Prairie High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Prairie rolls by Waterloo West

WATERLOO - Kendra Gaskill collected 18 assists Tuesday night as Cedar Rapids Prairie swept Waterloo West, 25-13, 25-21, 25-13, in a Mississippi Valley Conference volleyball match in Waterloo.

Kate Busswitz finished with 14 kills, six digs, five aces and two blocks. Makenzie Soeken provided 10 kills and five blocks.

Mallory Jones had 15 assists and was 13-for-13 on serves. Jenni Lockhart contributed five digs, three aces and was 10-for-10 on serves.

Murdock's ace sparks Cougars to district title

The free drinks are on Cole Murdock.

Murdock fired a hole-in-one and claimed medalist honors Tuesday at Hunters Ridge as the Kennedy Cougars won their eighth straight district golf title.

Kennedy will compete for the state title this Friday and Saturday at the Tournament Club of Iowa in Polk City.

Murdock aced the 16th hole at Hunters Ridge with a pitching wedge. The ball hit the bottom of the flag and dropped into the cup.

Murdock knew he hit a good shot, but did not realize the ball was in the hole.

"I've never had a hole-in-one, so I guess I've never really seen what it looks like going in from the distance," he said. "When I heard it hit the flag I was kind of looking around to see where it went."

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Clippers win Prairie volleyball title

Clear Creek-Amana won all five of its matches to claim top honors at the Cedar Rapids Prairie volleyball tournament Saturday.

The Clippers rallied to defeat Prairie, 19-21, 21-16, 15-13, in what turned out to be the championship match in the round-robin tournament. It was Prairie's only loss of the day and the Hawks placed second with a 4-1 record.

Kate Busswitz collected 38 kills, 17 digs and nine blocks in the tournament. Megan Sprengeler provided 36 kills and four aces. Kenzie Soeken had 26 kills.

Jennie Lockhart had 18 digs and seven aces. Kristin Wahlert had 15 digs and seven aces. Rachel Shelangoski had nine blocks.

Washington lost all five of its matches, including a 23-21, 21-19 setback to Prairie.

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Prairie boys second at W. Dubuque

EPWORTH - The Prairie boys cross country team came up a bit short Thursday at the Western Dubuque Invitational, finished second just five points behind champion Bellevue.

Monticello's Matt Manternach won the individual title in 16:26. Cam Steffens was the top Prairie finisher, coming home seventh in 17:04.

Decorah won the team title with 42 points. Prairie finished with 128. Cascade's Becca McDermott won the event in 15.52. Prairie's top finisher was Sarah Meyers, who came home 20th in 16.57.

WESTERN DUBUQUE INVITATIONAL

BOYS
TEAM STANDINGS

1. Bellevue 65, 2. Prairie  70, 3. Decorah   81, 4. Monticello 105, 5. Western Dubuque 121, 6. Cascade 184, 7. Bellevue Marquette 213,  8. North Fayette Valley 227, 9. Maquoketa 239, 10. West Delaware 251, 11. Durant 306, 12. Anamosa 325, 13. Dyersville Beckman  337,  14. Calamus-Wheatland 376, 15. MFL MarMac 465

PRAIRIE: 7. Cam Steffens, 17:04; 12. Levi Lefebure, 17:28; 16. Luke Huedepol, 17:33; 17. Hunter Gearhart, 17:36; 18. Max Laue, 17:40

GIRLS

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Decorah 42, 2. Monticello 66, 3. Cascade 102, 4. Western Dubuque 124, 5. Prairie 128,  6. West Delaware 191, 7. Anamosa 220,  8. North Fayette Valley 225, 9. Durant 247, 10. Clayton Ridge  253, 11. Bellevue Marquette 286, 12. Calamus-Wheatland 328, 13. Springville/Central City 340,  14. MFL MarMac 379, 15. Easton Valley 403, 16. Dyersville Beckman 450.

PRAIRIE: 20. Sarah Meyers, 16:57; 23. Eilish Stanek, 17:00; 24. Hannah Frazee, 17:00; 30. Kirstin  Skriver, 17:23; 31. Victoria Enyart,  17:25