Kennedy Girls Soccer

Sydney Hayden wins Metro Spotlight Award

Sydney Hayden of Kennedy is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school girls this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Hayden is the leading scorer for the Kennedy soccer team, which is ranked No. 7 in Class 3A with a 4-2 record. She has five goals and two assists in the six games.

The Cougars defeated Linn-Mar last week when the Lions were ranked No. 1 in the state.

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Lions fall to 7th in soccer poll

Thursday's 2-1 loss to Kennedy cost Linn-Mar six spots in the latest Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union girls soccer rankings released Friday.

The Lions (4-1) fell from first to seventh in the 3A ratings, one spot behind the Cougars (4-2).

Xavier (2-3) remained fourth in Class 2A.

CLASS 3A

1. Iowa City West, 2, Ankeny Centennial, 3. Waukee, 4. Johnston, 5. WDM Dowling, 6. Kennedy, 7, Linn-Mar, 8. WDM Valley 9. Bettendorf, 10 Dubuque Hempstead.

CLASS 2A

1. North Scott, 2. Pleasant Valley, 3. Waverly-Shell Rock, 4. Xavier, 5. Ankeny, 6. Dallas Center-Grimes, 7. Pella, 8. Lewis Central, 9. Urbandale, 10. Grinnell, 11. Winterset, 12. ADM, 13. Newton, 14. Keokuk, 15. Glenwood.

Cougars down No. 1 Linn-Mar, 2-1

Alyssa Drewelow and Alissa Waterhouse scored first-half goals and Kennedy made them stand up as the Cougars upset top-ranked and previously unbeaten Linn-Mar, 2-1, on Thursday night at Linn-Mar Stadium.

Kenadee Dekko had the assist for the No. 7 Cougars, the defending Class 3A state champion.

Linn-Mar scored when Kennedy put the ball in its own net midway through the second half, but the Lions, who were ousted by the Cougars in the regional final last season, couldn't come up with the tying goal.

No.7 Kennedy girls shut out Warriors

Sydney Hayden, Melette Devore and Alyssa Drewelow scored goals Tuesday as the seventh-ranked Kennedy girls soccer team blanked Washington, 3-0, in a Mississippi Valley Conference match.

Drewelow, Kasey Dekko and Morgan Petsche had assists for the Cougars.

Kennedy scored once in the first half and tacked on two goals in the second half.