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The No. 4 ranked in Class 2A Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk baseball team dropped a pair of contests Saturday at the North Scott Tournament in Eldridge. The Golden Hawks opened the day with an 18-8 loss at the hands of No. 6 in Class 4A Cedar Falls. The offense looked good for the Hawks as they pounded out 10 hits against the Tiger’s staff. Dylan Henry and Tyler Helmuth each had a pair of hits. Henry drove in three while Helmuth, Brock Harland and Bowen Burmeister each had an RBI. Will Cavanagh and Brady Weber both scored twice. Joe Hall worked three innings on the hill giving up one earned run and striking out three.

In the second of two, the Hawks were beaten by Burlington Notre Dame 4-3. The Nike’s scored twice in the first and put up two more in the fifth to jump out to a 4-0 lead. All of Mid-Prairie’s runs came across in the sixth. Hits came for Cavanagh, Hall, Weber, Burmeiester and Camron Pickard. Pickard and Burmeister each drove in one. Harland took the loss for Mid-Prairie working four frames, giving up three hits, two runs and striking out a pair. The two losses drop Mid-Prairie to 7-6, they host Tipton tonight.