Prairie spiked by Iowa City High
Spirited students from both Iowa City High and Prairie packed the south stands of the Linn-Mar gym Tuesday night, cheering on their schools’ volleyball teams in a Class 5A regional and trying hard to out-yell the other side.
Except for the fact that the Little Hawks brought with them a 6-foot tall Big Bird mascot, the outcome of the dueling students section seemed to be a draw.
Would that the match on the floor been equally close as eighth-ranked City High (24-10) dominated Prairie (23-14) in three sets and punched its ticket to next week’s state tournament in Cedar Rapids.
The up-and-coming Prairie girls took a short-lived 12-11 lead in the first game but ended up losing, 25-20. They didn’t lead again until briefly at 3-2 in the third game but lost that one as well, 25-19.
In between, the young and vastly improving Little Hawks led all the way in game two as they coasted 25-14.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 05 November 2014 00:17
