Prairie High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Carter stars as Prairie sweeps Tigers

CEDAR FALLS - Gabi Carter belted two home runs and drove in seven runs Tuesday as Prairie ripped Cedar Falls, 11-0, in the first game of a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader in Cedar Falls.

Prairie won the second game, 6-2.

Amanda Stecklein went 3-for-4 and hit a home run for the Hawks in the first game. Carter also was 3-for-4. Kristen Wahlert was 2-for-4.

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Metro softball enjoying strong year

High school softball in the Metro area is enjoying a strong year this season  and there's a mad scramble to see who has the best record.

The Linn-Mar Lions have the most wins with a 15-3 overall record, but Xavier, Jefferson and Prairie all all right behind with 14 victories.

Washington and Kennedy have rebounded this season and have 11 wins apiece.

Here are the Metro records through Sunday:

Linn-Mar          15-3 overall, 11-2 MVC
Xavier              14-2 overall, 11-1 MVC
Jefferson          14-4 overall, 9-3 MVC
Prairie              14-7 overall, 9-3 MVC
Washington       11-4 overall, 8-4 MVC
Kennedy           11-6 overall, 7-4 MVC
Marion              5-9 overall, 3-5 Wamac

Cougars, J-Hawks lead Metro baseball

The Kennedy Cougars have the best record among Metro baseball teams with a 10-2 mark through Sunday, with the Jefferson J-Hawks a notch behind at 10-4.

Here are the Metro records:

KENNEDY          10-2 overall, 6-2 MVC
JEFFERSON        10-4 overall, 5-2 MVC
XAVIER              9-6 overall, 4-4 MVC
MARION             6-6 overall, 6-4 Wamac
LINN-MAR           8-9 overall, 3-5 MVC
PRAIRIE             4-9 overall, 3-4 MVC
WASHINGTON     2-9 overall, 2-6 MVC
CEDAR VALLEY     0-10 overall

Jeffery helps Lions bite Prairie

Manny Jeffery went 6-for-7, drove in four runs and pitched a compelte game Friday night as the Linn-Mar Lions swept a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader from Prairie, 11-8 and 9-4, at the Linn-Mar field.

Jeffery went 3-for-3, slugged a home run, scored three runs and had two RBIs in the first game. Adam Bradley was 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Thomas Niemeyer had two hits.

Jalen Rima and Jarod Cadena had two hits for Prairie in the opener. Cadena hit two doubles.

Jeffery went 3-for-4 with two more RBIs in the nightcap and pitched all seven innings. Niemeyer and Bradley had two more hits and Bradley drove in two two runs.

Rima and Jacob Havel-Pisarik had two hits for Prairie in the second game. Casey Hook drove in two runs.

Game 1

Prairie        000 600 2 - 8    9 5
Linn-Mar    313 013 x - 11 10 3

W - B.Bradley. L - Street. 2B - Mougin, Cadena, Bradley. 3B - Niemeyer. HR - Jeffery. SB - Rima, Street, Jeffery, Reimer, Gassmann, Yoke 2, McCulloh, Stolley.

Game 2

Prairie       210 100 0 - 4  9 4
Linn-Mar    332 001 x - 9 10 3

W - Jeffery. L - Mougin. 3B - Larson. SB - Rima, Benson, Havel-Pisarik, Larson.