Prairie High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Prairie girls return to rankings at No. 10

The Cedar Rapids Prairie girls basketball team popped back into the Class 5A rankings Thursday at the No. 10 spot after a two-week absence.

The Hawks (6-2) were ranked No. 9 in the preseason poll, but dropped out after some early losses. They returned this week after defeating then-No. 9 Kennedy on Tuesday night. That loss knocked Kennedy out of the poll.

The Xavier Saints (6-2) held on to their No. 5 spot in the Class 4A rankings.

Mason City is ranked No. 1 in Class 5A and Bishop Heelan is No.1 in Class 4A.

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Edmonds will play football at UNI

Jarred Edmonds, an all-state receiver for Cedar Rapids Prairie, committed to the University of Northern Iowa on Wednesday, according to a report on the Iowa Prep Sports website.

Edmonds was named second team all-state in Class 4A by the Iowa Newspaper Association. He caught 63 passes for 1,267 yards and 16 touchdowns.

Edmonds helped the Hawks reach the third round of the playoffs and finish with an 8-4 record.

He can sign his national letter-of-intent in February.

Prairie girls knock off No. 9 Kennedy

After his undefeated girls were upended 51-44 at Prairie Tuesday night, Kennedy Coach Tony Vis summed it up best.

“It’s not always the size of the dog in the fight,” he said. “Sometimes it’s the size of the fight in the dog.”

His Cougars came into the dogfight at 5-0 and ranked ninth in last week’s Class 5A poll.

Although playing again without injured center Morgan Martin, they still had more veterans and more height in the lineup than the short-handed Hawks.

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Kennedy boys outlast Prairie in OT

Prairie scored 24 points in the fourth quarter to tie the game, but managed only three in overtime, and was beaten by Kennedy, 58-53, Tuesday night in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball game at Kennedy.

Kennedy (3-1, 2-0) enjoyed a 12-point lead three times in the second half, but the Hawks (1-5, 0-2) came roaring back in the fourth quarter. Jace Hanna scored on a driving layup with 1.6 seconds left in regulation to tie the game, 50-50.

Hanna, Prairie's senior point guard, seemed to take the game into his own hands in the second half and willed the Hawks into overtime.  Hanna led all scorers with 17 points, all in the second half and overtime. Sophomore Jo Jo Simpson chipped in 13 points for the Hawks.

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