The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk girls soccer team saw their season come to an end Tuesday in the regional semifinal round of the class 1A playoffs at No. 15 Solon by a 3-0 score. The Golden Hawks were looking for revenge after a 2-0 setback against the Spartans early this season. Defenses dominated the action in the first half with neither team able to break through, sending the match to intermission scoreless. The Spartans put together a dominant middle portion of the second half, scoring three times between the 45th and 60th minute with goals coming from Morgan Link, Stella Mesch and Gabby Knipper. The Golden Hawks end the season at 11-6, tying the school record for wins in a season. The Hawks graduate seniors Sidney Davis, Emma Slaubaugh, Katrina Curtiss, Caitlyn Busch, Jenna Miller, Emily Swartzentruber and Rhiannon Panken.
The season is on the line Monday for the Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk girls soccer team when they travel to Solon to take on the state ranked Spartans. Mid-Prairie enters the match with an 11-5 record on the year after opening the regional tournament with a 10-0 mercy rule win over Columbus led by two goals each from Sophie Baker and Esther Hughes and two assists each from Kaitlin Martin and Evelyn Gerber. For the year, the Hawks are led by 21 goals for Hughes, eight assists for Martin and Emily Swartzentruber with 77 saves and a 74% save percentage in over 1,000 minutes in goal.
Two KCII area teams will tangle Wednesday in the opening round of the class 1A girls soccer tournament when Columbus travels to Mid-Prairie. The Golden Hawks come into the match with an overall record of 10-5 after a 3-2 win over rival Washington on the road last time out. In the victory over the Demons, Julia Boller led the way with a pair of goals. For the season, the Hawks are led by Esther Hughes with 19 goals. Kaitlin Martin has a team best six assists and Emily Swartzentruber has 75 saves and a 73.5% save percentage.
Columbus is 7-4 this season. They were beaten 8-1 by Washington last time out with Juvixsa Valdez scoring the lone goal. On the year, she leads the Wildcats with 15 goals, Aaliyah Santos has a team best six assists and in goal Alynna Leos has 119 saves with a 73.9% save percentage. These two teams met on May third in Wellman with Mid-Prairie winning 7-0. The winner of this match moves on to the regional semifinals Tuesday at Solon against the winner of the Spartan