Prairie Baseball

Cal Clark wins Metro Spotlight Award

Cal Clark 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.

Clark, a junior, has blossomed into one of the top high school baseball players in the Metro area this year. He is hitting .448 for the Hawks and ranks third in the Mississippi Valley Conference with 25 RBIs.

Clark anchors the Prairie defense at shortstop, is 16-for-16 in stolen bases and has an on-base mark of 50.9 percent. He has four doubles and four triples.

Read more...

No. 5 Prairie sweeps No. 9 Lions

Cedar Rapids Prairie has never won a baseball title in the Mississippi Valley Conference in school history, but Coach Todd Rima and the fifth-ranked Hawks are getting mighty close.

Prairie took a big step toward an MVC crown Wednesday night by sweeping a twinbill from No. 9 Linn-Mar, 5-4 in eight innings and 3-0, at the Oak Ridge Middle School complex.

The Hawks have a 17-3 record in the Mississippi Division for a comfortable four-game lead over Dubuque Hempstead, which is sitting in second place at 12-6 with just two weeks left.

Prairie boasts a 24-4 overall mark, just four victories away from breaking the school record of 27.

Read more...

Prairie takes 3-game lead in MVC

WATERLOO - The Cedar Rapids Prairie baseball team grabbed a three-game lead in the Mississippi Division of the MVC on Monday night by sweeping a doubleheader at Waterloo West, 9-3 and 12-1 in six innings.

The fifth-ranked Hawks raised their record in the Mississippi Division to 15-3. Dubuque Hempstead split its twinbill Monday with Kennedy and fell to 12-6 in the division, three games behind Prairie in second place. Both teams have eight games left in the conference.

JP Havel-Pisarik tossed a complete game for Prairie in the 9-3 victory in the opener. He allowed three runs on four hits, with six strikeouts and three walks.

Read more...

J-Hawks jump to No.2 in baseball poll

The Jefferson J-Hawks jumped two spots to No. 2 in the Class 4A baseball rankings Monday by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association.

Waukee replaced Johnston as the No. 1 team in the poll.

Cedar Rapids Prairie climbed three spots to No. 5 this week. The Kennedy Cougars are ranked No. 8 and the Linn-Mar Lions are No. 9.

In last week's poll, Linn-Mar was No. 7, Prairie No. 8 and Kennedy No. 9.

Read more...