Prairie Girls Basketball

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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Prairie nips Rams with balanced attack

DUBUQUE - Cyerra Hutchins collected a double-double with 10 points and 13 rebounds Friday night as Cedar Rapids Prairie trimmed Dubuque Senior, 57-54, in a Mississippi Valley Conference girls basketball game in Dubuque.

All five starters scored in double figures for Prairie (5-2). Courteney McCrary topped the balanced attack with 13 points. Madison Dellamuth scored 12 points, Alisa Weiland netted 11 and Olivia Usher added 10. Usher grabbed nine rebounds, including seven at the offensive end.

The Hawks made 10 straight free throws down the stretch, with Dellamuth hitting six foul shots and McCrary making four to secure the victory.

Kristie Sommer led Dubuque Senior (3-3) with 19 points.

PRAIRIE (57): Moenk 0 0-0 0, Hutchins 3 4-6 10, Weiland 4 0-0 11, McCrary 4 4-4 13, Usher 5 0-0 10, Dellamuth 2 8-10 12, Shelangoski 0 0-0 0, Stoffer 0 1-2 1. Totals 18 17-22 57.

DUBUQUE SENIOR (54): Kr.Sommer 8 2-3 19, Jacobsmeier 1 1-2 3, Ka.Sommer 2 0-0 6, Koster 3 0-0 6, Noel 3 2-3 8, Frye 0 0-0 0, N.Kimble 2 1-2 6, A.Kimble 0 0-0 0, Williams 2 2-2 6. Totals 21 8-12 54.

Halftime - Prairie 24, Dubuque Senior 18. 3-point goals - Prairie 4 (Weiland 3, McCrary 1), Dubuque Senior 4 (Ka. Sommer, 2, Kr.Sommer 1, N.Kimble 1).

Prairie girls trimmed by No. 2 City High

In a game of inches, the spunky Prairie Hawks played the Little Hawks of Iowa City High almost right down to the wire Tuesday night at home.

They lost at the end 50-42, but it was mostly because they didn’t have the size to keep the second-ranked team in the state from getting rebounds and buckets under the basket.

Prairie’s hard-nosed 5-foot-9 forward Courteney McCrary did her best to contain budding 6-foot-3 superstar Haley Lorenzen of City High. But she was forced to the bench in key stretches with foul trouble and eventually fouled out trying to keep the ball away from the towering Little Hawk post player.

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Prairie Hawks shoot down Marion

Courteney McCrary scored 18 points and Alisa Weiland 17 to lead Prairie past Marion, 62-35, Saturday night in a non-conference girls basketball game at Marion.

The win was the fourth straight for Prairie (4-1) after a season-opening loss.

McCrary knocked down four 3-pointers and Weiland had three.

Madison Dellamuth added 11 points for Prairie.

Michalyn Mohr led Marion (2-2) with 18 points.

Prairie held a 38-18 lead at halftime.

PRAIRIE (62): Taylor Moenk 0 1-2 1, Cyerra Hutchins 4 1-1 9, Haley Street 0 0-1 0, Alisa Weiland 6 2-3 17, Lynsey Altenhofen 1 0-0 2, Courteney McCrary 7 0-0 18, Olivia Usher 0 0-0 0, Grace Gudenkauf 0 0-0 0, Madison Dellamuth 4 2-2 11, Rachel Shelangoski 1 0-0 2, Makenzie Stoffer 1 0-0 2. Totals 24 6-9 62.

MARION (35): Jozee Peyton 2 0-0 4, Emi Banes 0 0-0 0, Amanda Sahm 3 0-1 6, Madi Redlinger 1 0-1 2, Paige Perkins 1 0-0 2, Beth Knapp 0 0-0 0, Marissa Whitney 1 0-0 3, Tessa Jordan 0 0-0 0, Danica Chalstrom 0 0-0 0, Erica Kelly 0 0-0 0, Michalyn Mohr 8 2-3 18. Totals 16 2-5 35.

Halftime - Prairie 38, Marion 18. 3-point goals - Prairie 8 (McCrary 4, Weiland 3, Dellamuth), Marion 1 (Whitney). Total fouls - Prairie 13, Marion 9. Fouled out - None.