Prairie Baseball

5 Metro players picked for all-star games

Five baseball players from Metro high schools have been selected to play in the 2015 IHSBCA All-Star Series that will be held Aug. 6-9 in Clinton.

Zach Daniels of Kennedy, Sammy Lizarraga of Kennedy, Lucas Larson of Jefferson, David Kuhn of Marion and Trey Beckman of Prairie will play for the Large Schools East Squad in the series, which is sponsored by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association.

The team will play games against Large Schools West, Small Schools East and Small Schools West.

Marion High School Coach Steve Fish will serve as the head coach for Large Schools East.

The games will be played at Ashford University Field, the home of the Clinton LumberKings in the Midwest League.

Nic Mougin wins Metro Spotlight Award

Nic Mougin of Cedar Rapids Prairie is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school boys this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday night.

Mougin, a junior, was a key member of the Prairie baseball team that won the first Mississippi Valley Conference title in school history this year and set a school record with 31 victories.

Mougin had a .413 batting average entering the Class 4A substate tournament with 15 doubles, two triples, two home runs and 28 RBIs. He played the infield for the Hawks and also compiled a 2-2 record on the mound.

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Prairie stopped in substate finals

The most successful season in school history ended a step too soon for the Cedar Rapids Prairie baseball team Wednesday night.

The Hawks ran into one of the hottest clubs in America and lost to Iowa City West, 5-2, in the Class 4A substate finals before an overflow crowd at the Prairie diamond.

Prairie smashed the school record with 31 victories this year and captured the first Mississippi Valley Conference title in school history, but the Hawks played the wrong dang club on the wrong night Wednesday.

Iowa City West, which dropped both ends of a doubleheader to Prairie earlier in the year, has won 19 of its last 21 games and is sizzling right now.

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Prairie blanks Wash for 31st win

Cedar Rapids Prairie took care of business in the opening round of the Class 4A substate baseball tournament Friday night by whipping the Washington Warriors, 10-0, in five innings at the Prairie field.

The fifth-ranked Hawks raised their record to 31-7 and moved within one victory of reaching the state tournament.

Prairie, the No. 1 seed in the substate, earned a bye in the second round and will face Iowa City West or Ottumwa in the substate finals next Wednesday night at Prairie. Iowa City West and Ottumwa meet in the semifinals Monday night in Iowa City.

Drew Yanecek tossed four shutout innings for the Hawks against Washington. He struck out two batters and walked two.

Trey Beckman went 2-for-2 with a double, three RBIs and three runs scored. Nic Mougin was 2-for-3 with two RBIs. Jalen Rima went 2-for-3 and scored twice.

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