Prairie claims outright MVC crown
The Cedar Rapids Prairie baseball team put an exclamation point on the first Mississippi Valley Conference title in school history Friday night.
The Hawks rallied for a dramatic 6-5 victory over Dubuque Wahlert in the first game by scoring three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning with two outs to erase a 5-3 deficit.
Prairie rolled in the nightcap, 8-1.
The Hawks captured the Mississippi Division title in the MVC with a 21-5 final record. The Hawks clinched a tie for the title Thursday night by splitting a twinbill at Dubuque Senior, and they relished the thought of winning the outright title at home by winning at least one of their games against Wahlert.