person and Wagemester are both freshmen.

KENNEDY (58): Dunham 0 0-0 0, Dye 4 0-0 8, Hamilton 0 0-0 0, Hayden 0 2-2 2, Sellers 6 6-7 18, Steele 0 0-0 0, Timmerman 0 0-0 0, A. Hellweg 1 0-0 2, Meyer 0 0-0 0, Green 0 0-0 0, Milbrath 0 0-0 0, Runels 1 0-0 2, Dolphin 0 1-2 1, Botkin 8 9-14 25, O. Hellweg 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 18-25 58.

PRAIRIE (41): Moenk 2 0-2 4, Altenhofen 1 1-1 3, Rotter 3 1-2 7, Herold 2 0-0 4, Adams 0 1-2 1, Wagemester 4 2-4 10, Person 4 4-6 12, Lampe 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 9-17 41.

Halftime - Kennedy 36, Prairie 18. 3-point goals - Kennedy none, Prairie none.

Kennedy boys smother Prairie, 71-38

The Prairie boys picked the wrong time to travel north to visit the Kennedy gym Tuesday night.

The previously ranked Cougars came out of the gate with gusto on both offense and defense and simply hammered the Hawks, 71-38.

It might have been even more lopsided if subs hadn’t played much of the fourth quarter on both sides.

“This is the first game we really put the offense and defense together,” said Kennedy Coach Jon McKowen. “There have been times when we’ve had one or the other. But tonight we had both.”

Prairie bruiser JoJo Simpson scored the first basket of the night on a nifty dipsy-doodle under the rim. After that, it was Kennedy (7-3, 4-2) the rest of the way.

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Uthoff, Wenger lead Prairie wrestlers to win

AMES – The Prairie wrestling team won two individual titles and scored 206 points for first place at the Mendenhall Invitational. Kennedy was 10th with 88 points.

Sam Uthoff won the 126-pound title for the Prairie Hawks, beating OABCIG in a 5-0 decision. Josh Wenger also won the 138 title with a 10-2 major decision over Ben Sarasin of Kennedy.

Taylor Mehmen was second at 195 for Prairie.

Team scores

1. Prairie 206; 2. West Des Moines Valley 199½; 3. Clarion-Goldfield 163½; 4. Waverly-Shell Rock 150½; 5. Ballard 136½; 6. Ames 134; 7. West Des Dowling 112; 8. Indianola 105; 9. Seargent Bluff Lutton 102; 10.  Kennedy 88; 11. OABCIG 79; 12. Applington Parkersburg 70½; 13. Perry 43½; 14. Carroll 34; 15. Boone 33½; 16. Council Bluffs St. Albert 11; 17. Nevada 8.

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Ames girls stop Kennedy in OT

The Ames girls basketball team pulled away with a 15-6 run in overtime to beat Kennedy 67-58 Saturday at the U.S. Cellular Center.

Stephanie Botkin had 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Cougars (8-4), Hailey Dolphin also had 14 points, and Linden Runels added 10 points.

KENNEDY (58): Dye 2 0-0 4, Hamilton 2 0-0 4 Hayden 3 0-0 8, Hellweg 1 2-3 4, Milbrath 0 0-0 0, Runels 4 1-1 10, Dolphin 6 1-2 14, Botkin 5 4-4 14. Totals 23 8-10 58.

AMES (67): Not available.

Halftime – Kennedy 32, Ames 20. Regulation – 52-52. 3-point goals – Kennedy 4 (Hayden 2, Runels, Dolphin), Ames N/A.

Kennedy boys hold off Ames

Zach Daniels had 24 points as the Kennedy boys basketball team out-ran Ames for an 87-78 win Saturday at Kennedy.

The Cougars made 15 3-point goals and shot a perfect 20-of-20 from the free-throw line.

Cole Murdock had 16 points for Kennedy (6-3), Brendon Manning had 15 points, and Bryton Heisler added 12.

Javan White had 36 points to lead the Little Cyclones, who fell to 4-4.

AMES (78): Mumm 0 0-0 0, Shane 3 1-2 10, Rathe 5 2-2 13, Steyer 2 0-0 6, Frankl 2 0-0 5, White 17 2-2 36, Agabaje 2 2-2 6, Weiss 1 0-0 2. Totals 32 7-8 78.

KENNEDY (87): Daniels 7 4-4 24, Heisler 4 2-2 12, Murdock 5 2-2 16, Gardner 1 0-0 2, Diggins 2 2-2 8, Manning 5 5-5 15, Girling 0 0-0 0, Techau 1 1-1 3, Brewster 1 4-4 7. Totals 26 20-20 87.

Halftime – Kennedy 46, Ames 42. 3-point goals – Ames 7 (Shane 3, Steyer 2, Rathe, Frankl), Kennedy 15 (Daniels 6, Murdock 4, Heisler 2, Diggins 2, Brewster).

Kennedy takes 3rd at Hempstead

DUBUQUE – Brennan Urbi took a pair of second-place finishes as the Kennedy boys swimming team finished third with 408 points at the Mustang Invitational at Dubuque Hempstead.

Urbi was second in the 100-yard freestyle in 50.58 seconds and second in the 50 freestyle in 22.55.

Dubuque Senior won the meet with 555 points, and Bettendorf was second with 435.

Team scores – 1. Dubuque Senior 555; 2. Bettendorf 435; 3. Kennedy 408; 4. Dubuque Hempstead 337; 5. Freeport, Ill., 128; 6. Platteville, Wis., 118; 7. Davenport North 117; 8. Davenport West 36.

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Sellers, Botkin power Kennedy girls

Lela Sellers and Steph Botkin each had 17 points to lead the Kennedy girls basketball team in a 63-53 win over Dubuque Wahlert on Friday at Kennedy.

Charlotte Flynn had 18 points for the Golden Eagles (4-6).

Kennedy improved to 8-3.

DUBUQUE WAHLERT (53): Roling 3 1-2 9, Osterberger 0 0-0 0, Gassman 0 0-0 0, Fricano 2 0-0 4, Tranel 1 0-0 2, Lynch 4 2-2 12, Boge 3 2-3 8, Berning 0 0-0 0, Flynn 7 0-0 18. Totals 18 5-7 53.

KENNEDY (63): Hayden 1 4-6 7, Sellers 7 2-2 17, Hellweg 0 0-0 0, Runels 2 1-4 5, Botkin 5 7-8 17, Hamilton 0 0-0 0, Dolphin 2 2-2 7, Milbrath 1 0-0 2, Dye 2 0-0 4. Totals 20 16-22 63.

Halftime – Kennedy 34, Dubuque Wahlert 27. 3-point goals – Dubuque Wahlert 8 (Flynn 4, Roling 2, Lynch 2), Kennedy 3 (Hayden, Sellers, Dolphin).