Prairie High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Prairie girls pop into soccer rankings

New coach Doug Graham has steered Cedar Rapids Prairie into the girls soccer rankings.

The Hawks are ranked 10th this week in Class 3A, the IGHSAU announced Friday. Kennedy, which was ranked No.7, dropped out of the rankings this week and other teams moved up, making room for Prairie in the top 10.

The Linn-Mar Lions are ranked No. 2 again in Class 3A, trailing Bettendorf in the big-school ratings.

The Xavier Saints are ranked No. 2 again in Class 2A, trailing North Scott.

CLASS 3A

1. Bettendorf (9-1), 2. Linn-Mar (10-0), 3. Iowa City West (8-1), 4. Waukee (8-1), 5. West Des Moines Valley (7-3), 6. Dowling Catholic (5-4), 7. Johnston (10-1), 8. Dubuque Hempstead (6-2), 9. Muscatine (8-3), 10. Prairie (6-2).

CLASS 2A

1. North Scott (8-2), 2. Xavier (5-5), 3. Pleasant Valley (8-5), 4. Ankeny Centennial (6-5), 5. Waverly-Shell Rock (7-2), 6. Ankeny (5-4), 7. Dallas Center-Grimes (6-3), 8. ADM (8-1), 9. Lewis Central (8-2), 10. Pella (7-4), 11. Newton (8-1), 12. Council Bluffs Jefferson (7-4), 13. Keokuk (9-1), 14. Spencer (11-2), 15. Winterset (8-2).

Prairie girls nip J-Hawks, 2-1

Hannah Kousheh and Paige Pritts scored goals Friday as No. 10 Prairie edged Jefferson, 2-1, in a Mississippi Valley Conference soccer game hosted by Jefferson.

Kousheh scored on a penalty kick for the Hawks. Cayla Renwick collected an assist on the goal by Pritts.

Shalyn Kinney tallied for Jefferson.

Evans casts eye to NYC; Prairie wins title

Josh Evans is dreaming about New York City.

Specifically, the Linn-Mar senior is dreaming about running in the Dream Mile in New York City on June 14 in an event that will feature the top high school milers in the country.

Evans definitely belongs in the conversation, but he has not clinched a spot yet despite his winning time of 4:10.76 at the Drake Relays two weeks ago.

He was hoping to go even faster at the MVC Valley Division Meet at Prairie High School Thursday evening, but nobody pushed him and he had to settle for 4:12.69.

"I want to go to that Dream Mile thing in New York. You need about a 4:07 1600 time to get in, so I was trying to get down in that range," he said after breaking the meet record.

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Jenks wins 3 titles at Valley meet

Linn-Mar sophomore Stephanie Jenks captured the 800, 1500 and 3000 meter runs by comfortable margins at the MVC Valley Division girls track meet at Kingston Stadium Thursday.

Jenks won the 800 by more than 11 seconds, the 1500 by more than 13 seconds and the 3000 by more than 24 seconds.

Wahlert edged Linn-Mar for the team title, 154-127.5.

Rachel Perry of Linn-Mar sped to victory in the 400 in 58.93 seconds. The Lions also won the 4x800 relay with Maddie Saville, Ally Hicks, Hanna Saville and Morgan Garcia.

Prairie finished fourth in the team standings. Kenzie Soeken won the high jump, Halle Lueck took the long jump and the Hawks won the sprint medley with Hailee Montgomery, Alexa Martin, Soeken and Hannah Grimm.

Washington won two events and finished in fifth place. Kadejah Sanders took the 100 meter dash and Amara Taylor claimed the 400 hurdles.

Team Standings

1. Wahlert 154, 2. Linn-Mar 127.5, 3. Cedar Falls 101, 4. Prairie 94, 5. Washington 70, 6. Waterloo West 30, 7. Xavier 10.5.

Winners

100 - Kadejah Sanders, Washington, 13.02

200 - Laura Sherman, Wahlert, 26.64

400 - Rachel Perry, Linn-Mar, 58.93

800 - Stephanie Jenks, Linn-Mar, 2:14.28

1500 - Stephanie Jenks, Linn-Mar, 4:54.84

3000 - Stephanie Jenks, Linn-Mar, 11:01.10

100 hurdles - Elizabeth Welu, Wahlert, 15.65

400 hurdles - Amara Taylor, Washington, 1:07.29

4x100 relay - Wahlert 50.37

4x200 relay - Cedar Falls 1:48.15

4x400 relay - Wahlert 4:02.25

4x800 relay - Linn-Mar (Maddie Saville, Ally Hicks, Hanna Saville, Morgan Garcia) 9:58.26

Sprint medley - Prairie (Hailee Montgomery, Alexa Martin, Kenzie Soeken, Hannah Grimm) 1:51.76

Distance medley - Wahlert 4:17.49

Shuttle hurdle relay - Wahlert 1:08.50

High jump - Kenzie Soeken, Prairie, 5-0

Long jump - Halle Lueck, Prairie, 17-5

Shot put - Blaire Thomas, Waterloo West, 40-0.5

Discus - Maddie Nilles, Wahlert, 134-8