Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids Prairie High School

Grinnell’s Trista Thompson won the 2022 Iowa high school girls’ state diving championship.

The rain never stopped falling. The bad breaks for Cedar Rapids Prairie never stopped coming. And fourth-ranked and defending Class 5A state football champion Southeast Polk never relented in a 41-0 playoff quarterfinal win over the Hawks on a dreary, drizzly Friday night.

Linebacker-fullback Tate Joens is a senior for a Cedar Rapids Prairie football team that plays Friday night at Southeast Polk in a Class 5A state playoff quarterfinal. His brothers, father and uncles all played at the school, a string of Joenses that will end after this season.

Capsules for 10 Gazette area Iowa high school state football quarterfinal games.

Photos from the 2022 boys and girls Class 4A Iowa high school state cross country championships at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course in Fort Dodge.

Makelle Taylor rushed for 335 yards and backup quarterback Will Phillips stepped in to throw four touchdown passes in Cedar Rapids Prairie’s 50-28 victory over No. 8 Linn-Mar in a Class 5A first-round playoff football game Friday night, avenging the regular-season finale loss.

See photos from Cedar Rapids Prairie’s 50-28 win over Linn-Mar in a Class 5A Iowa high school football first-round playoff game.

Who got a promising draw? Who got the “Group of Death”? We break down the Iowa high school football playoffs Round of 16 pairings on this week’s Prep Football Huddle podcast.

A look at 11 Gazette area Round of 16 games in the Iowa high school football playoffs.

Iowa City Liberty’s Class 5A top-ranked volleyball team couldn’t officially begin to make amends for an upset first-round state tournament loss last season until it got to the state tourney this season. That was accomplished Tuesday night with a straight-sets win over Cedar Rapids Prairie in a regional final.

The Gazette’s Iowa high school football staff poses and answers questions about the playoffs: Surprise team to reach the UNI-Dome? Will anyone run the table?

Prep volleyball: Kennedy-Northwest, CCA-West Delaware, Solon-West Liberty toss-ups highlight 10 area regional finals.

Linn-Mar and Cedar Rapids Prairie will face off two times in as many weeks, opening the first round of the Class 5A playoffs next Friday at John Wall Field. The Iowa High School Athletic Association released Round of 16 pairings for all classes Saturday.

Linn-Mar’s football team got three touchdown runs from Carter Henderson and beat Cedar Rapids Prairie, 28-13, Friday night at John Wall Field to assure itself a Class 5A playoff berth. Prairie also is in.

Scenes from Cedar Rapids Prairie hosting Linn-Mar in a Week 9 Iowa high school football game.