Kennedy Girls Basketball

Botkin joins 1000/500 club for Cougars

Stephanie Botkin missed her first two shots Tuesday night and had only five points for the Kennedy Cougars in their home game against Jefferson.

She didn't miss a whole lot after that and ended up becoming only the ninth player in Metro history with 1,000 points and 500 rebounds in her career.

Botkin popped in 24 points and Lela Sellers had 26 as No. 8 Kennedy recovered from a sluggish first half and pounded the J-Hawks, 65-26, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game.

Botkin, a lanky 6-foot senior, began the game with 981 points and knew exactly what she needed to reach 1,000 in her four-year varsity career.

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Kennedy girls get revenge against Wash

As soon as the Kennedy girls figured out early Friday night that they could handle Washington’s pressing defense, well, there was no stopping them.

The Cougars finished off the first quarter on a 10-0 run and just kept pouring it on in a 67-35 rout on the Warriors’ home court.

“We were really pumped tonight,’’ said heady Kennedy forward Linden Runels. “Wash is a good team, but we wanted to get them back for the last game at our place.”

Washington won that one 53-46 back in mid-December when the Cougars suffered one of their rare poor shooting performances. This time around they were running on all cylinders.

“We were really good on the boards,” Runels noted.

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Xavier girls climb to 7th in 4A

The Xavier girls basketball team continued its climb in the Class 4A rankings by jumping from No. 9 to No. 7, the IGHSAU announced Thursday.

The Saints have compiled a 13-5 record, primarily against Class 5A competition.

The Marion Indians (16-4) remained 13th in the Class 4A poll. The Kennedy Cougars (13-5) stayed No. 8 in the 5A rankings.

The top-ranked teams are Waukee in 5A, Harlan in 4A, Mediapolis in 3A, Unity Christian in 2A and Burlington Notre Dame in 1A.

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Kennedy girls upset Iowa City West

IOWA CITY – The eighth-ranked Kennedy girls basketball team upset No. 5 Iowa City West, 60-54, Friday at Iowa City West.

The Cougars (13-5) jumped to a 17-6 lead in the first quarter and shot 30-of-44 from the free-throw line.

Stephanie Botkin scored 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds for Kennedy. Abby Hellweg had 11 points and Sydney Hayden added 10 points.

Dani Craig scored 15 points for the Women of Troy (15-2).

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