Prairie High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Prairie's Harper goes crazy against Kennedy

Crazy, crazy, crazy.

How else to describe a football game that featured 74 points, 794 total yards, 40 first downs and a stunning 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown?

One word. Crazy.

Prairie senior DeMetrius Harper caught 13 passes for 134 yards and two touchdowns, and added the kickoff return for a score that led the Hawks past Kennedy, 41-33, Friday night in a Mississippi Valley Conference non-divisional game at Kingston Stadium.

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Prairie spikers rally past Wahawks

Halle Lueck had 36 assists and Prairie rallied for three straight wins after dropping the first set and beat Waterloo West in a Mississippi Valley Conference volleyball match Tuesday at Prairie.

West won the first set, 25-19. Prairie ripped off the next three, 25-13, 25-18 and 25-15.

Becca Bell and Malia Gudenkauf had 10 kills apiece, and Megan Sprengeler added seven.

Bell had four blocks. Lueck, Brittney Lash and Amada Stecklein all had 14 digs.

Prairie is 1-0 in the MVC and 1-3 overall.

'The Combo' lifts Prairie by J-Hawks, 28-7

Cedar Rapids Prairie seniors Jace Hanna and Jarred Edmonds have been tossing a football around since they were in middle school.

It paid off handsomely Friday night.

Hanna connected with his buddy for three touchdown passes as Prairie clipped Jefferson, 28-7, in the season opener at John Wall Field.

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Edl sparks Prairie at quad golf meet

WATERLOO - Matt Edl fired a 36 Thursday to help the Prairie Hawks finish second in a Mississippi Valley Conference quadrangular meet at the Irv Warren Golf Course in Waterloo.

Grant Simpson of Iowa City High claimed medalist honors with a 35. Edl finished a stroke back in second place.

Waterloo West won the meet with a four-man total of 153 for the nine-hole event. Prairie finished a strong second at 155. Xavier and City High both finished at 159, but the Saints got third on a tiebreaker.

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