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Tony Vis accepted the offer to become Kennedy's new girls basketball coach last May before he knew Morgan Martin would be moving to town from Quincy, Ill.
Some guys are just lucky.
Martin poured in 24 points Monday night as the Cougars defeated Union High School, 52-25, in a Hall of Pride scrimmage at Kennedy.
Barber's Etc. is hosting a benefit Saturday (Nov. 17) at the Hiawatha Community Center to raise funds for Drew Wall and his family.
Wall is a sophomore at Kennedy and has been a member of the boys golf team for the past two years despite battling cancer. He was an inspiration for the Cougar team that finished second at this year's state meet in October. The fundraiser is to help pay his medical bills.
The day's festivities include a cut-a-thon (all proceeds from haircuts at the community center will be donated), a silent auction, pancake breakfast and luncheon. The breakfast runs from 9 to 11 a.m., lunch is from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the silent auction is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The public is invited.
Jordan Calef, Lexi Rogers and Bre Boote from Kennedy High School plan to continue their volleyball careers in college.
Calef plans to sign with the University of Sioux Falls, Rogers is headed to Missouri-St. Louis and Boote plans to play at Kirkwood Community College.
Golfer Ali Lindo will sign a national letter of intent to attend Catawba (N.C.) College.
All four athletes will be honored during a ceremony at Kennedy Tuesday after school.
Last Updated on Monday, 12 November 2012 16:40Four Metro boys basketball teams will participate in a jamboree at Kennedy High School on Tuesday, Nov. 20.
Washington will begin the event against Center Point-Urbana at 5:30 p.m. Jefferson will face Vinton-Shellsburg at 6:15, Xavier plays Solon at 7 p.m., Kennedy meets Benton Community at 7:45 and Iowa City West concludes the jamboree against Mount Vernon at 8:30 p.m.
All of the scrimmages will consist of two eight-minute quarters.
Tickets cost $4 for adults and $3 for students and senior citizens.
Jessica Schmeiser of Kennedy and Lauren Dalecky of Linn-Mar have been named the co-Athletes of the Year on the 2012 All-Metro swimming and diving team.
Kennedy and Linn-Mar garnered six spots apiece on the first team.
Kennedy's first-team picks were Megan Berst, Hannah Botkin, Sam Jacobsen, Michele Wasta, Lydia Yang and Schmeiser.
MARSHALLTOWN - Cedar Rapids Washington junior Jackie Hughes collected a pair of individual top-10 finishes at the state swimming meet Saturday at the Marshalltown YMCA.
Hughes placed eighth in the 500 freestyle and finished 10th in the individual medley. She also swam on the 400 freestyle relay that placed 14th.
Kennedy senior Jessica Schmeiser placed 10th in the 200 freestyle and finished 11th in the 100 freestyle. She also swam on the 200 freestyle relay that placed seventh and swam on the 400 freestyle relay that touched in 10th place.
Kennedy senior Jordan Calef and Xavier sophomore Kayla Torson were unanimous selections on the all-Metro Volleyball team announced Thursday.
The team was selected by a vote of Metro coaches.
Xavier and Washington were the only schools to claim two spots on the first team. Torson was joined by teammate Sarah Homan.
Last Updated on Thursday, 01 November 2012 20:40
MONTICELLO – Kennedy senior stars Lexi Rogers and Jordan Calef played out their hearts Tuesday night, trying to spike their team to a regional final upset of third ranked Dubuque Hempstead.
And gutsy fellow senior Bre Boote literally knocked herself out. Her Cougar career ended when she hit her head on the scorer’s table diving for a ball in the third game of a hard-fought match.
In the end, though, the big hitting Mustangs (29-6) simply overpowered ninth ranked Kennedy (24-13) in four games to advance to next week’s next state tournament at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena.
After dropping the first game 25-22, Hempstead reset itself and took the next three by scores of 25-21, 25-16 and 27-25.
The Kennedy girls cross country team was the innocent victim of modern technology Saturday at the state meet in Fort Dodge.
The Cougars were summoned to the clubhouse at the Lakeside Municipal Golf Course and told they had finished third in the Class 4A standings and would be honored during the awards ceremony, only to be subsequently informed it was a mistake.
The Johnston Dragons actually finished third and the Cougars were fourth. The confusion was blamed on a problem with the electronic timing device.
The Kennedy girls had lined up and were ready to march onto the back porch of the clubhouse, receive their third-place trophy, acknowledge the fans and pose for pictures. When they learned the bad news, they unhappily left the scene.
CEDAR FALLS - Kennedy senior Alex Hillyer cried as the left the UNI-Dome floor late Monday night.
They were tears of sadness, but also tears of pride.
"I can't believe it's over," he said softly as he walked slowly toward the locker room, his right elbow raw and bloodied. "We made a good run."
Teammates put their arms around him as he left the field. Later, the Cedar Falls Tigers paid their respects, patting him on his shoulder pads as they passed by.
"Great game, man," one of the Tigers said. "Hell of a game," said another.
Hillyer carried the ball 29 for 118 yards, scored two touchdowns, intercepted a pass and made a slew of tackles for the Kennedy Cougars in their Class 4A playoff game against No. 8 Cedar Falls in the UNI-Dome, but it wasn't nearly enough.
Cedar Falls broke three long touchdown runs of 89, 80 and 78 yards and stopped the Cinderella Cougars, 35-15, in the second round of the playoffs.
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