Our number one sports story for the Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks from the last school year takes us to the cross country course where the Hawks again asserted their dominance. The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk girls cross country team won their second consecutive district title and followed that up with their second state title in a row, led by Marie Hostetler who won her second straight individual state championship. Joining Hostetler at state were Mitzi Evans, Ana Fleming, Moriah Brase, Kate Cavanagh, Angelina Evans and Kessa Jones. The feat makes the Mid-Prairie girls cross country team the first program in school history to win back-to-back state championships. Hostetler was also named Gatorade Runner of the Year for Iowa for the second straight season.

On the boys side, while the team didn’t qualify, Quinn Schmidt made his way back to Fort Dodge. The senior wrapped up his Mid-Prairie career with a 32nd place finish at the meet. You can find all of our stories highlighting the top 10 sports stories from Mid-Prairie during the last school year on our website at KCIIradio.com.