Kennedy High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Cougars pin IC West, Wahlert

DUBUQUE – The Kennedy wrestling team earned a pair of wins, beating Iowa City West 39-34 and Dubuque Wahlert 47-21 in a Mississippi Valley Conference double-dual Thursday at Wahlert.

Cam Shaver had a pin and a technical fall at 113 pounds for the Cougars. Eli Benion (106), Nolan Hromidko (132), Kale Crawford (145), Ben Sarasin (160), Garrett Kubovec (182), Sam Pape (195) and Dalles Jacobus (220) each had one pin.

KENNEDY 39, IOWA CITY WEST 34
126 – Aaron Stumpf (ICW) pinned Austin McLeod 3:14.
132 – Nolan Hromidko (K) pinned Connor Harris :34.
138 – Nelson Brands (ICW) pinned Dylan Ironside 2:39.
145 – Kale Crawford (K) pinned Ben Bertell 3:07.
152 – Logen Rodriguez (K) major dec. Tyler Yoerger 9-1.
160 – Ben Sarasin (K) pinned Ashton Stumpf :32.
170 – Carter Rohweder (ICW) pinned Todd Gusta 3:08.
182 – Garrett Kubovec (K) dec. Nate Kelsay 5-4.
195 – Donovan Doyle (ICW) pinned Sam Pape 1:42.
220 – Dalles Jacobus (K) pinned Guy Snow 2:45.

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Cougars pin IC West, Wahlert

DUBUQUE – The Kennedy wrestling team earned a pair of wins, beating Iowa City West 39-34 and Dubuque Wahlert 47-21 in a Mississippi Valley Conference double-dual Thursday at Wahlert.

Cam Shaver had a pin and a technical fall at 113 pounds for the Cougars. Eli Benion (106), Nolan Hromidko (132), Kale Crawford (145), Ben Sarasin (160), Garrett Kubovec (182), Sam Pape (195) and Dalles Jacobus (220) each had one pin.

KENNEDY 39, IOWA CITY WEST 34
126 – Aaron Stumpf (ICW) pinned Austin McLeod 3:14.
132 – Nolan Hromidko (K) pinned Connor Harris :34.
138 – Nelson Brands (ICW) pinned Dylan Ironside 2:39.
145 – Kale Crawford (K) pinned Ben Bertell 3:07.
152 – Logen Rodriguez (K) major dec. Tyler Yoerger 9-1.
160 – Ben Sarasin (K) pinned Ashton Stumpf :32.
170 – Carter Rohweder (ICW) pinned Todd Gusta 3:08.
182 – Garrett Kubovec (K) dec. Nate Kelsay 5-4.
195 – Donovan Doyle (ICW) pinned Sam Pape 1:42.
220 – Dalles Jacobus (K) pinned Guy Snow 2:45.

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Kennedy boys dunk City High

The Kennedy boys swimming team won 10 of 11 events and beat Iowa City High, 116-42, in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet Tuesday at Kennedy.

Brady Gibson won the 200-yard freestyle and 100 butterfly for the Cougars. Cade Schoenauer took the 200 individual medley and 100 freestyle, Stefan Kitsos captured the 500 freestyle and 100 backstroke, and Dawson Gibbons won the 50 freestyle.

Kennedy also won the 200 medley, 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relays.

KENNEDY 116, IOWA CITY HIGH 42
200 medley relay – Kennedy (Brady Gibson, Stefan Kitsos, Alec Hanson, Reece Linder) 1:47.56.
200 freestyle – Gibson (K) 1:59.83.
200 individual medley – Cade Schoenauer (K) 2:14.23.
50 freestyle – Dawson Gibbons (K) 24.73.
100 butterfly – Gibson (K) 59.76.
100 freestyle – Schoenauer (K) 51.26.
500 freestyle – Kitsos (K) 5:23.28.
200 freestyle relay – Kennedy (Schoenauer, Clark Montover, Spencer Davis, Gibbons) 1:37.69.
100 backstroke – Kitsos (K) 56.77.
100 breaststroke – Nate Katalanich (C) 1:05.23.
400 freestyle relay – Kennedy (Schoenauer, Linder, Gibson, Kitsos) 3:32.12.

Cougars hit low point in 56-37 loss

It's nearly late January and the Cedar Rapids Kennedy boys basketball team is still searching for answers.

Coach Jon McKowen is beginning to wonder if they'll find them in time.

The Cougars hit a power outage Tuesday night and were stuffed by Johnston, 56-37, in a non-conference game at Kennedy that dropped the Cougars to 5-and-7 for the campaign following two straight trips to the state tournament.

Kennedy made only four field goals in the first half and shot poorly for the entire game, finishing 13 of 51 for 25.5 percent, and their output of 37 points was the lowest in McKowen's three years as head coach. The previous low was 43 points in a 53-43 setback to Ames earlier this season.

The Cougars trailed 29-14 at halftime Tuesday and never caught up.

"As players we're not messing, but as coaches we're also not meshing with each other," McKowen said outside the quiet Kennedy locker room. "Now is the time. Our backs are against the wall and it's kind of desperation time. We have to figure each other out pretty quick."

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England, Uthoff win titles for Prairie

GENESEO, Ill. - Marcus England and Sam Uthoff won titles for the Cedar Rapids Prairie wrestling team at the Geneseo Invitational Saturday.

England, who is ranked No. 5 at 113 pounds, pinned Jacob Schipper of North Scott in 3:02 for his crown. England went 3-0 in the tournament with three straight pins.

Uthoff, who is ranked No. 1 at 132 pounds, raised his record to 24-0 with a 12-2 major decision over Josh Jones of Chicago Heights in the finals. Uthoff went 4-0 in the tournament with three pins and a technical fall.

Taylor Mehmen placed second at 195 pounds for Prairie.

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Kitsos leads Cougars at SE Polk swim

RUNNELLS - Stefan Kitsos of Kennedy captured the 100 breaststroke at the Southeast Polk Invitational swim meet Saturday in Runnells.

Kitsos was clocked in 1:00.57, beating Zach Linder of Waukee to the wall by 64-hundredths of a second.

Waukee won all the other events and claimed the championship with 443 points. Kennedy finished second out of eight schools with 261 points.

The Cougars got second-place finishes from Cade Schoenauer in the 200 free, Kitsos in the 100 free and the 200 medley relay. The Cougars got third-place showings from Reece Linder in the 200 IM, Schoenauer in the 100 fly and Clark Montover in the 200 free and 500 free.

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Hiatt leads Cougars by Prairie

Max Hiatt rolled a 264 game and a 491 series as the Kennedy boys bowling team stopped Prairie, 3,101 pins to 2,464, in a Mississppi Valley Conference meet Friday at the Cedar Rapids Bowling Center.

Lucas Galloro had a 244 game and a 396 series for the Prairie Hawks.

PRAIRIE: Lucas Galloro 152-244=396, Matt Galloro 200-188=388, Paul Toczylowski 180-154=334, Spencer Rayman 69-118=287, Brendon Poock 113-150=263, Dylan Kacena 96-106=202.

KENNEDY: Max Hiatt 227-264=491, James Jambois 248-223=471, Nick Green 189-205=394, Dakota Dippel 171-194=365, Bert Goodwin 166-190=356, Aeron Stockwell 177-166=343

Prairie: 1,668-796=2,464.

Kennedy: 2,077-1,024=3,101.

Keiper sparks Prairie by Kennedy

Sabrina Keiper had a 278 game and a 449 series to lead the Prairie girls bowling team in a 2,876 to 2,256 win over Kennedy in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet Friday at the Cedar Rapids Bowling Center.

Jamie Milota rolled a 180 game and a 346 series for the Cougars.

PRAIRIE: Sabrina Keiper 278-171=449, Rylee Blood 173-191=364, Ashley Sundstrom 166-192=358, Kaitlyn Early 162-178=340, Jade Klinefelter 124-205=329, Mikayla Hite 127-189=316.

KENNEDY: Jamie Milota 166-180=346, Sydney Helms 153-160=313, Abbie Haller 123-166=289, Sam Eltze 132-151=283, Alyssa Wiedemeier 155-126=281, Cate Oliphant 149-113=262.

Prairie: 1,840-1,036=2,876.

Kennedy: 1,512-744=2,256.

Kennedy boys nip hard-luck J-Hawks

One of these days the basketball gods are going to smile on the guys from Cedar Rapids Jefferson, but it did not happen Friday night.

Again.

The Kennedy Cougars handed the J-Hawks another agonizing defeat, 54-53, in a Mississippi Valley Conference battle at the Kennedy gym.

The J-Hawks have lost their last three games by a grand total of five points with setbacks to Dubuque Senior (48-47), Cedar Falls (68-65) and now Kennedy (54-53).

"We have to have a sustained effort for all 32 minutes and cut back on the little mistakes," said Jefferson Coach Brandon Horman. "It's nice to be on the hump this year, but we've got to get over the hump."

Jefferson lost all 16 of its MVC games last season and is 0-6 in the league this year, saddling the J-Hawks with a 22-game losing streak in the conference. The skid almost ended Friday in a taut affair.

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