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The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk girls basketball looks to keep their season alive when they welcome West Burlington to Tim Grady Gymansium in Wellman for a class 3A Regional Semifinal Wednesday. The Golden Hawks are 14-8 on the season after a 52-25 win over Tipton on Saturday that featured a 32-0 Mid-Prairie run that lasted 17 minutes of the contest. Maddie Nonnenmann scored a game high 16 in the win against the Tigers. The Hawks finished 12-7, fourth place in the River Valley South Division. They score 47 points per game and give up 41, shooting 36% from the floor, with 30 rebounds and 12 steals and assists per game. Nonnenmann is the leading scorer at 16 points per game. Amara Jones leads Mid-Prairie with five rebounds, four assists and four steals per night.

West Burlington is 16-6 on the year, the Falcons were 12-4, second place in the Superconference South Division. They beat Camanche 60-19 in Saturday’s opening round. On the year, the Falcons score 56 points per game and give up 44, shooting 41%, with 31 rebounds, 17 steals, and nine assists per game. Individual leaders include Abbey Bence at 18 points and eight rebounds per game. McKenna Marlow averages five steals and four assists per night. This week, Mid-Prairie head coach Danny Hershberger talked about his team’s keys for success Wednesday. “The biggest thing for us is to continue communicating on defense and make sure we’re getting our rotations right. Offensively our ball movement was key (in the first round) to find the open girl. We need to work it inside-out. When we do those things, we can be very successful.”

The winner of tonight’s contest moves on to Saturday’s 3A Regional Final, one win shy of the state tournament in Des Moines. Due to the threat of weather, game time has been moved to 5p.m. We’ll have all of the action for you live on AM 1380, FM 102.5 and KCIIradio.com, beginning with the Washington HyVee Pregame Show at 4:30p.m.