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Prairie swipes wild twinbill from Warriors

Wed - 03 Jul Written by Jim Ecker

Landen Akers was standing on third base with two outs in the top of the seventh inning Wednesday night when Cedar Rapids Washington assistant coach Javier Rivera came over from the third-base coaching box with a startling idea.

"Steal home," Rivera told Akers.

Huh?

"Yeah, I thought it was risky at first," said Akers, a speedy sophomore. "But then I thought I had a chance. I had to go."

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Baseball tourney pairings announced

Tue - 02 Jul Written by Metro Sports Report

The Iowa High School Athletic Association released the pairings for the postseason baseball tournaments in Class 3A and 4A on Tuesday and four Metro teams got first-round home dates.

Xavier got the top seed in substate 3 and will host No.6 seed Waterloo East when the Class 4A tournament opens on July 19. Prairie is the No.2 seed in the same substate and the Hawks will host No.5 seed Waterloo West.

Linn-Mar is the No.2 seed in substate 6 and the Lions will host Washington. Third-seeded Kennedy will host Iowa City High. Sixth-seeded Jefferson travels to No.1 seeded Iowa City West.

The highest remaining seed in each substate after the first round gets a bye into the substate finals.

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Yanecek helps Prairie split in Dubuque

Mon - 01 Jul Written by Metro Sports Report

DUBUQUE - Sophomore Drew Yanecek was promoted to the varsity Monday and helped the Prairie Hawks snap a four-game losing streak.

Yanecek gave up only one run in six innings as the No.8 Hawks trimmed Dubuque Hempstead, 3-1, in the second game of a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader in Dubuque.

Hempstead won the first game, 12-8, with a six-run rally with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning.

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 02 July 2013 11:03

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Prairie drops costly twinbill to Wahlert

Fri - 28 Jun Written by Jim Ecker

The Cedar Rapids Prairie baseball team did not realize its shiny new spot in the Class 4A rankings this week came with a curse.

The Hawks popped into the IHSBCA rankings in the No.8 spot Monday and promptly got rained out Monday night. On Tuesday, they lost 8-0 to North Scott in a hastily scheduled game. And on Friday, the wheels came off the wagon.

Prairie squandered a pair of seemingly comfortable leads Friday and lost a Mississippi Valley Conference twinbill to Dubuque Wahlert, 5-4 in eight innings and 11-9, at the wind-swept Prairie field.

The twin defeats cost Prairie the No.1 seed in the Class 4A substate tournament that begins in three weeks and dearly cost the Hawks in the conference race.

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