Kennedy High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Kennedy girls swim by Washington

The Kennedy Cougars used a balanced attack to defeat Washington, 125.5-59.5, in a Mississippi Valley Conference girls swimming meet at Washington Tuesday night.

MacKinzee Macho, Kirsten Siebenga, Darby Manternach, Lydia Yang, Maddie Bagby and Brooke Timmerman were all double-winners for Kennedy. Macho took two individual events in the 200 IM and 100 fly.

Emily Nelson claimed the 200 free and 500 free for Washington.

KENNEDY 125.5, WASHINGTON 59.5

200 medley relay - Washington (Kaitlyn Nemickas, Caitlin Sievers, Lauren Havertape, Logan Eckhardt) 1:55.72

200 free - Emily Nelson (CRW) 2:04.74

200 IM - MacKinzee Macho (CRK) 2:21.40

50 free - Kirsten Siebenga (CRK) 26.16

Diving - Courtney Fisher (CRK) 198.25

100 fly - MacKinzee Macho (CRK) 1:04.72

100 free - Darby Manternach (CRK) 58.55

500 free - Emily Nelson (CRW) 5:37.79

200 free relay - Kennedy (Brooke Harris, Lydia Yang, Maddie Bagby, Brooke Timmerman) 1:45.60

100 back - Sam Jacobsen (CRK) 1:03.49

100 breast - Brooke Timmerman (CRK) 1:12.59

400 free relay - Kennedy (Lydia Yang, Maddie Bagby, Darby Manternach, Kirsten Siebenga) 3:55.08

Cougars rule Valley Division golf

IOWA CITY - The Kennedy Cougars won the Valley Division golf meet by 20 shots Monday at Finkbine Golf Course in Iowa City.

Davis Sutton, Cole Murdock and Tanner Stewart of Kennedy shared medalist honors at 5-over-par 77 on the University of Iowa course. Conner Koberg of Kennedy tied for fourth with a 79.

The Cougars finished with a four-man score of 310. Linn-Mar placed second at 330. Trevor McCann, Max Thrune and Brent Larson led the Lions at 82.

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Cougars take 2nd at Osage volleyball

OSAGE - The Kennedy Cougars reached the championship match of the Osage volleyball tournament Saturday afternoon before running into one of the strongest teams in the state.

Dike-New Hartford defeated Kennedy, 25-16, 25-16, for the title to leave the Cougars with a 3-2 record for the tournament.

Dike-New Hartford won the Class 2A state title last year and is ranked No.1 in Class 2A this year.

Kennedy compiled a 2-1 record in pool play before posting a 25-11, 25-19 victory over Waverly-Shell Rock, which is ranked No.13 in Class 4A.

Kennedy Results

Defeated Fort Dodge, 21-8, 21-7
Defeated Cedar Falls, 21-15, 21-16
Lost to Osage, 21-19, 21-19
Defeated Waverly-Shell Rock, 25-11, 25-19
Lost to Dike-New Hartford, 25-16, 25-16

No.1 Saints brace for No.3 Solon

The Xavier Saints reached the Class 4A championship game in 2012 and 2013, so some people have anointed them the favorite to win the 3A title this year after dropping down a class despite heavy graduation losses.

The Saints will find out where they really stand Friday night after hosting the third-ranked Solon Spartans.

Xavier whipped then-No.5 Davenport Assumption, 30-6, last Friday. Another convincing victory over Solon might prove the point.

Solon reached the semifinals of the Class 3A playoffs last year and snapped Iowa City Regina's 56-game winning streak this season, 29-28.

All eyes will be on Saints Field in the Class 3A District 4 opener for both clubs.

All eight Metro football teams will be in action Friday night. The Washington Warriors, ranked No.3 in Class 4A, will be hosting Iowa City West at Kingston Stadium. All of the other Metro teams are on the road.

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Murphy brothers help Lions take title

Ryan Murphy has been chasing his older brother Daniel since they began competing in races back in grade school.

Don't look now, but Ryan is beginning to catch up.

Daniel Murphy placed second and Ryan Murphy finished fourth Thursday to help the Linn-Mar Lions claim the Cedar Rapids Invitational with an impressive performance at Noelridge Park.

Daniel, a senior, covered the 5 kilometer course in 15 minutes, 42 seconds. Ryan, a sophomore, finished just 15.39 seconds behind his brother.

Daniel Murphy was delighted for his brother.

"That's awesome. Geez, that's really good," Daniel said while looking at the official results. "Dang, that's awesome for him."

Ryan was pretty happy, too.

"That's a 23-second P.R. (personal record), I think," he said. "I've really improved since last track season. I'm happy with it."

The Murphy brothers seem to have a mutual admiration society.

"I've looked up to him my whole life," said Ryan. "To beat him would be the top. It's awesome to be up there with him."

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Saints top Cougars in MVC golf

Sam Martin fired a 1-over-par 37 Thursday to help the Xavier Saints nip Kennedy, 157-159, in a Mississippi Valley Conference triangular golf meet at Ellis Park.

Matt Neumeyer of Xavier and Jordan Weiss of Kennedy tied for second place at 3-over 39.

Waterloo East participated in the meet but did not have a full squad.

XAVIER: Sam Martin 37, Matt Neumeyer 39, Jordan Even 40, Tyler Breitbach 41, Brody Robinson 41, Mitch King 41, Riley Dempsey 42, Brad Karpick 47.

KENNEDY: Jordan Weiss 39, Conner Koberg 40, Davis Sutton 40, Tanner Stewart 40, Seth Nutt 40, Ross Grekoff 41, Cole Murdock 41, Jake Corkey 42.

Lions, Saints climb in volleyball poll

The Linn-Mar Lions and Xavier Saints both climbed a notch in the IGHSAU volleyball rankings Thursday.

Linn-Mar jumped from No.7 to No.6 in the Class 5A rankings. Xavier went from No.11 to No.10 in the Class 4A poll.

The Marion Indians remained the highest-ranked team in the Metro area with the No.3 spot in the Class 4A poll.

Kennedy, which was ranked 10th last week in Class 5A, dropped out of the ratings this week.

CLASS 4A

1. Harlan (11-1), 2. West Delaware (10-0), 3. Marion (6-1), 4. Le Mars (4-0), 5. Sioux City Heelan (5-5), 6. Indianola (8-4), 7. Charles City (12-2), 8. Clear Creek-Amana (5-3), 9. Lewis Central (5-4), 10. Xavier (5-3), 11. ADM (14-5), 12. Carroll (2-1), 13. Waverly-Shell Rock (7-6), 14. Boone (5-2), 15. DeWitt Central (8-3).

CLASS 5A

1. Ankeny Centennial (12-0), 2. Dowling (11-1), 3. Bettendorf (6-0), 4. Johnston (7-1), 5. Ankeny (4-2), 6. Linn-Mar (6-1), 7. Southeast Polk (15-1), 8. Iowa City High (5-1), 9. Council Bluffs Lincoln (7-6), 10. West Des Moines Valley (11-3).

Cougar swimmers roll past Wahlert

Freshmen MacKinzee Macho and Sarah Gannon each won two individual events to lead Kennedy to a 131-55 girls swimming victory over Dubuque Wahlert on Tuesday night at Kennedy.

Macho took top honors in the 200-yard individual medley and the 100 butterfly. Gannon won the 200 and 500 freestyles.

The Cougars won 10 of 12 events contested.

KENNEDY 131, WAHLERT 55

EVENT WINNERS

200 medley relay: Kennedy (Kennedy Smith, Kirsten Siebenga, Taylor Golden, Lydia Yang) 1:59.54

200 free: Sarah Gannon (K) 2:09.09

200 IM: MacKinzee Macho (K) 2:22.00

50 free: Kirsten Siebenga (K) 26.15

Diving: Courtney Fisher (K) 199.00

100 fly: MacKinzee Macho (K) 1:04.92

100 free: Sean Kalb (W) 57.32

500 free: Sarah Gannon (K) 5:44.15

200 free relay: Kennedy (Darby Manternach, Sam Jacobsen, Raquel Green, Brooke Timmerman) 1:46.23

100 back: Taylor Golden (K) 1:06.00

100 breast: Brooke Timmerman (K) 1:11.49

400 free relay:  Wahlert (Sean Kalb, Carlie Noel, Katie Anderson, Adrianna Schroeder) 3:59.59

Kennedy claims CRANDIC golf tourney

IOWA CITY - The Kennedy Cougars flexed their muscles at the annual CRANDIC golf tournament at Pleasant Valley in Iowa City Tuesday.

The Cougars claimed four of the top seven spots in the individual standings and won the team championship with a four-man score of 292.

Davis Sutton of Kennedy was the medalist with a 1-under-par 71. Tanner Stewart placed second with a 72, Cole Murdock tied for fifth with a 74 and Conner Koberg placed seventh with a 75 for Kennedy.

The Cougars won the meet by 11 shots over Washington.

Frank Lindwall of Washington and Trevor McCann of Linn-Mar tied for third at 1-over 73. Jake Patterson of Washington tied for fifth at 2-over 74.

CRANDIC GOLF TOURNAMENT
Pleasant Valley, Iowa City
Par 72

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Kennedy 292, 2. Washington 303, 3. Linn-Mar 314, 4. Xavier 321, 5. Prairie 329, 6. Iowa City West 345, 7. Jefferson 366, 8. Iowa City High 379.

TOP 5 INDIVIDUALS

1. Davis Sutton, Kennedy          71
2. Tanner Stewart, Kennedy      72
3. Frank Lindwall, Washington   73
Trevor McCann, Linn-Mar      73
5. Jake Patterson, Washington   74
Cole Murdock, Kennedy          74

KENNEDY: 1. Davis Sutton 71, 2. Tanner Stewart 72, 5. Cole Murdock 74, 7. Conner Koberg 75, 18. Jordan Weiss 82.
WASHINGTON: 3. Frank Lindwall 73, 5. Jake Patterson 74, 8. Jabe Gonder 77, 10. Will Jackson 79, 22. Alex Slattery 83.
LINN-MAR: 3. Trevor McCann 73, 9. Ben Greif 78, 15. Jake Sevcik 81, 18. Max Thrune 82, 23. Brent Larson 84.
XAVIER: 10. Brody Robinson 79, 14. Sam Martin 80, 15. Jordan Even 81, 15. Tyler Breitbach 81, 18. Matt Neumeyer 82.
PRAIRIE: 10. Bryce Prokop 79, 18. Cal Clark 82, 23. Cooper Reittinger 84, 23. Mitch Lorenz 84, 28. Matt Lorenz 85.
JEFFERSON: 31. Nile Happel 87, 33. Adam Van Oort 90, 33. Kellen Brown 90, 41. Reid Griffith 99, 44. Carter Schmitz 103.