Rivalry basketball comes to the playoffs tonight for the Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk girls basketball team when they travel to Williamsburg for the semifinal round of the Class 3A Region 4 tournament to meet the Raiders. The Golden Hawks are 16-5 this season after finishing 9-3, second in the River Valley Conference South Division. They crushed Central Lee in their playoff opener Saturday 77-41. On the year, Mid-Prairie scores 61 per game and gives up 44 on 41% shooting, 30% from three and 64% at the line with 37 rebounds, 16 assists, 15 steals and 17 turnovers per game. Individually, Callie Huber scores 12 points with nine boards per game while Katelyn Harland and Jeorgia Evans have three assists and steals respectively per night.

Williamsburg is 21-2 this year, they were 15-1 champions of the WAMAC West. They are ranked No. 3 in Class 3A in the latest poll from the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. They locked down Fairfield 55-15 in the opening round Saturday. The Raider score 57 per game this year and give up 38 on 41% shooting, 31% from three and 60% at the line with 27 rebounds, 13 assists and steals and 12 turnovers per game. Individually, Carly Rich scores 13 per game with two steals and two assists. Zoe Allen leads with five boards per game. Golden Hawk head coach Danny Hershberger joined the KCII Postgame show following their win over Central Lee to talk about the keys to a deep playoff run.

Hershberger said, “It’s a familiar opponent (in Williamsburg). We have played there already this year. I felt like we did a good job competing. We had opportunities that we let go in that game, we were competitive but not quite competitive enough. Any time we got going they would come back down and hit a couple big shots to get back up by double digits. It’s another one of those games where we have to take care of the basketball. Stats last time we pretty even except turnovers. They are a really good team, they are ranked, they have had a really good year, and we look forward to the opportunity Wednesday.”

These teams have split their last 10 meetings, with the last coming in Williamsburg in January, a 64-49 Raider victory. The winner of this game moves to Saturday’s Regional Final, one win shy of the State Tournament. You can hear all of the action live tonight between the Golden Hawks and Raiders on AM 1380, FM 102.5, the KCII2 App and KCIIradio.com, beginning with the Golden Hawk Playoff Pregame Show at 6:30 and Unc N Nephs Food & Brew tip between the Hawks and Raiders at 7p.m. At Williamsburg High School.