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VanDraska powers Prairie to title

DUBUQUE - Tysen VanDraska ran away with top honors and led Cedar Rapids Prairie to a convincing victory at the Mississippi Division cross country meet Thursday at the Dubuque Soccer Complex.

VanDraska toured the 5K race in 15 minutes, 29.5 seconds. He defeated teammate Cam Steffens by 29.3 seconds.

The Prairie Hawks also finished 5th, 8th and 9th with Chris Oehlert, Jake Moore and Colton LaGrange to end the meet with 25 points.

Steve Culpepper of Xavier placed seventh. Samuel Eck of Washington was 10th.

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Gorman nipped for Mississippi title

DUBUQUE - Reagan Gorman of Cedar Rapids Washington finished second at the Mississippi Division cross country meet Thursday at the Dubuque Soccer Complex.

Mary Arch of Iowa City High won the 5K race in 18 minutes, 27.3 seconds. She edged Gorman, a freshman, by 1.5 seconds.

Jenny Dickes of Xavier finished sixth in 19:25.7.

Iowa City High won the team championship.

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Rima plans to face Muscatine Friday

Cedar Rapids Prairie football star Jalen Rima said Wednesday night that he plans to play Friday night when the Hawks host Muscatine in a Class 4A district game at John Wall Field.

Rima strained a ligament in his left knee during a 28-21 loss to Iowa City High Oct. 2. The original diagnosis was that Rima would miss two or three weeks, but it appears he'll miss only one game before returning to action.

Rima said he's been practicing all week and is working to strengthen his leg. He leads Prairie with nine touchdowns and has scored in four different ways this season.

Johnston wins Prairie volleyball title

The Johnston Dragons captured top honors at the Cedar Rapids Prairie volleyball tournament Saturday.

Johnston and Southeast Polk both finished with a 4-1 records in the round-robin tournament, but Johnston beat Southeast Polk 2-0 in their head-to-head match for the tiebreaker.

Prairie went 3-2 in the tournament and placed third. The Hawks beat HolyTrinity (2-1), West Branch (2-0) and Western Dubuque (2-0). They lost to Johnston (2-0) and Southeast Polk (2-1).

All six teams in the tournament are ranked by the IGHSAU.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Johnston 4-1, 2. Southeast Polk 4-1, 3. Prairie 3-2, 4. West Branch 2-3, 5. Western Dubuque, 2-3, 6. Holy Trinity 0-5.

PRAIRIE RESULTS

Beat Holy Trinity, 19-21, 21-17, 15-6
Lost to Johnston, 22-20, 21-17
Beat West Branch, 21-14, 21-10
Beat Western Dubuque, 21-10, 21-11
Lost to Southeast Polk, 21-19, 15-21, 16-14