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 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.
The Iowa Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association (IWOCA) Girls State Wrestling Tournament kicks off today at the XStream Arena in Coralville with two area schools represented. The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks will send 10 participants to compete on the sports biggest stage for female athletes. Competing for the Hawks will be freshman Abigail Grout at 106lbs, junior Emil Harmston at 113lbs, at 126 freshman Ellie Brenneman and junior Bronwyn Brenneman, senior Caitlyn Busch and sophomore Marissa Cline at 138, at 145 junior Madison Kelly and sophomores Mia Garvey and Brittney Pfeiffer, and at 152 senior Sarah Meader. Meader and Garvey have been featured this year in the girl’s state individual rankings produced by iawrestle.com at their respective weight classes. Meader comes into the tournament with a 19-3 overall record, Garvey is 10-6. Bronwyn Brenneman is also over the 10 win mark this season at 12-5.
The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk wrestling team took the mat at Tim Grady Gymnasium for the final time in the 2020-21 season Thursday, hosting Wilton, Durant and West Liberty in a River Valley Conference quadrangular for Senior Night. Mid-Prairie started the night against the Wilton Beavers, falling in the opener 48-36. The Hawks got wins in contested matches from Kaden Meader at 170 by fall, Ben Meader at 182 by fall, Cael Garvey at 195 by fall, Josh Wallington at 220 by fall and Gannon Callahan at 285 by fall. The win for Wallington was the 100th of his career.
The Golden Hawks bounced back in their second action of the night, beating Durant 54-24. Mid-Prairie got wins in contested matches from Malachai Sexton at 106, Ben Meader at 182, Cael Garvey at 195, and Josh Wallington at 220 all by fall.
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By Jeff Yoder
Mid-Prairie took eight wrestlers to the Wilton Girls Tournament on Saturday. Seven came away with at least one win and two were class champions.
Sarah Meader won her second tournament title of the season, for Browyn Brenneman it was a first.
“This is (Brenneman’s) first year wrestling and she looked pretty good,” said Mid-Prairie wrestling coach Dylan Walther, who was in Wilton with the girls on Saturday.
“On Monday, she wrestled a girl that got fourth at state last year. It wasn’t that close by looking at the scoreboard but she was aggressive and just made a couple mistakes that made the margin pretty wide but she fought and battled and competed the whole match.