The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk boys and girls basketball teams welcome Bellevue to Wellman Friday for a River Valley Conference doubleheader. The Golden Hawk girls enter action with an overall record of 8-7 on the year, 8-6 in the River Valley Conference. They were last in action a over week ago when they beat Tipton on Senior Night in Wellman 38-33 behind Maddie Nonnenmann’s 13 points and Phelan Hostetler’s 11. On the season, the Hawks are led by Nonnenmann at 13 points and seven rebounds per game. Amara Jones leads Mid-Prairie with four assists and three steals per game.
Bellevue is 14-1 on the season, 13-1 in the River Valley Conference. The Comets are ranked No. 6 in class 2A in the most recent poll from the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. Winners of eight in a row, they beat Wilton last time out 51-41 behind 16 points from Audrey Wedeking. On the season, Bellevue is led by Teresa Paulsen at 13 points, seven rebounds, four blocks, and three steals per game. Kalesia DeSha
The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk wrestling team finishes the dual calendar tonight when they travel to Clear Creek Amana for a quadrangular with Central DeWitt, Mount Vernon and the Clippers. The Golden Hawks come into the night with an overall dual record of 12-10 on the year. They dropped two of three duals on Senior Night a week ago in Wellman, falling to RVC foes Wilton and West Liberty and getting a win over Durant. On the season, the Golden Hawks are led by Josh Wallington with a 32-3 record. The senior recorded his 100th career victory last week against Wilton. Senior Ben Meader at 182 has 31 wins this year, and juniors Cael Garvey and Gannon Callahan at 195 and 285 respectively each have 28 victories.
The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk boys and girls basketball teams make the long road trip to Camanche Friday to battle the Indians. The Golden Hawk girls come into the night with an 8-7 record on the year after a 38-33 Senior Night win over Tipton Tuesday. In the victory against the Tigers, the Hawks were led by Maddie Nonnenmann with 13 points and Phelan Hostetler with 11. On the year, Mid-Prairie is paced by Nonnenmann at 13 points and seven rebounds per night. Amara Jones is averaging four assists and three steals per game.
Camanche is 3-12 on the season. The Indians were beaten Tuesday 52-33 by Cascade. For the year they are led by Aubrey Carstensen at eight points and six rebounds per game. These two teams met a year ago with the Golden Hawks winning 51-29 in Wellman.
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.
The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk wrestling team will be on their home mat for the final time this season tonight when they welcome Wilton, West Liberty and Durant to Tim Grady Gymnasium for a Senior Night RVC quadrangular. The Golden Hawks come into the night with an overall record of 11-8 after sweeping a quad at Anamosa last week, taking out Northeast, Cascade and the Blue Raiders. The Hawks also finished as team runners-up at WACO on Saturday, led by three champions with Cael Garvey at 195, Josh Wallington at 220 and Gannon Callahan at 285 all taking titles. Wallington’s 30-2 overall record leads Mid-Prairie this year while Mose Yoder, Ben Meader, Garvey, and Callahan all have 25 wins or more. Mid-Prairie will honor seniors Vinnie Bowlin, Dominic McCain, Meader, Gibson Lowenberg, Wallington and Michael Kelly. This week, Mid-Prairie head coach Justin Garvey talked about this senior class. “Every year it’s something special, and it feels like you don’t realize it until the year i