Photo Courtesy of Jeff Yoder

The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk boys and girls basketball teams split a pair of River Valley Conference road contests Friday at Wilton. The Golden Hawk girls rolled to a 66-38 win. They left no doubt, racing out to a 20-10 lead after the first and put together a 17-8 run that spanned the entire second period, holding a 37-18 lead at the break. Mid-Prairie finished by outscoring the Beavers 29-20 after half. Mid-Prairie head coach Danny Hershberger joined the KCII Radio Coaches Corner Saturday to break down the win. “It was a key for us tonight to get out early and put some pressure on them. I thought we did a great job of executing our offense, we hit four threes in the first quarter. I thought our defensive effort was outstanding all night. We forced them into some tough shots, and held them to just one shot. Amara Jones was fantastic for us all night. She hit four threes. That senior leadership and stepping up. She got five or six steals on the defensive end. Nora Pennington had a really good night. She put up 12 points in the first half, hit a couple threes. Good decision-making by her tonight. Maya Nonnenmann hit a couple threes for us as well. It’s big for her to get that offense going. She was also one of our top rebounders tonight. I was proud of our team effort.”

The Hawks shot 42% from the floor in the win and hit 11 three pointers. They pulled in 41 rebounds, had 17 steals and dished out 16 assists as a team. Amara Jones led the offensive onslaught with 20 points, Nora Pennington added 17 and Maya Nonnenmann 11. Callie Huber grabbed 10 boards. The win moves the Hawks to 13-5 on the year.

The Mid-Prairie boys gave the top 10 Beavers their closest RVC south division game of the year, but ultimately fell by a 77-65 count. Mid-Prairie led 17-15 after the first quarter and found themselves on top 32-25 at half. The Beavers offense exploded in the second half with 52 points, and Mid-Prairie couldn’t match the output. The Hawks shot 42% for the game and knocked down 12 three point goals to go with 28 rebounds and 11 assists. Camron Pickard led the way with 21 points and five boards. Dylan Henry and Alex Bean each had 11 points, Beau Flynn added 10. Mid-Prairie is now 10-7 on the year. The Golden Hawk boys and girls are back in action Monday when they host the Washington Demons in a rivalry doubleheader. You can hear all of the action on all KCII signals, beginning with the Washington HyVee Pregame Show at 5:30, tip of the girls game at six with the boys to follow.