The PCM High School is made up of two consolidated towns, Prairie City

Prairie City, Iowa

Prairie City is a city in Jasper County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,680 at the 2010 census.-History:Prairie City was founded by James Elliot in 1856, for whom it was originally named; it was later changed because there was already another Elliot in the state. The first resident was...

, and Monroe

Monroe, Iowa

Monroe is a city in Jasper County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,808 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Monroe's longitude and latitude coordinatesin decimal form are 41.521880, -93.103492...

. It is a 2A school district in the heart of Iowa

Iowa

Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...

, United States.

History

In 1990 the Monroe Wildcats and the Prairie City Plainsmen consolidated to form the PCM Mustangs. The school's high school sports achievements are five trips to the state playoffs and two trips to the state semifinals at the UNI dome in Cedar Falls

Cedar Falls, Iowa

Cedar Falls is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States, and it is home to one of Iowa's three public universities, the University of Northern Iowa. The population was 39,260 in the 2010 census, an increase from the 36,145 population in the 2000 census...

. In basketball the Mustangs also went to the playoffs multiple times, making it to the quarter finals and then winning the last state 2A state championship played in Veterans Memorial Auditorium

Veterans Memorial Auditorium (Des Moines)

Veterans Memorial Auditorium is an arena in Des Moines, Iowa, that is part of the Iowa Events Center complex. It opened on February 1, 1955, and was named to honor the World War II veterans of Polk County. It has 7,227 permanent seats, with the capacity to add an additional 4,000 seats for concerts...

 before it was moved to Wells Fargo Arena

Wells Fargo Arena (Des Moines)

Wells Fargo Arena is a 16,980-seat multi-purpose arena in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. Part of the Iowa Events Center, the arena opened in 2005, at a cost of $99 million....

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In 2008 the high school boys golf team won sectionals, districts, and the 2A golf state championship, with a total of 658 over the Gilbert Tigers with a team score of 659. Also in 2007 and 2008 boys cross country team placed third and second at state. Chris Musgrove placed 3rd overall in 2006 state cross country.

Notable graduates of PCM are Brandon Myers who now plays for the Oakland Raiders and Jamie Beyer who came very close to getting into the Olympics in the shot put.