Host Linn-Mar and Cedar Rapids Prairie split an Iowa high school softball doubleheader Wednesday night in Marion. The Lions won the opener, 2-1, and the Hawks won the nightcap, 4-2.

Linn-Mar's Anna Kaliban (2) throws out a pitch in the seventh inning against Prairie at the Linn-Mar High School softball diamond in Marion, Iowa on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Linn-Mar's Reggan Borchers (11) hits the ball to the outfield in the second inning against Prairie at the Linn-Mar High School softball diamond in Marion, Iowa on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Prairie's Riley Redig (10) throws the ball to first for an out against Linn-Mar in the fourth inning at the Linn-Mar High School softball diamond in Marion, Iowa on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Linn-Mar's Reggan Borchers (11) catches the hit from Prairie for an out in the second inning at the Linn-Mar High School softball diamond in Marion, Iowa on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Linn-Mar's Annie Cassidy (20) misses catching the hit from Prairie in the fifth inning at the Linn-Mar High School softball diamond in Marion, Iowa on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Prairie’s Lucee Howe (20) hits the ball to the outfield in the third inning against Linn-Mar at the Linn-Mar High School softball diamond in Marion, Iowa on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Linn-Mar's Annie Cassidy (20) reaches out and catches the hit from Prairie for an out in the sixth inning at the Linn-Mar High School softball diamond in Marion, Iowa on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Prairie's Piper Johnson (4) tags out Linn-Mar's Hayden Koutny (5) and is ruled out in the fourth inning at the Linn-Mar High School softball diamond in Marion, Iowa on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Prairie’s Lucee Howe (20) catches the ground hit from Linn-Mar and throws it to first in the fifth inning at the Linn-Mar High School softball diamond in Marion, Iowa on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Linn-Mar's Anna Kaliban (2) throws out a pitch to Prairie in the second inning at the Linn-Mar High School softball diamond in Marion, Iowa on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Prairie's Kennady Johnson (5) dives to catch the hit from Linn-Mar in the third inning at the Linn-Mar High School softball diamond in Marion, Iowa on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Prairie’s Lucee Howe (20) throws the ball to first for an out against Linn-Mar in the third inning at the Linn-Mar High School softball diamond in Marion, Iowa on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Prairie head coach Alisha Frese talks with Prairie's Tatum Goerdt (19) during the fifth inning against Linn-Mar at the Linn-Mar High School softball diamond in Marion, Iowa on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Prairie's Piper Johnson (4) is ruled out as Linn-Mar's Brynna Gander (17) tags her out on first base in the fifth inning at the Linn-Mar High School softball diamond in Marion, Iowa on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Linn-Mar's Mallory Palmer (10) heads for home to get a run for the Lions after Prairie fumbled the ball in the fifth inning at the Linn-Mar High School softball diamond in Marion, Iowa on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Prairie's Deija Cooper (7) catches the ball at second to tag out Linn-Mar in the fourth inning at the Linn-Mar High School softball diamond in Marion, Iowa on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Linn-Mar's Reggan Borchers (11) reaches up and catches the hit from Prairie for an out in the fourth inning at the Linn-Mar High School softball diamond in Marion, Iowa on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Prairie's Lucee Howe (20) rounds third and heads for home after a hit from the Prairie Hawks in the third inning against the Lions at the Linn-Mar High School softball diamond in Marion, Iowa on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Prairie's Tatum Goerdt (19) throws out a pitch in the first inning against Linn-Mar at the Linn-Mar High School softball diamond in Marion, Iowa on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Prairie's Deija Cooper (7) chases Linn-Mar's Hayden Koutny (5) as she tries to get back onto first base in the fourth inning at the Linn-Mar High School softball diamond in Marion, Iowa on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Linn-Mar's Karsyn Michael (1) runs to home to get a run for the Lions in the fifth inning against Prairie at the Linn-Mar High School softball diamond in Marion, Iowa on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

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