The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk basketball teams rolled into Tipton Tuesday and took a pair of wins from the Tigers. The Golden Hawk girls held off a late Tiger charge to win 48-43. Mid-Prairie led 19-12 after the first and 33-25 at the break. The Golden Hawks would take an 11 point lead into the final quarter, but Tipton clamped down defensively, allowing just four Mid-Prairie points to pull within five before running out of time. The Golden Hawks had 13 steals in the game. Maddie Nonnenmann was the lone Hawk to hit double figures with 23 points. Amara Jones had eight points, six assists and five rebounds. The Golden Hawk girls are now 8-5 and have won back to back games.
The No. 6 ranked Mid-Prairie boys stayed unbeaten on the year hammering Tipton 71-36. Mid-Prairie led 20-9 after one and 39-22 at half. They put the game away with a 17-6 run in the third and a 15-8 sprint in the fourth quarter. The Hawks turned the Tigers over 18 times in the win and won the battle on the boards by 12. Carter Harmsen led the Golden Hawk attack with 31 points and seven boards. Alex Bean had 14 points and seven assists. The Mid-Prairie boys are now 13-0 and set up a top ten showdown in Wellman Friday when they host No. 8 Camanche.