Prairie Softball

Prairie girls trimmed by No. 7 Spartans

There’s a world of difference between losing a game and getting beat.

The scrappy Prairie softball girls were beaten in a Class 5A regional semifinal by No. 7 Pleasant Valley, 9-8, Monday night, but in no way could they be called losers.

In a heart-breaking end to their season, they went from leading by three runs to trailing by five and coming back to tie.

Then, as they’d done all night, the visiting Spartans from Bettendorf scored after two outs in their half of the seventh inning.

A gangly eighth grade relief pitcher for Pleasant Valley who had been battered by Prairie hitters the previous two innings calmly mowed down the Hawks in order to close out the roller-coaster contest.

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No. 10 Prairie splits with Hempstead

DUBUQUE - The 10th-ranked Prairie softball team traded a pair of tight victories with Dubuque Hempstead Monday.

Prairie took the first game, 5-4. Gabi Carter went 2-for-3 wtih two RBIs and Kristen Wahlert was 2-for-4 with two runs scored.

Hempstead claimed the second game, 7-5. Natalie Rumer went 2-for-4 with four RBIs for Prairie. Wahlert and Amanda Stecklein were 2-for-3. Halle Lueck scored three runs.

Prairie scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning of the nightcap, but the rally ended there.

Game 1

Prairie     130 010 0 - 5 8 0
Hempstead   000 020 2 - 4 9 x

W - Halvorson.

Game 2

Prairie     100 010 3 - 5 7 1

Hempstead   002 311 x - 7 9 2

Gabi Carter wins Metro Spotlight Award

Cedar Rapids Prairie junior Gabi Carter is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school girls this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Carter is hitting .461 for the Hawks with eight home runs and 46 RBIs. She ranks fourth in Class 5A in RBIs and is tied for sixth in homers.

Carter leads Prairie in hits, doubles, homers, RBIs and batting average. Remarkably, she has struck out only once in 128 plate appearances.

Prairie is ranked 10th in the state and has a 24-10 record heading into the final week of the regular season and the playoffs.

Carter has a .508 on-base percentage and a .791 slugging percentage.

No. 10 Prairie splits with City High

IOWA CITY - Lauren Kuch belted a home run Thursday as 10th-ranked Prairie defeated Iowa City High, 13-6, in the first game of a Mississippi Valley Conference twinbill in Iowa City.

The Little Hawks won the second game, 4-3.

Halle Lueck, Gabi Carter and Taylor Moenk had two hits for Prairie (24-10) in the first game. Lueck scored three runs and Kuch had two RBIs.

Kristen Wahlert and Carsyn Waller had two hits for Prairie in the nightcap.

Game 1

Prairie     150 340 0 - 13 11 3
City High   000 040 2 - 6 5 x

W - Halvorson.

Game 2

Prairie     002 001 0 - 3 6 3
City High   013 000 x - 4 6 x

L - Frederick.