Kennedy Boys Soccer

Cougars earn date with No.1 IC West

DES MOINES - Cedar Rapids Kennedy assistant soccer coach Doug Graham gave junior Nate Waterhouse an affectionate  kiss on the cheek Thursday afternoon at the state tournament in Des Moines.

It was the kiss of success.

Waterhouse scored the game-winning goal with 20 minutes, 45 seconds left in the second half as the Cougars trimmed Sioux City West, 2-1, in the opening round of the Class 3A tournament at the Cownie Soccer Park.

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Walker goal sparks Cougars back to state

For much of the season, Kennedy sophomore Ryan Walker has been a playmaker.

In Saturday's Class 3A Substate 4 final against Linn-Mar, Walker took on a new role - goal scorer.

The speedy 5-foot-3 forward broke away from the Lion defense, took a long stretch pass from teammate Reid Botkin and hammered it past Lion keeper Jared Belin with 17:30 remaining for his first tally of the season.

That goal, combined with another three minutes later from Sameeullah Jung and another stellar performance from goalkeeper Nathan Althoff, gave the Cougars a 2-0 victory and their third trip to state in the past four seasons.

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Wash, Kennedy advance on shootout wins

On a miserable night of marathon boys soccer at Kingston Stadium Wednesday, highly ranked Washington and Kennedy both survived scares from lesser foes to make into Saturday substate finals.

Each Class 3A semifinal game was tied 1-1 after two overtimes and decided in shootouts.

In the contest that started in drizzle at 5 p.m., fourth-ranked Washington escaped a scrappy Waterloo West bunch 5-4 on penalty kicks.

And in the nightcap that ended at 10:15 in a misty fog, fifth-ranked Kennedy squeaked by a young Dubuque Hempstead crew 4-2 in the shootout.

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No.4 Cougars fall to No.16 Cedar Falls, 2-1

No.4 Kennedy spotted No.16 Cedar Falls a two goal lead and the Tigers made it stand up, 2-1, Thursday night in boys soccer at Kennedy.

The score was 0-0 at halftime.

Cedar Falls took a 2-0 lead before Kennedy's Killian Magee scored with four minutes left.

The Cougars finished the regular season with a 13-3 record. The Cougars were 10-3 in the Mississippi Valley Conference.