Kennedy High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Warriors’ Eck fourth at Dubuque meet

DUBUQUE – Cedar Rapids Washington junior Sam Eck was the top Metro finisher Thursday at the Eastern Iowa Classic, taking fourth in a time of 16:28.3.

Eck’s finish helped the Warriors to a third-place team finish in the boys division with 84 points. Individual champion Joe Meehan (16:09.02) led Dubuque Hempstead to the team title with 31 points. Iowa City High was second with 72. Among other Metro teams Kennedy was fifth, Linn-Mar seventh and Xavier ended up 10th.

Xavier’s Jenny Dickes was the top girls Metro finisher, taking sixth in 15:31.3. Iowa City High’s Mary Arch won in 14:54.50, leading the Little Hawks to the team title with 51 points. Prairie was the top Metro school, finishing fourth. Other Metro team finishes included: Kennedy (fifth), Xavier (seventh), Linn-Mar (eighth) and Washington (10th).

EASTERN IOWA CLASSIC
BOYS
TEAM STANDINGS
1. Dubuque Hempstead 31,  2. Iowa City High 72, 3. Washington 84, 4. Dubuque Wahlert 129, 5. Kennedy 138, 6. Waterloo West 160,  7. Linn-Mar 187, 8. Clinton 205, 9. Davenport North 220, 10. Xavier  240, 11. Iowa City Regina 277.

WASHINGTON : 4. Sam Eck 16:28.3, 10. Finbar Berry 16:49.4, 17. Sam Werner 17:08.3, 25. Wyatt Forster 17:28.5,  28. Ryan Miller 17:32.5, 39. Ian Klopfenstein 17:51.9, 48. Augie Bergstrom 18:03.9.

KENNEDY: 11. Addison   Furry 16:49.5, 20. Andrew Solsrud 17:17.4, 24. Derek Girling 17:27.8, 34. Reece Linder 17:45.7, 49. Tim Zange 18:05.4, 55. Hunter Schoenauer 18:28.9, 56. Riley Patton 19:32.8.

LINN-MAR: 12. Michael Mather 16:50.9, 35. Johnny Clymer 17:47.6,  40. Thomas Doyle 17:52.9, 46.  Kyle Gansen  18:03., 54. Jake Bushlack, 12 18:25.8,  60. Griffin Lorenz 18:43.4, 68. Ethan Schmidt 19:20.6.

XAVIER: 8. Steven Culpepper 16:39.6, 44. Evan Gradoville 18:01.9,  61. John Pape 18:51.9,  63. Nolan Pithan 19:02.6,  64. Evan  Bednar 19:03.5, 65. Nick Lyon 19:03.8, 66. Sam Rohret 19:05.1.

GIRLS
TEAM STANDINGS
1. Iowa  City High 51, 2. Dubuque Hempstead 59,  3. Iowa City Regina 95, 4. Prairie 109, 5. Kennedy 129, 6. Dubuque Wahlert 144,  7. Xavier 200, 8. Linn-Mar 222, 9. Clinton 237, 10. Washington 257, 11. Waterloo West 313,  12. Davenport North 319.

PRAIRIE: 18. Cayla Renwick 16:06.1, 20. Sarah Meyers 16:11.7,  22. Hannah Frazee 16:15.4,  24. Eilish Stanek 16:18.8,  25. Alissa Neubauer 16:19.4, 31. Victoria Enyart 16:37.2, 34. Kristin Skriver 16:48.4.

KENNEDY: 15. Lauren Meyer 16:02.2, 16. Hannah Fusselman 16:02.5, 19. Laura Feld  16:10.1,  38. Kate Nus 16:53.6, 41. Lauren Gifford 16:54.9, 49 Alli Meyer 17:03.0, 53. Emily Manders 17:24.8.

XAVIER: 6. Jenny Dickes  15:31.3, 29. Emiko Coffey 16:36.2, 50. Kiana Stanek 17:06.1, 57.  Lydia   Brown     17:42.4,   58. Annie Sigmon 17:47.3 62. Faith Satern 18:10.9, 65. Jennifer Sigmon 18:22.8.

LINN-MAR: 36.  Jaclyn Simons 16:52.7, 40. Madeline Block, 16:54.7, 43. Abby Van Rheenen 16:55.5, 44. Abby Gries 16:56.2,  59  Crystal Barajas-Peterson 17:47.4, 61. Emma Clanin 18:09.1.

WASHINGTON: 9. Sarah Altemeier 15:37.1, 51. Sierra Sheets 17:08.7, 60. Serena Eck 17:48.7, 64. Brett Visser 18:17.3, 73. Anne Visser 19:21.4.

Revived J-Hawks top Cougars in OT

The hugs never felt so sweet. The band never sounded so good. The cheerleaders never looked prettier.

After too many years of misery and misfortune, the Jefferson J-Hawks finally had a great reason to celebrate at Kingston Field Thursday night.

Jesse Furrow hit Valentino Green with a 2-yard touchdown pass on a gutsy call on fourth down in overtime as the revived J-Hawks topped Kennedy, 27-24, to snap all sorts of negative streaks.

Jefferson had lost 25 straight games to Metro opponents and had not beaten Kennedy in 12 years, but all that negativity was washed away on a balmy night at Kingston.

The J-Hawks trailed, 24-21, in overtime with the ball resting on the 2-yard line. It was fourth down and a field goal would have tied the game and forced a second overtime, but Coach Brian Webb wanted nothing to do with that.

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J-Hawks hope to snap 25-game Metro skid

The Jefferson J-Hawks have lost 25 straight games to Metro opponents the last six years, but Brian Webb's club hopes to end that negative streak Thursday night when it faces the winless Kennedy Cougars at Kingston Stadium.

The kickoff is scheduled for 7:15 p.m. (KGYM 1600 AM/107.5 FM).

Jefferson (2-2) has not whipped a Metro opponent since topping Linn-Mar, 27-19, on Oct. 17, 2008. The J-Hawks lost to five Metro teams in 2009, five more in 2010, five more in 2011, four more in 2012, four more in 2013 and two this year.

Jefferson has given top-ranked Washington and Prairie good battles this season and appears primed to knock off Kennedy, which has struggled this year with an 0-4 record.

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Cougars sink Waterloo West

Lydia Yang claimed three victories Tuesday night as the Kennedy Cougars dunked Waterloo West, 140-41, in a Mississippi Valley Conference swim meet at Kennedy.

The Cougars swept all 12 events.

Yang captured the 100 freestyle and swam on the triumphant 200 medley relay and 400 freestyle relay. Brooke Timmerman, Raquel Green, Darby Manternach, Brooke Harris, Maddie Bagby, MacKinzee Macho and Kirsten Siebenga were double-winners for Kennedy.

Twelve different swimmers were victorious for the Cougars, counting the relays.

KENNEDY 140, WATERLOO WEST 41

200 medley relay - Kennedy (Kennedy Smith, Brooke Timmerman, Lydia Yang, Raquel Green) 1:58.87

200 free - Darby Manternach, Kennedy, 2:06.85

200 IM - Raquel Green, Kennedy, 2:28.01

50 free - Brooke Harris, Kennedy, 26.86

Diving - Jayden Lovell, Kennedy, 214.35

100 fly - Maddie Bagby, Kennedy, 1:07.86

100 free - Lydia Yang, Kennedy, 57.62

500 free - MacKinzee Macho, Kennedy, 5:41.00

200 free relay - Kennedy (Brooke Harris, Brooke Timmerman, Maddie Bagby, Kirsten Siebenga) 1:44.97

100 back - Taylor Golden, Kennedy, 1:06.29

100 breast - MacKinzee Macho, Kennedy, 1:15.64

400 free relay - Kennedy (Kirsten Siebenga, Lydia Yang, Jessica Williams, Darby Manternach) 3:55.21

No.7 Kennedy swimmers take 3rd

IOWA CITY - The seventh-ranked Kennedy girls swim team placed third in a strong field at the Iowa City Invitational Saturday at Mercer Pool.

The second-ranked Cedar Falls Tigers edged No.5 Ankeny, 398-388, for the title. Kennedy followed at 267.5 points.

Freshman MacKinzee Macho placed third in the 100 butterfly for the Cougars. Brooke Timmerman finished fourth in the 100 breaststroke. Kennedy also placed fourth in the 200 medley relay.

Team Standings

1. Cedar Falls 398, 2. Ankeny 388, 3. Kennedy 267.5, 4. Bettendorf 247, 5. West Des Moines Valley 229, 6. Iowa City West 219, 7. Muscatine 213.5, 8. Iowa City High 95, 9. Newman Catholic 12, 10. Davenport North 11.