Eighth grader Cam Kenney recently wrapped up his first varsity football season at Dexter-Southfield School in Brookline. Despite being one of the youngest players on the team, the 14-year-old Hopkinton resident earned a varsity letter and moved into the starting lineup for Dexter’s final two games of the season and its bowl game.

Kenny also earned a spot in the starting lineup in the eighth grade Under Armour All-America Game, played in early January in Florida. During the game, Kenney, who already is well over 6 feet tall and weighs more than 240 pounds, played all three offensive line positions (center, guard, tackle). He is only the third Massachusetts player to take part in the game during its eight-year history, and the first Bay State lineman.

Powers sets mark at UK

University of Kentucky track and field athlete Kate Powers was named Southeastern Conference Field Athlete of the Week on Jan. 21 after setting a school record in the weight throw.

The former Hopkinton High School star recorded a heave of 74 feet, 3 inches at the Vanderbilt Invitational. It was 3 feet farther than her previous school record (set one week earlier) and was the second-best mark in the NCAA this season.

Powers, in her second season of collegiate competition, recorded personal bests in her first three starts of the indoor campaign.