Prairie High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

6 Metro wrestlers make 3A semifinals

DES MOINES - Six wrestlers from Metro high schools won their matches in the quarterfinals of the Class 3A state tournament Friday morning and will wrestle in the semifinals Friday night at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Sam Uthoff of Prairie (132), Clint Lembeck of Xavier (138), Josh Gehrke of Xavier (145), Logen Rodriguez of Kennedy (152), Shea Hartzler of Linn-Mar (160) and Taylor Mehmen of Prairie (195) are now two victories away from winning a coveted state title.

The Prairie Hawks are tied for fourth in the team standings with 39 points heading into Friday night's action. Kennedy is ninth with 31 points. Xavier is 19th with 19.5 points. Jefferson and Linn-Mar are tied for 20th with 20 points.

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Smith-Drahos nets 29 for Prairie

CEDAR FALLS – Max Smith-Drahos scored 29 points in the regular-season finale as the Prairie boys basketball team lost to Cedar Falls, 69-50, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game Thursday at Cedar Falls.

The Tigers (17-4, 12-4) jumped to a 23-9 lead in the first quarter and the Prairie Hawks (7-14, 5-11) could not recover.

Tra’Von Fagan scored 22 points for Cedar Falls.

PRAIRIE (50): Copeland 1 0-0 2, Lorenz 0 0-0 0, C.Clark 1 1-2 4, Rettinger 0 0-0 0, Smith-Drahos 12 4-5 29, Eilers 2 0-0 6, Rima 2 4-5 8, Chadima 0 1-2 1, Hook 0 0-0 0, Kilpatrick 0 0-0 0, Serbousek 0 0-0 0, Oxley 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 10-15 50.

CEDAR FALLS (69): Fagan 8 6-8 22, Harrington 1 0-0 3, Green 6 0-0 14, Mozena 0 0-0 0, Labeaux 3 0-0 6, Alexander 4 0-0 9, Johnson 2 0-1 4, Bower 0 0-0 0, Gerdes 4 0-0 8, Leisinger 1 1-2 3, Nickerson 0 0-0 0, Watts 0 0-0 0. Totals 29 7-11 69.

Halftime – Cedar Falls 35, Prairie 21. 3-point goals – Prairie 4 (Eilers 2, Smith-Drahos, C.Clark), Cedar Falls 4 (Green 2, Harrington, Alexander).

17 Metro wrestlers win state openers

DES MOINES - Seventeen wrestlers from Metro schools won their opening-round matches at the Class 3A state tournament Thursday in Des Moines and advanced to the quarterfinals on Friday.

The Prairie Hawks finished with a 5-3 record in the first round with Conrad Braswell (106), Marcus England (113), Sam Uthoff (132), Morgan Hood (152) and Taylor Mehmen (195) all advancing. Tyler Pasker (220) lost in the first round, but bounced back in a consolation match and stayed alive in the tournament. Trenten Wennermark (126) and Alex Heisdorffer (285) dropped both of their matches for the Hawks and were eliminated.

Prairie is tied for third place in the team standings with 19.5 points with Johnston and West Des Moines Valley. Fort Dodge leads the Class 3A standings with 31 points, with Southeast Polk second at 28.

The Kennedy Cougars had an impressive day in the opening round with Nolan Hromidko (126), Logen Rodriguez (152), Ben Sarasin (160), Garrett Kubovec (170) and Dalles Jacobus (220) all prevailing in the Round of 16. Kennedy is tied for ninth in the team standings with 14 points after going 5-for-5 in their openers.

The Jefferson J-Hawks went 2-2 in the opening round with Joseph Sibomana (113) and Kyle Briggs (152) advancing. Brenden Baker (120) and Nick Dreckman (182) lost in the first round, but won in their wrestle-back to stay alive. The J-Hawks are in 17th place in the standings.

The Xavier Saints went 2-1 in the opening round with Clint Lembeck (138) and Josh Gerke (145) collecting pins. Keegan Schultschik (120) lost in the first round, but won his wrestle-back. The Saints are in 21st place.

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Prairie girls roll by Marshalltown

Olivia Usher scored 13 points Wednesday night as Cedar Rapids Prairie bounced Marshalltown, 61-26, in the quarterfinals of the Class 5A regional basketball tournament at Prairie.

The Hawks (11-11) will play No. 6 Linn-Mar (17-4) in the semifinals Saturday night at Linn-Mar.

MaKenzie Stoffer scored 11 points for Prairie and Lauren Kuch added 10.

Victoria Johnson scored nine points for Marshalltown (1-21).

MARSHALLTOWN (26): Aspen Chadderdon 0 0-2 0, Johnson 4 0-1 9, Ceren 0 0-0 0, Vergara 0 1-2 1, Alyvia Chadderdon 2 3-4 7, Maxour 2 3-4 7, Feldman 1 0-1 2, Gatwech 1 0-0 2, Vest 1 0-0 3, Metzger 0 0-0 0, Boland 0 0-0 0. Totals 10 4-10 26.

PRAIRIE (61): Moenk 1 0-0 2, Altenhofen 3 0-0 9, Sanders 0 0-0 0, Lampe 1 0-0 2, Schmitt 2 2-3 7, Stebral 0 0-0 0, Usher 4 3-6 13, Wagemester 3 0-0 6, Shreeves 0 0-2 0, Kuch 3 5-8 11, Stoffer 0 1-2 1, Person 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 11-21 61.

Halftime - Prairie 38, Marshalltown 18. 3-point goals - Marshalltown 2 (Johnson 1, Vest 1), Prairie 8 (Altenhofen 3, Usher 2, Kuch 2, Schmitt 1).