The second biggest story in Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk sports from the last academic year takes us to the celebration of another 2A state title at Drake Stadium in Des Moines for the Mid-Prairie girls track team.

The Mid-Prairie girls won their fourth consecutive Class 2A team state title with an overall score of 65 points, beating Van Meter’s 55. The Golden Hawks had four state championship events over the weekend, led by individual gold for Mitzi Evans in the 400 in a time of 56.36 seconds and the 800 in 2:12.56. Danielle Hostetler was the 3000 state champion in 10:27.77 and the Golden Hawk distance medley team of Madeline Schrader, Amara Jones, Mitzi Evans and Danielle Hostetler were the best in 2A at 4:07.96. Other top finishes for the Golden Hawks included state runner-up for Evans in the 200, third for Hostetler in the 1500, fourth for Sydney Yoder in the 3000, fourth for Hostetler in the 800, eighth for Yoder in the 1500. The 4×100 team of Schrader, Alyssa McDowell, Tabitha Evans and Jones were ninth. In field events, Ella Groenewold in the high jump and Maddie Nonnenmann in the discus were both 10th. The 4×200 team of Schrader, Jones, Groenewold and Tabitha Evans was 11th, the shuttle hurdle team of Jones, Nora Pennington, Emily Schlabach and Behla Schmidt was 13th, the sprint medley team of Schrader, McDowell, Groenewold and Mitzi Evans was 14th. Emma Lueck was 21st in the long jump and the 4×800 of Annika Poll, Phoebe Shetler, Greta Sieren and Abby Fleming finished 24th.

Tune in Friday when we finish our countdown of the top 10 sports stories for Mid-Prairie from the previous year with number one.