Prairie Girls Basketball

Botkin nets 25 as Cougars top Hawks

Stephanie Botkin poured in 25 points and grabbed nine rebounds Tuesday night as Kennedy defeated Prairie, 58-41, in a Mississippi Valley Conference girls basketball game at Prairie.

Lela Sellers collected 18 points, four assists and four steals for the Cougars (9-4).

Halle Person scored 12 points for Prairie (1-10). Jenna Wagemester added 10 points. Person and Wagemester are both freshmen.

KENNEDY (58): Dunham 0 0-0 0, Dye 4 0-0 8, Hamilton 0 0-0 0, Hayden 0 2-2 2, Sellers 6 6-7 18, Steele 0 0-0 0, Timmerman 0 0-0 0, A. Hellweg 1 0-0 2, Meyer 0 0-0 0, Green 0 0-0 0, Milbrath 0 0-0 0, Runels 1 0-0 2, Dolphin 0 1-2 1, Botkin 8 9-14 25, O. Hellweg 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 18-25 58.

PRAIRIE (41): Moenk 2 0-2 4, Altenhofen 1 1-1 3, Rotter 3 1-2 7, Herold 2 0-0 4, Adams 0 1-2 1, Wagemester 4 2-4 10, Person 4 4-6 12, Lampe 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 9-17 41.

Halftime - Kennedy 36, Prairie 18. 3-point goals - Kennedy none, Prairie none.

Bailey’s 18 lead Saints

Lizzy Bailey scored 18 points to lead the Class 4A 14th-ranked Xavier girls basketball team to 55-42 win over Prairie on Tuesday at Prairie.

The Saints improved to 8-3, while the Prairie Hawks fell to 0-9.

XAVIER (55): Bastian 0 0-0 0, Stanek 0 0-0 0, Bailey 5 8-8 18, Noonan 3 2-2 8, Albert 0 0-0 0, Andersen 2 0-0 5, Breitbach 0 5-8 5, Christianson 1 0-0 2, Dickes 1 1-1 3, Nelson 0 0-0 0, Kadlec 0 0-0 0, Brown 0 0-0 0, Stovie 0 0-0 0, Drahozal 1 0-0 3, Ivester 1 2-2 4, Joens 3 1-1 7. Totals 17 19-24 55.

PRAIRIE (42): Individuals N/A. Totals 11 19-25 42.

Halftime – Xavier 20, Prairie 18. 3-point goals – Xavier 2 (Andersen, Drahozal), Prairie 1 (N/A).

Wahlert sinks Prairie 51-36

Taylor Moenk had 10 points to lead the Prairie girls basketball team in a 51-36 loss to Dubuque Wahlert on Tuesday at Prairie.

Katy Fricano had 15 points and Jade Lynch had 13 points for Dubuque Wahlert (3-4).

The Prairie Hawks fell to 0-7.

DUBUQUE WAHLERT (51): Roling 1 0-0 2, Osterberger 2 0-0 4, Fricano 5 5-6 15, Tranel 2 0-0 5, Lynch 5 1-3 13, Berning 1 0-1 2, Flynn 4 0-0 10. Totals 20 6-10 51.

PRAIRIE (36): Moenk 4 2-2 10, Altenhofen 1 0-0 3, Rotter 2 0-0 4, Herold 1 0-0 2, Wagemester 3 1-2 7, Person 2 1-2 6, Stoffer 2 0-0 4. Totals 15 4-6 36.

Halftime – N/A. 3-point goals – Dubuque Wahlert 5 (Lynch 2, Flynn 2, Tranel), Prairie 3 (Altendhofen, Wagemester, Person).

Jefferson girls put clamps on Prairie

Jefferson Coach Jason Edwards speaks so softly that it’s barely above a whisper.

But his J-Hawk girls certainly paid attention to what he had to tell them at halftime Tuesday night as they turned a two-point lead into a 24-point blowout over Prairie in the Jeff gym.

“Coach always tells us to aim for three things,” said junior sparkplug guard Sam Kitterman following the 51-27 runaway win. “Defend, rebound and run.”

Sophomore backcourt running mate Avery Guy repeated the mantra. “He says if we do those three things right, we’ll win games,” she said.

After a sometimes sloppy first half, Jefferson’s girls followed instructions from then on with near perfection. They held Prairie to just five points in the third quarter and kept them from scoring any points at all in the fourth quarter.

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