Kennedy High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Dralle ranks 2nd in 4A in rushing

Perhaps not surprisingly, the Metro area's only undefeated Class 4A team has some of the state's statistical leaders in high school football.

Cedar Rapids Kennedy running back Tyler Dralle, buoyed by his second 200-yard performance last week against Jefferson, is No. 2 in 4A in rushing. Dralle has 779 yards rushing in five games and trails only Fort Dodge's Sam Cook, who has 894.

The Cougars' Shaun Beyer continues to lead 4A in punting with a 47.1-yard average on nine attempts. Beyer also has 16 pass receptions for 300 yards and has scored six touchdowns.

Prairie's Jalen Rima, the Metro Spotlight Award boys' athlete of the week, has cemented himself as one of the state's top all-purpose threats. Rima has touched the ball 46 times on rushes, receptions, punt returns and kickoff returns and has accumulated 1,070 yards and a Metro-best 10 touchdowns.

Xavier, unbeaten at 4-0 in Class 3A, has the Metro's top team in passing offense, total defense and scoring defense. Quarterback Bryce Schulte has a Metro-best 10 touchdown passes and Maliki Wilson ranks third in rushing behind Dralle and Marion's Cory Walsh.

Linn-Mar's Daniel Gorsich ranks first in the Metro and tied for 8th in 4A with 28 pass receptions.

The statistics were compiled by using QuikStats or, if teams had not updated that site, boxscores from MSR.

INDIVIDUAL
RUSHING

.                                          Att-Yards

Tyler Dralle (Kennedy)           150-779
Kory Walsh (Marion)                84-598
Maliki Wilson (Xavier)              70-536
Zach Luehring (Linn-Mar)         59-459
Tavian Patrick (Washington)     55-405
Valentino Green (Jefferson)      21-354
Johnny Dobbs (Washington)     62-344
Trevor Northrup (Prairie)          46-311
Jalen Rima (Prairie)                 17-286
Jared Eivins (Jefferson)            67-244
Brennan McGaffe (Linn-Mar)     41-223
Tavian Rashed (Jefferson)        33-203
Tyler Nunemaker (Prairie)        48-156
Manny Olutunde (Jefferson)      37-155
Shaun Beyer (Kennedy)           10-138
Reese Phillips (Linn-Mar)          33-111

PASSING

.                                  Comp-Att-Int-TD-Yds

TJ Vogel (Washington)     53-101-4-8-826
Reese Phillips (Linn-Mar)  49-93-1-9-782
Issak Hahn (Marion)         50-102-7-6-721
Bryce Schulte (Xavier)      36-56-1-10-714
Tyler Nunemaker (Prairie) 23-58-7-7-676
Nick Duehr (Kennedy)      38-59-1-7-613
Jared Eivins (Jefferson)    38-66-5-6-484

RECEIVING
.                                            Rec-Yds

Daniel Gorsich (Linn-Mar)         28-425
Isaiah Nimmers (Washington)   17-372
Shaun Beyer (Kennedy)           16-300
Gage Kray (Marion)                  16-236
Ryan Whalen (Marion)              14-275
Jalen Rima (Prairie)                  13-413
Nick Stark (Xavier)                  13-311
Blair Brooks (Marion)               11-134
Drew Dostal (Washington)        10-177
Josh Gassmann (Linn-Mar)         9-125
Brennan McGaffe (Linn-Mar)       9-109
Manny Olutunde (Jefferson)        9-43
Valentino Green (Jefferson)        8-180
Maliki Wilson (Xavier)                8-51
Blake Whitten (Xavier)               7-234
Mason Short (Jefferson)             7-34
Brock Hunt (Jefferson)               6-67
Tavian Patrick (Washington)       6-46
Owen Carstensen (Marion)          6-29
Hunter Johnson (Prairie)             5-86
Austin Coates (Kennedy)            5-76
Tavion Stewart (Washington)      5-40
Kirby Kerr (Linn-Mar)                 4-148
Jalyn Stafford (Jefferson)           4-118
Alex Herzog (Washington)          4-81
Tyler Dralle (Kennedy)               4-58
Nolan Butkowski (Xavier)           4-50
Zach DeMaris (Kennedy)            4-43
Chase Baker (Kennedy)              4-34

SCORING
.                                     TD-2Pt-Pts

Jalen Rima (Prairie)            10-0-60
Johnny Dobbs (Washington)  8-0-48
Tyler Dralle (Kennedy)          7-0-42
Tavian Patrick (Washington)  7-0-42
Daniel Gorsich (Linn-Mar)      6-0-36
Jaren Eivins (Jefferson)          6-0-36
Shaun Beyer (Kennedy)         6-0-36
Maliki Wilson (Xavier)            6-0-36
Nick Stark (Xavier)                6-0-36
Trevor Northrup (Prairie)        6-0-36
Valentino Green (Jefferson)    5-0-30
Dalles Jacobus (Kennedy)       5-0-30
Manny Olutunde (Jefferson)    4-0-24
Isaiah Nimmers (Washington) 4-0-24
Mason Short (Jefferson)          3-0-18
Zach Luehring (Linn-Mar)        3-0-18
Neme Siaway (Linn-Mar)         3-0-18
Kory Walsh (Marion)               3-0-18
Owen Carstensen (Marion)      2-1-14
Hunter Johnson (Prairie)         2-1-14

KICK SCORING
.                                          FG-XP-Points

Ross Kennedy (Washington)       1-22-25
Joel Collett (Prairie)                    2-18-24
Zeb Render (Jefferson)               0-23-23
Alex Stone (Kennedy)                 1-20-23
Austin Cochrane (Linn-Mar)         3-7-16
Dallas Klein (Xavier)                   0-16-16
Alexy Boehm (Linn-Mar)              2-9-15

PUNTING
.                                        No.-Yds-Avg

Shaun Beyer (Kennedy)        9-424-47.1
Zeb Render (Jefferson)        14-552-39.4
Tyler Nunemaker (Prairie)     9-344-38.2
Hunter Johnson (Prairie)       4-152-38.0
Ross Kennedy (Washington) 12-450-37.5
Ryan Jasper (Xavier)            18-630-35.0
Kirby Kerr (Linn-Mar)           18-614-34.1
Issak Hahn (Marion)             22-685-31.1

INTERCEPTIONS

Austin Coates (Kennedy)        3
Jacob Beaton (Jefferson)        2
Valentino Green (Jefferson)    2
Nick Stark (Xavier)                2
Blake Whitten (Xavier)           2
Owen Carstensen (Marion)     2
Cevan Walton (Linn-Mar)       2
Several players tied with 1

TEAM
RUSHING OFFENSE
.                                               Yds-PG

Kennedy                               1,271-254.2
Jefferson                               1,095-219.0
Washington                           1,027-205.4
Linn-Mar                                  937-187.4
Prairie                                     908-181.6
Xavier                                     650-162.5
Marion                                    754-150.8

PASSING OFFENSE
.                                                  Yds-PG

Xavier                                       750-187.5
Washington                               850-170.0
Linn-Mar                                   840-168.0
Marion                                      721-144.2
Prairie                                       676-135.2
Kennedy                                   667-133.4
Jefferson                                   494-98.8

TOTAL OFFENSE
.                                                 Yds-PG

Kennedy                                 1,938-387.6
Washington                             1,877-375.4
Linn-Mar                                 1,777-355.4
Xavier                                     1,400-350.0
Jefferson                                 1,589-317.8
Prairie                                     1,584-316.8
Marion                                     1,475-295.0

SCORING OFFENSE
.                                           PPG

Washington                           35.4
Jefferson                               34.6
Prairie                                   33.4
Xavier                                   32.8
Kennedy                               32.6
Linn-Mar 29.6
Marion                                  13.2

RUSHING DEFENSE
.                                        Yds-PG

Washington                       390-78.0
Xavier                               418-104.5
Kennedy                            585-117.0
Linn-Mar                            862-172.4
Marion                            1,111-222.2
Jefferson                        1,122-224.4
Prairie                            1,175-235.0

PASSING DEFENSE
.                                     Yds-PG

Jefferson                       301-60.2
Xavier                           375-93.8
Kennedy                        589-117.8
Linn-Mar                        612-122.4
Prairie                            615-123.0
Washington                    698-139.6
Marion                           739-147.8

TOTAL DEFENSE
.                                      Yds-PG

Xavier                           793-198.3
Washington                1,088-217.6
Kennedy                     1,174-234.8
Jefferson                     1,423-284.6
Linn-Mar                     1,474-294.8
Prairie                         1,790-358.0
Marion                         1,850-370.0

SCORING DEFENSE
.                                   PPG

Xavier                           11.3
Kennedy                        13.8
Washington                   18.0
Linn-Mar                        24.2
Jefferson                        25.2
Marion                           29.6
Prairie                           35.3

Manternach keeps busy for Cougars

Many high school kids would love to excel in the classroom, compete at a high level in sports or perform on stage.

Darby Manternach does all three at Kennedy High School.

Manternach, a sophomore, carries a 4.1 GPA in her classes, she's one of the top swimmers in the Mississippi Valley Conference and she's also a member of show choir at Kennedy.

That's quite a trifecta and keeps her very busy.

"It can be a lot sometimes, especially with my homework and AP (Advanced Placement) classes," she said Saturday. "But, I don't know, I manage."

She manages quite well.

Manternach placed second in the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle races Saturday at the Kennedy Invitational. She also helped the Cougars finish second in the 200 freestyle relay and place third in the 400 freestyle relay.

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No. 5 Cougars bowl over J-Hawks

Shaun Beyer never saw the umpire who got in his way during his 55-yard gallop for a touchdown Friday night against the Jefferson J-Hawks at Kingston Stadium.

Pity the poor ref.

And pity the undersized J-Hawks for the pounding they took from the fifth-ranked Kennedy Cougars as well.

Kennedy rushed for 441 yards and finished with 510 yards of total offense in its 35-7 conquest of Jefferson before a big crowd of approximately 5,000 fans who came to see a battle of two winning clubs.

It was Kennedy all the way.

The bigger, stronger Cougars drove 91, 90 and 84 yards on their first three possessions and never looked back.

They have been playing football at Kennedy since the school opened in 1967, and this is the first time a Kennedy football team has begun a season with five straight wins. It comes a year after the Cougars began the season with six straight losses.

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Gorman, Culpepper run 2nd at Noelridge

Reagan Gorman of Washington and Steven Culpepper of Xavier placed second at the Eastern Iowa Classic cross country meet Thursday at Noelridge Park.

Mary Arch of Iowa City High won the girls 5K race in 18 minutes, 35 seconds, beating Gorman by 15 seconds. Hannah Fusselman of Kennedy finished fourth in 19:37 and Jenny Dickes of Xavier was fifth in 19:45.

Matthew Dodge of Iowa City High captured the boys 5K race in 16 minutes, 18 seconds, topping Culpepper by seven seconds.

Iowa City High won both team titles.

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Kennedy versus Jefferson: It's a rivalry again

Inch by inch, step by step, Brian Webb has rebuilt the downtrodden Cedar Rapids Jefferson football program into a competitive Class 4A team that appears headed to the playoffs for the second straight year.

Along the way, Jefferson's annual game against Kennedy has become a rivalry again instead of a one-sided affair.

The J-Hawks (3-1) and fifth-ranked Cougars (4-0) meet again Friday night in the District 5 opener for both clubs at Kingston Stadium. It's always fun when both teams go into a game with a legitimate chance to win and that's certainly the case this time.

Jefferson stunned Kennedy, 27-24, in overtime last season in a "statement" game for the J-Hawks. It was Jefferson's first victory over the Cougars in 12 years and showed that Webb is serious about returning the J-Hawks to glory.

Kennedy kicked a field goal for a 24-21 lead in overtime, forcing Jefferson to respond or lose. The J-Hawks faced fourth down at the 2-yard line, where a chip-shot field goal would have tied the game and forced a second overtime.

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4 Metro volleyball teams ranked again

There was little movement in the new high school volleyball rankings Thursday by the IGHSAU.

The Marion Indians stayed in the No. 2 spot in the Class 4A poll behind West Delaware. The Prairie Hawks remained No. 3 in Class 5A and the Kennedy Cougars stayed No. 5 in Class 5A.

The Linn-Mar Lions climbed two spots to No. 7 in Class 5A.

Bettendorf leads the 5A rankings, followed by Dowling.

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Lovig powers Kennedy swimmers

IOWA CITY – Kassidy Lovig earned an individual win and swam on a winning relay to lead the Kennedy girls swimming team to a third-place finish at the Little Hawk Invitational on Saturday at Mercer Park Aquatic Center.

Ankeny won with 298 points, Cedar Falls was second with 340, and the Cougars scored 319.

Lovig won the 200-yard freestyle in 1 minute, 59.54 seconds for Kennedy. Darby Manternach, MacKinzee Macho, Lovig and Kirsten Siebenga also won the 200 freestyle relay in 1:42.22.

Team scores – 1. Ankeny 398, 2. Cedar Falls 340, 3. Kennedy 319, 4. Bettendorf 285, 5. West Des Moines Valley 264, 6. Iowa City West 184, 7.
Muscatine 167, 8. Iowa City High 131.

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Cougars stay up late for victory

BETTENDORF - The Pleasant Valley defense probably did as solid a job against Tyler Dralle as you could possibly expect.

The Spartans held the leading rusher in Iowa Class 4A under 100 yards and made him scrap and battle for everything he got.

It was some of Dralle’s pals who ended up making the difference.

Cedar Rapids Kennedy got big plays from Austin Coates and Payton McCarty and a monster performance from lineman-turned-fullback Dalles Jacobus to claw out a weather-delayed 24-7 victory over Pleasant Valley on a moist and stormy Friday night at Spartan Stadium.

The game was delayed for 2 hours, 22 minutes because of lightning early in the second quarter and finished just before midnight with layers of moisture wafting horizontally across the playing field from the west.

Kennedy, now 4-0 and ranked sixth in Class 4A, had a 3-0 lead at the delay and finally took control of the contest with an 82-yard drive in the third quarter. Coach Brian White wasn’t surprised the Spartans (2-2) made his team resort to more than just Dralle to win the game.

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Lindwall paces Warriors to golf title

CEDAR FALLS - Frank Lindwall fired a 1-over-par 73 Friday to help the Washington Warriors win the Tiger Invitational at Beaver Hills in Cedar Falls.

Washington finished at 305 to top Iowa City West by five shots. Linn-Mar finished third in the 12-team field. Xavier placed sixth, Prairie eighth, Kennedy ninth and Jefferson 11th.

J.D. Goodfellow of Iowa City West took medalist honors with a 1-under 71. Lindwall and Ben Schmidt of Wahlert tied for second at 73.

Connor Neighbors of Washington finished fourth with a 3-over 75. Logan Bracey of Washington and Luke Winker of Xavier tied for fifth at 76.

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