Kennedy High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Kamin, Furnish top all-Metro golf team

Megan Furnish of Jefferson and MJ Kamin of Washington have been named to the all-Metro girls golf team for 2012.

Furnish, a senior, placed fourth at the Class 4A state tournament this week. Kamin, a sophomore, tied for 12th at the state meet.

Julie Pople of Linn-Mar, Ali Lindo of Kennedy, Grace Winker of Xavier and Maddie Bertsch of Xavier joined Furnish and Kamin on the first team. All six golfers were unanimous selections by the Metro coaches.

Steve Kahler of Linn-Mar was named the Metro Coach of the Year.

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Feltes, Patience are top MVC goalkeepers

Ben Feltes of Kennedy and Andrew Patience of Jefferson have been named the top goalkeepers in the Mississippi Valley Conference this season in boys soccer.

Patience was named the top keeper in the Valley Division and Feltes was selected as the top keeper in the Mississippi Division.

Patience edged Feltes on the all-Metro soccer team, with Patience honored on the first team and Feltes placed on the second team.

Austin Bergstrom of Washington, Matt Shannon of Kennedy, Connor Johnson of Linn-Mar, Jacob Bjornsen of Washington and Killian Magee of Kennedy were named first team all-conference in the Mississippi Division.

Austin Reutzel of Prairie, Colyn Snyder of Prairie, Ali Al-Yasseri of Jefferson, Chad Gilmer of Xavier and Tom Bales of Xavier were named first team all-conference in the Valley Division.

Bergstrom and Al-Yasseri were named the Metro co-Players of the Year. John O'Connor of Jefferson was named the Metro Coach of the Year.

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Kennedy girls boot Clinton, 10-0

Emily Feltes poured in six goals Wednesday night as the Cedar Rapids Kennedy girls soccer team drubbed Clinton, 10-0, in a Class 3A regional semifinal at Kennedy.

The Cougars will face Dubuque Hempstead in the regional finals Monday at 6 p.m. at Kingston Stadium for a berth in the state tournament.

Hannah Palomo scored twice for Kennedy on Wednesday. Grace Reinhart and Kaela Dickerman founded the goal one time apiece.

Tory Harman collected three assists. Marci Christianson and Palomo had two assists. Jordan Holmes and Reinhart had one assist.

Bell helps No. 1 Cougars trim Marshalltown

Cody Bell swings a good stick, whether he's on a golf course or a baseball field. Either way, he can belt the ball a long way.

Bell smashed a long two-run homer Monday as No. 1 Kennedy defeated Marshalltown, 9-7, on a warm Memorial Day afternoon at the Kennedy diamond.

Marshalltown scored four runs in the top of the sixth inning to pull within 7-6, but Bell gave the Cougars (5-0) some breathing room when he slugged his long homer to left-center in the bottom of the sixth.

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Galbraith finishes 2nd in state tennis

It was a day of double disappointment for Kennedy senior Riley Galbraith on Saturday.

His dream of capturing the Class 2A high school boys state tennis championship was dashed by a longtime nemesis from Des Moines. And, at almost the very same time, the Cougar soccer team he’s starred on for the past four years fell 2-0 at the substate finals in Coralville to Iowa City West.

In one afternoon, his stellar two-sport high school career ended with two heart-breaking losses.

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No. 16 Cougars stopped by No. 1 Trojans

CORALVILLE - For 40 minutes Saturday afternoon, you couldn't tell who had the No. 1 boys soccer team in the state and who was ranked 16th.

Unfortunately for Kennedy, a penalty kick turned the match in Iowa City West's favor and helped send the top-ranked Trojans to the Class 3A state meet.

Iowa City West clipped the 16th-ranked Cougars, 2-0, in the substate finals on a warm, breezy day at Northwest Junior High School in Coralville.

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Galbraith cruises into 2A singles semifinals

After day one of the boys high school state tennis tournament, Kennedy’s Riley Galbraith remains the only Metro player still in the chase for a title and he’ll likely have to beat two tough opponents from Des Moines Roosevelt Saturday to claim the championship.

The top-seeded doubles team of Tyler McCann and Brady Anderson from Linn-Mar survived a scare in their first match Friday, but lost the second for their first defeat of the season.

For second-seeded Galbraith, meanwhile, it was a relatively smooth ride to Saturday’s singles semifinals as he beat West Des Moines Valley’s Andrew Jensen 6-1, 6-2 and Bettendorf’s Bobbie Slavens 6-2, 6-0.

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Appleget shines as Cougars claim Metro title

Nick Appleget left Veterans Memorial Stadium Wednesday night with bags of ice taped to his left elbow and right shoulder, but that's nothing.

His whole body has taken a beaten during his career at Cedar Rapids Kennedy. He's had three operations on his left knee, including two for torn ACLs and one for a torn meniscus.

"All in three years," he said. "I haven't missed a baseball season yet, though. I had to give up all the other sports, so I'm banking on this one. It's the only one I've got left."

Appleget began his final prep baseball season in grand style Wednesday in the championship game of the Bob Vrbicek Metro Tournament, despite getting plunked by a pitch on his left elbow that caused numbness and left a nice little bump.

Appleget carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning as the top-ranked Cougars thumped Prairie, 9-0, to win their third straight Metro title and seventh in the last 12 years.

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Cougars breeze past Wash; Trojans up next

The Kennedy boys soccer team won the right to a rematch with 3A top-ranked Iowa City West in Saturday’s substate final by toppling Washington, 4-1, Wednesday evening at Kingston Stadium.

Next up for the No. 16 Cougars (9-8) is once-beaten West, who won the first go-around in the regular season 2-0.  No. 14 Washington gave the Trojans their only blemish of the year, a 3-2 defeat in overtime.

“We know we’re capable of beating them,” Kennedy keeper Ben Feltes said. “We just need to focus on our game. And play with passion like we did tonight.”

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