Kennedy High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Surging Cougars sweep No.10 Saints

Two teams that had been gathering momentum in June collided Monday night in the Battle of 42nd Street at Kennedy High School.

Kennedy kept its momentum. Xavier lost theirs.

The surging Cougars swept the No.10 Saints, 2-1 in nine innings and 4-3, in a Mississippi Valley Conference twinbill.

Both games were well-pitched, but the opener was truly a pitching duel between Xavier’s Mitch Keller and Kennedy’s Zack Daniels (who gave way to David King in the ninth).

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Lions and Cougars split in softball

In a softball battle between buddies Monday night, it came out even.

Linn-Mar pitcher Alexis Kelsey had scouted best friend Ashley Hamilton’s Kennedy team last week and said she knew exactly how to throw to them.

“They weren’t hitting the outside pitch,” Kelsey said after tossing a three-hitter in a 7-0 romp over the Cougars in the first game of a doubleheader Monday at Linn-Mar.

Hamilton, though, had two of those hits. And she came back with three more in the nightcap to lead Kennedy to a 3-1 payback win.

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Kennedy sweeps past Waterloo East

Kennedy broke out the bats in the opener, then got an outstanding pitching performance in the nightcap and swept Waterloo East, 15-3 and 6-0, Friday in Mississippi Valley Conference baseball at Kennedy.

Kennedy scored eight runs in the third inning to blow open the first game. The Cougars tacked on five more in the fourth inning.

Andrew Johnson was 3-for-3 with a pair of triples. Jared Staton had a pair of doubles and drove in three runs.

Freshman Jackson Behn scattered four hits over six innings in the nightcap to lead the Cougars (13-9, 10-6). Johnson and Staton drove in two runs apiece.

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Cougars take 2 of 3 at Mount Vernon

MOUNT VERNON - Kennedy won a pair of games Friday at the Mount Vernon softball tournament.

The Cougars downed Washington, Iowa, 6-4, and North Cedar, 8-2.

Kennedy (11-20) appeared on its way to a three-game sweep until Mount Vernon scored four runs in the top of the seventh to hand the Cougars a 7-6 loss.

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Improved Cougars trim Ottumwa, 6-5

The Kennedy High School baseball team began the season with few players with any varsity experience. As June ends, it is clear they could be building for a strong finish.

Hosting Ottumwa for a non-conference battle Thursday night, the Cougars banged out 10 hits for a 6-5 victory.

Jared Staton drove in Zach Daniels in the bottom of the sixth to break a 5-5 ballgame and David King pitched the seventh inning to save the victory for Sammy Lizarraga.

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Surging Warriors split with Cougars

It was a classic combination of long ball and small ball.

The suddenly surging Washington girls used both Thursday night to pull out a comeback 2-1 win over Kennedy in the nightcap of their softball doubleheader at cozy Franklin Field.

In a game of errors, the Cougars coasted 5-1 in the opener.

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Kennedy upended by No.2 IC West

IOWA CITY - It took a month, but the eight-run lead Iowa City West built in the first inning proved more than Kennedy could overcome.

West beat Kennedy, 14-4, Wednesday in the completion of a game suspended by rain on May 28. West had scored eight runs in the first inning when the game was suspended.

Zach Daniels was 3-for-3 and drove in two runs for Kennedy (10-9, 8-6). Sammy Lizarraga had a two-run double.

Ezra Reiners drove in three runs for No.2 Iowa City West (21-4, 14-2).

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Drahn's RBI single gives Cougars split

CEDAR FALLS - Tiianna Drahn's two-out RBI single sparked a three-run rally that sent Kennedy past Cedar Falls, 4-1, Tuesday in the first game of a Mississippi Valley Conference softball doubleheader.

Cedar Falls won the nightcap, 11-6.

Kennedy (8-18, 5-13) took a 1-0 lead in the top of the fifth of the opener on Hannah Harberts' RBI double. Cedar Falls tied the game in the bottom of the sixth.

An error plated Kennedy's second run in the seventh inning and Ashley Hamilton singled home the third run.

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Kubovec, Hamilton have hot sticks for Cougars

ALBURNETT - Lauren Kubovec and Ashley Hamilton had five hits apiece Saturday and Kennedy split a pair of games in the Linn-Mar/Alburnett softball tournament.

Kubovec had three hits, drove in three runs and scored three times in the Cougars' 13-8 loss to Northeast. Hamilton also had three hits. Tanner Rathjens drove in two runs.

Kubovec and Hamilton each had a pair of hits and drove in a run in Kennedy's 3-2 win over New Hampton.

The Cougars are 7-17.

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