Kennedy High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Kennedy girls clobber Waterloo East

WATERLOO - Stephanie Botkin, Paige Hendrickson and Morgan Martin combined for 42 points and Kennedy clobbered Waterloo East, 80-7, Tuesday night in Mississippi Valley Conference girls basketball.

Botkin scored 17 points, Hendrickson, 13 and Martin 12. Madi DeLong had nine. Eleven Cougars scored.

Kennedy led, 50-2, at halftime.

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No.9 Cougars crack AP basketball poll

Cedar Rapids Kennedy broke into the Associated Press boys basketball rankings for the first time this season in the No.9 spot in the Class 4A poll.

The Cougars have an 8-2 record and gave top-ranked Dubuque Senior a tough game before falling last Friday at home, 70-62.

Dubuque Senior (10-0) continues to lead the Class 4A rankings this week. The other No.1 teams are Dubuque Wahlert in Class 3A, Western Christian in Class 2A and Gehlen Catholic in Class 1A.

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Hoyer inducted into IBCA Hall of Fame

Bret Hoyer had a big decision to make after his junior year at Wartburg College in 1986, a decision that would potentially affect the rest of his life.

Always a good math student, he was offered a summer internship with a firm in Minnesota that might lead to a lucrative career in the field of actuarial science. But also a good baseball player with a love for the game, he could start his coaching career that summer with a youth baseball team.

"I really wrestled with the decision, between actuarial science and teaching and coaching," he said Monday afternoon. "I had to decide: Should I go up there (to Minnesota) and go the actuarial route between my junior and senior year, or do I stay in Waverly and deliver pizzas and coach a 14-15 year old Babe Ruth team."

He chose the pizzas and baseball, steering him on a career path that saw him inducted into the Iowa Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame Saturday night at the annual IBCA banquet at the Cedar Rapids Marriott.

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Rodriguez wins 126 title at Geneseo

GENESEO, Ill. - Logan Rodriguez of Cedar Rapids Kennedy won the 126-pound title at the Geneseo Invitational wrestling tournament Saturday.

Rodriguez pinned Hunter Grau of Geneseo in the finals in 4:33.

Josh Wenger (138) and Skyler St. John (160) finished second for the Prairie Hawks. They both dropped 3-1 decisions in the finals.

Bettendorf won the championship of the 21-team tournament. Prairie placed fourth and Kennedy was 10th.

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Hendrickson, Martin pace Kennedy girls

DUBUQUE - Paige Hendrickson and Morgan Martin scored 14 points apiece Friday night as Kennedy dunked Dubuque Senior, 64-46, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game in Dubuque.

Martin also had 13 rebounds, four assists and three steals for the Cougars (10-2).

Emma Noel scored 14 points for Dubuque Senior.

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Cougars scare No.1 Rams before falling

The Kennedy Cougars threw a scare into top-ranked Dubuque Senior Friday night, but making them nervous was not the goal.

The goal was claiming a signature victory on their homecourt, so cutting a 16-point deficit to just six points in the fourth quarter was not good enough.

"No. It's a loss," said Kennedy Coach Jon McKowen after the Cougars fell short, 70-62. "It doesn't matter if it's 40 or six or eight or whatever."

Dubuque Senior (10-0, 6-0) features a college-size lineup of four college-bound athletes who stand 6-foot-9, 6-foot-9, 6-foot-7 and 6-foot-5, the same guys who defeated then No.1-Iowa City West this season and snapped the Trojans' 60-game winning streak.

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Kennedy girls tripped by IC West bowlers

IOWA CITY - Brooke Kreiss shot a 346 series that led Iowa City West past Kennedy, 2240-2129, Friday in girls bowling at Colonial Lanes.

Megan Dunham's 316 series paced Kennedy.

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IC West bowlers bop Cougars

IOWA CITY - Iowa City West built a 269-pin lead in the first round and held off Kennedy, 2770-2520, Friday in boys bowling at Colonial Lanes.

Aaron Smith led Kennedy with a 198 high game and 363 series.

Iowa City West's Max Wever had high game (242) and series (432).

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Cougars, Saints slip in IGHSAU ratings

The Kennedy Cougars slipped one spot to No.7 in the IGHSAU Class 5A girls basketball rankings Thursday after losing to No.4 Waukee in overtime last Saturday.

The Xavier Saints, who have fallen to 6-6 for the season, dropped four spots to No.9 in the Class 4A rankings.

The top-ranked teams in the state are Iowa City High in 5A, Harlan in 4A, MOC-Floyd Valley in 3A, Western Christian in 2A and Newell-Fonda in 1A.

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