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Morrissey leaving Prairie for Arizona

Mike Morrissey informed his players Monday after school in a team meeting that he was resigning after four years as Prairie's head football coach.

Morrissey is leaving at the end of the 2014-2015 school year for a teaching and head football coach position in Arizona, pending their board's approval.

Under Morrissey in four seasons, his Prairie teams reached the playoffs three times and in 2012 reached the quarterfinals. During his tenure at Prairie, 20 players received All-Conference and All-Metro recognition including eight All-State selections.

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Prairie takes 3rd at Battle of Waterloo

WATERLOO - The Cedar Rapids Prairie wrestling team suffered a pair of tight losses in the championship round of the 5th Annual Battle of Waterloo Saturday and finished third out of 32 teams in the tournament.

Prairie lost to Davenport Assumption, 35-34, in its first match Saturday in the championship round-robin. The Hawks defeated Independence, 39-26, in the second round, but were nipped by Union 39-37 in the final match.

Union won the title by going 3-0 Saturday, followed by Davenport Assumption (2-1), Prairie (1-2) and Independence (0-3).

Marcus England, Sam Uthoff, Seth Wennermark, Josh Wenger and Jarod Cadena won all three of their matches for Prairie. England, Uthoff,Wenger and Cadena had two pins.

The Linn-Mar Lions won all three of their matches Saturday to capture first place in their consolation bracket. The Lions topped Charles City (36-34), Cedar Falls (38-34) and Lisbon (48-30).

Halupnik sparks Lions by Prairie

There were a lot of smiles on the faces of Linn-Mar's players and coaches as they came out of the locker room Friday night at Prairie.

None were bigger or brighter than the one on the face of senior Lane Halupnik. On a team where guards Jordan Bohannon and Nic Uhlir do the bulk of the scoring, Halupnik is the guy who does the little things.

Against the Hawks, Halupnik did some of the big things as well. He scored 14 points, including a pair of 3-point baskets as part of 14-2 run in the third quarter, and the Lions went on to post a 66-54 win before a near-capacity crowd in the Prairie gym.

"Lane really buys in defensively, he knows that is his role," said Linn-Mar Coach Chris Robertson. "He always guards the best player on the other team.

"It was nice to see tonight that he got a little offense going," added the Lion coach. "We needed that because we weren't moving the ball that well in the first half."

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Prairie wins pool at Waterloo

WATERLOO – The Cedar Rapids Prairie wrestling team won Pool D in the Battle of Waterloo on Friday at Young Arena.

Linn-Mar took fifth place in Pool B.

The Prairie Hawks beat Nashua-Plainfield 81-0, beat Clear Lake 50-15 and beat Pleasant Valley 55-15.

Morgan Hood (152 pounds) and Nick Hogan (170) each had three pins for Prairie, which will face Independence on Saturday in the championship bracket.

The Lions lost to Don Bosco 48-25, beat Waterloo Columbus 56-18, and beat Denver-Tripoli 48-33.

Shea Hartzler had three pins at 170 for Linn-Mar, Alex Streicher had a pin and two decisions at 132, and Manny Jeffery had two pins at 160.