Metro Sports Report

Prairie baseball team edges PV

BETTENDORF - The Cedar Rapids Prairie baseball team rallied for three runs in the top of the seventh inning Friday night and trimmed Pleasant Valley, 3-2, in a non-conference game in Bettendorf.

Trey Beckman tied the game, 2-2, with a two-out hit in the seventh inning and Cal Clark scored the winning run on an overthrow.

Beckman and Tyler Nunemaker had two hits for Prairie (3-1). Jared Street pitched the last two innings and got the victory.

Prairie              000 000 3 - 3 4 0

Pleasant Valley 100 010 0 - 2 5 1

Wisconsin ends Kernels' streak at 4

The Cedar Rapids Kernels had been manhandling the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers this season, racking up an 8-0 record and outscoring the Rattlers 53-17 coming into their series finale Thursday night in Cedar Rapids.

That dominance came to an abrupt end as a “Thirsty Thursday” crowd of 1,957, along with former Major League closer Lee Smith, watched the Rattlers end the Kernels' four-game winning streak with a convincing 6-0 win at Veterans Memorial Stadium.

Smith, a seven-time big league All-Star, was in attendance to sign autographs for fans before and during the game.

Jared Wilson (4-1) has been a warrior in the Cedar Rapids rotation, giving his team at least five innings in all seven of his starts and accumulating a 4-0 record.

J-Hawks 3rd, Saints 11th in softball poll

The Cedar Rapids Jefferson softball team is ranked third in Class 5A in the first rankings of the season by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

The Xavier Saints are ranked 11th in Class 4A.

The top-ranked teams are Johnston in 5A, Fort Dodge in 4A, Solon in 3A, Alburnett in 2A and Woodbury Central in 1A.

RANKINGS

(2014 records in parenthesis)

CLASS 5A

1. Johnston (37-3), 2. Waukee (25-19), 3. Jefferson (35-8), 4. Dowling (30-9), 5. West Des Moines Valley (27-14), 6. Iowa City West (29-10), 7. Pleasant Valley (31-10), 8. Southeast Polk (30-10), 9. Ottumwa (27-12), 10. Council Bluffs Lincoln (24-6).

Linn-Mar girls boot Bettendorf

Olivia Garcia, Jaclyn Simons and Annika Menges scored goals Friday as the Linn-Mar Lions defeated Bettendorf, 4-1, in a non-conference soccer match at Linn-Mar Stadium.

Linn-Mar's fourth score was the result of an "own goal" by Bettendorf.

Claire Larson collected two assists for the Lions and Jensen Sevening had one.