Metro Sports Report

Jambois leads Cougars by Saints

The Kennedy boys bowling team defeated Xavier 2,975 pins to 2,494 Friday at the Cedar Rapids Bowling Center.

James Jambois had a 245 game and a 489 series to lead the Cougars. Charlie Hart had a 202 game and Michael Buenzow had a 376 series for the Saints.

Linn-Mar girls trimmed by IC High

IOWA CITY - The Linn-Mar girls bowling team was edged by Iowa City High, 2479-2428, in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet Friday at Colonial Lanes.

Mekena Diercks led Linn-Mar with a 201 game and 389 series. She had the high series in the meet.

Liz Goss rolled a 215 game for the Little Hawks.

IOWA CITY HIGH 2479, LINN-MAR 2428

LINN-MAR: Alexis Tschantz 182-151=333, Brittni Krause 124-193=317, Katie Routhe 133-130=263, Mekena Diercks 201-188=389, Hannah Bates 161-140=301.

CITY HIGH: Shyniece Cirillo 188-162=350, Bella McBride 130-89=219, Taylor Hayslett 115-153=268, Liz Goss 215-159=374, Kelsey Harrison 201-146=347, Brooklynn Shaw 181-116=297.

Linn-Mar: 1603 + 825 = 2428.

Iowa City High: 1636 + 843 = 2479.

Early leads Hawks by IC West

Kaitlyn Early rolled a 223 game and a 425 series to lead the Prairie girls bowling team in a 2,680 to 1,970 win over Iowa City West on Friday at Lancer Lanes.

Erica Roth had a 346 series to lead the Women of Troy.

Prairie: Kaitlyn Early 223-202=425, Ashley Sundstrom 176-212=388, Rylee Blood 190-189=379, Jade Klinefelter 158-191=349, Ashley Grady 154-193=347, Kara Grady 166-129=295.

Iowa City West: Erica Roth 143-203=346, Kaitlyn Fultz 144-131=275, Samantha Lovell 116-145=261, Shatiana Cooper 139-107=246, Skyler Dickerman 131-112=243, Kalei Strabala 134-94=237.

Prairie: 1,888-792=2,680.

Iowa City West: 1,371-599=1,970.

No. 12 Kennedy girls top No. 5 City High

IOWA CITY - Lela Sellers poured in 30 points and grabbed 11 rebounds Friday night as the 12th-ranked Kennedy girls trimmed No. 5 Iowa City High, 65-61, in a battle of premier Class 5A clubs in Iowa City.

Kennedy trailed by 10 points in the third quarter, 44-34, but the Cougars went on an 11-0 run to take a 45-44 advantage.

Hailey Dolphin scored 13 points and Sydney Hayden had 12 markers for Kennedy (2-1). Ashley Joens scored 25 points for Iowa City High (2-1).

KENNEDY (65): Langhurst 1 2-3 4, Hayden 2 6-8 12, Sellers 13 3-5 30, Dolphin 2 9-12 13, Runels 1 0-0 2, Hellweg 1 1-2 4, Hamilton 0 0-0 0, Vaske 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 21-30 65.

IOWA CITY HIGH (61): Schroeder 1 2-2 4, A.Joens 8 8-13 25, Hanrahan 1 0-0 2, C.Joens 6 0-0 14, Earl 5 6-8 16, Gamamou 0 0-0 0, Lacey 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 16-25 61.

Halftime - Kennedy 32, Iowa City High 32. 3-point goals - Kennedy 4 (Hayden 2, Sellers 1, Hellweg 1), Iowa City High 3 (C.Joens 2, A.Joens 1).