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City High gets 1st win at Hawks' expense

Fri - 04 Feb Written by Metro Sports Report

IOWA CITY -- Andrew McNulty and Cortez Barfield scored 15 points apiece to lead Iowa City High to its first win of the season Friday night at City High. The Little Hawks beat Prairie, 51-45, in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball game.

Matt MacDougall had 13 points, Brandon Lafferty 11 and Jacob Aune 10 for Prairie (3-13, 2-9 MVC).

City High is 1-15, 1-10.

Iowa City High also won the sophomore game, 49-37.

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 09 February 2011 00:16

Prairie - Boys Basketball

No. 1 Linn-Mar too much for Hawks

Fri - 28 Jan Written by Don Taylor

A focused Linn-Mar remained unbeaten handing Prairie a 70-40 loss on the Hawks home court Friday night in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball game.

It was a lesson learned from a slow first half the last time the No. 1 Lions (15-0, 10-0 MVC) played.

“We weren’t ready to at Waterloo East last Tuesday night and since we saw that they (the Hawks) gave Kennedy a tough game, we knew we couldn’t start off without focus in tonight’s game,” said Linn-Mar Coach Chris Robertson. “Prairie works hard and they have improved a lot through the season. We took advantage of our size, our experience, and aggressive defense to control the game.”

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Last Updated on Friday, 04 February 2011 23:32

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Skinny Prairie Hawks give Kennedy a battle

Wed - 26 Jan Written by Jim Ecker

Jacob Aune took off his jersey in the Prairie locker room Tuesday night and revealed nothing but skin and bones.

"I know I'm skinny," he said. "I've been skinny my whole life."

Skinny, but tough.

The skinny Hawks from Prairie gave the brawny fifth-ranked Cougars from Kennedy a stiff battle Tuesday night before falling short, 62-48, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at Kennedy.

Aune, a 6-foot-2 junior, said he weighs about 138 or 140 pounds, which means he was giving away at least 75 pounds to the football players who play basketball at Kennedy.

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Last Updated on Friday, 28 January 2011 22:48

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Prairie trimmed by Mount Vernon, 44-41

Sun - 23 Jan Written by Metro Sports Report

MOUNT VERNON -- Matt Jantzen and Matt MacDougall scored 14 points apiece Saturday as Prairie lost to Mount Vernon, 44-41, in a nonconference basketball game.

Micah Russell led Mount Vernon with 17 points.

PRAIRIE (41): Aune 1 1-2 3, Frazier 0 1-1 1, Hilgenkamp 1 0-0 3, Jantzen 5 1-1 14, Lafferty 3 0-0 6, MacDougall 7 0-0 14, Eilers 0 0-0 0, Boots 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 3-4 41.

MOUNT VERNON (44): Timm 5 3-3 13, M. Russell 8 0-1 17, Keleher 1 0-0 2, H.Russell 3 3-3 9, Leopold 0 3-6 3, Tuebel 0 0-0 0, Minor 0 0-0 0, Parker 0 0-0 0, Shaffer 0 0-0 0, Scieszinski 0 0-0 0, Ruth 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 9-13 44.

Halftime -- Mount Vernon 24, Prairie 17. 3-point goals -- Prairie 3 (Jantzen 3), Mount Vernon 1 (M. Russell).

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 26 January 2011 01:42

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I.C. West press gets best of Prairie

Fri - 21 Jan Written by Don Taylor

Cedar Rapids Prairie battled Iowa City West back and forth at Prairie on Friday night in Mississippi Valley action. But in the end West’s press caused some costly turnovers and it controlled the boards in the decisive fourth quarter to come out with a 55-47 victory.

The Hawks trailed at the quarter 10-9 but held the Trojans scoreless for four minutes of the period playing a zone that seemed to confuse West.

Prairie led at the half, 22-21. Prairie jumped out to a nine-point lead at one point in the third quarter, but West clawed right back. The West press gave it the push to outscore Prairie 20-11 in the final quarter.

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Last Updated on Saturday, 22 January 2011 02:04