The Mid-Prairie boys soccer team finishes the regular season Monday when they host Keokuk in Wellman on Senior Night. Mid-Prairie stands at 8-4 on the season, they were beaten at West Branch Friday 2-1. On the year, the Hawks are led by Owen Trimpe with 14 goals, Ethan Trimpe with eight assists and Justice Jones with 23 saves and a 76.7% save percentage.
Keokuk is winless on the season at 0-12. The Chiefs were beaten by Fairfield last Tuesday 15-0 in their last match. For the year, the Chiefs have been outscored 99-10. Keokuk is led by MJ Davis with five goals, London Wray with two assists and in goal, Erich Profeta has 101 saves and a 58.7% save percentage. Mid-Prairie has won the last two meetings in the series including a 3-2 victory in 2019. The Golden Hawks will honor seven seniors in tonight’s festivities including Tobin Miller, Zeus Fugate, Aaron Slaubaugh, Jake Swartzendruber, Ethan Trimpe, Michael Kelly, and Yassin Ahmed. Action starts tonight at 5p.m. in Wellman.
The No. 5 ranked Mid-Prairie boys soccer team stopped a two match losing streak Monday with an 8-0 shut out of Highland in Wellman. The Golden Hawks controlled the match from the opening kick, with Tobin Miller finding the back of the net on a Jake Swartzendruber assist nine minutes in. Jack Pennington would post back to back goals, unassisted in the 14th minute and on a Gunnar Gingerich assist in the 15th minute to make it 3-0. Swartzendruber then scored one of his own when he linked up with Tucker Miller in the 26th minute and Pennington added goals three and four in the 30th and 32nd minutes on Owen Trimpe assists to run the Mid-Prairie lead to 6-0 at half. The second half saw two more Golden Hawk goals, with Gunnar Gingerich finishing an Owen Trimpe assist in the 43rd minute and Pennington scoring his fifth unassisted in the 77th minute. The Golden Hawks finished with 17 shots on goal while allowing just two for Highland. Mid-Prairie also had 12 corner kicks. With the win, Mid-Pr