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The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk softball team is in action on the holiday tonight when they travel to Mount Vernon to meet the Mustangs. The Golden Hawks are 1-1 on the year after an opening week 9-0 win over West Branch and a 9-2 loss to Keokuk. In their win over the Bears, Mid-Prairie was led by Hannah Sellers with three hits, three RBI and a pair of runs scored. Madeline Schrader and Landry Pacha each had a hit, run and RBI. Sydney Knebel got her first career win in the circle, striking out five in the three hit complete game shut out.

Mount Vernon is 5-0 on the year. The Mustangs are ranked No. 2 in Iowa in Class 3A according to the latest rankings from the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. They have doubleheader sweeps of Maquoketa and Vinton-Shellsburg and a single victory over Lisbon. The Mustangs have won four straight over Mid-Prairie with the Golden Hawks last win in the series coming in 2015. You can hear all of the action live today on AM 1380, FM 102.5 and KCIIradio.com, beginning with the Washington HyVee pregame show at 6:30 and first pitch at 7p.m. From Mount Vernon High School.