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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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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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