Kennedy High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Kennedy boys fall out of rankings

The Kennedy Cougars dropped out of the Associated Press boys basketball rankings Monday after losing to Linn-Mar last week.

None of the Metro teams are ranked this week.

The Cougars (13-4) received votes in the Class 4A poll and the Xavier Saints (10-7) received votes in the Class 3A rankings.

The top-ranked teams this week are Dubuque Senior in Class 4A, Clear Lake in Class 3A and Western Christian in Class 2A. LeMars Gehlen and Newell-Fonda are tied for the top spot in Class 1A.

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Heitland will play football at Coe

Cedar Rapids Kennedy senior Drew Heitland plans to play football at Coe College next season.

Heitland, a 6-foot-3 tight end and defensive end, helped the Cougars finish 8-4 last season and reach the third round of the Class 4A playoffs.

He led Kennedy in receptions with 20 for 292 yards and three touchdowns. He also had 43 tackles with two sacks.

Heitland was named first team all-Metro and first team all-Mississippi Valley Conference. His brother, Trevor, was a sophomore on the Coe football team in 2013.

Bardsley torches J-Hawks with 31

John Bardsley's right hand is a mess, with bubble wrap on the back of his hand and two fingers taped together to protect a broken bone.

It hasn't hurt his shot a bit.

Bardsley poured in a career-best 31 points off the bench Friday night to steer Kennedy past Jefferson, 80-73, in an entertaining Mississippi Valley Conference game at Jefferson.

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Young J-Hawks upset No.9 Cougars

The young kids on the Cedar Rapids Jefferson girls basketball team are growing up before our very eyes.

Freshman Avery Guy played the best game of her young career and scored 15 points Friday night as the J-Hawks upended ninth-ranked Kennedy, 59-47, to snap a 13-game losing streak against the Cougars.

Sophomore Amanda Ollinger also scored 15 points for Jefferson and freshman Kennedy Dighton had 12 as the three talented youngsters combined for 42 markers.

The experienced Cougars (14-5, 8-3) had four seniors and a junior in the starting lineup, but the young J-Hawks controlled the game from start to finish.

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McMorran's 420 series lead Lions past Kennedy

Brooke McMorran was dialed in Friday, rolling a high game of 244 and a 420 series that led Linn-Mar past Kennedy, 2432-2279, in girls bowling at Cedar Rapids Bowl.

Laura Fischer had high game for Kennedy of 179.

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Tegtmeier's 472 series leads Lions past Kennedy

Seth Tegtmeier had the hot hand Friday for Linn-Mar rolling games of 263 and 209 for a 472 series that propelled the Lions past Kennedy, 2990-2738, in boys bowling at Cedar Rapids Bowl.

Sam Moody had a 239 game and 407 series for Linn-Mar.

Alec White shot a 256 high game and 459 series to lead Kennedy. Davis Sutton had a 405 series.

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Cougars back into poll at No.9

The Kennedy girls basketball team climbed back into the Class 5A rankings released Thursday by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

Kennedy (14-4) is ranked ninth, one spot behind crosstown rival Washington (14-4).

Xavier (9-9) is ranked 11th in Class 4A.

Iowa City High (18-0) remains the top-ranked team in Class 5A. Harlan (16-0) tops the 4A list.

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Prairie wrestlers flatten Cougars, 79-0

The Cedar Rapids Prairie wrestling team collected six pins Thursday night and flattened Kennedy, 79-0, in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet at Prairie.

The Cougars forfeited five matches, giving Prairie 30 free points. The Hawks also had two technical falls and one regular decision.

Prairie topped Dubuque Hempstead in the other half of the double-dual, 50-19. Hempstead defeated Kennedy, 55-22.

Sam Uthoff (120), Zack Fiser (126), Seth Wennermark (132), Trey Blaha (152) and Nick Hogan (170) had two pins for Prairie.

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8 Cougars will play college sports

Eight Kennedy seniors were honored Thursday at the school for signing national letters-of-intent with their future colleges.

Miles Moa, Seth Gilmore and Triston Christopher all plan to join the powerful football program at Iowa Western Community College, which won a national title in 2012. Drake Zabloudil, a fourth member of the Kennedy football program, will play at Southwest Minnesota State.

Madi Meier will play basketball at Upper Iowa, Kaela Dickerman will play soccer at Louisville, Derek Jacobus will run track at the University of Northern Iowa and Alyssa Averhoff will run at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.

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