The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk football team begins the push to a possible district title tonight when they welcome Central Lee to Wellman. Mid-Prairie enters play with a 2-2 overall record, splitting non-district games against Grinnell, Pekin, Wilton and Iowa City Liberty. The Golden Hawks beat the Beavers and Panthers by a combined 83-6 count while falling to Grinnell and Liberty by a combined 80-26 score, including a 33-6 setback against the Lightning on Homecoming last week. On the season, Mid-Prairie is led by Brad Tornow under center at 28 of 51 for 427 yards, three touchdowns and one interception. His favorite target is Jack Baker with eight catches for 94 yards. On the ground, Kayden Reinier has 80 carries for 418 yards and seven touchdowns. Justice Jones leads the Mid-Prairie defense with 31 and a half tackles including one for loss.

Central Lee comes into the game with an overall record of 0-4. The Hawks have been outscored 181-27 this season including a 27-6 loss last week to West Burlington. Adam Boeck leads the Hawks under center going eight of 30 for 75 yards and an interception. TJ Stutes is the leading receiver with nine catches for 108 yards. Dalton Westercamp leads the Hawks run game with 68 carries for 186 yards and a touchdown. David Vance is Central Lee’s leading tackler with 21 stops and five tackles for loss. This week, Mid-Prairie head coach Pete Cavanagh talked about getting ready for Central Lee. “We had some concerns going into this game last year, we had lost four in a row and wasn’t sure about our offense. This is a game where we need to execute to the level that we can and not worry so much about them. They do have some good athletes, but they have struggled early in games, they have fallen behind. We also have to take care of the football, it’s going to be a rainy night.”

These two teams met a year ago with Mid-Prairie taking a 56-21 win. You can hear all of the action live tonight on AM 1380, FM 102.5 and KCIIradio.com, beginning with the Washington HyVee pregame show at seven and kickoff at 7:30 from Dwight G. Sattler Field in Wellman.