It’s the end of the line for the regular season tonight in Wellman for the Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks when they host the Fairfield Trojans in their final tune-up before the tournament trail next week. The Mid-Prairie boys are 10-10 on the year, 6-6 in the River Valley Conference, following a 65-55 loss at Iowa City Regina Friday where Karson Grout led the Hawks with a career high 14 points, Alex Bean added 11 and Ace Peck 10. For the year, Mid-Prairie scores 60 points per game and gives up 59, shooting 38% from the floor, 29% from three and 70% at the line, fifth best in Class 2A, to go with 31 rebounds, 12 assists, nine steals and 12 turnovers. Camron Pickard leads the Golden hawks at 15 points and three assists per game. Bean has 14 points, six boards and two steals per night.
Fairfield is 9-8 this year, 5-4 in the Southeast Conference after a 70-63 win over previously unbeaten West Burlington on the Trojans senior night. Max Weaton had 23 points and 20 boards, Tate Allen 22 points and JJ Lane 16. For the year, the Trojans average 61 points per game and give up 58, shooting 46% from the floor, 30% from three and 67% at the line with 31 rebounds, 13 assists, six steals and 10 turnovers, third fewest in Class 3A. Weaton is the individual leader at 20 points per game, sixth most in 3A and 13 boards per night, third most in 3A. These teams have met 10 times in their history, splitting those meetings with Fairfield winning the most recent 65-41 in 2017.
You can hear all of the action between the Golden Hawks and Trojans live tonight on AM 1380, FM 102.5 and KCIIradio.com, beginning with the Washington HyVee Pregame Show at 6:30, tip at 7p.m. from Tim Grady Gymnasium in Wellman.