Prairie High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Willie leads Prairie against Hempstead

Shawn Wille had a 212 game and a 381 series for the Prairie boys bowling team, but it wasn’t enough as the Prairie Hawks lost to Dubuque Hempstead, 3,128 pins to 2,507, Friday at Lancer Lanes.

Noah Cheever rolled a 258 game and a 502 series for Hempstead.

PRAIRIE: Shawn Wille 212-169=381, Mathew Galloro 182-183=365, Lucas Galloro 161-186=347, Paul Toczylowski 167-176=343, Brendan Poock 161-129=290, Spencer Rayman 157-100=257.

DUBUQUE HEMPSTEAD: Noah Cheever 258-244=502, Justin Lanser 259-227=486, Cody Scheffert 243-171=414, Kyle Wersinger 200-197=397, Chance Brimeyer 200-172=372, Jacob Coohey 169-137=306.

Prairie: 1,726-781=2,507.

Dubuque Hempstead: 2,171-958=3,129.

Prairie boys crushed by Waterloo East

WATERLOO - It was defense, defense and more defense for Waterloo East on Friday.

After giving up 67 or more points in three consecutive losses before the Christmas break, the Trojans spent a lot of time on the defensive end of the floor during holiday break practices.

Two games into the new year, those practices seem to have paid off. East opened with a 53-49 win over Waterloo West Tuesday. Friday night, the Trojans upped their efforts on the defensive side, holding Cedar Rapids Prairie to 24.5 percent shooting en route to a 72-39 win.

"We didn't practice much offense," East center Isaiah Wade said. "We worked on defense a lot.

"We were just trying to hustle and keep them from scoring. You can have a bad offensive game, but you should never have a bad defensive game."

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Person leads Prairie girls by East

Halle Person scored 20 points to lead the Prairie girls basketball team in a 78-37 win over Waterloo East Friday in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at Prairie.

The Prairie Hawks led 25-8 after the first quarter and kept the pressure on the rest of the way.

Olivia Usher added 14 points for the Hawks (5-5), Sarah Schmitt had 12 points and Maggie Lampe scored 10.

Kerris Roberts scored 16 points to lead the Trojans (1-11).

WATERLOO EAST (37): Sisk 3 2-2 9, Clark 4 0-0 10, Roberts 6 2-6 16, Anderson 0 0-0 0, Sims 0 0-0 0, Watson 0 2-4 2, Kemp 0 0-0 0. Shannon 0 0-2 0. Totals 13 6-14 37.

PRAIRIE (78): Moenk 0 0-0 0, Altenhofen 3 0-1 8, Sanders 1 0-0 3, Lampe 4 2-4 10, Schmitt 4 2-4 12, Adams 0 2-2 2, Stebral 0 0-0 0, Usher 6 2-2 14, Shreeves 2 0-0 3, Kuch 2 0-2 5, Person 8 3-3 20. Totals 30 11-18 78.

Halftime – Prairie 44, Waterloo East 23. 3-point goals – Waterloo East 5 (Clark 2, Roberts 2, Sisk), Prairie 10 (Usher 3, Altenhofen 2, Schmitt 2, Sanders, Kuch, Person).

No. 9 Prairie matmen flex muscles

The ninth-ranked Prairie wrestling team earned a pair of wins and Xavier dropped two matches in a Mississippi Valley Conference double dual meet Thursday at Xavier.

The Prairie Hawks beat Waterloo West, 64-12, and the Saints, 62-11. The Wahawks beat Xavier, 42-39.

Conrad Braswell (106 pounds), Mike Jasa (152), Preston LaGrange (182) and Taylor Mehmen (195) had two pins for Prairie. Sam Uthoff had a pin and a technical fall at 132.

Clint Lembeck had a pin and a technical fall at 138 for the Saints. Josh Gerke had a pin and a decision at 145.

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