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* Contact Metro Sports Report * Jim Ecker, President & Editor jim.ecker@metrosportsreport.com 319-390-4236 |
Curt Lewis knew his Prairie boys soccer team probably wasn't as good as its 8-0 start.
He also knew they weren't as bad as the team that had lost four of five during one stretch.
The Hawks brought a 12-4 record into Thursday night's game against a powerful Xavier team. They bent all match long, but due to the stellar play of senior keeper Adam Kueny, came away with a hard-fought 1-0 win, ruining Senior Night for 13 Xavier 12th graders.
First Drake, now state.
That could be the motto for Metro athletes this week as they eagerly prepare for the state track meet in Des Moines.
Metro athletes won six gold medals at the Drake Relays, where they competed against the top performers from all around the state regardless of school population.
Tristan Beyer finally beat Nick Corbett in a 400-meter dash Monday.
Now he wants to do it again. And again.
Beyer, a junior from Prairie, and Corbett, a senior from Washington, are two of the top quarter-milers in the state and they clashed Monday in the Mississippi Valley Conference division meet at Kingston Stadium.
The Prairie baseball program will continue to grow in 2013.
Gone from its successful 2012 team are three-year starters in second baseman Brayton Carlson, who hit .355 with five home runs and 39 RBIs; Jason Velvick, who sported a team-leading .439 average; Bryce Alberts, who led the pitching staff with 10 starts and 55 innings pitched; and Dillon Pond, a gritty catcher who gave them 16 RBIs.
Despite the significant losses, the Hawks return as much to their lineup as any team in the Metro.
There are 14 seniors on the Prairie girls track team, and until Tuesday night they’d never won their own invitational meet.
Not only did they break the jinx, but the Hawks blew away the field in a strong eight-team matchup.
By winning four individual events and three relays, Prairie scored 157 points. Runner-up Iowa City West totaled 99.5 points; far behind were good squads from Davenport West, Linn-Mar and Cedar Rapids Washington.
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