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The Xavier Saints climbed one spot from No.3 to No.2 in the Class 4A girls basketball rankings, the IGHSAU announced Thursday.
The Kennedy Cougars climbed two notches from No.9 to No.7 in Class 5A.
Xavier hosts Dubuque Hempstead Friday night. Kennedy visits third-ranked Waterloo West Friday night.
The top-ranked teams this week are Dowling Catholic in 5A, Harlan in 4A, MOC-Floyd Valley in 3A, Western Christian in 2A and Newell-Fonda in 1A.
Tim Lewis, the winningest football coach in school history, has resigned at Kennedy High School after compiling a 78-65 record in 14 years.
Lewis will stay at Kennedy as a physical education teacher and head coach of the Kennedy strength and conditioning program, which he described as his true love and passion.
The Cougars finished 8-4 this season and reached the quarterfinals of the Class 4A playoffs.
Lewis began thinking about stepping aside as the football coach before the season began and informed Kennedy athletic director of his final decision Wednesday.
Last Updated on Thursday, 12 December 2013 23:40
CORALVILLE - Iowa City West won every event Kennedy, 121-49, Tuesday in boys swimming at the Coralville Recreation Center.
Brennan Urbi finished second in the 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke for Kennedy.
Kennedy Coach Tony Vis was hard-pressed to find fault with anything his girls did Tuesday night after they demolished Linn-Mar 74-41 on their home court.
“Well,” he said after a pause, “we fouled a lot.”
Even that mild criticism was tempered, however.
“When you play as aggressive as we did tonight, I can live with that.”
In a match-up of previously unbeaten teams, this one was really no contest.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 December 2013 01:52The Kennedy girls basketball team is undefeated and ranked No.9 in the state, but Coach Tony Vis says the Cougars have not done anything special yet.
Vis was not entirely happy with his club Saturday night after Kennedy escaped Pleasant Valley, 57-53, at the Kennedy gym.
The Cougars have a 4-0 record this season and a shiny spot in the Class 5A polls, but the winless visitors from the Quad Cities nearly pulled off the upset.
DUBUQUE - Stephanie Botkin and Morgan Martin collected double-doubles Friday night as No.9 Kennedy spanked Dubuque Wahlert, 69-38, in a Mississippi Valley Conference girls basketball game in Dubuque.
Botkin finished with 15 and 11 rebounds, while Martin was just a notch behind with 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Cougars (3-0, 2-0).
Paige Hendrickson contributed 13 points, five assists and four steals.
Kennedy’s defensive intensity limited Burlington to only six points in the second quarter and it was that defense that proved to be the difference as the Cougars downed Burlington, 54-46, in boys basketball Friday night at Kennedy.
The Cougars built an eight-point lead at half and maintained it throughout the second half for the victory. Defense and fresh legs were the difference in the game.
“It’s not easy to play with that kind of intensity,” said first-year Kennedy Coach Jon McKowen. “We are deep and we can play a lot of kids.”
A.J. Carter and John Bardsley led Kennedy (1-0) with 13 points apiece and Drew Heitland came in off the bench to contribute 11.
The Xavier Saints, who are off to a 3-0 start with three straight road victories, stayed in the No.3 spot in the Class 4A girls basketball rankings Thursday by the IGHSAU.
The Kennedy Cougars (2-0) remained in the No.9 spot in the Class 5A rankings. The Washington Warriors (0-1) fell out of the Class 5A poll after being ranked No.10.
Dowling Catholic is ranked No.1 in Class 5A and Harlan is ranked No.1 in Class 4A. The other top-ranked teams are MOC-Floyd Valley in 3A, Western Christian in 2A and Newell-Fonda in 1A.
Last Updated on Friday, 06 December 2013 12:02When she was a sophomore, Madi Meier listened and learned.
Meier was part of a trio of talented sophomores who played with senior all-stater Courtney Strait in 2011-2012 . Strait made the point almost daily that the sophomores needed to be confident and play up to their abilities.
Now it is Meier’s senior season. The message she and teammates Paige Hendrickson and Jordan Holmes received hasn’t been forgotten. This season’s edition of the Cougars don’t have to rely on a trio of sophomores as they did in Strait’s time, but much of the depth comes from a trio of talented 10th graders off the bench.
That was evident in Tuesday night’s 67-45 victory over Cedar Falls. Coach Tony Vis was able to rotate 10 players in and out while the Tigers relied on a seven-player rotation.
IOWA CITY - Kennedy won only two events, but the Cougars' superior depth sent them past Iowa City High, 93-77, Tuesday in boys swimming at the Mercer Aquatics Center.
Kennedy's Brennan Urbi won twice, taking the 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke.
City High finished first in the nine remaining events.
Kennedy won the meet with nine second-place and 11 third-place finishes.
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