A Surprising Season Both newspapers and coaches poled before the season began, picked Prairie to finishlast in the Mississippi Valley Conference and win very few games. But the Hawks finished 5th in the Mississippi Valley and won the first district champion - Luis Roca sr, and Mark Nierling sr, fight for offensive rebound against Linn -Mar at the Five Seasons Center. Men's Varsity Basketball HOME ei 02 07 01 45 07 92 93 06 82 48 92 63 47 87 03 60 71 60 Troy Terronez jr, looks over the offense in sub-state final game vs. Kennedy at the Five Seasons Center. 07 88 83 ’X Troy Terronez jr, hits jump shot against Dubuque Hempstead. Cedar Falls Charles City CR Regis Dubuque Wahlert Linn Mar CR Kennedy CR Jefferson Marlon CR LaSalle Dbq Hempstead Dbq Senior 1C West CR Washington 1C High Linn Mer Dbq Senior CR Washington DBQ Hempstead 1C West TOURNAMENT GAMES 1C West CR Jefferson CR Kennedy H OPPONENT 04 50 01 53 69 77 73 71 82 80 58 89 77 49 04 67 74 79 07 61 80 78 ship for Prairie Basketball since 1973. The Hawks were one game away from the state tournament as they fell to No. 2 ranked C.R. Kennedy in the substate final at the Five Seasons Center before 6,000 fans. The highlights ofthe season were a convincing victory over Dubuque Wahlert wins over C.R. La Salle, C.R. Regis and easy wins over C.R. Jefferson and Iowa City West in the tournament. Prairie suprised everyone even Coach Wessel who commented ’’this was a very satisfyingseason as this was a group of over achievers and they were great to work with.” the Hawks finished with a record of11-11. By Lori Hartzler FRONT ROW: Statitician Brad Youssee, Doug Slagle, Greg Canning, K.C. Lane, Rick Burgin, Scott Garrets,Mark Nierling, Lonnie Tjelmeland, J.J. Garrels, Coach Kevin Behrends BACK ROW: Manager Jodi Krotz, Tim Shelton, Jeff Morris, Jeff Schulte, Steve Daugherty, Troy Mark Nierling sr, leads the fast break Terronez, Luis Roca, Brad Schlesselman, Tim Gavin, John O’Dell, Dean Pospisil, Coach Jeff Wessel against Dubuque Hempstead. i i rv Sign of the Times 1 1V HAWK Boys Basketball
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