Prairie High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

J-Hawks jump to No.2 in baseball poll

The Jefferson J-Hawks jumped two spots to No. 2 in the Class 4A baseball rankings Monday by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association.

Waukee replaced Johnston as the No. 1 team in the poll.

Cedar Rapids Prairie climbed three spots to No. 5 this week. The Kennedy Cougars are ranked No. 8 and the Linn-Mar Lions are No. 9.

In last week's poll, Linn-Mar was No. 7, Prairie No. 8 and Kennedy No. 9.

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Prairie wins Marion baseball tourney

Cedar Rapids Prairie won both of its games at the Marion baseball tournament Saturday to claim first place in the three-team event.

The Hawks topped Marion, 6-2, and blanked Burlington, 3-0.

Marion gained a split in the tournament by trimming Burlington, 3-1.

Blake Viall, Drew Yanecek and JP Havel-Pisarik shared the pitching for Prairie in the 6-2 verdict against Marion. Jalen Rima and Tyler Nunemaker had two hits for the Hawks.

Maverick Miller had two hits for Marion against Prairie. John Carstensen pitched a complete game for the Indians.

Tyler Ellertson tossed a three-hitter for Marion in the 3-1 victory over Burlington. Bobby Vanderlind had three hits and two RBIs.

Prairie raised its record to 20-4. Marion is 16-10.

No.8 Prairie rolls by Waterloo East

The eighth-ranked Cedar Rapids Prairie baseball team outscored Waterloo East, 28-1, in a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader at Prairie Friday.

The Hawks won the first game, 17-0, in four innings and took the second game, 11-1, in six innings.

The sweep lifted Prairie to 18-4 overall and 13-3 in the conference.

Keegan Sanborn was the winning pitcher for Prairie in the first game. Jalen Rima, Cal Clark, Nic Mougin, Mike Gunn and Alex Mixon had two hits. Clark had two RBIs.

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Prairie girls split with City High

The Cedar Rapids Prairie softball team lost half of its lead in the Mississippi Division Thursday night when it split a doubleheader with Iowa City High at the Prairie field.

Prairie won the first game, 1-0, on a three-hit shutout by Shelby Frederick. Iowa City High rebounded with a 5-2 victory in the nightcap for only its third victory of the season.

Prairie fell to 12-6 in the Mississippi Division, now just one game ahead of Xavier and Waterloo West at 11-7 with eight games left in the MVC campaign.

Frederick struck out five batters and did not walk anyone in the 1-0 victory. Anne Cerveny collected the only RBI in the game.

Rylie Kane was the losing pitching for Prairie in the nightcap.

Prairie's overall record is 19-9. Iowa City High is 3-15 in the conference and 3-19 overall.