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Stecklein named Prairie volleyball coach

Fri - 14 Mar Written by Metro Sports Report

After serving 12 years as an assistant volleyball coach at Prairie High School, Lynnette Stecklein has been named the head coach of the program pending board approval. Stecklein, a native of Fredericksburg, Iowa, succeeds Kevin Geary who resigned at the conclusion of the season.

Stecklein has been with the College Community School District since 2001 and teaches physical education at Prairie High School. For 20-plus years Stecklein has been involved with coaching volleyball at all levels.

In addition to her years at Prairie, she was the head volleyball coach at Charles City from 1989-1992 and has been very active with Prairie club volleyball programs. She is also an assistant varsity softball coach at Prairie, a position she has held since 2005.

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Last Updated on Friday, 14 March 2014 11:01

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Pritts wins 3200 at Dickinson Relays

Tue - 11 Mar Written by Metro Sports Report

CEDAR FALLS - Mitch Pritts of Cedar Rapids Prairie captured the 3200 meter run at the Dickinson Relays Tuesday at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls.

Pritts was timed in 9 minutes, 44.59 seconds.

The Linn-Mar Lions won the 4x800 relay in 8:12.48.

Cedar Rapids Jefferson sprinters fared well in the 200 meter dash. Nate Karlan placed third in 23.34 seconds and Shaquille Harbor was fifth in 23.60 seconds.

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Tristan Beyer eyes state title in 400

Fri - 07 Mar Written by Jim Ecker

IOWA CITY - Tristan Beyer is excited about playing football at Upper Iowa University this fall, but there's something he wants to accomplish with the Cedar Rapids Prairie track team before heading to Fayette.

Beyer finished second by a scant margin in the 400 meter dash at the Class 4A state meet last May and it's bugged him ever since.

Deshond Robinson of Clinton won the state title in 48.71 seconds, with Beyer a tick behind in a personal-best 48.85 seconds.

Robinson and Beyer are both seniors now. If they meet again, Beyer plans to finish on top.

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Last Updated on Friday, 07 March 2014 00:03

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Blood tops All-Metro girls bowling

Mon - 03 Mar Written by Metro Sports Report

Rylee Blood of Prairie has been named the Athlete of the Year on the 2014 All-Metro girls bowling team, as selected by Metro coaches.

Blood, Keely Pernicka of Washington, Bre Smith of Marion and Brooke McMorran of Linn-Mar were unanimous choices on the first team. They were joined by Amber Westmeier of Prairie and Rylea Bennett of Jefferson.

Don Willfong of Prairie was named the Coach of the Year.

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Last Updated on Monday, 03 March 2014 14:25

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Prairie Hawks pummelled by West, 63-21

Fri - 28 Feb Written by Mike Condon

IOWA CITY - James Moses has been around basketball most of his life. He has experienced both the highs and lows the game can bring.

The former Iowa Hawkeye standout spent the past four seasons as the head boys basketball coach at Cedar Rapids Prairie, working to build a program from the ground up.

Last week, Moses announced he was stepping away from the job after the season to spend more time with his family.

There have been more lows than highs on the court during Moses’ tenure and in his final game, bad luck struck early.

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