![Prairie's Andrew Netolicky raises his arms in victory after pinning Washington's Zac Gillis in overtime to win the 285-pound title Saturday at the Mississippi Valley Conference meet at Washington. Netolicky was one of three Prairie wrestlers to win titles and the Hawks captured the conference title for the first time since 1995. (Photo by Ken Gilchrist)](/images/resized/images/photos/prairie/01_200_187.jpg)
Prairie wins 1st MVC mat title since '95
The oldest members of the Cedar Rapids Prairie wrestling team were born in 1994 and 1995, which is an odd coincidence.
Those are the only two years the Hawks had ever won the Mississippi Valley Conference wrestling tournament. Until now, that is.
Prairie ended its 18-year dry spell in the MVC tournament by claiming top honors Saturday at the Cedar Rapids Washington gym.
Iowa City West had captured nine straight titles, a streak that began in 2004 - the same year Blake Williams became the head coach at Prairie.
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