Kennedy Baseball

Lizarraga stars as Cougars sweep Saints

Sammy Lizarraga tossed a five-hit shutout Saturday afternoon as the eighth-ranked Kennedy Cougars topped Xavier, 4-0, in the first game of a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader at Herkelman Field.

Kennedy won the second game, 10-3.

Lizarraga struck out seven batters and walked two in the shutout. He threw 104 pitches, including 75 for strikes.

Zach Daniels went 2-for-3 with a triple and two RBIs for Kennedy. Bryce Church was 2-for-3 with two doubles.

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No.8 Cougars sweep Waterloo East

The eighth-ranked Kennedy baseball team raised its record to 23-9 Friday night by sweeping a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader from Waterloo East, 10-2 and 6-2, at Herkelman Field.

Tyler Dralle went 3-for-4 with three RBIs for Kennedy in the first game. Bryce Church, Mitchell Gaffey and Jackson Behn had two hits. Gaffey drove in two runs.

Zach Daniels and Kyle Brewer had two hits for the Cougars in the nightcap. Behn drove in two runs.

Kennedy raised its record in the MVC to 14-8. Waterloo East fell to 1-25 in the conference and 3-36 overall.

Kennedy hosts Xavier in a makeup doubleheader Saturday at 10 a.m. The Cougars also have a night game at Solon Saturday night for a triple-header.

GAME 1

Waterloo East  001 010 0 - 2 2 3
Kennedy        220 006 x - 10 10 2

W - Hargens. L - Even.

GAME 2

Waterloo East  100 100 0 - 2 6 1
Kennedy        004 011 x - 6 7 3

W - Behn. L - Ortman.

Cougars salvage split with Wahlert

The Kennedy Cougars rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning Friday night to beat Dubuque Wahlert, 11-10, in the second game of their doubleheader and salvage a split of their twinbill at Kennedy.

Wahlert took the first game, 17-12.

The split left the eighth-ranked Cougars at 21-9 overall and 12-8 in the conference. Wahlert is 16-16 overall and 11-11 in the league.

Jackson Behn went 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs for Kennedy in the 17-12 loss in the opener. Tyler Dralle was 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Mitchell Gaffey and Zach Daniels had two this.

Daniels went 4-for-4 with two triples and two RBIs in the nightcap. Sammy Lizarraga was 4-for-5 with two doubles and two RBIs. Dralle and Kyle Brewer also drove in two runs. Dralle hit a home run.

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Konigsmark helps J-Hawks top Cougars

Tyler Konigsmark has turned his life around at Cedar Rapids Jefferson this year by buckling down in the classroom and taking care of his responsibilities on a daily basis.

As a result, he's helped the Jefferson baseball team climb to No. 2 in the Class 4A rankings and move within two victories of clinching its first Mississippi Valley Conference title in 10 years.

Konigsmark pitched five strong innings Tuesday night as the J-Hawks topped No. 8 Kennedy, 6-2, at Herkelman Field to sweep the two-game MVC series against the Cougars.

Jefferson has a two-game lead on Iowa City West in the Valley Division with four games left in the league campaign. The J-Hawks have an 18-4 record in the conference and Iowa City West is 16-6. Kennedy and Linn-Mar are still mathematically alive at 11-7, but longshots at this point.

Konigsmark, a senior, did not play varsity baseball for the J-Hawks until this year due to academic problems as a sophomore and junior. Now he's back on course and has accepted a full ride from Bossier Parish Community College in Shreveport, La.

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