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City High pulled into a tie with Cedar Rapids Prairie atop the Mississippi Valley Conference Mississippi Division standings with a doubleheader sweep of Waterloo West on Monday at Mercer Park in Iowa City.

Class 4A No. 10 City High won the opener 4-1 and took the nightcap 14-8 while improving to 26-10 on the season and 22-6 in MVC play.

Waterloo West dropped to 16-16 on the season and 12-14 in conference play with the loss.

Gavin Koch tossed a three-hitter in the opener, allowing just one run while striking out eight without issuing a walk.

Ben Kueter went 2-for-2 with a double, two runs and an RBI and Carter Seaton had two hits and drove in two runs to pace the Little Hawks.

John Klosterman had a triple, Jacob Means doubled and Cedric Dunnwald had a hit for City High while Koch drove in a run and Alex Knudtson scored a run.

James Kriz earned the win in the nightcap, allowing two runs on six hits while striking out four and walking one in 4 2/3 innings of relief.

Klosterman retired the final four hitters, striking out three and walking on in 1 1/3 scoreless innings.

Joey Bouska went 3-for-3 with three runs scored and Alex Knudtson was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI to pace City High.

Seaton was 2-for-3 with a triple, three runs scored and an RBI while Gable Mitchell went 1-for-1 with three RBI and a run scored.

Jacob Means had two hits, drove in two runs and scored a run and Klosterman had a hit and scored two runs. Grant Ernst, Jacob Williamson and Kueter all scored runs for City High in the nightcap.

City High closes MVC play on Thursday with a doubleheader at Cedar Rapids Jefferson.

Game 1

Waterloo West                      000  100  0  –  1  3  1

City High                               011  020  x  –  4  7  0

W – Gavin Koch                     L – Dylan Alcorn

2B – ICH: Ben Kueter, Jacob Means. WW: Mitch Fordyce

3B – ICH: John Klosterman

Game 2

Waterloo West                      330  002  0  –   8   10  5

City High                               320  630  x  –  14  11  3

W – James Kriz                      L – Carter Schulte

2B – ICH: Alex Knudtson, WW: Luke Fordyce, Mitch Fordyce (2)

3B – ICH: Carter Seaton

HR – WW: Luke Fordyce

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