Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids Prairie High School

Here’s a look at Gazette area teams and players to watch during the 2024 Iowa high school boys’ tennis season.

As we close the book on the Iowa high school girls’ basketball season and transition into spring, here is The Gazette’s first draft of 2024-25 preseason rankings.

Girls’ basketball, Super Ten: State champions Clear Creek Amana, North Linn and Solon are 1-2-3 in the final area rankings.

Davis Kern of Linn-Mar and Jacob Williams of Dubuque Senior have been named boys’ basketball players of the year in their respective divisions of the Mississippi Valley Conference.

Seventh-ranked Cedar Falls beat Cedar Rapids Prairie 45-35 in a Class 5A Iowa high school girls’ basketball regional final Tuesday night at Cedar Falls to earn a trip to the state tournament.

Grace Hannam anchored the back of Cedar Falls’ smothering defense, and the seventh-ranked Tigers turned back No. 11 Cedar Rapids Prairie, 45-35, in a Class 5A girls’ basketball regional final Tuesday night at Cedar Falls High School.

Cedar Rapids Prairie got shooters like Jace McDermott open looks against the Cedar Rapids Jefferson zone, and the junior wing nailed them. He finished with a team-high 22 points, including draining five 3-pointers in the Hawks’ 83-65 win in a Class 4A boys’ basketball substate quarterfinal.

Cedar Rapids Prairie advanced in the postseason with an 83-65 win over Cedar Rapids Jefferson in a Class 4A Iowa high school boys’ basketball substate quarterfinal game Monday night at Prairie High School.

Seven area girls’ basketball teams are involved in Class 5A and Class 4A Iowa high school girls’ basketball regional finals Tuesday. Six of them are making lengthy road trips.

Full results from Thursday’s Class 3A Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling quarterfinals, where Iowa City Liberty's Vincenzo Lima scored a reversal with 32 seconds left to outlast Griffin Schultz and climbed into the stands to celebrate with friends and family.

Here are Wednesday’s results and team scores from the Class 3A Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling tournament. Cedar Rapids Prairie top seed Dylan Munson battled a mysterious illness late this season, but is strong again and advanced to the quarterfinals.

The work and dedication since a disappointing 2023 finish have paid dividends for Iowa City West’s Justin Avila. Fourth-ranked Avila defeated Ankeny Centennial’s Lucas Bruhl, avenging a loss in last season’s state quarterfinals and capturing the 150-pound title at the Class 3A district meet Saturday at Cedar Rapids Prairie. He was one of three West champions and eight state qualifiers.

Cedar Rapids Prairie hosted a Class 3A Iowa high school boys’ wrestling state-qualifying tournament on Saturday

Conference realignment continues to be a topic on Call It Both Ways, The Gazette’s Iowa high school basketball podcast. This week’s episode begins with the latest updates as the Northeast Iowa Conference appears on the brink of collapse. Then, we take a look at more postseason brackets released by the IGHSAU (5A and 4A) and IHSAA (2A and 1A) and the big games involving top teams last week.

College Community Schools has announced the promotion of Andrew Davis to the role of athletics director, effective July 1, pending board approval.