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Prairie boys' come up short against Xavier

The first half was run and gun and the second half was much more methodical, but the result was a 56-51 Xavier victory  in Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball at Prairie Friday night. 

Both teams were putting up points in the first half.  It was 19-19 at the quarter and Xavier led 35-29 at the half, forging their margin in the last two minutes of the half.  In the second half defense improved and the pace slowed and while Prairie actually outscored Xavier, it wasn’t by enough.

“Prairie really made it hard on us in the second half.  We really struggled to maintain our lead; we just had to weather the storm,” said Xavier Coach Matt Jenkins.

That was the case as Prairie (3-15, 2-11 MVC) managed to cut the lead to 48-46 at one point in the fourth quarter. Down the stretch, Xavier (5-14, 4-10) maintained its composure in a loud road environment and the Hawks missed four critical free throws that cooled their comeback effort.

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Prairie rallies can't overcome Wahlert

Dubuque Wahlert withstood a couple of strong third-quarter surges from Prairie Tuesday night to hold on for a 65-53 victory in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball game at Prairie.

Trailing 40-30 at halftime, the Hawks used good, aggressive defense and managed to cut the lead to three points in a well-played third quarter. However, a balanced attack by Wahlert was more than Prairie (3-14, 2-10) could overcome.

Jacob May and Jonathan Moore both scored 13 points to lead Wahlert (13-5, 9-4). Dubuque’s inside game saw Michael Francis score 11 points and Riley DeSanti contribute 10.

“Wahlert is a good team and it showed tonight. Coach (Tom) English does a nice job and always has a good team,” said Prairie Coach James Moses. “With Mac out sick, I was pleased with what we tried to do and the effort we gave, but we did miss Mac.”

Moses was referring to Matt MacDougall, the Hawks' leading scorer who missed the game due to illness.

Prairie made seven 3-pointers to keep within distance for much of the game. Sophomore Tom Eilers led the Hawks with 14 points, knocking down four 3-point baskets. Jacob Aune added nine points and Matt Jantzen and Brandon Lafferty each had eight.

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Prairie girls struggle at Wahlert

DUBUQUE -- The Prairie girls basketball team struggled to score points Tuesday night and lost to Dubuque Wahlert, 57-35, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game in Dubuque.

Katie Carver led Prairie with eight points.

PRAIRIE (35): Yanacek 1 0-0 2, Carver 3 2-4 8, A. Weiland 1 2-2 4, K.

Wieland 0 0-0 0, Tonyan 1 0-0 2, McCrary 3 0-0 6, Gaster 0 0-0 0, Blaha 1 0-0 3, Cris 1 1-2 3, Dellamuth 1 2-2 5, Hutchins 1 0-0 2. Totals 13 7-10 35.

WAHLERT (57): Till 5 5-5 15, Walker 1 4-4 6, Ihm 4 2-2 10, Lynch 2 0-0 5, Leytem 4 0-0 10, Tranel 1 0-1 2, Schmitt 2 0-0 5, Sullivan 1 1-2 4. Totals 20 12-14 57.

Halftime -- Wahlert 29, Prairie 16. 3-point goals -- Prairie 2 (Blaha 1, Dellamuth 1), Wahlert 5 (Leytem 2, Lynch 1, Schmitt 1, Sullivan 1).

City High's 1st win at Hawks' expense

IOWA CITY -- Andrew McNulty and Cortez Barfield scored 15 points apiece to lead Iowa City High to its first win of the season Friday night at City High. The Little Hawks beat Prairie, 51-45, in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball game.

Matt MacDougall had 13 points, Brandon Lafferty 11 and Jacob Aune 10 for Prairie (3-13, 2-9 MVC).

City High is 1-15, 1-10.

Iowa City High also won the sophomore game, 49-37.

PRAIRIE (45): Jacob Aune 4 2- 3 10, Jerome Frazier 1 1-2 3, Ty Mougin 1 0-0 2, Matt Jantzen 2 0-1 4, Matt MacDougall 5 3-4 13, Brandon Lafferty 4 2-2 11, Tom Eilers 1 0-0 2.
Totals 18 8-12 45.

IOWA CITY HIGH (51): Lonnie Chester 4 1-2 9, Jeremy Johnson 1 0-2 2, Andrew McNulty 6 1-2 15, Ronald Thompson 4 0-0 8, Tony Perry 1 0-0 2, Cortez Barfield 7 1-3 15. Totals 23 3-9 51.

Halftime -- Prairie 22, City High 22. 3-point goals -- Prairie 1 (MacDougall), City High 2 (McNulty 2). Fouls -- Prairie 12, City High 13.