Kennedy High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Cougars ride forfeits to victory

The Cedar Rapids Kennedy wrestling team collected 42 points on forfeits Thursday night and defeated Iowa City High, 54-21, in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet at Kennedy.

Iowa City High forfeited seven of the 14 matches.

Ben Sarasin of Kennedy pinned his opponent in 49 seconds at 138 pounds.

KENNEDY 54, IOWA CITY HIGH 21

106 - Cam Shaver (K) dec. Lance Bormann, 7-6

113 - Jacob Powers (ICH) won by forfeit

120 - Nolan Hromidko (K) won by forfeit

126 - Dylan Ironside (K) won by forfeit

132 - Cole Curfman (K) won by forfeit

138 - Ben Sarasin (K) pinned Colton Chalupa, 0:49

145 - Logen Rodriguez (K) won by forfeit

152 - Ali Omar (ICH) dec. Cameron Roehlk, 8-3

160 - Nic Jarvis (ICH) pinned Logen Benion, 1:36

170 - Garrett Kubovec (K) dec. Jacob Dykes, 10-5

182 - Sam Pape (K) won by forfeit

195 - Jack Nolan (K) won by forfeit

220 - Armani Smith (ICH) pinned Dalles Jacobus, 4:40

285 - Justin Johnson (K) won by forfeit

Botkin, Sellers power Kennedy girls

WATERLOO - Stephanie Botkin poured in 27 points and Lela Sellers netted 20 Tuesday night as the Kennedy Cougars rolled by Waterloo West, 75-33, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game in Waterloo.

Botkin collected five rebounds, three steals and two assists for the Cougars (2-0). Sellers contributed six rebounds, five assists and three steals. Lauren Meyer had six assists.

Tahya Campbell scored 17 points for Waterloo West (1-3).

KENNEDY (75): Green 0 0-0 0, Dye 1 0-2 2, Hamilton 2 0-0 6, Sellers 7 5-5 20, Steele 1 0-0 2, Timmerman 1 0-0 3, Hellweg 2 0-2 4, Hayden 3 0-0 7, Meyer 0 0-0 0, Meier 0 2-2 2, Runels 1 0-0 2, Botkin 11 4-4 27. Totals 29 11-15 75.

WATERLOO WEST (33): Campbell 17, Robinson 8, Young 4, Cook 2, Pabst 2.

Halftime - Kennedy 38, Waterloo West 21. 3-point goals - Kennedy 6 (Hamilton 2, Sellers 1, Timmerman 1, Hayden 1, Botkin 1).

Myers, Greve power Linn-Mar swimmers

Linn-Mar boys swimming team swamped Kennedy 113-57 Tuesday at Linn-Mar.

Hogan Myers won the 200- and 500-yard freestyles in 1 minute, 57.63 seconds and 5:19.60, respectively, for the Lions, and Calvin Greve won the 200 individual medley (2:04.23) and the 100 backstroke (53.37).

Brennan Urbi won the 50 freestyle (22.31) and the 100 freestyle (49.96) for the Cougars.

LINN-MAR 113, KENNEDY 57

200 medley relay – Linn-Mar (Calvin Greve, Justin Arebaugh, Zach Hendricks, Brock Fischer) 1:43.82.
200 freestyle – Hogan Myers (LM) 1:57.63.
200 individual medley – Greve (LM) 2:04.23.
50 freestyle – Brennan Urbi (K) 22.31.
100 butterfly – Zach Hendricks (LM) 57.49.
100 freestyle – Urbi (K) 49.96.
500 freestyle – Myers (LM) 5:19.60.
200 freestyle relay – Linn-Mar (Arebaugh, Fischer, Hendricks, Matt Peng) 1:33.98.
100 backstroke – Greve (LM) 53.37.
100 breaststroke – Stefan Kitsos (CRK) 1:04.57.
400 freestyle relay – Linn-Mar (Peng, Hendricks, Reid Snell, Greve) 3:28.89.

Lizarraga commits to Wabash Valley

Cedar Rapids Kennedy all-state pitcher Sammy Lizarraga will continue his baseball career at Wabash Valley College in Mt. Carmel, Ill.

Lizarraga compiled a 7-1 record and 1.31 ERA for the Cougars last season as a junior, with 59 strikeouts in 64 innings. He hit .300 with two home runs and 34 RBIs and was Kennedy's primary catcher.

Lizarraga has been recruited as a pitcher and first baseman by Wabash, which is a community college.

Lizarraga helped Kennedy win the Mississippi Valley Conference title and make the Class 4A state tournament. He was named first team all-state.

Kelley, Saulnier, Thorson pace Wash swimmers

Cameron Kelley, Nick Saulnier and Jared Thorson were double-winners Tuesday in the Metro swim meet at Washington High School.

Kelley captured the 200 free and 500 free, Saulnier won the 200 IM and the 100 back, and Thorson claimed the 50 free and 100 fly.

Brennan Urbi of Kennedy took the 100 free and Paul Hummell of Jefferson won the 100 breaststroke. Linn-Mar won the 200 medley relay and 200 freestyle relay. Kennedy took the 400 freestyle relay.

No team scores were kept.

200 medley relay - Linn-Mar (Calvin Greve, Justin Arebaugh, Zach Hendricks, Brock Fischer) 1:43.65

200 free - Cameron Kelley (CRW) 1:49.34

200 IM - Nick Saulnier (CRW) 1:58.46

50 free - Jared Thorson (CRW) 21.87

100 fly - Jared Thorson (CRW) 54.01

100 free - Brennan Urbi (CRK) 50.23

500 free - Cameron Kelley (CRW) 4:52.23

200 free relay - Calvin Greve, Noah Decker, Brock Fischer, Justin Arebaugh) 1:35.20

100 back - Nick Saulnier (CRW) 53.29

100 breast - Paul Hummell (CRJ) 1:04.10

400 free relay - Kennedy (Stefan Kitsos, Alec Hanson, Brennan Urbi, Reece Linder) 3:38.64

Metro volleyball players rake in honors

Nine high school volleyball players from the Metro area have been named to the all-state and all-district teams by the Iowa Girls Coaches Association.

Alyssa Thomas and Abby Phillips of Marion were named first team all-state in Class 4A. Amanda Sahm of Marion was named second team all-state. Kayla Torson of Xavier and Isabella Sade of Marion received honorable mention in Class 4A.

Amanda Ollinger of Jefferson was named second team all-state in Class 5A. Anna Fluent of Kennedy, Sarah Renner of Linn-Mar and Kate Busswitz of Prairie received honorable mention in Class 5A.

The same nine players were named to the all-district teams.

Thomas, Sade, Phillips, Sahm and Torson were named all-district on the Class 4A Northeast squad. Busswitz, Renner, Ollinger and Fluent were named all-district on the Class 5A East team.

Sellers nets 17 in debut for Cougars

DAVENPORT - Lela Sellers scored 17 points in her debut for the Kennedy Cougars Tuesday night in a 77-32 victory over Davenport Central in the season opener in Davenport.

Sellers, a transfer from Minnesota, collected four assists and four steals and hit a pair of 3-pointers.

Stephanie Botkin scored 16 points and grabbed eight rebounds for Kennedy. Ashley Hamilton had 10 points, five rebounds, four assists and four steals with a pair of 3-pointers.

KENNEDY (77): Dunham 0 0-0 0, Hamilton 4 0-0 10, Meier 2 0-0 5, Meyer 2 0-0 4, Sellers 6 3-6 17, Timmerman 1 0-0 2, Hellweg 2 3-4 8, Hayden 2 0-0 5, Dye 1 2-4 4, Runels 2 1-2 6, Botkin 6 3-4 16. Totals 28 12-20 77.

DAVENPORT CENTRAL (32): Buck 7, Baker 2, George 2, Hawkins 4, Wallace 8, Light 2, Serrano 1, Moeller 6.

Halftime - Kennedy 47, Davenport Central 16. 3-point goals - Kennedy 9 (Hamilton 2, Sellers 2, Meier 1, Hellweg 1, Hayden 1, Runels 1, Botkin 1).

Kennedy boys out-bowl Wash

James Jambois led Kennedy with a 425 series as the Cougars downed  Washington, 2,992-2,575, in the boys bowling opener for both schools Monday at the Cedar Rapids Bowling Center.

Bryan Cline led Washington with a 447 series.

Kennedy (2,992): James Jambois 214-211=425, Aaron Smith 169-230=399, Bert Goodwin 193-201=397, Doug Svoboda 178-212=390, Alec White 151-194=345, Dakota Dippel 147-168=315.

Washington (2,575): Donovan Trimble 113-168=281, Gabe Wedel, 134-135=270, Zach Nading 166-178=344, Chris Schuttloffel 153-171=374, John Taylor 120-133=253, Bryan Cline 193-254=447.

Kennedy 1,956-1,036=2,992
Washington: 1,666-909=2,575

Cougars nip Warriors in girls bowling

Alyssa Wiedemeier's 341 series led Kennedy to a 2,324-2,300 victory Monday over Washington in the season opener at the Cedar Rapids Bowling Center.

Ally Owens led the Warriors with a 348 for the high series.

WASHINGTON (2,300): Ally Owens 193-155=348, Lynze Moon 168-169=337, Christine Cejka-Emig 99-119=218, Shania Christensen 201-193=394, Ella Wake 159-123=282.

KENNEDY (2,324): Abbie Haller 110-167=277, Sydney Helms 137-122=259, Jamie Milota 168-170=338, Jill Zaiser 146=159=305, Mary Liscum 83-112=195, Alyssa Wiedemeier 167-174=341.

Kennedy 1,520+804=2,324
Washington 1,571+729=2,300