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Marion pitcher Haley Vanourney fields a bunt by Prairie's Alyson O'Brian as Mallory Jones streaks home from third on Tuesday, July 9. She beat the throw to the Marion catcher to make the score 11-2. Prairie won the game, 12-2. (Photo by Margaret O'Banion)

Prairie knocks off Marion, 12-2

Tue - 09 Jul Written by Tom Fruehling

Pity the Marion softball girls.

They’re on a seven-game losing streak. One of their three pitchers is done for the season and another is suffering from a painful stress fracture.

And in their final regular-season game Tuesday night, they had a makeup date with the suddenly slugging Prairie Hawks from the powerful Mississippi Valley Conference.

Coming into the contest on Prairie's field, their records were reversed: Prairie 24-12, Marion 12-24.

The night before, Prairie shellacked Dubuque Hempstead, 13-1 and 13-2, in games cut short by the mercy rule.

And before the Marion varsity girls could take the field Tuesday, they watched their junior varsity team get shell-shocked in three innings.

All the signs were there for another blowout.

The Indians did make a game of it, for one inning anyway, until Prairie’s big bats unloaded for 10 runs in the next three innings.

But give the Marion girls credit. With their backs against the wall, they rallied to score twice in the fifth inning and forced the Hawks to take another at-bat in order to win, 12-2.

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 July 2013 00:47

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Big 1st innings propel Prairie to twin wins

Mon - 08 Jul Written by Metro Sports Report

Big first innings propelled Prairie to a pair of softball wins over Dubuque Hempstead Monday night at Prairie.

The Hawks scored 10 runs in the first inning of the opener en route to a 13-1 victory. They tallied nine times in the opening frame in the nightcap and rolled to a 13-2 win. The opener went four innings, the nightcap five.

Gabi Carter had four hits and drove in three runs in the doubleheader. Brittney Lash had four hits and four RBIs.

Katie Kuch was the winning pitcher in both games.

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Prairie splits twinbill with City High

Tue - 02 Jul Written by Metro Sports Report

Gabi Carter drove in the winning run with a base hit in the bottom of the eighth inning Tuesday night as Prairie trimmed Iowa City High, 6-5, in the first game of a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader at Prairie.

Iowa City High blanked Prairie, 3-0, in the second game.

Prairie fell one game behind the Xavier Saints in the Valley Division of the Mississippi Valley Conference with two games left in the regular season. Xavier has an 18-6 record in the Valley Division and Prairie is 17-7.

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Prairie stays tied for 1st with sweep

Thu - 27 Jun Written by Metro Sports Report

WATERLOO - The race between the Prairie and Xavier softball teams is going down to the wire.

The Prairie Hawks swept Waterloo West, 10-5 and 19-4 in six innings, in a Mississippi Valley Conference twinbill in Waterloo.

The sweep kept Prairie in a first-place tie with Xavier in the Valley Division with identical 16-6 league marks with four games left in the MVC campaign.

Amanda Stecklein went 3-for-4 with two runs, two RBIs and a double for the Hawks in the first game. Gabi Carter went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and a double. Mallory Jones was 2-for-5 with two RBIs.

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Last Updated on Thursday, 27 June 2013 23:10

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Kuch hurls Prairie by Linn-Mar

Tue - 25 Jun Written by Tom Fruehling

As the saying goes, it’s always best to dance with the girl that brung ya.

After dropping three of four games in the very tough Clear Creek Amana softball tournament over the weekend, interim Prairie coach Lynette Stecklein put pitching ace Katie Kuch on the mound for both games Tuesday night at home against Linn-Mar.

The seasoned senior came through with two wins, 9-2 and 7-0.

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