Prairie High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Cline leads Prairie boys past City High

Jeremy Cline rolled a high game of 244 and 421 series to propel Prairie past Iowa City High, 2921-2805, Friday in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys bowling meet at Lancer Lanes.

Ryan Ask rolled a 222 and Sean Steichen a 212 for Prairie (13-2, 8-2 MVC).

Austin Kibler rolled games of 248 and 240 for a 488 series for Iowa City High (6-8, 4-6).

IOWA CITY HIGH (2805): Wes Kirtchner 186-346, Mike Beaumont 178-304, Jack Beaumont 167-322, Austin Kibler 248-488, Shane Evans 247-428.

PRAIRIE (2921): Jeremy Cline 244-421, Sean Steichen 212-392, Ryan Ask 222-389, Brandon Wagner 189-377, Nick Blood 189-377.

First round -- Prairie 1956, City High 1888. Baker round -- Prairie 965, City High 917.

Prairie rallies can't overcome Wahlert

Dubuque Wahlert withstood a couple of strong third-quarter surges from Prairie Tuesday night to hold on for a 65-53 victory in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball game at Prairie.

Trailing 40-30 at halftime, the Hawks used good, aggressive defense and managed to cut the lead to three points in a well-played third quarter. However, a balanced attack by Wahlert was more than Prairie (3-14, 2-10) could overcome.

Jacob May and Jonathan Moore both scored 13 points to lead Wahlert (13-5, 9-4). Dubuque’s inside game saw Michael Francis score 11 points and Riley DeSanti contribute 10.

“Wahlert is a good team and it showed tonight. Coach (Tom) English does a nice job and always has a good team,” said Prairie Coach James Moses. “With Mac out sick, I was pleased with what we tried to do and the effort we gave, but we did miss Mac.”

Moses was referring to Matt MacDougall, the Hawks' leading scorer who missed the game due to illness.

Prairie made seven 3-pointers to keep within distance for much of the game. Sophomore Tom Eilers led the Hawks with 14 points, knocking down four 3-point baskets. Jacob Aune added nine points and Matt Jantzen and Brandon Lafferty each had eight.

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Prairie girls struggle at Wahlert

DUBUQUE -- The Prairie girls basketball team struggled to score points Tuesday night and lost to Dubuque Wahlert, 57-35, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game in Dubuque.

Katie Carver led Prairie with eight points.

PRAIRIE (35): Yanacek 1 0-0 2, Carver 3 2-4 8, A. Weiland 1 2-2 4, K.

Wieland 0 0-0 0, Tonyan 1 0-0 2, McCrary 3 0-0 6, Gaster 0 0-0 0, Blaha 1 0-0 3, Cris 1 1-2 3, Dellamuth 1 2-2 5, Hutchins 1 0-0 2. Totals 13 7-10 35.

WAHLERT (57): Till 5 5-5 15, Walker 1 4-4 6, Ihm 4 2-2 10, Lynch 2 0-0 5, Leytem 4 0-0 10, Tranel 1 0-1 2, Schmitt 2 0-0 5, Sullivan 1 1-2 4. Totals 20 12-14 57.

Halftime -- Wahlert 29, Prairie 16. 3-point goals -- Prairie 2 (Blaha 1, Dellamuth 1), Wahlert 5 (Leytem 2, Lynch 1, Schmitt 1, Sullivan 1).

Hawks' rally jolts J-Hawks

Prairie rolled four 200 games in the Baker round and rallied past Jefferson, 3127-3100, Friday in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys bowling meet at May City Bowl.

Jefferson (9-6, 5-4 MVC) held a 68-pin lead after the first round. Dan Healy rolled games of 279 and 242 for a 521 series to lead the J-Hawks and Michael Kilts also had it rolling with games of 245 and 224 for a 469 series.

Prairie (12-2, 7-2) had a high game of 258 and 451 series. Brogan Fiala went 214 and 216 for a 430.

Prairie rolled Baker games of 253 and 238 in the Baker round to erase Jefferson's lead. The Hawks outscored the J-Hawks by 95 pins in the round.

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