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The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk boys and girls soccer teams finish the week tonight hosting Anamosa. The Mid-Prairie girls are 5-2 this year, 2-1 in River Valley Conference play after a 4-1 win over West Branch at the Little Rose Bowl Monday night behind the first career hat trick from Elise Gingerich, a goal from Lydia Beachy, an assist from Brooklyn Schneider and a 15 save win in goal for Ruth Witthoft. This season, the Hawks have been outscored 18-15 in total on 94 shots, 48 on goal, 26 corner kicks, seven assists and 110 saves with an 86% team save percentage. Individual leaders include, Gingerich with nine goals, she and Zoey Curtiss each have two assists and in goal, Niva Helmuth has 67 saves. Anamosa is 3-2 this year, 2-0 in the RVC after a 3-2 win over Tipton Monday. The Blue Raiders have outscored their opponents 19-15 this year on 136 shots, 72 on goal, 16 corner kicks, eight assists and 66 saves with an 82% team save percentage. Individually, Chloe Brietbach has 10 goals and four assists to lead the way, Leah Whitson has 66 saves in goal. Mid-Prairie has won three of the four all-time meetings between the two schools, but it was Anamosa that grabbed a 5-4 victory last year.

The Mid-Prairie boys are 4-4 this year, and 0-2 in the River Valley after a 3-0 loss to West Branch on the road Monday. This year the Hawks have been outscored 12-11 overall on 119 shots, 50 on goal, 39 corner kicks, eight assists and 48 saves with an 84% team save percentage. Individual leaders include, Beau Flynn with four goals, Adrian Sanchez and Sawyer Hough each with two assists and Joe Hall with 30 saves in goal. Anamosa is 2-5 overall, 2-3 in conference after a 4-0 loss against Tipton Monday. The Blue Raiders have been outscored this year 25-8 in total on 89 shots, 79 on goal, nine corners, five assists and 86 saves with an 80% team save percentage. Individually, Liam Reuter has scored three times, Eli Breitbach and Cooper Gearing each have two assists and Coy Braden has 86 saves. Mid-Prairie has won all four meetings between these schools by a combined 22-1 score including 5-1 last season where Tucker Miller had a goal and two assists and Hall and Jacob Flynn combined on the win in goal. Action starts with the girls at 5p.m. and the boys to follow at the Wellman Rotary Soccer Fields.