Prairie Girls Basketball

Prairie falls to Cedar Falls

CEDAR FALLS – Jenna Wagemester had eight points to lead the Prairie girls basketball team in a 51-40 loss to Cedar Falls on Friday.

Emilie Rotter and Olivia Usher each had seven points for the Prairie Hawks (0-3).

Prairie led 17-6 after the first quarter, but struggled offensively the rest of the game. The Tigers also made 17 free throw, compared to six for the Prairie Hawks.

Adrienne Boettger had 17 points for the Tigers (2-1), and Addison Long added 12 points.

CEDAR RAPIDS PRAIRIE (40): Rotter 2 2-6 7, Wagemester 4 0-0 8, Person 2 0-0 6, Stoffer 2 1-4 5, Usher 2 2-3 7, Moenk 0 0-0 0, Adams 1 1-2 4, Herold 0 0-0 0, Altenhofen 1 0-0 2. Totals 14 6-14 40.

CEDAR FALLS (51): Conrad 0 0-0 0, Gerdes 2 4-6 9, Becker 0 1-3 1, Long 2 6-6 12, Boettger 6 5-9 17, Barney 5 1-3 12, Kramer 0 0-2 0. Totals 14 17-29 51.

Halftime – Prairie 22, Cedar Falls 16. 3-point goals – Prairie 5 (Person 2, Rottler, Adams, Altenhofen), Cedar Falls 4 (Long 2, Gerdes, Barney).

Prairie girls fall at No.5 IC West

IOWA CITY - The Cedar Rapids Prairie girls basketball team was defeated by fifth-ranked Iowa City West, 69-49, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game in Iowa City.

Olivia Usher led Prairie (0-2) with 11 points. Mikaela Morgan scored 12 points for Iowa City West (3-0).

PRAIRIE (49): Moenk 4 1-1 9, Altenhofen 2 1-1 6, Rotter 0 1-2 1, Herold 2 0-0 4, Adams 1 2-4 4, Kuch 0 0-0 0, Usher 3 3-4 11, Wagemester 1 0-0 2, Person 3 0-0 7, Stoffer 1 3-4 5. Totals 17 11-16 49.

IOWA CITY WEST (69): Lozano-Dobbs 4 3-3 11, Tafolla 3 1-2 10, Tauchen 4 0-0 8, Fay 0 0-0 0, Saunders 1 3-6 5, Craig 3 0-0 9, Huinker 0 0-1 0, Cook 1 0-0 2, Harder 1 0-0 3, M. Morgan 5 1-1 12, A. Morgan 1 0-0 2, Halverson 3 1-2 7. Totals 26 9-15 69.

Halftime - Iowa City West 38, Prairie 17. 3-point goals - Prairie 4 (Usher 2, Altenhofen 1, Person 1), Iowa City West 8 (Craig 3, Tafolla 3, M. Morgan 1, Harder 1).

Prairie girls drop opener at Muscatine

MUSCATINE - The Cedar Rapids Prairie girls basketball team gave Muscatine a good battle in the season opener Tuesday before falling short, 63-57, in Muscatine in Josh Bentley's first game as head coach.

Freshman Elle Herold led Prairie with 13 points. Olivia Usher finished with 10 points, eight rebounds and seven assists.

Annabel Graettinger paced Muscatine with 26 points.

PRAIRIE (57): Moenk 1 0-0 2, Altenhofen 1 1-2 3, Rotter 2 1-2 5, Herold 5 2-3 13, Adams 3 0-0 8, Usher 3 4-5 10, Wagemester 0 2-2 2, Person 3 0-1 6, Stoffer 3 2-3 8. Totals 21 12-18 57.

MUSCATINE (63): Rusch 2 2-4 8, Spellman 0 0-0 0, Meyer 1 4-6 6, White 5 1-2 11, Graettinger 6 11-17 26, Hepker 2 0-0 4, Keitel 0 0-0 0, Oppel 2 2-5 8. Totals 63 20-34 63.

Halftime - Muscatine 31, Prairie 25. 3-point goals - Prairie 3 (Adams 2, Herold 1), Muscatine 5 (Graettinger 3, Rusch 2).

Bentley got early start in coaching

When Josh Bentley became a high school basketball coach for the first time in 2002, he informed his players at West Central about the "no drinking" policy that applied to all the boys on the team.

That included the head coach himself, who was only 20 at the time and a junior at Upper Iowa University.

"The drinking policy was the same for all of us. All of us followed it," he said. "It's a good thing that alcohol and I don't get along anyway."

Bentley, now 32, is the new girls basketball coach at Cedar Rapids Prairie. He succeeded Steve Doser, who resigned following a 6-16 campaign last year.

The girls basketball season for Metro teams begins Tuesday night, with Prairie visiting Muscatine.

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