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Sutton fires 65 as Cougars win MVC title

WATERLOO - Davis Sutton and the Kennedy Cougars collected a resounding victory at the Mississippi Valley Conference Super Golf Meet at Gates Park in Waterloo Thursday.

Sutton fired a 7-under-65 to grab medalist honors and the Cougars won the conference title by 18 shots over Xavier.

Kennedy claimed four spots in the top-10 standings. Ross Grekoff was fifth with an even-par 72, Cole Murdock finished sixth at 73 and Conner Koberg was eighth with a 74.

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Kamin, Rodriguez take 4th at coed golf

BOONE - MJ Kamin and Dominic Rodriguez of Cedar Rapids Washington shot a 78 Tuesday to finish fourth at the Class 2A state coed golf meet at Center Pointe Golf Course in Boone.

Kamin was the runnerup at the girls state meet this year.

Cougars, Saints pace all-Metro golf

The Kennedy Cougars claimed five spots on the all-Metro boys golf team Thursday and the Xavier Saints grabbed four berths.

Davis Sutton, Conner Koberg and Cole Murdock of Kennedy made the first team. Ross Grekoff and Seth Nutt from Kennedy were honored on the second unit.

Matt Junge and Ben Sagers from Xavier were first-team selections. Kellen Gray and John Ingwersen made second team all-Metro for the Saints.

Dominic Rodriguez of Washington was named first team all-Metro.

Denny Goettel and Chris James of Washington were named the Coaching Staff of the Year.

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Cougars, Warriors, Saints heading to state

Kennedy High School has a lot of friendly, fun-loving guys on its golf team, but something has been bugging them for nearly 365 days now, ever since they lost the 2012 state tournament to Waukee by a single shot.

"There's definitely a little anger," Davis Sutton said Monday. "It's frustrating to lose by one shot. We're going to definitely give it a run this year."

The Cougars served notice Monday with a dominating performance at the Class 4A district meet on a gorgeous day for golf at Elmcrest Country Club in northeast Cedar Rapids.

Sutton took medalist honors with a 3-over-par 73 and Kennedy captured the team title with an impressive four-man score of 299. Conner Koberg shot 74, Cole Murdock fired a 76 and Seth Nutt also had a 76 as the Cougars placed four guys in the top-10.

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