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The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk boys and girls track teams left Eddyville-Blakesburg’s state qualifier meet as champions Thursday. The Golden Hawk girls won the team championship with a score of 177, beating second place Williamsburg with 143. Mid-Prairie was dominant, automatically qualifying athletes in 13 different events, multiple qualifiers in three different events and winning six event titles. One-two finishes on the night for Mid-Prairie included the 800 with Danielle Hostetler the champ in 2:21.85 and Mitzi Evans second, the 1500 with Hostetler the champ in 4:58.96 and Sydney Yoder second and the 3000 with Hostetler taking her third gold in 11:18.75 and Yoder again second. Other titles included Mitzi Evans winning the 400 in 59.31, the sprint medley team of Maddie Edgington, Alyssa McDowell, Amber Swart and Mitzi Evans in 1:49.78 and the distance medley of Edgington, Tabitha Evans, Swart and Hostetler in 4:20.85. Other automatic state qualifiers
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The Mid-Prairie wrestling team continued the forward momentum of their program with another big campaign in 2020-21. The Golden Hawks finished with 14 dual wins on the season, one shy of the school record.
In tournament action, the Golden Hawks won their home Colton Allen Invitational on December 12th by a half point over Alburnett.
It was a big postseason for the Golden Hawks, starting with the Mid-Prairie girls who took 10 to compete at the Iowa Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association Girls State Wrestling Tournament at the XStream Arena in Coralville. Mid-Prairie finished 12th as a team with 71.5 points. The Hawks were led by a pair of podium finishes with sophomore Bronwyn Brenneman taking fourth at 126lbs and senior Sarah Meader fifth at 152lbs.
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Out of an initial field of 11 wrestlers from the KCII listening area, eight remain as the state wrestling tournament in Des Moines moves to day two. Four grapplers moved through Thursday’s day one with wins to stay in the championship bracket including Mid-Prairie’s Cael Garvey at 195lbs, Columbus’ Lane Scorpil at 113lbs and Chance Malone at 285lbs and Highland’s Bryce Thompson at 113lbs.
Four other wrestlers dropped their opening match on Thursday but rebounded to win a second match and stay alive in the tournament’s consolation bracket. They include Washington’s Ayden Frazer at 182lbs, Mid-Prairie’s Josh Wallington at 220lbs, Highland’s Easton Schlabaugh at 106lbs and Sigourney-Keota’s Cade Molyneux at 170lbs.