Austin Christensen climbed into the Kennedy High School record book in style Friday night.

Christensen tossed a one-hitter and became the winningest pitcher in school history as the No.5 Cougars blanked Dubuque Wahlert, 3-0, in the first game of a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader at Kennedy Field.

Kennedy won the second game, 11-1, in six innings behind a strong pitching performance by Adam Lloyd.

With the sweep, the Cougars climbed over Wahlert to the top of the Mississippi Division standings with an 18-4 record with four games left in the conference race. Wahlert fell to 17-5.

Christensen passed Danny Bales as the winningest pitcher in school history with his 27th victory. Bales compiled a 26-7 record from 2001-04, while Christensen is 27-6 since 2008.

Christensen is now the most prolific pitcher in school history and the most prolific hitter as well, with school records for single-season home runs, career home runs and career RBIs to complement his newest record for career victories.

"It's incredible. I don't know what to say, to be honest," Christensen remarked. "There have been so many good players to come through Kennedy, like I've said a million times. Kennedy has such a good tradition in baseball and to have my name up there is pretty awesome."

Kennedy Coach Bret Hoyer had one word to describe his star player. "Unique," the coach said, smiling broadly.

Christensen carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning, baffling Wahlert batters with his curveball, fastball and changeup. He got the first two outs in the sixth on ground balls, but pinch-hitter Brady Williams laced a double to right-center to foil the bid.

Incredibly, that double was the only ball to leave the infield all game against Christensen. He struck out 10 batters and walked two, but he picked both of those runners off base. He faced only 22 batters, one above the minimum.

"He's the best we've seen this year," Wahlert Coach Jerry Roling remarked. "He certainly was in control."

Kennedy scored an unearned run for a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the fifth, then Devon Jacobus gave Christensen some breathing room when he socked a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the sixth for a 3-0 advantage.

"That's huge," Christensen said. "For any pitcher, that makes you relax a lot more when you're going out there. Him getting hot has really helped us a lot."

Jacobus hit his eighth homer, with most of them coming in the last few weeks.

Christensen, a 6-foot-4 lefty, is 6-0 with a 2.48 ERA this year, with 59 strikeouts and 12 walks in 36 2/3 innings.

Lloyd, another southpaw, gave up a leadoff single to Wahlert in the top of the first inning of the nightcap, but that was the only hit the Golden Eagles got against him. He carried the one-hitter into the top of the sixth and left the mound after surrendering a leadoff walk.

"Lloyd was tremendous," Hoyer said. "I'm really proud of him and very happy for him. That's a big boost of confidence for himself. They are an extremely good-hitting team."

Wahlert had a lusty .370 team batting average when the doubleheader began and was averaging 10.2 runs per game. But the Golden Eagles struggled against the Cougars, going a combined 4-for-42 in the twinbill for a team batting average of .095.

"It goes back to the old baseball adage, in my estimation," Roling said. "Good pitching stops good hitting."

Griffin Michael and Cody Bell hit two-run doubles in the nightcap for Kennedy. Josh Jahlas made it 11-1 in the bottom of sixth with an RBI single, ending the game on the 10-run rule.

"That was the best doubleheader we've played all year," Hoyer said.

Kennedy raised its overall record to 25-7 heading into Monday's single game at Jefferson at 2 p.m. Wahlert, which is ranked No.3 in Class 3A, fell to 26-7.

Christensen went 1-for-4 in the twinbill with three walks and a double. He's hitting .575 with 15 home runs and 43 RBIs.

Game 1

WAHLERT (0)
McCarron, ss, 3 0 0 0, Funke, lf, 3 0 0 0, Reimer, c, 3 0 0 0, Hoffmann, 3b, 3 0 0 0, Klostermann, 3b, 0 0 0 0, Brautigam, 1b, 1 0 0 0, Lange, pr, 0 0 0 0, Weber, dh, 2 0 0 0, Holmes, p, 0 0 0 0, Denlinger, cf, 2 0 0 0, Kann, rf, 1 0 0 0, Collins, 2b, 1 0 0 0, Williams, ph, 1 0 1 0. Totals 20 0 1 0.

KENNEDY (3)
Sykes, 2b, 3 0 2 0, Johnson, pr, 0 0 0 0, Christensen, p, 2 0 1 0, Hayden, cr, 0 0 0 0, Michael, ss, 3 0 0 0, Yancey, lf, 3 0 0 0, Bell, 1b, 3 0 1 0, Maiers, c, 3 1 0 0, Jacobus, 3b, 3 1 2 2, Jahlas, pr, 0 1 0 0, Ambrosy, rf, 2 0 1 0, Benson, cf, 2 0 0 0. Totals 24 3 7 2.

Wahlert     000 000 0 - 0 1 3
Kennedy    000 012 x - 3 7 1

Holmes and Reimer. Christensen and Maiers. W - Christensen. L - Holmes. 2B - Williams, Christensen, Bell. HR - Jacobus.

Game 2

WAHLERT (1)
McCarron, ss, 1 1 1 0, Funke, lf, 3 0 0 0, Reimer, c/2b, 3 0 1 0, Hoffmann, 3b, 3 0 1 1, Brautigam, 1b, 3 0 0 0, Weber, dh, 3 0 0 0, Schetgen, p, 0 0 0 0, Dietzel, rf, 0 0 0 0, Denlinger, cf, 2 0 0 0, Kann, rf/p, 2 0 0 0, Collins, 2b, 1 0 0 0, Klostermann, ph/c, 1 0 0 0. Totals 22 1 3 1.

KENNEDY (11)
Sykes, 2b, 3 1 1 0, Christensen, rf, 2 0 0 0, Michael, ss, 4 2 2 2, Yancey, lf/p, 4 3 2 1, Bell, 1b, 3 1 1 2, Jacobus, 3b, 1 1 1 0, Lizarraga, c, 3 1 1 1, Jahlas, cf, 3 1 1 1, Benson, dh, 3 1 0 0, Lloyd, p/lf, 0 0 0 0. Totals 26 11 9 7.

Wahlert    000 001 -   1 3 3
Kennedy   003 602 - 11 9 1

Schetgen, Kann (4) and Reimer, Klostermann (5). Lloyd, Yancey (6) and Lizarraga. W - Lloyd. L - Schetgen. 2B - Hoffmann, Michael, Yancey, Bell. SB - McCarron.