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Kennedy, Portage Central win elusive titles

By Sheldon Shealer
ESPNRISE.com

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

After years of close calls and near misses, Kennedy (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) and Portage Central (Portage, Mich.) finally won girls' soccer state championships Saturday, and with it secured ESPN RISE FAB 50 spring top-10 finishes. However, the futures look vastly different for these programs. Senior-heavy Kennedy capped a perfect season at 21-0-0 with a 3-1 Iowa Class 2-A state final victory over West (Iowa City, Iowa). Portage Central, with only two seniors in the starting lineup, edged Eisenhowe ...

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