Kennedy Girls Basketball

Ames girls stop Kennedy in OT

The Ames girls basketball team pulled away with a 15-6 run in overtime to beat Kennedy 67-58 Saturday at the U.S. Cellular Center.

Stephanie Botkin had 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Cougars (8-4), Hailey Dolphin also had 14 points, and Linden Runels added 10 points.

KENNEDY (58): Dye 2 0-0 4, Hamilton 2 0-0 4 Hayden 3 0-0 8, Hellweg 1 2-3 4, Milbrath 0 0-0 0, Runels 4 1-1 10, Dolphin 6 1-2 14, Botkin 5 4-4 14. Totals 23 8-10 58.

AMES (67): Not available.

Halftime – Kennedy 32, Ames 20. Regulation – 52-52. 3-point goals – Kennedy 4 (Hayden 2, Runels, Dolphin), Ames N/A.

Sellers, Botkin power Kennedy girls

Lela Sellers and Steph Botkin each had 17 points to lead the Kennedy girls basketball team in a 63-53 win over Dubuque Wahlert on Friday at Kennedy.

Charlotte Flynn had 18 points for the Golden Eagles (4-6).

Kennedy improved to 8-3.

DUBUQUE WAHLERT (53): Roling 3 1-2 9, Osterberger 0 0-0 0, Gassman 0 0-0 0, Fricano 2 0-0 4, Tranel 1 0-0 2, Lynch 4 2-2 12, Boge 3 2-3 8, Berning 0 0-0 0, Flynn 7 0-0 18. Totals 18 5-7 53.

KENNEDY (63): Hayden 1 4-6 7, Sellers 7 2-2 17, Hellweg 0 0-0 0, Runels 2 1-4 5, Botkin 5 7-8 17, Hamilton 0 0-0 0, Dolphin 2 2-2 7, Milbrath 1 0-0 2, Dye 2 0-0 4. Totals 20 16-22 63.

Halftime – Kennedy 34, Dubuque Wahlert 27. 3-point goals – Dubuque Wahlert 8 (Flynn 4, Roling 2, Lynch 2), Kennedy 3 (Hayden, Sellers, Dolphin).

Ollinger mostly sits as Lions top Cougars

Kennedy Coach Tony Vis had a bad feeling before tipoff at Linn-Mar Tuesday night, but he thought it would pass.

“We knew they were an outside-oriented team and like to shoot from out there,” Vis said of the Class 5A eighth-ranked Lions. “They were hot in the warmups and, obviously, it carried right on over into the game.”

Indeed, Linn-Mar canned seven of nine 3-point attempts in the first half alone (and 11 overall for a new school record) while running out to a 33-14 lead.

The Cougars (7-3) tried mightily to catch up but still came up short, 62-49.

Amanda Ollinger made a quiet debut for Linn-Mar, playing briefly in the third quarter and finishing with one steal. She transferred to Linn-Mar from Jefferson during the holiday break.

Even without Ollinger's help, the Lions were too much for the Cougars.

“I thought from a certain point in the second quarter on, we played pretty well,” said Vis. “The start was the key with that 19-point hole. It seemed like we were going to be stuck on five points all night.”

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Kennedy girls win at Fairfield

FAIRFIELD - Senior Stephanie Botkin scored 20 points and pulled down 12 rebounds to lead Cedar Rapids Kennedy to a 41-35 non-conference win over Fairfield Monday night.

Sydney Hayden added eight for the Cougars, now 7-2.

Sami Fritz led Fairfield (7-3) with 11. Mackenzie Flattery added nine.

KENNEDY (41): Dye 0 0-0 0, Hamilton 0 0-0 0, Hayden 3 0-0 8, Sellers 1 1-4 3, Hellweg 2 2-3 6, Runels 1 0-1 2, Dolphin 1 0-0 2, Botkin 7 6-8 20. Totals: 15 9-19 41.

FAIRFIELD (No Statistics available)

Halftime: Kennedy 22, Fairfield 15. 3-point goals: Kennedy 2 (Hayden 2).