Prairie High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Prairie tumbles again without Dellamuth

The Cedar Rapids Prairie girls basketball team, playing without flu-ridden guard Madison Dellamuth, dropped their seventh game in a row Friday night with a 61-43 loss to Iowa City West in a Mississippi Valley Conference affair at Prairie.

Iowa City West held a commanding 45-13 lead at halftime.

Cyerra Hutchins hit three 3-pointers and scored 19 points for Prairie (6-11). Mikaela Morgan led Iowa City West (8-9) with 14 points.

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Prairie roars back to clip Tigers

WATERLOO - Prairie overcame a 108-pin deficit in the final four Baker round games to beat Cedar Falls, 2942-2922, Friday in boys bowling at Maple Lanes.

Josh Kacena led Prairie with a 225 high game and 439 series.

Brandon Jerome rolled a 299 high game and 524 series for Cedar Falls.

Prairie's comeback started with a 236 in the second Baker game.

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Blood fires 478 to fuel Prairie win

WATERLOO - Rylee Blood was on fire Friday, rolling games of 254 and 224 for a 478 series that propelled Prairie past Cedar Falls, 2875-2635, in girls bowling at Maple Lanes.

Hailey Tollefson shot a 235 game for the Hawks.

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No.7 Prairie grapplers handle J-Hawks

The surging Jefferson wrestling team has enjoyed a special season this year with upset victories over Linn-Mar and Iowa City West, so the Prairie Hawks knew the J-Hawks would be gunning for their hides as well Thursday night.

The Prairie matmen did not say much about the challenge before the meet, but they spoke volumes with their performance on the mat.

The seventh-ranked Hawks surged to a 32-10 lead and claimed an impressive 35-25 victory in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet on Senior Night at Jefferson.

Prairie Coach Blake Williams did not spend a lot of time - if any - reminding his guys that the J-Hawks were a dangerous club that had already taken care of Linn-Mar and Iowa City West, a pair of conference top-10 heavyweights.

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