Kennedy Boys Soccer

Kennedy boys fall at Hempstead

DUBUQUE - The 13th-ranked Kennedy boys soccer team was trimmed by No. 3 Dubuque Hempstead, 2-1, in the finals of the Class 3A substate tournament in Dubuque Saturday.

Kennedy took a 1-0 lead in the 12th minute on a goal by Skyler Showalter on an assist from Nick Newcamp.

Hempstead tied the game, 1-1, in the 22nd minute. It stayed tied until Hempstead scored midway through the second half.

Kennedy applied pressure on offense in the final minutes but was unable to get on the board again.

The Cougars finished the season with a 9-9 record. Hempstead (15-2) will face Linn-Mar (17-3) in the opening round of the state tournament Thursday in Des Moines.

Schulz has fresher legs now for Cougars

Mark Schulz had to scoot Thursday evening.

He had just helped the Kennedy soccer team blank Dubuque Senior, 4-0, in the semifinals of the Class 3A substate tournament at Kingston Stadium and his high school graduation ceremony at the U.S. Cellular Center was less than an hour away.

But being in a hurry is nothing new for Schulz, a multi-talented athlete who successfully juggled his time with the Kennedy track and soccer teams this spring.

He placed sixth in the 800 meter dash at the Class 4A state meet in Des Moines last Saturday and he's the leading scorer for the 13th-ranked soccer team with 12 goals.

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Kennedy boys net 22 in rout of East

Ten different players scored, and four finishing with hat tricks, as Kennedy blasted Waterloo East, 22-0, in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys soccer match Thursday at Kennedy.

Goals were scored by: Sameeullah Jung (3), Yusef Igram (3), Dylan Anderson (3), Connor Peterson (3), Andrew Sheeley (2), Skylar Showalter (2), Freddie Borbor (2), Jacob Sarasin (2), Amadou Kujabi and Alex Stone.

Assists were by: Borbor (5), Sam Hanzelka (4), Stone (4), Finn Duffy (4), Igram (3), Showalter (3), Kujabi (3), Sheeley (2), Jung (2), Michael Leventhal (2), Luis Granadillo, Anderson and Sarasin.

Kennedy is now 8-8 overall and 6-7 in the MVC.

Washington boys kick J-Hawks, 4-1

Trevor Thulin, Elliot Lewis, AJ Patterson and Austin Cook scored goals Tuesday night as the Washington Warriors defeated Jefferson, 4-1, in a Mississippi Valley Conference soccer match at Kingston Stadium.

Henok Kidane collected a goal for the J-Hawks.

Ethan Hammer, Thulin and Aroni Niyikiza contributed assists for Washington.