Maddux Frese pitched eight innings of a gem and then scored the winning run in a ninth-inning rally capped by Brandon Vlcko’s single in Cedar Rapids Prairie’s 2-1 substate baseball win over Cedar Rapids Kennedy.
Cedar Rapids Prairie junior Maddux Frese has assumed the leadoff role this season. He has been called on to set the table for teammates to feast. Frese reached base seven straight times in a sweep over Cedar Rapids Jefferson.
Cedar Rapids Prairie took a quarter to get going against “junk defense” from Bettendorf, but won 24-6 in the first round of the playoffs.
Top-ranked Southeast Polk blocked a field goal in the final seconds to defeat seventh-ranked Cedar Rapids Prairie, 21-20.
Cedar Rapids Prairie scored four runs in the sixth to earn a Class 4A state tournament bid via a 4-2 substate win over Cedar Falls.
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