Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids Prairie High School

Photos from 2023 Iowa high school girls’ wrestling regional tournaments at Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Jan. 27.

This week’s episode of the Pinning Combination podcast with K.J. Pilcher and coach Dick Briggs looks ahead to a big weekend of Iowa high school wrestling, previewing regional tournaments for the girls and conference tournaments for the boys.

The Hawkeyes had an interesting weekend. Plus, Coe and Upper Iowa picked up impressive wins, Brad Smith got his 700th dual victory and the IHSAA released regional dual pairings.

Ella Brown is Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s most experienced wrestler. She understands the responsibility that comes with that distinction, recruiting classmates to come out before the season, sharing her knowledge with teammates in practice and performing in competition.

Cedar Rapids Prairie hosted the Prairie Title Tournament featuring Mississippi Valley Conference girls’ wrestling teams on Saturday.

Former Hawkeye Keegan Murray posted 29 points and 14 rebounds in the Sacramento Kings’ sixth-straight win Friday.

Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Alex Bumba dedicated more time to the offseason. He qualified for the Junior Nationals in freestyle at Fargo, N.D., last summer. The improvements are a direct result of his spring and summer wrestling.

Erika Brokovich followed her mom’s suggestion to attend a wrestling practice and became hooked. She posted a big victory Thursday night, beating Cedar Falls’ fifth-ranked Lauren Nicholas.

Cedar Rapids Prairie won a boys’ wrestling dual, 40-26, while Cedar Falls won the girls’ dual, 40-39.

Cedar Rapids Prairie graduate, former Kirkwood Community College and Mount Mercy University player Corbin Day will serve as a hitting coach for the 2023 Cedar Rapids Kernels, it was announced Thursday. Day has been an assistant coach at Kirkwood. Brian Dinkelman will return as Kernels manager.

Photos from the 2023 Solon Girls’ Wrestling Invitational on Monday.

Wrestling action resumed at full-throttle this weekend. College teams competed at all levels with conference duals and multi-divisional national duals. High schools held their first Saturday of tournaments since the break. Here is the Wrestling Weekend That Was.

With a couple of freshmen and a sophomore in the starting lineup, Cedar Rapids Prairie’s girls’ basketball team has dealt with a lot of ups and a lot of downs so far this season. Tuesday night was an ‘up,’ specifically a 58-46 win over Cedar Rapids Jefferson.

Cedar Rapids Prairie’s boys’ basketball team went into the holiday break with a 1-5 record, though it easily could have been 4-2, considering losses of one, two and three points. The Hawks found the perfect way not to lose a close game Tuesday night. It didn’t play one, blowing out Cedar Rapids Jefferson, 69-31.

The response to the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union’s first sanctioned season of wrestling has been deafening. Participation numbers have rapidly grown in the first half and many are excited about trajectory, even though officials work toward improvements.