Cedar Rapids Prairie strung together three straight hits in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 1-1 tie, and knocked off Class 5A eighth-ranked Linn-Mar, 4-2, in an MVC softball surprise Wednesday night at Prairie High School.
Cedar Rapids Prairie freshman shortstop Piper Johnson ranks among the best in the MVC in batting and hits and sees potential for future success.
Here are this week’s Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association rankings. Cedar Rapids Prairie produces two quality wins to extend win streak to seven games and remain at No. 2 in Class 4A.
Week 7 of the Iowa high school baseball season includes a top-10 showdown in Class 1A that could be a prelude to a substate final, a battle between Mississippi Valley Conference divisional leaders and the start of 1A and 2A district games. Here is a look ahead to some noteworthy contests this week.
Cedar Rapids isn’t known for can’t-miss blue-chip athletes. But when its people reach national sports stardom, they do so with quite the stories.
A look at how former Eastern Iowa high school and University of Iowa baseball players are doing in affiliated professional baseball.
Kris Murray was taken by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 23rd pick in the first round of Thursday night’s NBA draft.
Iowa junior forward Kris Murray is a likely first-round pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, with a multitude of possible landing spots.
Hawks are 21-3 and ranked second in Class 4A while hoping for a deeper state run this summer
The next 10 days will include conference battles and late tune-ups against non-conference foes in another class. Here are five notable Gazette-area Iowa high school baseball games this week.
Twins Kris and Keegan Murray, about to reunite in the NBA this week, were surrounded by plenty of fine athletes in high school at Cedar Rapids Prairie.
An unprecedented goal-scoring campaign resulted in Iowa high school soccer’s top individual honor for Marion senior Jackson Kirsch. Here are the Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association all-state teams.
A look at how former Eastern Iowa high school and University of Iowa baseball players are doing in affiliated professional baseball.
Cedar Rapids Prairie’s baseball team, ranked No. 2 in Class 4A, went into Friday’s home double-header against Cedar Rapids Xavier with a 1.44 team earned run average. The Hawks hadn’t allowed more than three runs in their first 18 games. They swept 3A No. 4 Xavier, 12-2, in six innings and 7-4.
Prep softball: Wednesday sweep pushes Cedar Rapids Prairie coach Alisha Frese to 500-win plateau.
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