Kennedy Girls Basketball

Kennedy girls give No. 3 team a tussle

It was hard to tell the winning coach from the losing one in the Kennedy gym Tuesday night.

After his third-ranked Iowa City West girls eked out a hard-fought 62-53 victory, B.J. Mayer looked like he'd been through the wringer.

"Kennedy's a nice, well-coached team," said the exuberant young coach, hoarse and drained in sweat. "Their record is very deceiving."

Veteran Cougar Coach Dennis Roloff, meanwhile, was calm and collected, looking dapper in his Kennedy green coat and tie for the post-game Senior Night celebration.

"Is there," he asked rhetorically, "a better 6 and 13 team than we are? The girls just played their hearts out."

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No. 7 Washington runs past Cougars

Kennedy tried to run with the Washington girls basketball team Friday night, but the result was not pretty.

The seventh-ranked Warriors ran the Cougars out of the gym, 77-43, on Hall of Fame Night at Washington.

Tia Dawson collected 18 points, 12 rebounds and six blocked shots for Washington (15-3, 12-2) in the Mississippi Valley Conference game.

The Warriors were too fast, too deep and too talented for Kennedy (6-12, 5-9). The Cougars committed a string of turnovers against Washington's fullcourt press and fell deeper and deeper behind as the mismatch continued.

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Cougar girls hold off Decorah, 59-58

DECORAH -- Courtney Strait and Olivia Meier combined for 39 points and Kennedy held off Decorah, 59-58, Saturday night in a nonconference girls basketball game.

Strait scored 21, knocking down three 3-pointers, to lead Kennedy (6-11). Meier added 18 and Shauna Happel had 10.

The Cougars led at halftime, 40-29, but managed only 19 points in the second half.

Kennedy made one fewer field goal than Decorah, but had three more 3-pointers than the Vikings. Both teams made 17 free throws. Kennedy was 17 of 20 from the stripe.

Kennedy snapped a four-game losing streak during which two losses came in overtime. The Cougars' next game is Feb.. 4 at No. 7 C.R. Washington.

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Strait nets 24 in Kennedy's loss at City High

IOWA CITY -- Courtney Strait poured in 24 points for Kennedy Friday night in a 67-51 loss to 10th-ranked Iowa City High in a Mississippi Valley Conference game in Iowa City.

Olivia Meier scored 17 points for Kennedy, giving Strait and Meier 41 of their team's 51 points. The Cougars fell to 5-11 overall and 5-8 in the league.

Virginia Johnson had a big game for Iowa City High (14-4, 9-4) with 24 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists.

Kennedy led at intermission, 32-27, but got outscored 40-19 in the second half.

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