Kennedy High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Meier leads Cougars past PV

PLEASANT VALLEY - Madi Meier scored 16 points and Kennedy staged a second-half comeback to beat Pleasant Valley, 47-41, Saturday night in a non-conference girls basketball game.

Kennedy (3-0) trailed 22-15 at halftime. The Cougars outscored Pleasant Valley 20-11 in the third quarter to claim a 35-33 lead.

Stephanie Botkin added nine points and 10 rebounds. Paige Hendrickson scored nine points. Meier grabbed eight rebounds.

The Cougars played without Morgan Martin, who injured her knee in Friday's win over Dubuque Wahlert. Kennedy Coach Tony Vis said Martin was checked by a doctor Saturday and will have an MRI on Monday.

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Kennedy folds in 4th against Hoover

Des Moines Hoover scored 26 points in the fourth quarter and stunned Kennedy, 56-46, Saturday night in a non-conference boys basketball game at Kennedy.

Kennedy (1-1) outscored Hoover 13-3 in the third quarter to turn a six-point halftime deficit into a 34-30 lead.

But the fourth quarter posed a major challenge for the Cougars.

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Swimmers enjoy unusual J-Hawk Relays

Dylan Casey of Kennedy swam 100 yards Saturday with his eye goggles around his nose, but was able to laugh about it later.

For one thing, the Cougars set a record in the 300-yard backstroke relay with Casey swimming the anchor leg. And for another, the annual J-Hawk Relays are a fun meet with a variety of different events that you don't see anywhere else.

"It's a fun event to come to," said Casey. "It's a lot less stress. You can enjoy yourself while you're swimming. If you drop times, it's great. It you don't, it's no big deal."

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Cougars roar past Burlington in opener

BURLINGTON - Kennedy outscored Burlington by 13 points in the second quarter and cruised past the Grayhounds, 56-43, Friday night in a season-opening boys basketball game for the Cougars.

Johnathon Koelling scored 19 points and Patrick Martin added 14 to lead Kennedy.

Benjamin Struss scored 10 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Cougars. Koelling also had 10 rebounds.

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No. 9 Cougars escape Wahlert

It has been a difficult week for those associated with Kennedy High School.

The ever-popular Drew Wall, a golfer and outstanding young man, died of cancer on Monday and this certainly affected the entire Cougar community.

A new coach also was being baptized into the Mississippi Valley Conference after a long and successful career at Harlan High School. But in this case Tony Vis started the Cougars toward a, hopefully, very successful season with an intra-division victory over Dubuque Wahlert 45-41, Friday night at Kennedy.

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Kennedy girls bowlers clip Wash

Kennedy built a 30-pin lead in the first round and held on to beat Washington, 2623-2589, Friday in girls bowling at Lancer Lanes.

Amanda Wiedemeier led Kennedy with a high game of 211 and 410 series. Zariel Oldfield had a 365 series for the Cougars.

Keely Pernicka shot games of 210 and 212 for a 422 series for Washington. She had high game and series in the meet.

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Kennedy in, Prairie out of girls poll

It didn't take long for Kennedy's basketball team to creep onto the radar screen of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

The Cougars (1-0) jumped into the Class 5A rankings at No. 9 in the polls released Thursday.

Kennedy replaced Prairie (2-1) in the poll. The Hawks were ranked No. 9 in the preseason, but lost to No. 3  Muscatine in their season opener and dropped out of the poll.

Xavier (3-0) remains the No. 4 team in Class 4A.

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Kennedy rolls past Cedar Falls after half

CEDAR FALLS - Kennedy rallied from a seven-point halftime deficit to beat Cedar Falls, 51-35, Tuesday night in girls basketball.

Madison Meier led Kennedy with 14 points that included four of the Cougars' eight 3-pointers. Moragn Martin and Jordan Holmes added 11 points apiece.

Cedar Falls led 21-14 at halftime, but was held to 14 points in the second half.

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Kennedy depth delivers against City High

Kennedy won only five events, but the Cougars' depth paid off with a 93-77 boys swimming win over Iowa City High Tuesday night at the Cougar pool.

The Cougars won the medley and 200 freestyle relays, and Chandler Heisler (50 free), John Richardson (100 backstroke) and Stefan Kitsos (100 breaststroke) claimed wins in individual events.

Kennedy also had five second- and eight third-place finishes.

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