Prairie High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

England, Uthoff win titles for Prairie

GENESEO, Ill. - Marcus England and Sam Uthoff won titles for the Cedar Rapids Prairie wrestling team at the Geneseo Invitational Saturday.

England, who is ranked No. 5 at 113 pounds, pinned Jacob Schipper of North Scott in 3:02 for his crown. England went 3-0 in the tournament with three straight pins.

Uthoff, who is ranked No. 1 at 132 pounds, raised his record to 24-0 with a 12-2 major decision over Josh Jones of Chicago Heights in the finals. Uthoff went 4-0 in the tournament with three pins and a technical fall.

Taylor Mehmen placed second at 195 pounds for Prairie.

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Hiatt leads Cougars by Prairie

Max Hiatt rolled a 264 game and a 491 series as the Kennedy boys bowling team stopped Prairie, 3,101 pins to 2,464, in a Mississppi Valley Conference meet Friday at the Cedar Rapids Bowling Center.

Lucas Galloro had a 244 game and a 396 series for the Prairie Hawks.

PRAIRIE: Lucas Galloro 152-244=396, Matt Galloro 200-188=388, Paul Toczylowski 180-154=334, Spencer Rayman 69-118=287, Brendon Poock 113-150=263, Dylan Kacena 96-106=202.

KENNEDY: Max Hiatt 227-264=491, James Jambois 248-223=471, Nick Green 189-205=394, Dakota Dippel 171-194=365, Bert Goodwin 166-190=356, Aeron Stockwell 177-166=343

Prairie: 1,668-796=2,464.

Kennedy: 2,077-1,024=3,101.

Keiper sparks Prairie by Kennedy

Sabrina Keiper had a 278 game and a 449 series to lead the Prairie girls bowling team in a 2,876 to 2,256 win over Kennedy in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet Friday at the Cedar Rapids Bowling Center.

Jamie Milota rolled a 180 game and a 346 series for the Cougars.

PRAIRIE: Sabrina Keiper 278-171=449, Rylee Blood 173-191=364, Ashley Sundstrom 166-192=358, Kaitlyn Early 162-178=340, Jade Klinefelter 124-205=329, Mikayla Hite 127-189=316.

KENNEDY: Jamie Milota 166-180=346, Sydney Helms 153-160=313, Abbie Haller 123-166=289, Sam Eltze 132-151=283, Alyssa Wiedemeier 155-126=281, Cate Oliphant 149-113=262.

Prairie: 1,840-1,036=2,876.

Kennedy: 1,512-744=2,256.

Washington girls bump off Prairie

A packed house at the Washington gym Friday night got their money’s worth in the opening game of a doubleheader as the Warrior girls went right down to the wire to edge Prairie, 67-60.

It was a foul-plagued affair with 41 whistles, but fast-paced from start to finish.

And it wasn’t always pretty. Each team committed 20 turnovers. But it was exciting and entertaining the whole way.

"It was the kind of game you love to have on a Friday night,” Washington coach Frank Howell said. “Part of a doubleheader with more life in the gym. And a close game between two evenly matched teams.

“Both teams played really hard. Whichever team was going to win was going to deserve it. I’m sure it was a fun one to watch.”

That it was.

For one thing, the Warriors (8-6) relied mostly on crowd-pleasing 3-point shots. They took 31 of them (three more than their 2-point attempts). They made only nine from long range (for 29 percent), but they came at crucial times.

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