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Milota leads Cougars by IC West

Jamie Milota had a 204 game and a 365 series to lead the Kennedy girls bowling team to a 2,366 to 2,178 win over Iowa City West in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet Friday at the Cedar Rapids Bowling Center.

Samantha Lovell rolled a 396 series for the Women of Troy.

IOWA CITY WEST: Samantha Lovell 203-193=396, Kalei Strabala 130-161=291, Nicole Ritchey 148-123=271, Ashley Bys 122-146=268, Skyler Dickerson 123-119=242, Allison Bys 125-113=238.

KENNEDY: Jamie Milota 204-161=365, Alyssa Wiedemeier 182-160=342, Cate Oliphant 117-184=301, Sydney Helms 161-135=296, Abbie Haller 161-131=292, Sam Eltze 122-148=270.

Iowa City West: 1,468-710=2,178.

Kennedy: 1,596-770=2,366.

Jambois rolls 473 series for Cougars

James Jambois rolled a 268 game and a 473 series, but it wasn’t enough as Iowa City West edged the Kennedy boys bowling team, 2,976 pins to 2,863, in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet Friday at the Cedar Rapids Bowling Center.

Jordan Tiegs had a 428 series for the Trojans.

IOWA CITY WEST: Jordon Tiegs 204-224=428, Jacob Fisher 209-201=410, Corey Roth 211-195=406, Nicholas Rohm 246-152=398, Patrick Wood 192-172=364, Kalen Rios 139-135=274.

KENNEDY: James Jambois 205-268=473, Max Hiatt 193-208=401, Bert Goodwin 187-187=374, Dakota Dippel 127-244=371, Nathan Fisher 160-160=320, Nick Green 147-159=306.

Iowa City West: 2,006-970=2,976.

Kennedy: 1,939-924=2,863.

Cougars fall to Cedar Falls in OT

A.J. Green scored 32 points to lead the Cedar Falls boys basketball team to a 73-66 overtime win over Kennedy in a Mississippi Valley Conference game Friday at Kennedy.

The Cougars led by as much as 48-39 with three minutes left in regulation, but the Tigers fought back to tie the score at 55 and send the game into overtime, where they out-scored Kennedy 18-11.

Derrick Diggins scored 27 points for the Cougars (5-8). Drake Brewster and Matt Berst each scored 11.

Cedar Falls improved to 9-3.

CEDAR FALLS (73): Fagan 4 7-11 15, Harrington 1 0-0 3, Green 9 10-10 32, Labeaux 5 3-4 13, Alexander 0 3-6 3, Johnson 1 2-4 4, Bower 0 0-0 0, Gerdes 0 3-4 3, Leisinger 0 0-0 0, Loecher 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 28-39 73.

KENNEDY (66): Haynes 0 0-0 0, Brewster 3 5-5 11, Gardner 0 0-0 0, Girling 1 2-2 5, Berst 4 2-3 11, Duehr 1 0-0 2, Diggins 11 2-3 27, Bisenius 1 0-2 2, Wall 2 2-5 6, Beyer 1 0-0 2. Totals 24 13-20 66.

Halftime – Kennedy 27, Cedar Falls 22. 3-point goals – Cedar Falls 5 (Green 4, Harrington), Kennedy 5 (Diggins 3, Girling, Berst).

No. 1 Cougars ripped by Cedar Falls

CEDAR FALLS - Cedar Falls coach Gregg Groen says there's nothing flashy about the manner in which his girls' basketball team defends. Friday night, it was the Tigers' hard-nosed, man-to-man approach that allowed Groen's team to force its way into the conversation as one of the state's best.

Class 5A's No. 10-rated Cedar Falls held No. 1 Kennedy 13 points below its season-low to take over sole possession of first place in the Mississippi Valley Conference Valley Division standings with an eye-opening, 46-30 victory.

"We just play man-to-man defense," Groen said after his team held Kennedy to 9 of 41 shooting. "We really don't do that much special. It becomes a team effort of how can we collectively shut them down. Tonight I thought the girls came out and I thought they played extremely well defensively."

After patiently passing the ball around Kennedy's zone defense in the first quarter to take a 13-8 lead aided by three Kiana Barney 3-pointers, the Tigers (13-1, 8-0) held Kennedy (14-2, 7-1) scoreless for the final six minutes of the second quarter resulting in a commanding 24-12 halftime advantage.

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