The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk baseball team is back on the diamond tonight with a trip to the Quad Cities to take on Bettendorf. The Hawks are 11-4 this season after a Monday split in Wellman with Iowa City Regina. The Hawks are ranked No. 9 in Class 2A in the latest poll from the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association. Mid-Prairie hits .305 collectively with a .471OBP and .393 slug. They have 94 runs on 91 hits 79 walks and 69 strikeouts. Luke Traetow hits a team best .412, Tatem Telfer has 14 total hits and 15 driven in to lead while Brady Weber has scored 13 times. On the mound, the Mid-Prairie team ERA is 1.88 with a .179 opponent average on 51 hits, 21 earned runs, 53 walks and 108Ks. Telfer is 3-1 with a .022 opponent average, with just one hit and three earned runs allowed for an ERA of 1.37. Bowen Burmeister and Brock Harland also have multiple wins this season.

Bettendorf is 6-12 this year and 3-7 in the Mississippi Athletic Conference. They were swept in a conference doubleheader Monday at rival Pleasant Valley. This year, the Bulldogs are hitting .265 as a group, with a .393OBP and .329 slug. The Bulldogs have scored 85 runs on 129 hits with 79 walks and 102 strikeouts. Individually, Drew Reed is hitting .409 with 14 runs scored to lead the team. Wigley Matthys has a team best 19 hits and Aiden Sheldon has a team high 12 driven in. On the mound, Bettendorf has a staff ERA of 3.92 with a .197 opponent average on 110 hits, 66 earned runs, 79 walks and 123Ks. Kasey Clark is 2-0 with a 2.76ERA. These two teams met last season with the Golden Hawks taking a 3-2 win. Action starts tonight at 7p.m. at Bettendorf High School.