Prairie High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Prairie girls 4th at 2A state bowling

Tue - 25 Feb Written by Metro Sports Report

The Prairie girls missed out on a top three finish by one pin Tuesday in the Class 2A state bowling tournament at Plaza Lanes.

Prairie turned in the best Baker round with a 1088 and finished in fourth place, one pin behind Muscatine. Waterloo West was champion and Bettendorf finished second.

The Jefferson girls were eighth.

Prairie's Amber Westemeier shot a 407 set in singles and Ashley Grady a 393. Jefferson was led by Rylea Bennett's 405 set.

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 February 2014 21:58

Lorenz keys Prairie comeback

Mon - 24 Feb Written by Tom Fruehling

Prairie's Mitch Lorenz admitted he didn't do much for most of the game Monday night against Marshalltown except make four fouls and miss his first four shots.

With his team on the ropes, though, he came to and came through.

In the last four minutes, the junior forward canned one 3-pointer to put the Hawks ahead, hit another to extend the lead to five, pulled down three crucial rebounds and sank two free throws to ice a 70-59 Prairie win that was much closer than the score indicated.

“I'd call it redemption, for sure,” Lorenz said of his fast finish following a slow start in the Class 4A substate opening round game at Prairie.

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Tearful Jeffery claims 120 state title

Sat - 22 Feb Written by Jim Ecker

DES MOINES - Linn-Mar senior Alijah Jeffery rarely shows any emotion at a wrestling tournament, but he made an exception Saturday night at Wells Fargo Arena to savor the best moment of his career.

Jeffery finished his perfect season Saturday with a 7-0 victory over Paul Glynn of Bettendorf in the Class 3A 120-pound finals to end the season as an undefeated state champion with a sparkling 41-0 record.

Jeffery raised his arms in celebration, saluted Linn-Mar fans in the sold-out arena, leaped into assistant coach Ryan Gotto's arms and was mobbed by happy teammates as he left the floor in tears.

"It's kind of overwhelming," he said a few minutes later. "It's hard to believe it finally happened."

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Kennedy girls on to regional final, 46-31

Sat - 22 Feb Written by Metro Sports Report

Kennedy's trio of Paige Hendrickson, Steph Botkin and Morgan Martin combined for 33 points and outscored the Prairie team and the Cougars dispatched the Hawks, 46-31, Saturday in a Class 5A regional semifinal girls basketball game at Kennedy.

Kennedy (15-7) advances to the regional final Tuesday against No.10 Muscatine (19-3) at Iowa City West.

Hendrickson scored 12 points, Botkin 11 and Morgan 10 for the Cougars.

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