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Kennedy's trio of Paige Hendrickson, Steph Botkin and Morgan Martin combined for 33 points and outscored the Prairie team and the Cougars dispatched the Hawks, 46-31, Saturday in a Class 5A regional semifinal girls basketball game at Kennedy.
Kennedy (15-7) advances to the regional final Tuesday against No.10 Muscatine (19-3) at Iowa City West.
Hendrickson scored 12 points, Botkin 11 and Morgan 10 for the Cougars.
A.J. Carter scored 24 points to lead Kennedy to a 72-62 win over Class 3A top-ranked Dubuque Wahlert Friday night at the Kennedy gym.
Cole Murdock scored 12 points and John Bardsley added 11 for Kennedy (16-5, 12-4).
Cordell Pemsl scored 20 points and Jerad Walker added 16 for Wahlert (17-4, 13-3).
Kennedy pulled away from a 35-31 lead with an 22-8 burst in the third quarter.
CEDAR FALLS - Ryan Schultz's walk from the basketball court to Cedar Falls' locker room is not a long one.
That does not mean the trip down the stairs is easy, especially for a team mired in a seven-game losing streak.
Still, the Tigers' head coach likes what he sees when he enters the locker room and he liked much of what he watched on the court Tuesday. Cedar Falls lost to Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 59-55, on a night when Schultz thought his team played well.
Kennedy Athletics Director Aaron Stecker didn't have far to look to find a new football coach after Tim Lewis resigned in December.
He was right there in the building.
Stecker announced Tuesday that Brian White has been named Kennedy's head football coach.
White has been a Cougar assistant football coach since 2006, serving as defensive coordinator as well as coaching linebackers, running backs and tight ends. He was named the Iowa Football Coaches Association Class 4A assistant football coach of the year in 2010.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 February 2014 16:42Close games are nothing new for Linn-Mar.
The Lions have had their share of contests this season decided in the final minutes. Lately those swing games have gone against the Lions.
Junior guard Nic Uhlir would have none of that in Friday night’s showdown against Mississippi Valley Conference rival Cedar Rapids Kennedy.
The 6-foot sharpshooter was fouled as he nailed the last of his four 3-point baskets with just over a minute to play. He converted the foul shot to give the Lions a six-point lead and they went on to a hard-fought 73-65 road win over the Cougars.
Last Updated on Friday, 14 February 2014 23:22Laura Fischer had the ball rolling Friday recording a 210 high game and 357 series that led the Kennedy girls to their first win of bowling season.
Kennedy beat Iowa City High, 2335-2185.
Alec White shot a 223 game and Aaaron Smith a 414 series to lead Kennedy past Iowa City High, 2883-2736, Friday in boys bowling at Cedar Rapids Bowl.
White had a 406 series.
Kennedy led by 44 pins after the first round, but pulled away with a 1013 score in the Baker round.
The Sommer twins proved to be too much for the Kennedy Cougars Thursday.
Katie Sommer and Kristie Sommer combined for 42 points as Linn-Mar rallied from a 17-point halftime deficit to defeat the sliding ninth-ranked Cougars, 67-63, in overtime at Linn-Mar.
Kennedy (14-7, 8-5) led 35-18 at intermission. Morgan Martin led the way with 18 first-half points and a defense that allowed the Lions only three points in the second period.
Kennedy High School will induct eight new members into its Athletic Hall of Fame Friday.
Ellie (Blankenship) Reagan, Jade Grimm, Amy Wold, Alan Feickert, Ryan Prahm, Joe Slaton, David Winkler and Dr. Mary Wilcynski will be inducted during a ceremony in the Kennedy cafeteria at 5 p.m. and will be introduced prior to the varsity boys basketball game Friday night.
Reagan (Class of 2007) competed in volleyball, basketball and tennis. She earned all-state honors in volleyball and was a member of the 2007 state championship tennis team. Reagan was named Kennedy's Female Athlete of the Year in 2007 and was an All-American volleyball player at Northern Iowa. She played for the USA Volleyball national team in 2011.
The Washington Warriors made a living against Kennedy last season with three victories against the Cougars, but not this year.
A.J. Carter would not allow it.
Carter pitched in 23 points Tuesday night as Kennedy nudged the Warriors, 59-52, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at Kennedy to sweep the regular-season series.
Kennedy and Washington could meet again in the Class 4A substate tournament, but for now the Cougars own a 2-0 edge on their cross-town rivals.
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