In a marquee matchup in class 3A girls basketball Friday night, No. 9 Monticello bested No. 13 Mid-Prairie 54-40.

Monticello started the game on an 8-2 run and Mid-Prairie found an answer, holding a slim 11-10 lead after the first quarter. The Golden Hawks maintained that slim lead at 19-18 going into the halftime break. In the second half, Monticello began to heat up from long distance and took their own one point lead into the fourth quarter at 29-28. In the final period the Panthers began to find some openings in the Golden Hawk defense and outscored Mid-Prairie 23-10 in the fourth quarter to secure the win.

The Golden Hawks were led by Ireland Hostetler who finished with 13 points and nine rebounds. With the loss Mid-Prairie falls to 8-5 overall on the year 8-4 in the River Valley Conference.