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DUBUQUE – The young Cinderella's spike had a sometimes sharp edge Tuesday night.
Her defense was often money, even against great odds and adversity. Her poise was perfect. Her resolve to pull the sizable upset was unshakeable.
“We really wanted it,” sophomore setter Anna Fluent said.
The only thing Cedar Rapids Kennedy didn't have was a victorious closing technique.
Kennedy High School will be selling advance tickets for Friday night's Class 4A quarterfinal football game at Xavier High School against the Saints.
The tickets will be available Wednesday through Friday, 7:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Tickets also will be available at the gate.
The cost of admission for this IHSAA sponsored event is $6.
DAVENPORT - The Kennedy Cougars danced the Hokey Pokey and celebrated their big 35-12 victory over Davenport Assumption in the visitors locker room at Brady Street Stadium Monday night, but once they stepped outside they were all business again.
They had the Xavier Saints on their mind.
Kennedy (8-3) earned a rematch with Xavier (10-1) in the quarterfinals of the Class 4A playoffs this Friday night at Saints Field.
Kennedy Coach Tim Lewis said the Cougars would not be celebrating on the ride home from Davenport after knocking the No.2 seed from the Eastern half of the state out of the playoffs.
"No, No, No. That's over," Lewis insisted. "We just got done celebrating in there. We won't even be thinking about Assumption on the bus."
Terrance Hall went through some rough times when he was living on the southwest side of Chicago a few years ago, always knowing trouble could be right around the corner.
"I've been robbed before, I've gotten in a fight before," said Hall, a fullback and linebacker for the Kennedy High School football team. "Guys tried to jump on me and rob me.
"It's rough. You have to be a little bit suspicious every time you go outside," he said Friday. "You've got to know your surroundings, know what stuff is about to happen. You have to be smart."
Hall and his family visited Cedar Rapids each summer to spend time with his cousins in the Dixon family - Herschel and Dalvin Dixon, who played football at Kennedy in recent years. Hall enjoyed those visits and liked Cedar Rapids, so he was receptive when his mother suggested they move here.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Jennifer Jenks were the big winners at the regional swimming meets on Saturday.
Kennedy trimmed Iowa City West, 432.5 to 424, for the team championship at the regional in Iowa City and qualified for the state meet in nine events.
Michele Wasta of Kennedy won the regional title in the 100 butterfly. The Cougars also claimed regional crowns in the 200 medley relay and 200 freestyle relay.
Jenks, a freshman at Linn-Mar, captured the 50 freestyle and the 100 freestyle at the regional meet in Cedar Falls. Her time of 51.30 seconds in the 100 freestyle leads all qualifiers for the state meet.
If the Fine Arts Department at Kennedy High School ever stages a musical about a football team, Jordan Lunsford would land the leading role in a snap.
Lunsford is a member of the Show Choir at Kennedy and also performs in plays. On top of that, he's the leading tackler on the football team that's headed to the second round of the Class 4A playoffs Monday night against Davenport Assumption.
He can sing, he can dance, he can act - and he can knock you to smithereens on a football field. "He's a pretty amazing kid," Kennedy football coach Tim Lewis said Friday after practice.
CLINTON - Kennedy won the final two sets to win its Class 5A regional semifinal match against Clinton Thursday night.
The Cougars (20-14) advance to play Dubuque Hempstead in Tuesday's regional final at Dubuque Senior.
Kennedy dropped nailbiters in the first and third set against Clinton. The River Queens took the first set 25-22, but Kennedy claimed the second 25-20.
Clinton eked out a 25-23 win in the third set.
Kennedy won the fourth set 25-20, then grabbed the fifth set 15-11 to take the match.
Jadyn Gilson led the Cougars with 23 kills. Madi Meier had 36 digs and was 18 of 18 serving with two aces. Anna Fluent had 60 assists,
Last Updated on Thursday, 31 October 2013 22:59The Kennedy Cougars can go ahead and order their playoff T-shirts now and hang a banner in their gym.
The Cougars earned their postseason awards Wednesday night by thrashing Prairie, 42-14, in the opening round of the Class 4A playoffs at Kingston Stadium.
Kennedy Coach Tim Lewis, an old-school guy, does not let his team get their playoff T-shirts or hang a banner until they've actually won a playoff game. He's felt that way ever since the IHSAA expanded the tournament from 16 to 32 teams a few years ago, because merely making the playoffs is not good enough for the boss.
Now it's official.
The way Derek Jacobus sees it, he's waited too long to get a chance to play in an important playoff game to let a mysterious medical problem stand in the way.
He hopes his kidney specialist feels the same way so he can face Prairie in the first round of the Class 4A playoffs Wednesday night at Kingston Stadium.
Jacobus missed the entire 2012 football season with a shoulder injury and still wears a harness as a precautionary measure, even though his shoulder is fine.
He's had a good year as Kennedy's starting quarterback, but there was considerable doubt about his status for this past Friday's game against Iowa City High after he had urinated blood and went to the emergency room at 2:30 Friday morning.
It was a Friday evening of jubilation all around on Senior Night for the Kennedy Cougars at Kingston Stadium.
Senior scatback Miles Moa celebrated his 18th birthday by lugging the ball 34 times for an even 300 yards as the Cougars whipped fifth-ranked Iowa City High, 35-14.
Kennedy (6-3) will host Prairie (5-4) in the first round of the Class 4A playoffs Wednesday at 8 p.m. at Kingston Stadium.
Not surprisingly, Moa left the game with leg cramps with eight minutes left to go, but by then had pushed his season rushing mark to 1,125 yards.
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