Prairie High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Even, Saints win quad in Cedar Falls

CEDAR FALLS - Jordan Even shot a 2-under-par 34 to lead Xavier to a win over three other teams in a quadrangular meet Monday at Pheasant Ridge. Xavier shot 150, six shots better than Cedar Falls.

Prairie, led by Mitch Lorenz's 38, finished at 161.

Team standings: 1. Xavier 150, 2. Cedar Falls 156, 3. Prairie 161, 4. Western Dubuque 164.

XAVIER: Jordan Even 34, Sam Martin 38, Luke Winker 39, Matt Neumeyer 39, Brody Robinson 41, Tyler Breitbach 46, Riley Dempsey 46.

PRAIRIE: Mitch Lorenz 38, Cooper Reittinger 39, Cal Clark 40, Blake Seda 44, Matt Lorenz 44, Bryce Prokop 45, Griff Clark 49.

VanDraska takes 6th at Heartland Classic

AMES - Tysen VanDraska of Prairie placed sixth at the prestigious Heartland Classic cross country race in Ames Saturday.

The Hawks finished fourth out of 25 teams in the race. Thomas Pollard of Gilbert was the individual champion in 15 minutes, 37 seconds. Sioux Falls (S.D.) Lincoln was the team champion.

The Linn-Mar Lions placed ninth. Daniel Murphy led the Lions in 10th place.

Amber Decker led Linn-Mar to a ninth-place showing in the girls race by finishing 17th overall. Jordyn Kieve of Johnston was the winner and led Johnston to the team championship.

BOYS RACE

Prairie - 6. Tysen VanDraska 16:21, 13. Jake Moore 16:44, 36. Zack Fiser 17:13, 41. Chris Oehlert 17:18, 61. Matt Lorenz 17:40.

Linn-Mar - 10. Daniel Murphy 16:26, 14. Ryan Murphy 16:45, 49. Bryan Fogerty 17:23, 72. Grant Chlystun 17:48, 96. Dalton Gosch 18:10.

Washington - 58. Sam Eck 17:39, 107. Finbar Berry 18:19, 115. Sam Werner 18:29, 117. Wyatt Forster 18:31, 120. Ryan Miller 18:36.

GIRLS RACE

Linn-Mar - 17. Amber Decker 15:30, 23. Maddie Saville 15:37, 41. Deanna Newhouse 15:57, 67. Rachel Bohnenkamp 16:18, 77. Sydney Johnston 16:29.

Prairie - 76. Sarah Meyers 16:29, 81. Kirstin Skriver 16:33, 100. Alissa Neubauer 16:54, 104. Victoria Enyart 16:59, 110. Eilish Stanek 17:04.

Simonsen's gutsy call lifts Prairie

Dakota Simonsen, a sophomore with absolutely no varsity experience, was minding his own business on the sideline Friday night when Cedar Rapids Prairie quarterback Trey Beckman was injured late in the third quarter and had to leave the game against North Scott.

Prairie Coach Mike Morrissey sent Simonsen into the game against the No.7 Lancers with the score tied, 7-7, and all the fans hooting and hollering.

"At first I was thinking, 'Oh crap,'" Simonsen confessed later. "I was nervous. First varsity game. Homecoming. And they're one of the better teams in the state."

Simonsen took a deep breath and made a gutsy call that resulted in the winning touchdown as Prairie topped North Scott, 13-7.

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Koberg paces Cougars to Cedar Falls title

CEDAR FALLS - Conner Koberg blew away the field with a 2-under-par 70 Friday as the Kennedy Cougars won the Cedar Falls Tiger Invitational at Beaver Hills Country Club.

Koberg defeated J.D. Goodfellow of Iowa City West by six shots in the individual standings and was the only golfer to break par on a windy day in Cedar Falls. Kennedy edged Waukee, 310-312, for the title.

Koberg collected six birdies during his round. He also had four bogeys.

Davis Sutton of Kennedy tied for fourth place with a 78. Brent Larson of Linn-Mar also shot a 78, helping the Lions finish third out of 13 teams.

Jordan Even shot an 80 to help Xavier place sixth in the standings. Blake Seda shot an 81 as Prairie finished seventh.

CEDAR FALLS TIGER INVITATIONAL

Beaver Hills Country Club

1. Kennedy 310, 2. Waukee 312, 3. Linn-Mar 327, 4. (tie) Cedar Falls 338, Wahlert 338, 6. Xavier 341, 7. Prairie 342, 8. Southeast Polk 345, 9. Dubuque Senior 346, 10. Iowa City West 347, 11. Western Dubuque 368, 12. Hempstead 376, 13. Jefferson 386.

Top 5 Individuals

Par 72

1. Conner Koberg, Kennedy      70

2. J.D. Goodfellow, IC West    76

3. Aaron Denucci, Waukee       77

4. Davis Sutton, Kennedy       78

Connor Littlefield, Waukee  78

Tripp Kinney, Waukee        78

Brent Larson, Linn-Mar      78

KENNEDY: Conner Koberg 70, Davis Sutton 78, Cole Murdock 80, Ross Grekoff 82, Tanner Stewart 82, Jordan Weiss 86.

LINN-MAR: Brent Larson 78, Jake Sevcik 80, Trevor McCann 83, Ben Greif 86, Max Thrune 86, Owen Vander Velden 88.

XAVIER: Jordan Even 80, Brody Robinson 85, Sam Martin 86, Tyler Breitbach 90, Matt Neumeyer 91, Riley Dempsey 96.

PRAIRIE: Blake Seda 81, Cooper Reittinger 85, Cal Clark 88, Bryce Prokop 88, Mitch Lorenz 89, Matt Lorenz 89.

JEFFERSON: Adam Van Oort 89, Nile Happel 94, Carter Schmitz 101, Kellen Brown 102, Reid Griffith 102, Connor Hammons 113.