The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk softball team looks to continue their recent momentum Wednesday when they host West Branch in a River Valley Conference doubleheader Wednesday at Carr, Vincent, Gould Field in Kalona. Mid-Prairie is 4-1 on the season, 2-0 in the RVC after sweeping Tipton on Memorial Day by a combined 23-4 score in a doubleheader. On the year, Mid-Prairie is hitting .416 as a team with 47 runs, 57 hits, 43 driven in and 22 walks. Seven players in the lineup are hitting over .300 led by Brenna Jehle’s .600. Hannah Sellers has a team best 10 hits, Dakota Mitchell has scored a team leading nine runs. Sellers and Sydney Knebel are tied for the team lead with eight RBI. In the circle, the Hawks have a team ERA of 3.27 across 30 innings, allowing 27 hits, 14 earned runs, walking six, striking out 36 with opponents hitting .231. Knebel leads the way with 27 innings, 35Ks and a 3.11 ERA. Following the sweep of Tipton, Golden Hawk Head Coach Amy Hartsock-Williams joined the KCII postgame show to talk about what she saw Monday. “We came out bombing, both games, first inning. We got a little sloppy on defense. We need to clean up our short game and bunting also. Otherwise, I’m really happy to come out with both wins against Tipton. It was a team effort and that’s what it’s going to take for us. Everyone up and down the lineup is going to have to do their jobs and it’s great to see them doing it early on.”

West Branch is 0-5 this season with three losses to West Liberty and single setbacks against Central City and BGM. The Bears are hitting .273 as a team with 19 runs, 30 hits, 13 driven in and seven walks. Individual leaders include Lanie Meyer at .467 with a team best seven hits, four RBI and three runs scored. In the circle, the Bears have a team ERA of 9.92 in 24 innings. Opponents have hit .353 against the Bear’s staff with 42 hits, 34 earned runs, 26 walks, and 15Ks. Hannah Schiele has worked 12 innings with a 9.60 ERA and 13 punchouts. Mid-Prairie has won 15 of the last 25 in this series including both games last year by 8-3 and 9-0 scores. You can hear all of the action live tonight on AM 1380, FM 102.5 and KCIIradio.com, beginning with the Jessica Yoder and Sarah Bigley with Lepic Kroeger Realtors Pregame Show at 4:30, first pitch of game one at 5p.m. with game two to follow.