The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk baseball and softball teams travel to Iowa City Wednesday for a doubleheader with the Regina Regals. The Mid-Prairie baseball team is 7-2 after a 7-4 win over Solon Tuesday. They are 3-2 in the River Valley Conference and ranked No. 4 this week in Class 2A by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association. On the year, Mid-Prairie is hitting .286 with five players at .310 or better, led by Cain Brown’s .419 with a team best 13 hits and 11 runs scored. Dylan Henry leads the Hawks with eight driven in. Mid-Prairie’s team ERA is 2.37 led by Alex Bean’s 1.17 mark in two appearances. Bean, Bowen Burmeister, Brown, Karson Grout, Brock Harland, Collin Miller and Brady Weber each have a pitching win this season. Iowa City Regina is 7-3 overall and a perfect 7-0 in league play. They beat Bellevue Tuesday 9-2. On the year, the Regals are hitting .250 as a team with five players at .300 or better led by Jack Tierney at .414 with 12 hits. Jack Clark has scored 12 times and driven in 10. On the hill, Regina has a 3.30 team mark led by Connor Nicpon at 2-0 with a 1.11 ERA in 19 innings. Mid-Prairie has won four of the last five against Regina, the two teams split a double dip last year with the Hawks taking game one 10-0 and Regina game two 13-12.

The Golden Hawk softball team is 4-6 overall and 2-2 in the RVC. They were 5-4 winners over Class 5A Iowa City West Saturday. For the year, Mid-Prairie is hitting .254 collectively, with four over .340, led by Madeline Schrader’s .385 average. Dakota Mitchell has the lead with 11 hits and seven runs scored. Landry Pacha and Sydney Knebel have each driven in 10. That duo has also done all of the work in the circle combining for a 4.20 ERA in 56 innings and 35Ks. Iowa City Regina is ranked No. 4 in Class 2A according to the most recent poll from the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union with their 5-4 overall record. They were beaten Monday by West Liberty 4-1. On the year, the Regals are hitting a combined .276 with four hitters over .300, led by Avery Kies .615 average with 16 hits and seven runs scored. Alli Clark has driven in eight. In the circle, the Regals have a team ERA of 2.75 with Emma Nibaur and Jillian Panther holding a 5-3 record with 53 strikeouts in 51 innings. These two teams have split their last four meetings, including a doubleheader split last summer with the Golden Hawks winning 12-2 and the Regals 10-1 in Kalona. You can hear all of the softball action live tonight 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 Iowa City.