Top-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy defeated No. 8 Ankeny 63-51 in a Class 4A Iowa high school boys’ state basketball semifinal game Thursday night at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Kennedy's Micah Schlaak (15) slaps hands with teammates as he comes out of the game in the closing minutes during the second half of their Iowa High School Athletic Association’s 2024 Boy’s State Basketball Tournament 4A semifinal game against the Ankeny Hawks at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. Kennedy won 63-51. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Kennedy's Joseph Bean (30) takes a jumper over Ankeny’s Rio Aguirre (35) during the first half of their Iowa High School Athletic Association’s 2024 Boy’s State Basketball Tournament 4A semifinal game at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Kennedy's Micah Schlaak (right) drives around Ankeny’s Lio Aguirre (21) during the second half of their Iowa High School Athletic Association’s 2024 Boy’s State Basketball Tournament 4A semifinal game at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. Kennedy won 63-51. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Kennedy's Trey McKowen (1) goers to the hoop ahead of Ankeny’s Carson Johnson (11) during the first half of their Iowa High School Athletic Association’s 2024 Boy’s State Basketball Tournament 4A semifinal game at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Kennedy Cougars fans cheer with the cheerleaders during the second half of their Iowa High School Athletic Association’s 2024 Boy’s State Basketball Tournament 4A semifinal game against the Ankeny Hawks at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. Kennedy won 63-51. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Kennedy's Cyrus Courtney (4) takes a shot during the first half of their Iowa High School Athletic Association’s 2024 Boy’s State Basketball Tournament 4A semifinal game against the Ankeny Hawks at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Kennedy's Micah Schlaak (15) goes to the hoop in front of Ankeny's Cash Schoolen (5) during the first half of their Iowa High School Athletic Association’s 2024 Boy’s State Basketball Tournament 4A semifinal game at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Ankeny’s Luke Anderson (right) fouls Kennedy's Trey McKowen (1) as he goes to the hoop during the second half of their Iowa High School Athletic Association’s 2024 Boy’s State Basketball Tournament 4A semifinal game at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. Kennedy won 63-51. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Kennedy's Micah Schlaak (right) slaps hands with Kennedy's Trey McKowen after McKowen drew an Ankeny Hawks foul during the second half of their Iowa High School Athletic Association’s 2024 Boy’s State Basketball Tournament 4A semifinal game at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. Kennedy won 63-51. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Kennedy's Joseph Bean (30) goes to the hoop during the second half of their Iowa High School Athletic Association’s 2024 Boy’s State Basketball Tournament 4A semifinal game against the Ankeny Hawks at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. Kennedy won 63-51. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Kennedy's Cyrus Courtney (4) takes a shot over Ankeny’s Cade Pederson (33) during the second half of their Iowa High School Athletic Association’s 2024 Boy’s State Basketball Tournament 4A semifinal game at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. Kennedy won 63-51. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Kennedy's Trey McKowen (1) drives around Ankeny’s Cade Pederson (33) during the first half of their Iowa High School Athletic Association’s 2024 Boy’s State Basketball Tournament 4A semifinal game at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Ankeny’s Carson Johnson (11) is surrounded by Kennedy's Trevan Krumrei (23), Kennedy's Joseph Bean (second from right) and Trey McKowen (right) during the first half of their Iowa High School Athletic Association’s 2024 Boy’s State Basketball Tournament 4A semifinal game at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Kennedy Cougars head coach Jon McKowen yells at Trevan Krumrei (23) during the second half of their Iowa High School Athletic Association’s 2024 Boy’s State Basketball Tournament 4A semifinal game against the Ankeny Hawks at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. Kennedy won 63-51. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Kennedy's Trey McKowen (1) tries for a basket after being fouled by Ankeny’s Luke Anderson (right) during the second half of their Iowa High School Athletic Association’s 2024 Boy’s State Basketball Tournament 4A semifinal game at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. Kennedy won 63-51. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Ankeny’s Carson Johnson (11) is surrounded by Kennedy's Trevan Krumrei (23), Kennedy's Joseph Bean (right) and Trey McKowen (1) during the first half of their Iowa High School Athletic Association’s 2024 Boy’s State Basketball Tournament 4A semifinal game at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Kennedy's Cyrus Courtney (4) slaps hands with teammates and coaches as he comes out of the game in the closing minutes during the second half of their Iowa High School Athletic Association’s 2024 Boy’s State Basketball Tournament 4A semifinal game against the Ankeny Hawks at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. Kennedy won 63-51. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Kennedy's Micah Schlaak (15) steals the ball from Ankeny’s Carson Johnson (11) during the first half of their Iowa High School Athletic Association’s 2024 Boy’s State Basketball Tournament 4A semifinal game at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Kennedy's Trey McKowen (right) takes a shot over Ankeny’s Carson Johnson (11) during the first half of their Iowa High School Athletic Association’s 2024 Boy’s State Basketball Tournament 4A semifinal game at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Kennedy's Griffin Gerdes (5) reacts after landing a trey during the first half of their Iowa High School Athletic Association’s 2024 Boy’s State Basketball Tournament 4A semifinal game against the Ankeny Hawks at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Ankeny’s Cade Pederson (right) knocks the ball away from Kennedy's Micah Schlaak (15) as Ankeny’s Rio Aguirre (35) also defends during the first half of their Iowa High School Athletic Association’s 2024 Boy’s State Basketball Tournament 4A semifinal game at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. Pederson was called for a foul. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Kennedy's Micah Schlaak (15) takes a shot during the first half of their Iowa High School Athletic Association’s 2024 Boy’s State Basketball Tournament 4A semifinal game Ankeny Hawks at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Ankeny’s Lio Aguirre (left) talks to Kennedy's Cyrus Courtney as Aguirre comes out of the game for the final time during the second half of their Iowa High School Athletic Association’s 2024 Boy’s State Basketball Tournament 4A semifinal game at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. Kennedy won 63-51. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Kennedy's Cyrus Courtney (second from right) high fives an assistant coach as he and Kennedy's Griffin Gerdes (right) and other Cougars come out of the game in the closing minutes during the second half of their Iowa High School Athletic Association’s 2024 Boy’s State Basketball Tournament 4A semifinal game against the Ankeny Hawks at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. Kennedy won 63-51. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

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