Prairie High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Jasper, Pedersen advance to state semifinals

Xavier's Allison Jasper and Prairie's Jessica Pedersen advanced to the state tennis singles semifinals on Thursday as did the Washington doubles team of Vale and Magui Caro.

Jasper, playing in the 1A tournament at the University of Iowa, defeated Emily Jurgensen of Ballard, 6-1, 6-2 in the first round and downed Emily Ahlers of LeMars, 6-4, 6-0 in the quarterfinals. She will meet defending state champion Haley Resnick of Davenport Assumption in Friday's semifinals.

Xavier's Kylie DeWees won her first set against Boone's Emma Rose before she was forced to retire from the tournament due to injury.

In Class 2A at Ames, Pedersen will meet West Des Moines Valley's Chloe Jefferies in the semifinals. Pedersen downed Sioux City North's Becca Aleynik, 6-4, 6-4 followed by a 6-1, 6-4 win over Kayla Kuethe of Waukee, 6-1, 6-4

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Prairie girls nip Wash in Shootout

Hannah Kousheh had several chances to score goals for the Prairie Hawks against Washington Wednesday night in the Class 3A regional semifinals, but she was unable to connect during 80 minutes of regulation or 20 minutes of overtime.

"I was getting quite frustrated," she confessed later.

It had a happy ending for Kousheh and the Hawks.

Prairie nudged Washington, 2-1, in a PK Shootout at John Wall Field and Hannah got poetic justice by scoring the game-winner in the Shootout.

The ninth-ranked Hawks (13-3) will play at No.4 Dubuque Hempstead Monday night in the regional finals, with the winner advancing to the Class 3A state tournament.

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Prairie tops Jeff on 1-hitter

Nic Mougin and Ben Milks combined on a one-hitter Tuesday night as Cedar Rapids Prairie blanked Jefferson, 7-0, in the first game of a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader at Prairie.

The second game was suspended in the bottom of the fifth inning due to rain and lightning with the score tied, 2-2.

Mougin pitched five innings and allowed the one hit. He struck out four batters and walked one. Milks tossed the last two innings with two strikouts and no hits.

Trey Beckman went 2-for-4 and scored two runs for Prairie. Jared Cadena was also 2-for-4.

Jefferson    000 000 0 - 0 1 2
Prairie      012 211 x - 7 8 2

Koering, Knox (5) and Tomkins. Mougin, Milks (6) and Day. W - Mougin. L - Koering. 2B - Beckman, Day. SB - Rima, Milks, Boldt.

Metro boys dominate all-MVC soccer

Jacob Bjornsen of Washington has been named the Valley Division Athlete of the Year on the Mississippi Valley Conference all-star soccer teams.

Metro athletes dominated the Valley Division team by claiming 11 of the 14 spots on the first team.

Linn-Mar garnered four first-team berths with Jared Belin, Jack Ramsey, Ben Johnson and Daniel Luzindya. Washington had three spots with Bjornsen, Gunnar Lenzen and Mike Eken.

Prairie also claimed three spots on the Valley first team with JesseVizzini, Seth Rinderknecht and Sam Mineck. Connor Ramlo of Xavier also made the squad.

J.P. Graham of Washington was named the Valley Division Coach of the Year.

Kennedy received three spots on the Mississippi Division first team with Mitch Bobbin, Nick Newcamp and Nathan Althoff. Ian Karr of Jefferson also made the squad.

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