Prairie High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Pritts claims Valley division title

DUBUQUE - Freshman Stephanie Jenks ran a torrid pace to claim first place and guided Linn-Mar to the Mississippi Valley Conference Valley Division girls cross country title Thursday at the Dubuque Soccer Complex.

The Lions placed six runners in the top 10 and whipped second place Cedar Falls, 26-51.

Jenks ran a 4-kilometer time of 13 minutes, 21 seconds that beat second place Allison Gregg by 40 seconds.

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Saints outlast Prairie spikers

Sarah Homan had 44 assists and Kayla Torson 20 kills to lead Xavier to a three-set win over Prairie in a Mississippi Valley Conference volleyball match Tuesday night at Prairie.

The Class 4A No. 7 Saints won by scores of 25-23, 25-19, 33-31.

Halle Heying had 24 digs and Torson 15 digs for Xavier.

Becca Bell led Prairie with 11 kills and five blocks. Halle Lueck had 28 assists.

The Hawks got 18 digs apiece from Brittney Lash and Amanda Stecklein. Malia Gudenkauf and Brenna Nehring each had 17 digs.

Prairie takes 3rd at own volleyball tourney

The Prairie Hawks finished in third place with a 2-2 record at their invitational volleyball tournament Saturday at Prairie.

West Branch won the title with a perfect 4-0 record. Johnston (3-1) placed second, followed by Prairie (2-2), Western Dubuque (1-3) and West Burlington (0-4).

Prairie collected its two victories against Western Dubuque (21-16, 22-20) and West Burlington (21-8, 21-10). The Hawks lost to West Branch (21-17, 21-13) and Johnston (21-8, 11-21, 15-12).

Prairie lights up Linn-Mar on coach's birthday

The Prairie Hawks gave Coach Mike Morrissey a nice birthhday present Friday night with a misleading 49-27 shellacking of arch rival Linn-Mar on Homecoming for the Lions.

And the win came with a ribbon on top since it likely assures the resurgent Hawks (4-3, 2-2 MVC) a spot in the Class 4A football playoffs for the first time since 2008.

"That’s about as good of a birthday gift as I’ve had in a long time,” said Morrissey, who turned 30. “The guys were kidding me all week about getting old. This is as good as it gets.”

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