Prairie Girls Basketball

Prairie gets healthier against J-Hawks

Cedar Rapids Prairie guards Madison Dellamuth and Alisa Weiland are almost fully recovered from their injuries and feeling good again.

That could spell trouble for their opponents.

Dellamuth scored 16 points and Weiland played a steady game as the ninth-ranked Hawks defeated Jefferson, 61-50, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at Prairie Tuesday night.

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Prairie girls pound Mount Pleasant

After a ragged first quarter, the Prairie girls started playing more like the ninth-ranked team in the state at home Friday night and poured it on Mount Pleasant 58-26.

“We started out kind of slow,” said Hawk sparkplug point guard Madison Dellamuth. “But then we turned up the defense.”

That was turning point in the game, according to running mate Courteney McCrary.

“Our defense won the game,” she said. “When we picked it up defensively, it picked up the offense. We stared running our offense, and that turned into some layups.”

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Prairie girls drop opener at Muscatine

MUSCATINE - The night began on a bad note for the Cedar Rapids Prairie girls basketball team Saturday when Cyerra Hutchins sprained her ankle during warmup drills and was not able to play.

It didn't get any better from there.

The ninth-ranked Hawks lost to No. 4 Muscatine, 64-43, in a battle of Class 5A clubs in the season opener at Muscatine.

Mckenzie Stoffer, a 6-foot freshman for Prairie, sprained her ankle during the game and was not able to continue. Madison Dellamuth, the starting point guard, has returned from knee surgery but will have her minutes limited for awhile. Emilie Rotter tore her ACL during the summer and has been lost for the season.

Courteney McCrary led the Hawks with 15 points. Alisa Weiland scored 11.

Megan Thiesse hit six 3-pointers and scored 20 points for Muscatine.

PRAIRIE (43): Weiland 4 1-2 11, McCrary 6 0-0 15, Dellamuth 2 0-0 4, Usher 1 1-2 3, Shelangoski 2 0-3 4, Stoffer 3 0-0 6, Street 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 2-7 43.

MUSCATINE (64): Clemens 4 3-3 12, Thiesse 7 0-0 20, Kistler 0 0-0 0, Walgren 0 0-0 0, Schoultz 1 0-0 2, Miller 1 0-0 2, Graettinger 2 0-0 4, Lerma 7 0-0 16, Greenhaw 3 0-0 6, Livermore 1 0-0 2, Andrino 0 0-0 0. Totals 26 3-3 64.

Halftime - Muscatine 35, Prairie 19. 3-point goals - Prairie 5 (Weiland 3, McCrary 2), Muscatine 9 (Thiesse 6, Lerma 2, Clemens 1).

Xavier, Prairie crack girls basketball rankings

The Xavier Saints and Prairie Hawks will begin the 2012-13 girls basketball season in the rankings. Their job will be to stay there.

The Saints are ranked No. 4 in Class 4A and the Hawks are ranked No. 9 in the new Class 5A.

Xavier compiled an 18-6 record last season and reached the state tournament. Prairie went 12-10 and returns a good nucleus of players.

Prairie opened the season Saturday night at Muscatine and the Hawks were beaten by the No. 4 Muskies, 64-43. Xavier will begin the season Tuesday night with a home game against Decorah.

Southeast Polk was ranked No. 1 in the preseason Class 5A poll by the IGHSAU. Bishop Heelan was ranked No. 1 in Class 4A.

The other top teams are Davenport Assumption in 3A, Western Christian in 2A and Bedford in 1A.

CLASS 5A
(2011-12 record in parenthesis)
1. Southeast Polk (24-2), 2. Mason City (21-3), 3. Iowa City High (17-7), 4. Muscatine (19-4), 5. Waukee (20-6), 6. Iowa City West (25-1), 7. Ames (16-7), 8. Des Moines East (15-6), 9. Prairie (12-10), 10. West Des Moines Valley (14-9).

CLASS 4A
(2011-12 record in parenthesis)
1. Bishop Heelan (24-2), 2. Winterset (19-5), 3. Benton Community (24-1), 4. Xavier (18-6), 5. Dallas Center Grimes (18-6), 6. Waverly-Shell Rock (17-6), 7. Dubuque Wahlert (13-9), 8. Western Dubuque (13-9), 9. Indianola (11-12), 10. Washington, Iowa (18-5).