Photos Courtesy of Perfect Game and Prep Baseball Report

Both the Mid-Prairie boys and girls of summer were on the diamond Thursday night, splitting their pair of River Valley Conference contests. For the third straight night, the No. 5 in Class 2A Golden Hawk baseball team matched up with the Tipton Tigers and the Hawks completed the season sweep by a 5-3 count. Tipton jumped on top with a pair of runs in the first, and the Hawks answered with a solo tally in the bottom half. Things stayed 2-1 Tigers until the fourth when Mid-Prairie pushed across three, then added an insurance run in the fifth to make it 5-2. A late Tiger rally plated one in the seventh before the Mid-Prairie ‘pen closed the door. The Golden Hawks had four hits, all singles, and capitalized on four Tipton errors. Tatem Telfer continued his torrid pace, going three for three with a pair driven in and a run scored. Bowen Burmeister, Dylan Henry and Landry Gingerich each drove in a run. Brady Weber scored twice with Blake Swart, Telfer and Burmeister each coming home once. Brock Harland scored the win on the hill with five innings of work, allowing three hits, two runs, two walks and striking out seven. Brooks Weber locked down a six out save, giving up three hits, a run and punching out three. The Hawks remain atop the River Valley at 5-0, 7-1 overall as Tipton drops to 1-6. Mid-Prairie travels to West Branch tonight.

In Wilton Thursday, the Golden Hawk softball team was on the wrong end of a 5-0 score against the Beavers. The Mid-Prairie defense showed up early, cutting down a Wilton runner when Izzy Kite’s relay to catcher Sophie Miller beat Kinsey Drake in the first to keep the contest scoreless. it would stay that way until the the fourth, when the Beavers broke through with five runs on five hits, and used a pair of Mid-Prairie errors to bat all the way through the order. Four of the five runs crossed with two outs, including a big, bases loaded double from 2A RBI leader Catie Hook. That was the only offense on the board for either side in the matchup. The Hawks were out hit 7-3 in the game, as they couldn’t get much going against Wilton’s Ali Walker, who tossed a complete game, three hit, seven strikeout shut out at the Hawks. Mid-Prairie got one single each from Dakota Mitchell, Brenna Jehle and Kadence Grout. In the circle for the Hawks, Grout worked all six, giving up seven hits, five runs, one earned, with two walks and 3Ks. The loss ends Mid-Prairie’s winning streak at three and drops them to 3-2 overall and 2-2 in conference. Wilton is 5-3. The Hawks are back on the diamond tonight when they host Burlington. You can hear all of the action between the Golden Hawks and Greyhounds live from Carr, Vincent, Field in Kalona, beginning with the Mid-Prairie softball pregame show at 6:30 and first pitch at 7p.m.