The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk boys soccer team is the lone representative from the KCII listening area in this week’s poll from the Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association. Mid-Prairie is ranked No. 5 in class 1A with a 7-2 record after dropping back to back matches to Iowa City Regina and Williamsburg this week.
On the year, Mid-Prairie is led by Owen Trimpe with 13 goals, Ethan Trimpe with eight assists and Keaton Graber with 18 saves in goal and a 60% save percentage. Mid-Prairie will be back on the pitch Monday against Highland.
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Thursday was a tough night for the Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk soccer programs as both squads suffered setbacks in Williamsburg. The No. 5 ranked Golden Hawk boys were beaten 2-1 in overtime. The Golden Hawks lone tally was from Jack Pennington who beat the Raider defense with help from an Ethan Trimpe assist. The Hawks piled up eight shots on goal but couldn’t get on the board again, leaving the door open for Williamsburg to steal the contest late. With the loss, Mid-Prairie is now 7-2 on the year.
The Golden Hawk girls were also beaten by the Raiders 3-0. Williamsburg got one goal in the first half and two insurance goals after the break. With the loss, Mid-Prairie is now 7-5 on the season.
The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk girls golf team traveled to Muscatine Wednesday for the River Valley Conference Championships. The Hawks finished in seventh place of 14 competing squads with their round of 458, tying with Tipton. The Golden Hawks won the tiebreaker over the Tigers on the fifth score cardback. Mid-Prairie was led on the day by Madi Davidson’s 111. She talked after the meet about her round. “My goal coming in was to shoot under 120. I did that so it was a pretty good day. My irons played well today. I struggled putting but the rest of my game was pretty spot on.”
The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk girls golf team hosted a make-up River Valley Conference triangular in Kalona Tuesday when West Liberty and West Branch paid the Hawks a visit. Mid-Prairie shot a team score of 220, their best team nine hole score of the year. That was good enough for second, beating West Liberty’s 258 but falling to West Branch’s championship 211. Gabi Robertson led Mid-Prairie with a 52. Other scores for the Golden Hawks included Alexa Huber 54, Madelyn Bender 55, Elliot Debler and Madi Davidson 59, Madison Witthoft 64 and Claire Zirkelbach 81. Mid-Prairie continues their busy week today in Muscatine for the River Valley Conference championship meet.
The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk boys and girls soccer teams came up short against rival Iowa City Regina on Tuesday. The No. 7 Mid-Prairie boys suffered their first set back of the season 6-2, at the hands of the No. 3 Regals in Wellman. The Hawks struck first with Owen Trimpe scoring in the 16th minute to put Mid-Prairie up 1-0. Regina answered back with goals in the 23rd, 34th and 37th minutes to take a 3-1 lead into the half. The Regals continued their push after the break adding insurance goals in the 42nd, 67th and 68th minute. The Golden Hawks second tally came in the 68th minute when Gunnar Gingerich beat the Regina keeper and defense. After the match, Mid-Prairie head coach Pat Cady talked about what his team can take from the match. “Our guys did a good job bringing the ball down. We brought it down one side, then switched it back quickly and dumped it into a danger area. Owen Trimpe was already on his way to go get it. Their keeper was worried he was going to go back post so