Photo Courtesy of Mid-Prairie Football Social Media

The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk football team changed gears a bit in 2022 before the season started. For the first time in recent history, the Golden Hawks did not host an annual Gatorade scrimmage Friday, and instead traveled to West Liberty to scrimmage the Comets. While that not only changed the venue of the first live action of the year, it also left the program with a need to reinvent their annual fundraising event, unable to have community member Dwight Duwa host the player auction at a visiting stadium. Players and team personnel instead partnered with Leading Edge Fundraising and sold discount cards throughout the community to raise money for the team, bringing in more than $14,000. These funds will be used to help purchase: Personalized player undershirts for game night, new home jerseys, team meals on road games, team camp fee and travel and more. The Mid-Prairie football program would like to thank those who participated for their support of the team and school.

The Golden Hawks open their season Friday on the road at Bill Nelson Field against West Burlington Notre Dame. You can hear all of the action live on AM 1380, FM 102.5 and KCIIradio.com, beginning with the Washington HyVee Pregame Show at 6:30p.m. and kickoff at seven.