Prairie High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Hawks can't handle Uthoff, J-Hawks

Jarrod Uthoff scored 25 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and blocked five shots to lead No. 10 Jefferson past stubborn Prarie, 50-41, Thursday night in the J-Hawks' regular season finale at Prairie.

The final score was much closer than anticipated, although the J-Hawks (15-5, 11-5 MVC) were coming into the game off a hard-fought loss to No. 1 Linn-Mar on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Prairie was trying to end a 10-game losing streak.  The Hawks (3-17, 2-13) get another chance to snap the skid Friday night when they host Dubuque Hempstead in a makeup game to end the regular season.

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Hawks ousted from girls tourney

It wasn’t always pretty, but Kennedy did what it had to in order to advance, winning 66-60 at Prairie on Wednesday night in the first round of the Class 4A girls regional tournament.

The Cougars (9-13) led by as many as 11 points in the second half but the Hawks (4-18) refused to give up, clawing their way back into the game. Kennedy's lead was only 51-49 with 6 minutes left, but the Cougars had an answer for every Prairie run and were able to fend off the Hawks.

“Prairie played outstanding and hard,” Kennedy Coach Dennis Roloff said. “They play an aggressive game and if they don’t get called they are in every game.”

The Hawks just couldn’t stop Kennedy’s offensive duo of  junior Courtney Strait and senior Olivia Meier, who led all scorers with 25 and 19 points, respectively.

“Those two, we could not stop the basketball,” Prairie Coach Steve Doser said of Strait and Meier. “We really struggled stopping penetration and that killed us. Good players make plays and they did.”

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Hawks face Waverly-SR in dual mat tourney

Waverly-Shell Rock and Iowa City West could have the two strongest wrestling teams in the state this year, so guess who Prairie and Jefferson drew in the Regional Dual Team Tournamament?

Exactly right.

Prairie will visit Waverly-Shell Rock and Jefferson will visit Iowa City West in the opening round of the Regional Dual Team Tournament on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Both Metro teams will be heavy underdogs in those meets.

Linn-Mar will host North Scott in the opening round Feb. 22 with a shot at making the state tournament Feb. 26 at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids.

Prairie and Jefferson finished second in the team standings at their district tournaments this past Saturday, which is why they were paired with district champions for the dual team tournament. Linn-Mar won its district and drew a district runnerup in North Scott.

Sixteen teams qualified for the regional tournament. The assignments are Burlington at Bettendorf, Jefferson at Iowa City West, Spencer at Lewis Central, North Scott at Linn-Mar, Ankeny at Mason City, Urbandale at Southeast Polk, Indiana at West Des Moines Valley and Prairie at Waverly-Shell Rock.

Cedar Falls races past Prairie boys

CEDAR FALLS -- No. 8 Cedar Falls built a 20-point lead by halftime and cruised past Prairie, 67-37, Tuesday night in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball game.

James Harrington scored 20 points to lead Cedar Falls (15-4, 13-2 MVC). The Tigers clinched the MVC Valley Division title.

Jacob Aune and Brandon Lafferty had 11 points apiece for Prairie (3-16, 2-12).

Cedar Falls hosts No. 7 Kennedy Thursday.  Prairie hosts No. 10 Jefferson Thursday and unranked Hempstead Friday.

PRAIRIE (37): Aune 5 1-2 11, Frazier 1 0-0 2, Kehoe 1 0-0 2, Jantzen 0 2-2 2, Lafferty 4 3-6 11, MacDougall 2 0-0 5, Boots 1 0-0 2, Rasmussen 0 2-2 2. Totals 14 8-12 37.

CEDAR FALLS (67): Harrington 7 6-6 20, Newton 1 1-2 3, Konieczny 3 0-0 8, Debuhr 0 1-3 1, Brown 2 1-2 5, Brummel 2 0-0 4, Clark 2 2-3 6, Klinehart 3 0-1 6, Allender 1 1-2 3, Wolf 3 0-0 6, Johnson 1 2-2 4, Bardal 0 1-2 1. Totals 25 14-23 67.

Halftime -- Cedar Falls 40, Prairie 20. 3-point goals -- Prairie 1 (MacDougall), Cedar Falls 2 (Konieczny 2).