Metro Sports Report

Prairie's Austin Fisher (20) slices through a pair of Davenport West defenders for two of his eight points in Tuesday's 68-46 win at Prairie. (Photo by Justin Tedford)

Prairie boys shoot past Falcons, 68-46

Tue - 03 Dec Written by Ryan Suchomel

Last season Cedar Rapids Prairie led the Mississippi Valley Conference in 3-pointers taken and made.

If Tuesday night's 68-46 non-conference win over Davenport West is any indication, those numbers could go up this year.

"We have the ability to really shoot the ball," Prairie Coach James Moses said. "The main thing is how do we establish rhythm and continuity? That helps build and shape our confidence, and when we do that, we can play pretty well."

Prairie made 14 3-pointers on 34 attempts (41 percent). Six different Prairie Hawks made a 3-pointer.

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Indians' rally falls short in opener, 62-56

Tue - 03 Dec Written by Don Taylor

Craig Engle and Daly Quinn combined for 25 points in the second half to pull Marion to within two points of Anamosa with 23 seconds left in Tuesday night's game.

But the Indians came up short and dropped their season opener to the Blue Raiders, 62-56, at the Marion gym.

The Indians were down 11 to begin the fourth quarter, but just couldn’t quite get the corner turned to pull out the victory.

Engle led all scorers with 23. Four of his six field goals were 3-pointers.

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Metro boys basketball on the rebound

Mon - 02 Dec Written by Jim Ecker

Boys basketball in the Metro area could be a lot better than people think this year.

We're not talking about the glory days of a few years ago when Marcus Paige, Jarrod Uthoff, Josh Oglesby, Matt Bohannon, Wes Washpun and Kasey Semler were performing for local clubs on their way to Division I colleges.

We may never reach those heights again with such a galaxy of stars all gracing Metro teams at the same time.

However, the 2013-14 campaign should be better than last season when we had a collection of clubs that flirted with the .500 mark for much of the year.

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Moon wins Metro Spotlight Award

Sun - 01 Dec Written by Metro Sports Report

Cedar Rapids Washington junior Lynze Moon is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school girls this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Moon rolled a 415 series for the Washington bowling team Tuesday when the Warriors defeated Iowa City High, 2516-2208, in the first meet of the season at Lancer Lanes. She bowled games of 213 and 202 to finish with the high game and high series.

Moon's 415 was the highest series by a female bowler in the Metro area last week.

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Cline wins Metro Spotlight Award

Sun - 01 Dec Written by Metro Sports Report

Cedar Rapids Washington junior Bryan Cline is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school boys this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Cline began the season with the Washington bowling team Tuesday by rolling an impressive two-game series of 258 and 259 for a 517 series, the best series by a Metro bowler last week.

The Warriors defeated Iowa City High School in that meet, 2939-2680, at Lancer Lanes.

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