Prairie High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Prairie Hawks 4th at Geneseo tourney

Sat - 18 Jan Written by Metro Sports Report

GENESEO, Ill. - Logan Rodriguez of Cedar Rapids Kennedy won the 126-pound title at the Geneseo Invitational wrestling tournament Saturday.

Rodriguez pinned Hunter Grau of Geneseo in the finals in 4:33.

Josh Wenger (138) and Skyler St. John (160) finished second for the Prairie Hawks. They both dropped 3-1 decisions in the finals.

Bettendorf won the championship of the 21-team tournament. Prairie placed fourth and Kennedy was 10th.

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Mims sparks Prairie past Warriors

Sat - 18 Jan Written by Carl Gonder

Michael Mims sure knows how to change a game.

Making three spectacular plays that shifted the momentum of the game, the 5-foot-9 junior guard led the Prairie Hawks to a workmanlike 47-41 victory over the Washington Warriors Friday night at Washington.

Prairie won its second game in a row and improved to 4-7 overall and 2-5 in the Mississippi Valley Conference. Washington lost its third straight and slipped to 2-7 overall and 2-5 in the MVC.

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Franklin sparks Warriors by Prairie

Sat - 18 Jan Written by Carl Gonder

She hit 3-pointers. She rebounded. She passed the ball. She blocked shots. She even sold popcorn at halftime.

Well, four out of five ain’t bad.

Dani Franklin put on a dazzling do-everything performance for the Washington Warriors Friday night, collecting 27 points, four rebounds, four assists, four steals and two blocks in a gritty 59-52 win over Prairie at the Warrior gym.

“That’s funny,” Franklin said when asked if she sold popcorn at halftime. “I haven’t heard that one before.”

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Galloros lead Prairie boys past City High

Fri - 17 Jan Written by Metro Sports Report

Prairie rallied from a 20-pin deficit and rolled four games of 200 or more in the Baker round to beat Iowa City High, 2961-2852, in boys bowling at Lancer Lanes.

Prairie was led by Andrew Galloro's 398 series. Lucas Galloro rolled a 389. Andrew Galloro had high game of 230.

Wes Kirchner shot a 235 high game and 416 series for City High.

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Last Updated on Friday, 17 January 2014 20:34

Red-hot Blood leads Prairie girls past City High

Fri - 17 Jan Written by Metro Sports Report

Rylee Blood was red-hot for the Prairie girls Friday, firing games of 224 and 255 for a 479 series that led the Hawks' rout of Iowa City High, 2866-2156, in a bowling match at Lancer Lanes.

Prairie's Amber Westemeier had a high game of 212 en route to a 416 series. Sabrina Keiper shot a 203 game.

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