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Prairie girls nip Lions for title

Cedar Rapids Prairie won the 31st Annual Washington Warriors girls track meet by the slimmest of margins Tuesday night at Kingston Stadium.

The Hawks nipped the Linn-Mar Lions, 146 to 145.5, for top honors in the seven-team field.

Hailee Montgomery won the 100 hurdles and ran the anchor leg on the triumphant shuttle hurdle relay for Prairie. Kenzie Soeken took the high jump, and Rachel Griffin captured the discus for the Hawks.

Prairie also won the 4x100 relay with Paige Pritts, Soeken, Alexa Martin and Madison Dellamuth.

Stephanie Jenks won the 800 (2:17.04) and 1500 (4:40.51) for Linn-Mar. The Lions also claimed the 4x200 relay, the 4x400 relay, the sprint medley and the distance medley.

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Prairie ranked in boys soccer poll

Five boys soccer teams from the Cedar Rapids Metro area are ranked by the Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association in the first poll of the regular season.

The Xavier Saints are the top team in Class 2A.

Kennedy, Washington and Linn-Mar are ranked 3-4-5 in Class 3A,  and the Prairie Hawks are ranked 16th.

Iowa City West is the No.1 team in Class 3A.

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Prairie wins 3 races in Washington

WASHINGTON, Iowa —  Isaiah Vlasek, Tysen VanDraska and Jalen Rima won races Friday for Cedar Rapids Prairie at the Washington Relays.

Vlasek claimed the 3200 in 10 minutes, 3.11 seconds. VanDraska captured the 1600 in 4:28.58. Rima won the 200 in 23.42 seconds.

Prairie got second-place showings from Michael Lamparek in the shot put (47-3), Trevor Northrup in the 100 (11.72), Jake Moore in the 1600 (4:30.17) and the 4x800 relay (8:54.51).

The Hawks received third-place finishes from Mitch Pritts in the 3200 (10:09.77), Ty Bolden in the 200 (24.22) and Preston LaGrange in the 800 (2:10.62).

West Burlington/Notre Dame won the championship with 146 points. Prairie finished ninth out of 23 teams with 83.5 points.

Hutchins set for All-Star Game

Six high school basketball players from the Cedar Rapids Metro area will participate in the 4th Annual Eastern Iowa All-Star Games at Kirkwood Community College on Wednesday.

A.J. Carter of Kennedy and Jacob Olson of Jefferson will play in the boys game that's scheduled to start at approximately 7:30 p.m.

Katie Sommer of Linn-Mar, Kristie Sommer of Linn-Mar, Morgan Martin of Kennedy and Cyerra Hutchins of Prairie will play in the girls game at 6 p.m.

A 3-point shootout will be held during halftime of the girls game, and a dunk contest will be held during halftime of the boys game.

Tickets cost $8 for adults and $6 for students. Doors open at 5:30.

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