The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk boys basketball team travels to West Liberty tonight to face Camanche with the class 2A district nine championship on the line. Mid-Prairie enters the game with a 15-7 overall record, they blasted West Liberty to open the playoffs Thursday 65-35 in Wellman behind 17 points from Jackson Pennington and 12 each from Carter Harmsen and Alex Bean. On the season, Mid-Prairie is led by Harmsen at 18 points and seven rebounds per game. Pennington leads the Hawks with five assists and two steals a night.
Camanche is 16-6 on the season, they cruised through Wilton to open the playoffs last week 67-51 led by a 26 points 12 rebound performance from Zach Erwin. Jordan Lawrence added 12 points and Mike Delzell 11. On the season, the Indians are led by Erwin and Lawrence at 15 points per game each. Zayne Feller is best on the glass at seven rebounds. Erwin has a team best four assists per night and Lawrence leads the Indians with three steals per game. This week, Mid-Pr
The first step to get to Wells Fargo Arena was checked off the list for the Mid-Prairie boys’ basketball team last night when they opened up the postseason with a 65-35 win over West Liberty in a class 2A district semifinal.
As heard on KCII, it was slow going for the Golden Hawks in the first six minutes with the Comets taking advantage of offensive rebounds and held a 9-5 lead. A pair of triples by Jackson Pennington and Alex Bean to close the quarter is all the Hawks needed for the floodgates to open. A three point barrage ensued in the second quarter with Mid-Prairie holding a 29-18 advantage at half and a 21-4 third quickly put the game to bed. Four different Golden Hawks made a shot from long range led by Pennington going four of seven and finishing with a game-high 17 points. Head Coach Daren Lambert tells KCII Sports Pennington was on a mission. “He sees himself as a distributor that averages five assists a game, but they left him open a few times tonight and he took a
The road to state starts up tonight for the Mid-Prairie boys’ basketball team when they welcome West Liberty to Wellman for a Class 2A district semifinal.
The Golden Hawks closed the regular season 14-7 after a 59-36 win over Regina on Saturday to finish second in the RVC South Division. Carter Harmsen is the engine that goes for the Hawks averaging 18 points and seven boards a game. Senior Aidan Rath has been saving his best ball for the right time with four consecutive double-digit games and averages 10.7 on the season. The Comets are 4-15, seventh in the south division, and advanced after Regina had to forfeit the district quarterfinal. Junior Caleb Wulf leads the team with 13.9 points and 7.6 boards a contest. This is the third matchup in two weeks between these programs with the Golden Hawks winning by a combined 57 points in the first two meetings.
Back in December the Mid-Prairie boys’ basketball team exorcised some demons by downing Iowa City Regina for the first time in 23 tries. On Saturday, the Golden Hawks started up a win streak of their own against the Regals by managing the regular season sweep with a 59-36 win on the road.
As heard on KCII, Aidan Rath was on a mission for the Hawks by scoring the game’s first six points and had 10 at the break in just nine minutes of play. Mid-Prairie held a slight 9-6 lead after one and 23-17 at intermission. The offense picked up in the third with a 22-10 quarter that led to the 23-point victory. Rath finished with a team-high 16 points and 10 rebounds. Carter Harmsen scored 11 of his 15 points in the second half. Ashton Cook led the Regals (7-11) with 17 points. The Golden Hawks shot 46% from the floor and were plus-five in the turnover margin. Head Coach Daren Lambert tells KCII Sports Rath is playing his best ball at the right time. “In the last week he has had some big ga
The Mid-Prairie boys basketball team will play it’s third game in four days today when they host the Durant Wildcats. The Golden Hawks are 12-6 on the year, 12-4 in the River Valley, second in the south, after a 59-25 win over West Liberty on Monday where they were led by Carter Harmsen’s 17 points, Aidan Rath with 12 and Alex Bean with 11. On the season, the Hawks are led by Harmsen at 20 points and seven rebounds per game. Jack Pennington has the team lead with five assists and two steals per game.
Durant comes into the night with an overall mark of 3-16 after a 65-37 loss at No. 10 West Branch on Saturday. On the season the Wildcats are led by Nolan DeLong at 14 points per game. Garrett Hollenback pulls down a team best seven boards per night to go along with two assists. These two teams met on January 12th of this year with Mid-Prairie winning 70-35 on the Wildcats home floor with Carter Harmsen scoring 19 points, Ethan Kos 16 and Alex Bean 12. Durant has won 10 of the last