The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk boys and girls basketball teams make the long road trip to Camanche Friday to battle the Indians. The Golden Hawk girls come into the night with an 8-7 record on the year after a 38-33 Senior Night win over Tipton Tuesday. In the victory against the Tigers, the Hawks were led by Maddie Nonnenmann with 13 points and Phelan Hostetler with 11. On the year, Mid-Prairie is paced by Nonnenmann at 13 points and seven rebounds per night. Amara Jones is averaging four assists and three steals per game.
Camanche is 3-12 on the season. The Indians were beaten Tuesday 52-33 by Cascade. For the year they are led by Aubrey Carstensen at eight points and six rebounds per game. These two teams met a year ago with the Golden Hawks winning 51-29 in Wellman.
The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk boys and girls basketball teams face off with the Tipton Tigers Tuesday at Tim Grady Gymnasium in Wellman for a River Valley Conference doubleheader. The Golden Hawk girls are 7-7 overall, 7-6 in the River Valley entering tonight after a 66-48 loss to No. 9 West Liberty on Friday where they were led by Maddie Nonnenmann’s 16 points and 10 from Myah Lugar. For the season, the Golden Hawks are paced by Nonnenmann at 13 points and six rebounds per game. Amara Jones averages four assists and three steals per game.
Tipton enters play with a 4-8 overall record. The Tigers are 2-7 in the River Valley. They have been off since the 11th when they beat up on Calamus-Wheatland 55-25 behind a 25 point 18 rebound double double from Rachel Biermann. On the season Biermann leads the Tigers at 15 points, 10 rebounds and two steals per game. These two teams met in December with Mid-Prairie taking a 58-30 win on the road. The Hawks have won 17 of the last 19 in the serie
The Mid-Prairie boys basketball team is back on the floor today when they host the Cascade Cougars at Tim Grady Gymnasium in Wellman. The Hawks come in with an overall mark of 6-3 on the year, 6-2 in the River Valley Conference after a 70-35 win at Durant on Tuesday. Against the Wildcats, Mid-Prairie was led by Carter Harmsen’s 19 points, Ethan Kos with 16, Alex Bean with 12 and Aidan Rath with 11. On the season, the Hawks are paced by Harmsen, scoring 22 per game, ninth most in class 2A. He is also pulling down a team best seven rebounds. Jack Pennington leads Mid-Prairie at six assists per game and two steals per contest.
The Mid-Prairie boys and girls basketball teams turned their road trip to Durant Tuesday into a business trip, sweeping the Wildcats on their home floor. The Golden Hawk girls were a 54-29 winner to complete a season sweep of Durant. Mid-Prairie opened the game on an 8-2 run and never trailed on the day, holding a 23-19 lead at the half. The Hawks asserted control with a dominant third quarter, forcing 14 turnovers in the frame and going on a 16-4 run that lasted the entire period to open a 39-23 lead. Mid-Prairie would finish the game by outscoring the Wildcats 15-6 in the fourth. After the game, Mid-Prairie head coach Danny Hershberger talked about his team’s impressive second half. “We executed the offense well early and the defense was really good to start the game. We pride ourselves on good defense and being active. When we are doing that and moving our feet we are tough to score on. In the second half we got them to turn the ball over a lot. We settled down on offense and