Prairie Boys Basketball

No.8 North Scott tops Prairie

ELDRIDGE - Marlon Stewart and Cortez Seales scored 18 points apiece Tuesday night as eighth-ranked North Scott downed Cedar Rapids Prairie, 70-49, in a non-conference game in Eldridge.

JoJo Simpson scored 14 points for Prairie (5-7).

North Scott led by only five points at halftime, 32-27, before pulling away. Grant Grahm added 14 points for the Lancers (9-3).

Arrington's dunk helps Wash top Hawks

Maurice Arrington picked a great time to get the first dunk of his high school basketball career.

It helped Washington win a ballgame.

Arrington collected a thunderous dunk on a sweet feed from Keion Wills with 69 seconds left Friday night to help the Warriors trim Prairie, 61-56, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at Prairie.

Washington was clinging to a precarious 54-51 lead when Wills began the big play by driving down the lane.

"It was late in the game and I just wanted to make a play," said Wills. "I made a move and my big guy took it to the rim and the crowd went crazy."

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Kennedy boys smother Prairie, 71-38

The Prairie boys picked the wrong time to travel north to visit the Kennedy gym Tuesday night.

The previously ranked Cougars came out of the gate with gusto on both offense and defense and simply hammered the Hawks, 71-38.

It might have been even more lopsided if subs hadn’t played much of the fourth quarter on both sides.

“This is the first game we really put the offense and defense together,” said Kennedy Coach Jon McKowen. “There have been times when we’ve had one or the other. But tonight we had both.”

Prairie bruiser JoJo Simpson scored the first basket of the night on a nifty dipsy-doodle under the rim. After that, it was Kennedy (7-3, 4-2) the rest of the way.

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Prairie boys roll by Waterloo East

Mitch Lorenz popped in 15 points and Jalen Rima added 10 Friday night as Prairie defeated Waterloo East, 69-48, in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball game at Prairie.

Lorenz made four 3-pointers for Prairie.

The Hawks outscored Waterloo East, 18-3, in the second quarter to grab control of the game.

WATERLOO EAST (48): Averee Clark 1 2-2 5, Marquaz Gaffeny 1 0-0 3, Teion Sales 1 0-0 2, Mosiah Sanders 2 0-0 4, Tahueed Williams 3 0-0 6, Dominique

Terry 5 0-0 11, Aldreias Campbell 0 0-0 0, Alonzo Muhammad 1 0-0 2, Martekas Matlock 2 1-2 6, Leighton Nash 1 4-6, Jordan Garrey 0 3-4 3. Totals 17 10-16 48.

PRAIRIE (69): Cal Clark 2 0-0 5, Cooper Reittenger 0 2-2 2, Austin Fisher 4 1-1 9, Max Drahos 2 5-6 9, Coen Brown 1 0-0 2, Jalen Rima 3 4-6 10, Ben Boldt 2 0-0 4, Mitch Lorenz 4 3-4 15, Austin Schrader 1 1-2 4, Ryan Oxley 1 1-1 7, JoJo Simpson 1 0-1 2. Totals 23 17-23 69.

Halftime - Prairie 25, Waterloo East 13. 3-point goals - Waterloo East 4 (Clark 1, Gaffeny 1, Terry 1, Matlock 1), Prairie 6 (Clark 1, Lorenz 4, Schrader 1).