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The River Valley Conference winning streak sits at four for the Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks. The Hawks went on the road and tamed the Tipton Tigers in four sets Thursday 25-18, 24-26, 25-11 and 25-11. The Hawks now own a 9-5 overall record and sit at 4-3 in the RVC. The four match winning streak in best of five set conference matches is the longest such streak for the Golden Hawks in a decade and a half. They turn their focus this weekend to tournament play in New London. Mid-Prairie is led on the year by Ella Groenewold with 92 kills and 46 blocks. Landry Pacha has a team best 267 assists and Dakota Mitchell leads the Mid-Prairie defense with 193 digs.

Other area teams at New London Saturday include Winfield-Mt. Union and Highland. The Lady Wolves enter action with an overall record of 15-8 after sweeping Hillcrest Academy in Kalona Thursday. On the season, WMU is paced by Bradie Buffington with 126 kills, Keely Malone with 315 assists and Keetyn Townsley with 285 digs.

Highland is 9-8 overall and 4-5 in the Superconference. They were swept by Columbus on Thursday. For the season, the Huskies are led by Sarah Burton with 88 kills, MyLei Smith with 85 assists and Mackinze Hora with 187 digs.

Joining these teams at the tournament will be English Valleys, Louisa-Muscatine, Van Buren, No. 9 West Burlington and No. 12 New London. Action starts at 9a.m. and continues all day Saturday at New London High School.