C.R. Prairie boys basketball team celebrates long-awaited first home game with a win

Prairie's Austin Joens (5) drives the ball towards the basket with pressure from Bettendorf's Ben Koerperick (43) in the third quarter during a Class 4A substate game at Prairie High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS - Finally a home game. Finally, finally, finally, finally. Weird how Cedar Rapids Prairie’s boys basketball team had to be on the road for its first four games this season. It was not quite three weeks of roadies with only one of them in the Metro: that at Linn-Mar. Other than that, it was to...