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Photos: Cedar Rapids Xavier vs. Cedar Rapids Prairie, Iowa high school wrestling

Jan. 16, 2020 9:25 pm
Cedar Rapids Prairie hosted Cedar Rapids Xavier tonight in prep wrestling. Prairie won the meet, 66-16.
Xavier's Ryan Volk (left) wrestles Prairie's Jake DeGroot in their 195-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Volk won by fall. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie's Blaine Stepanek (top) wrestles Xavier's Eddy Rodriguez in their 152-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. Stepanek won the match by fall. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie's Blaine Stepanek (bottom) wrestles Xavier's Eddy Rodriguez in their 152-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. Stepanek won the match by fall. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie's Blaine Stepanek (top) wrestles Xavier's Eddy Rodriguez in their 152-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. Stepanek won the match by fall. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie's Blaine Stepanek celebrates his win over Xavier's Eddy Rodriguez in their 152-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. Stepanek won the match by fall. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie head coach Kane Thompson slaps hands with Prairie's Blaine Stepanek after he wrestled Xavier's Eddy Rodriguez in their 152-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. Stepanek won the match by fall. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Xavier's Caelen Shannon wrestles Prairie's Nick Smith in their 160-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Shannon won the match by fall. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Xavier's Caelen Shannon (right) wrestles Prairie's Nick Smith in their 160-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Shannon won the match by fall. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Xavier's Caelen Shannon works to pin Prairie's Nick Smith in their 160-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Shannon won the match by fall. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie's Nick Pearson works to pin Xavier's Justin Adams in their 170-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Pearson won by fall. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie's Nick Pearson is recognized after defeating Xavier's Justin Adams by fall in their 170-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Xavier's Michael Steffen (rigth) wrestles Prairie's Clayton Scott in their 182-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Scott won by fall. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Xavier's Michael Steffen (rigth) wrestles Prairie's Clayton Scott in their 182-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Scott won by fall. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Xavier's Michael Steffen (left) takes down Prairie's Clayton Scott in their 182-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Scott won by fall. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Xavier's Michael Steffen (bottom) wrestles Prairie's Clayton Scott in their 182-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Scott won by fall. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Xavier's Michael Steffen (right) wrestles Prairie's Clayton Scott in their 182-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Scott won by fall. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie head coach Kane Thompson shouts during a match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Xavier's Ryan Volk (right) wrestles Prairie's Jake DeGroot in their 195-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Volk won by fall. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie's Ashton Stoner-DeGroot (left) wrestles Xavier's Ryan Cook in their 220-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Stoner-DeGroot won by fall. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie's Ashton Stoner-DeGroot (left) wrestles Xavier's Ryan Cook in their 220-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Stoner-DeGroot won by fall. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie's Hunter Kalous (top) wrestles Xavier's Lucas Osterhause in their 113-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Kalous won by fall. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Xavier's Connor Murray (left) wrestles Prairie's Austin Kegley in their 120-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Kegley won by fall. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Xavier's Connor Murray (bottom) wrestles Prairie's Austin Kegley in their 120-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Kegley won by fall. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Xavier's TJ Cook (left) wrestles Prairie's Austin Steuhm in their 126-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Steuhm won by fall. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Xavier's TJ Cook (left) wrestles Prairie's Austin Steuhm in their 126-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Steuhm won by fall. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie's Austin Nicewanner (left) wrestles Xavier's Will Hacke in their 132-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Nicewanner won by fall. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie's Austin Nicewanner (left) wrestles Xavier's Will Hacke in their 132-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Nicewanner won by fall. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie's Brady Nicewanner wrestles Xavier's Christian Stanek in their 138-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Stanek won by decision, 15-7. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie's Brady Nicewanner (left) wrestles Xavier's Christian Stanek in their 138-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Stanek won by decision, 15-7. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie's Brady Nicewanner (left) wrestles Xavier's Christian Stanek in their 138-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Stanek won by decision, 15-7. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie's Brady Nicewanner (left) wrestles Xavier's Christian Stanek in their 138-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Stanek won by decision, 15-7. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie's Johnny Washburn (right) wrestles Xavier's Jevin Rexroth (left) in their 145-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Washburn won by fall. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie's Johnny Washburn (left) wrestles Xavier's Jevin Rexroth (right) in their 145-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Washburn won by fall. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie's Johnny Washburn (left) works to pin Xavier's Jevin Rexroth (right) in their 145-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Washburn won by fall. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie's Johnny Washburn (left) is recognized after defeating Xavier's Jevin Rexroth (right) in their 145-pound match at a high school wrestling meet between Cedar Rapids Xavier and Cedar Rapids Prairie at Prairie High School on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Washburn won by fall. Prairie won the meet, 66-16. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)