Kennedy Girls Basketball

No.10 Cougars top No.7 Tigers

Stephanie Botkin popped in 18 points Friday night as 10th-ranked Kennedy clipped seventh-ranked Cedar Falls, 54-43, in a Mississippi Valley Conference basketball game at Kennedy.

Lela Sellers scored nine points for Kennedy (11-5). Jamie Becker scored 10 points for Cedar Falls (12-3).

CEDAR FALLS (43): Becker 3 3-4 10, Gerdes 1 2-4 5, Long 4 0-2 9, Kramer 0 0-0 0, Conrad 3 0-0 7, Barney 1 0-0 3, Boettger 4 1-3 9. Totals 16 6-13 43.

KENNEDY (54): Hayden 1 3-4 6, Sellers 4 1-2 9, A. Hellweg 1 2-5 4, Runels 0 0-0 0, Botkin 5 7-8 18, Hamilton 2 0-0 5, Dolphin 2 2-2 6, Dye 2 2-4 6, O. Hellweg 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 17-25 54.

Halftime - Kennedy 22, Cedar Falls 22. 3-point goals - Cedar Falls 5 (Becker 1, Gerdes 1, Long 1, Conrad 1, Barney 1), Kennedy 3 (Hayden 1, Botkin 1, Hamilton 1).

Botkin wins Metro Spotlight Award

Cedar Rapids Kennedy senior Stephanie Botkin is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school girls this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Botkin, a 6-foot senior, is one of the top basketball players in the Metro area. She has played for the Kennedy varsity since she was a freshman and has amassed 913 points and 494 rebounds in her career, giving her a chance to join the 1,000/500 club before the season is over.

Botkin is averaging 15.3 points and 6.7 rebounds this season, the best marks of her career. She has enjoyed games of 27 points against Waterloo West, 25 against Prairie, 21 against Waukee and 20 against Fairfield. She grabbed 12 rebounds against Fairfield and Ames, giving her double-doubles in both games.

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No.2 Waukee stops Kennnedy girls

The second-ranked Waukee girls basketball team couldn’t be caught and the 10th-ranked Kennedy Cougars lost, 60-51, Saturday at Kennedy.

Stephanie Botkin had 21 points for the Cougars (10-5) and Hailey Dolphin added 11 points.

Reilly Jacobson had 24 points for Waukee (11-1) and Anna Kollmorgen had 14 points.

WAUKEE (60): Deskin 1 0-0 3, Coleman 2 0-0 5, Jacobson 8 8-11 24, Mataloni 0 1-2 1, Corbett 0 0-0 0, Littlefield 4 0-0 9, Kollmorgen 4 6-9 14, Cavanaugh 1 1-2 4. Totals 19 16-24 60.

KENNEDY (51): Heyden 2 0-0 5, Sellers 2 4-4 8, Hellweg 1 0-0 2, Runels 0 0-0 0, Botkin 8 3-4 21, Hamilton 0 0-0 0, Dolphin 4 3-4 11, Milbrath 1 0-0 2, Dye 1 0-0 2. Totals 19 10-12 51.

Halftime – Waukee 30, Kennedy 25. 3-point goals – Waukee 4 (Deskin, Coleman, Littlefield, Cavanaugh), Kennedy 3 (Botkin 2, Hayden).

Hayden, Botkin lead Kennedy girls

Sydney Hayden had 16 points and Stephanie Botkin had 15 to lead the Kennedy girls basketball team to a 68-34 win over Jefferson on Friday at Jefferson.

Katelynn Dye added nine points and Abby Hellweg had eight points for the Cougars (10-4).

Kennedy Dighton had 15 points to lead the J-Hawks (5-8).

KENNEDY (68): Dunham 0 0-0 0, Dye 4 1-2 9, Hamilton 1 0-0 2, Hayden 6 0-0 16, Sellers 3 0-0 6, Steele 0 0-0 0, A.Hellweg 3 2-2 8, Meyer 1 0-0 2, Green 0 0-0 0, Milbrath 1 1-2 3, Runels 1 1-2 3, Dolphin 0 0-0 0, Botkin 6 1-2 15, O.Hellwig 0 0-0 0. Totals 26 10-14 68

JEFFERSON (34): Rolwes 1 0-0 3, Robinson 0 0-0 0, Kitterman 1 0-0 2, Guy 3 0-0 9, Melton 0 0-0 0, Wise 1 0-0 2, Veglahn 1 0-0 3, McVeigh 0 0-0 0, Dighton 6 1-2 15, E.O’Brien 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 1-2 34.

Halftime – Kennedy 38, Jefferson 11. 3-point goals – Kennedy 6 (Hayden 4, Botkin 2), Jefferson 7 (Guy 3, Dighton 2, Rowles, Veglahn).