Prairie Volleyball

Prairie spiked by IC High

The Cedar Rapids Prairie volleyball team was clipped by Iowa City High,25-23, 19-25, 25-22, 25-16, in a Mississippi Valley Conference match at Prairie Tuesday night.

Kate Busswitz finished with 12 digs, eight kills and six blocks for Prairie. Makenzie Soeken collected 10 kills and four blocks.

Megan Sprengeler had 10 kills, Jennie Lockhart had 11 digs and Rachel Shelangoski chipped in with five blocks.

Hawks, Warriors win twice at tourney

CEDAR FALLS - The Prairie Hawks and Washington Warriors won two matches at the Cedar Falls Invitational volleyball tournament Saturday.

Prairie went 2-1 in pool play and lost to Dowling, 21-14, 21-16, in the first round of the championship playoffs. The Hawks topped Janesville (16-21, 21-9, 15-7) and beat Waterloo East (21-6, 21-13) in pool play, but lost to powerful Dike-New Hartford (21-15, 21-10).

Washington went 1-2 in pool play with a victory over Des Moines East (21-6, 21-11) with losses to Dowling (21-17, 21-5) and Grundy Center (21-9, 21-5). The Warriors defeated Waterloo East (21-17, 21-17) in the first round of the consolation playoffs before falling to Waterloo Columbus (25-7, 25-22).

Dike-New Hartford topped Cedar Falls for the title, 25-12, 31-29.

Prairie climbs in volleyball poll

The Prairie Hawks climbed one spot to No. 9 in the Class 5A volleyball rankings Thursday by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

The Marion Indians stayed No. 3 in Class 4A and the Xavier Saints remained No. 9 in Class 4A.

CLASS 4A

1. Harlan (14-1), 2. West Delaware (22-0), 3. Marion (17-2), 4. Le Mars (12-0), 5. Charles City (16-2), 6. Indianola (16-7), 7. Clear Creek-Amana (6-5), 8. Sioux City Heelan (11-7), 9. Xavier (11-7), 10. Boone (12-2), 11. Creston (12-2), 12. ADM (15-6), 13. Dubuque Wahlert (8-7), 14. Carroll (9-5), 15. Lewis Central (8-8).

CLASS 5A

1. Bettendorf (19-0), 2. Johnston (15-2), 3. Ankeny Centennial (20-1), 4. Ankeny (17-2), 5. Dowling (17-2), 6. West Des Moines Valley (22-5), 7. Council Bluffs Lincoln (22-8), 8. Southeast Polk (20-3), 9. Prairie (10-3), 10. Iowa City High (7-4).

No.10 Prairie spikes Washington

Megan Sprengeler collected 15 kills Tuesday night as the 10th-ranked Prairie volleyball team swept Washington, 25-8, 25-11, 25-13, in a Mississippi Valley Conference match at Washington.

Kate Busswitz had 13 kills and was 22-for-23 on serves. Kenzie Soeken contributed seven kills.

Kendra Gaskill was successful on all 25 of her serves and had three aces. Sprengeler also had three aces. Gaskill had 28 assists.