Prairie Volleyball

Kate Busswitz wins Metro Spotlight Award

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

Busswitz, who stands 6-foot-1, is one of the top volleyball players in the Mississippi Valley Conference and has committed to play at the University of Northern Iowa.

Busswitz helped Prairie win the Linn-Mar Invitational Saturday, capped by a 21-14, 21-12 victory over sixth-ranked Linn-Mar in the finals. The Hawks won six straight matches in the day-long tournament.

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Prairie wins title at Linn-Mar tourney

The Cedar Rapids Prairie volleyball team lived dangerously at the Linn-Mar tournament Saturday but had the last laugh.

The Hawks whipped Linn-Mar, 21-14, 21-12, in the championship match after surviving several near-misses in the earlier rounds.

Prairie lost games against Vinton-Shellsburg and Pleasant Valley in pool competition, but pulled things together and won both of those matches 2-1.

The Hawks also lost a game to Solon in the semifinals before snaring a 21-14, 9-21, 15-9 victory to reach the finals.

Prairie finished the tournament with a perfect 6-0 record.

There were lots of ups-and-downs in the annual tournament. Marion defeated Linn-Mar in pool play, but then the Lions defeated the Indians in the semifinals.

Marion High School does not beat Linn-Mar High School in too many sports, but volleyball has been an exception over the years. The Indians are currently ranked No.3 in Class 4A and Linn-Mar is ranked No.6 in Class 5A, so both schools have good teams.

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Hempstead sweeps Prairie in volleyball

DUBUQUE - The Cedar Rapids Prairie volleyball team lost to Dubuque Hempstead, 3-0, in a Mississippi Valley Conference match in Dubuque Tuesday.

Hempstead rolled 25-22, 25-15, 25-23.

Mallory Jones collected 20 assists for Prairie. Kate Busswitz had 17 digs and Jenni Lockhart had 12.

Busswitz leads Prairie spikers past Saints

Kate Busswitz had 13 kills and five ace serves to lead Prairie to a 14-25, 25-10, 25-11, 25-22 Mississippi Valley Conference volleyball win over visiting Xavier on Tuesday night.

Megan Spengeler added seven kills for the Hawks. Jenni Lockhart had 13 digs while Mallory Jones and Kendra Gaskill had 18 and 12 assists respectively.

For the Saints, Kayla Torson had 13 digs, nine kills and three blocks. Madsy Richards had 17 digs, eight kills and a pair of blocks.