Prairie High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Prairie roars back to rout J-Hawks

Prairie bounced back from a first set loss to win the next three and beat Jefferson Tuesday night in a Mississippi Valley Conference volleyball match at Prairie.

Prairie won by scores of 21-25, 25-15, 25-17 and 25-16.

"We started off slow in game one," Prairie Coach Kevin Geary said. "We did not have very good defense at the net or floor defense."

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Double duty for Yegge: Kirkwood & Prairie softball

Joe Yegge won't have to travel very far for his new job as the softball coach at Cedar Rapids Prairie High School.

All he has to do is leave his office at Kirkwood Community College, drive down Kirkwood Boulevard SW and turn the corner at 76th Avenue. He'll continue to coach Kirkwood in the spring, then lead the Prairie Hawks during the summer campaign.

"I am very excited about this opportunity," Yegge remarked in a news release. "The program has a lot of positive things already in place and some outstanding athletes.

"Living in the district also makes it a great fit for our family."

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Hanna watches as West thumps Prairie

IOWA CITY - Iowa City West has been used to creating touchdowns through the air this season. On Friday night, they continued this tradition but got creative.

Trojan running back Ezra Reiners borrowed the job of quarterback Nate Boland and threw a 60-yard halfback pass for a touchdown, propelling the fifth-ranked Trojans by Prairie 58-27 at the Iowa City West field.

In the place of their usual heavy dose of pass, the Trojans (4-0) came out pounding the ball on the ground. When Reiners assumed his natural role of tailback, he dominated. He racked up 167 yards and three touchdowns for the game. As a team, West accumulated a whopping 437 yards of rushing.

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Hawk spikers stumble at Wahlert

DUBUQUE - Prairie was beaten in straight sets by Class 4A No. 6 Dubuque Wahlert on Tuesday night in Mississippi Valley Conference volleyball.

Wahlert won by scores of, 25-19, 29-27, 27-25.

Prairie (5-6, 1-2 MVC) was hoping to build off a 4-1 showing last Saturday at the Linn-Mar Invitational.

"We seemed to play tight all night and just could not get into any rhythm," Coach Kevin Geary said. "We were really hoping to build off what we did this past weekend, however, we just seemed too timid."

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