The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk volleyball team travels to Wilton Thursday for the River Valley Conference South Division Tournament. The Golden Hawks enter action with a 19-9 overall record and 5-1 mark in the River Valley Conference. They are ranked No. 11 in Class 3A by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. The Hawks went 2-3 over the weekend at the Clear Creek Amana tournament with wins over Iowa Valley and Central DeWitt and losses to No. 2 in Class 4A North Scott, No. 5 in Class 3A Union, La Porte City and No. 10 in Class 4A CCA. On the year, Mid-Prairie is ninth in Class 3A with 1,271 digs. Individual leaders include sophomore libero Dakota Mitchell with 464 digs, second in the state. Senior Landry Pacha has a team best 286 assists and 187 kills, seventh and sixth in the River Valley Conference respectively. Pacha’s 94.4% mark from the service line is also best on the team and sixth in the league with a team best 32 aces, seventh in conference. Senior Ella Groenewold has a team best 60 blocks, second in the RVC.

Joining Mid-Prairie at Wilton tonight are Durant, Iowa City Regina, Tipton, West Branch, No. 6 in Class 3A West Liberty and No. 12 in Class 2A Wilton. The Hawks have beaten all of the teams at the tournament tonight, except for West Liberty, falling to the Comets in four sets in September on the road. Action starts tonight at 5p.m. and continues into the evening at Wilton High School.