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Kennedy - Girls Basketball
Sydney Hayden of Cedar Rapids Kennedy is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school girls this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.
Hayden, a 5-foot-5 senior, has been a major factor for the Kennedy basketball team this season with her outside shooting, ballhandling and defense. She is averaging 13.9 points and leads Class 5A with 38 3-pointers in 10 games.
The Cougars are ranked No. 4 in the state with a 9-1 record.
Kennedy - Girls Basketball
If you like girls basketball, you might want to circle Tuesday, Jan. 5 on your calendar as a "must see" game for the New Year.
The Kennedy Cougars will host the Linn-Mar Lions that night at 7:30 in a showdown for early bragging rights in the Metro area. Kennedy is ranked No. 4 in Class 5A with a 9-1 record, while Linn-Mar is ranked No. 9 in Class 5A with a 6-1 mark.
The Cougars feature a strong 1-2 punch with Lela Sellers and sharpshooter Sydney Hayden, while the Lions counter with a strong 1-2 punch of their own with Amanda Ollinger and Kamryn Finley.
All four of those athletes will play Division I sports in college. Sellers has signed with Liberty University for basketball, Hayden is headed to the University of Northern Iowa for soccer, Ollinger has signed with Iowa for basketball and Finley, just a sophomore, already has basketball offers from Northern Iowa and Drake.
Ollinger leads the Metro in scoring and ranks third in rebounding, while Sellers leads the Metro in rebounding and ranks second in scoring.
Kennedy - Girls Basketball
Tony Vis does not need anything else for Christmas.
The Kennedy girls basketball coach already has a team that is ranked No. 4 in the state and boasts a sparkling 9-1 record with a nine-game winning streak.
The Cougars sailed into the holiday break Monday with a 77-34 victory over Fairfield as Sydney Hayden popped in 18 points, Hailey Dolphin netted 15 points and Lela Sellers added 13.
Vis likes what he's seen during the first half of the season.
"I really like the chemistry," he said. "You can see when we walked out, smiles on their faces. They like each other, and they work hard for each other. And it's a fun group to coach."
Sellers is averaging 18.6 points, Hayden follows at 13.9 and Dolphin has raised her mark to 10.2 points, giving Kennedy three players in double figures. Carly Langhurst, Linden Runels, Olivia Hellweg and Ashley Hamilton have combined to average another 16.6 per game.
Last Updated on Monday, 21 December 2015 22:29Kennedy - Girls Basketball
DUBUQUE - Lela Sellers scored 26 points and Sydney Hayden popped in 20 Friday night as the fourth-ranked Kennedy Cougars topped Dubuque Hempstead, 65-57, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game in Dubuque.
Sellers grabbed 10 rebounds to finish with a double-double. She also had four assists and four steals.
Hayden canned six 3-pointers.
Kennedy won its eighth straight game and raised its record to 8-1.
KENNEDY (65): Langhurst 0 1-3 1, Hamilton 0 0-0 0, Hayden 6 2-2 20, Sellers 10 5-10 26, Hellweg 1 0-0 2, Dolphin 3 0-1 6, Runels 3 0-1 7, Meier 1 0-0 3. Totals 24 8-17 65.
Halftime - Kennedy 32, Hempstead 30. 3-point goals - Kennedy 9 (Hayden 6, Sellers 1, Runels 1, Meier 1).
Kennedy - Girls Basketball
Hitting a big 3-pointer in a clutch situation in a tense basketball game is a lot gentler on the nervous system than being the final shooter in a PK shootout in soccer, even though the outcome is hanging in the balance in both cases.
Just ask Kennedy senior Sydney Hayden.
"The last shooter in a PK shootout is a lot tougher, to be honest with you," said Sydney Hayden, who is an expert in both sports. "It's a little more nerve-wracking."
Hayden kept her cool Tuesday night and drilled a huge 3-pointer with seven seconds left in the fourth quarter to lift the Cougars into a 51-51 tie with Washington and force overtime in the Mississippi Valley Conference game at Washington.
Hayden then began the extra session with another 3-pointer to help steer the seventh-ranked Cougars to a 67-59 victory.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 December 2015 00:12
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