Photos Courtesy of Jeff Yoder

The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk softball team returns home for the first time in two weeks Thursday when they host Durant on Senior Night in Kalona. The Hawks are 14-17 overall, 11-6 in the River Valley Conference after starting the week with a sweep of the Wildcats in Durant Monday by 8-1 and 2-1 scores, before falling to rival Washington on the road Wednesday 4-3. The Golden Hawks are hitting .344 as a team with 142 runs on 217 hits. Sophie Miller has a .476 average with 39 hits to lead the way. Sydney Knebel has a team best 22 driven in and Dakota Mitchell has scored a club best 23 runs. In the circle, the Hawks have a team ERA of 4.04 with a .278 opponent average on 165 hits, 80 earned runs 41 walks and 101 strikeouts. Knebel has worked 94 innings with a 3.06 ERA.

Durant is 10-24 this year, 7-10 in the RVC, dropping nine of their last 10 overall. Their last time on the diamond was against Mid-Prairie Monday. On the year, the Wildcats are hitting .234 collectively with 129 runs on 105 hits. Bailey Kraklio is the leader with a .375 average on 24 hits with 12 RBI. Isla Petersen has a team best 14 runs scored. In the circle, they have a team ERA of 4.69 with a .255 opponent average, 163 hits, 85 earned runs, 61 walks and 112 strikeouts. Allison Toft has a 5-3 record in 56 innings with a 2.36 ERA. The Wildcats have won 18 of the last 26 in the series, but Mid-Prairie has won four straight. The Golden Hawks will honor seniors Madeline Schrader and Molly Yoder prior to the contest. You can hear all of the action live tonight between the Hawks and Wildcats on AM 1380, FM 102.5 and KCIIradio.com, beginning with the Jessica Yoder and Sarah Bigley with Lepic Kroeger Realtors Pregame Show at 6:30p.m. and first pitch at seven from Carr, Vincent, Gould Field in Kalona.