Washington High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Printy nets 16 as Wash nips Prairie

Jared Printy scored 16 points to lead the Washington boys basketball team to a 48-47 win over Prairie on Tuesday at Washington.

After a back-and-forth first half, the second half was close all the way and the Warriors improved to 9-9 with the win.

Keegan Moore scored 12 points and grabbed eight rebounds for Washington.

Max Smith Drahos led the Prairie Hawks (8-11) with 10 points and five assists. Ben Boldt added eight points with eight rebounds.

PRAIRIE (47): Clark 2 2-2 8, Fisher 3 0-0 8, Smith Drahos 2 6-8 10, Brown 1 0-0 3, Rima 0 0-0 0, Meeker 0 1-2 1, Boldt 3 2-2 8, Lorenz 1 0-0 3, Schrader 2 0-0 6. Totals 14 11-14 47.

WASHINGTON (48): Kramer 2 0-0 6, Strait 0 1-2 1, Hoeger 1 0-1 3, Wills 1 0-0 2, Arrington 2 0-0 4, Moore 6 0-0 12, Printy 7 0-0 16, Thulin 0 0-0 0, Williams 1 0-0 2, Dawson 0 0-0 0, Good-Jones 1 0-0 2. Totals 21 1-3 48.

Halftime – Washington 28, Prairie 27. 3-point goals – Prairie 8 (Clark 2, Fisher 2, Schrader 2, Brown, Lorenz), Washington 5 (Kramer 2, Printy 2, Hoeger).

Wash girls top Prairie after slow start

Kandis O’Donnell scored 11 points as the Washington girls basketball prevailed in a low-scoring 43-34 game Tuesday at Washington.

The Prairie Hawks jumped to a 12-5 lead in the first quarter, but the Warriors fought back with a 10-4 run in the second quarter and dominated the second half 28-18.

Anne Visser scored nine points and pulled down seven rebounds for Washington (12-8).

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Jared Thorson wins Metro Spotlight Award

Cedar Rapids Washington senior Jared Thorson is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school boys this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Thorson is a prominent member of the Washington swimming team that captured its 52nd straight district title Saturday at the Linn-Mar Aquatic Center. Thorson won the 100 butterfly at the district meet and posted the fastest qualifying time for the state meet in 51.16 seconds.

Washington jumped all the way from 14th to No. 2 in the team power ratings with its impressive performance at the district meet. The Warriors finished second at the state meet last year and will be vying for high honors again at the 2015 state meet this Saturday in Marshalltown.

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Wash swimmers win 52nd title in row

Cedar Rapids Washington’s dominance at the boys district swimming meet has to end sooner or later.

But not for now.

A bunch of pool records were set Saturday at the first-ever district meet at the luxurious new Linn-Mar Aquatic Center, most of them by a small fleet of fast swimmers from Iowa City West.

Still, for the 52nd year in a row, the team championship was claimed by a gutsy gang of Washington Warriors who refused to see the magical streak stopped on their watch.

It wasn’t until the last race of the day in the 400 yard freestyle relay that they knew they had the title in the bag. Even if they were disqualified, they would have won by a half-point.

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