Prairie High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

6 Metro teams could make playoffs

Sat - 18 Oct Written by Jim Ecker

Three Metro football teams have clinched spots in the football playoffs and three more Metro clubs are still alive heading into the final week of the regular season.

Washington and Linn-Mar have clinched Class 4A district titles and the Xavier Saints can win their Class 3A district crown with a victory over Marion Friday night.

Jefferson, Prairie and Kennedy are still in contention for Class 4A playoff spots heading into decisive contests.

The top-ranked Washington Warriors and sixth-ranked Linn-Mar Lions will be No. 1 seeds for the playoffs and will face a No. 4 seed in the opening round.

The fifth-ranked Xavier Saints are tied for first place in their district with Solon and Western Dubuque, but the Saints own the tiebreaker and will draw a No. 1 seed by topping Marion.

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Last Updated on Saturday, 18 October 2014 17:11

Second-quarter blitz sinks Prairie

Sat - 18 Oct Written by Metro Sports Report

MUSCATINE - Prairie jumped to a 7-0 second-quarter lead, but Muscatine rattled off three touchdowns before intermission and went on to post a 31-10 win on Friday night.

Trey Beckman got the Hawks on the board with a 29-yard run but the Muskies scored three TD passes from quarterback Matt Wieskamp in a six-minute span to take a 21-7 lead.

All Prairie could manage the rest of the way was a 39-yard Sam Drysdale field goal in the third quarter. Muscatine held Prairie to just 201 yards of total offense.

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No.9 Prairie sweeps Waterloo East

Thu - 16 Oct Written by Metro Sports Report

Kate Busswitz, Megan Sprengeler and Megan Oldenburger had 10 kills apiece Thursday night as No. 9 Cedar Rapids Prairie swept Waterloo East, 25-21, 25-17, 25-18, in a Mississippi Valley Conference volleyball match at Prairie.

Mallory Jones collected 19 assists for Prairie. Kendra Gaskill had 12 assists, Jenni Lockhart had six digs, Busswitz had four blocks and Haley Harapat contributed three aces.

The Mississippi Valley Conference meet is Saturday at Linn-Mar.

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Prairie boys dominate MVC race

Thu - 16 Oct Written by Metro Sports Report

WATERLOO - Tysen VanDraska led a 1-2-3 finish by Cedar Rapids Prairie Thursday as the Hawks claimed top honors at the Mississippi Division cross country meet at Miriam City Park in Waterloo.

VanDraska won the race in 16 minutes, 37 seconds. Matt Lorenz placed second in 16:38 and Jake Moore finished third in 16:39 as the three Hawks nearly crossed the finish line together.

Prairie won the Mississippi Valley Conference Super Meet last week and had no trouble winning the division title as well, topping Hempstead 25-59.

Chris Oehlert of Prairie placed sixth. Finbar Berry of Washington finished eighth.

Cayla Renwick of Prairie finished third in the girls race, leading the Hawks to third place in the team standings. Sarah Altemeier of Washington ran fifth and Jenny Dickes of Xavier was seventh.

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Saints host Regina in premier battle

Thu - 16 Oct Written by Jim Ecker

All of the Class 4A football teams in the Metro area refused to play Xavier when the Saints dropped to Class 3A this year, so the Saints had to get creative and find some willing partners.

They succeeded beyond anyone's wildest imagination.

Xavier will host Iowa City Regina Friday night at Saints Field in an intriguing showdown of state powers.

The Saints reached the Class 4A finals in 2012 and 2013 before the advent of district play in Eastern Iowa allowed them to drop safely into their proper enrollment bracket in Class 3A. The Regals, meanwhile, are the premier program in Class 1A and have won four straight state titles under Coach Marv Cook.

Regina saw its 56-game winning streak come to an end against Solon - a Class 3A club - in the season opener this year, but the Regals have won six straight games since then and are averaging 43.4 points per game.

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Last Updated on Thursday, 16 October 2014 17:06