The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk baseball team continues their march toward postseason play with quality opponents down the stretch, including a Tuesday trip to Davenport Assumption. The Hawks are 19-8 on the year, 13-5 champions of the South Division of the River Valley Conference. They scored a 9-3 road win at Sigourney Monday. On the year, Mid-Prairie is hitting .308 as a team with a .457OBP and .390 slug, scoring 187 runs on 204 hits with 153 walks and 144 strikeouts. Four Hawks hit .300 or better, led by Tatem Telfer’s .381 with 32 hits and 27RBI. Brady Weber is the leader with 25 runs scored. Bowen Burmeister and Luke Traetow are also over .300. The Golden Hawk staff ERA is 3.17 with a .232 opponent average on 153 hits, 76 earned runs, 117 walks and 199 strikeouts. Telfer is 5-1 with a 1.95ERA Burmeister, Weber, Brock Harland and Carson Pence are all multi-game winners with a combined ERA under four.

Davenport Assumption is 21-12 on the year, 13-5 in the Mississippi Athletic Conference after a road sweep of North Scott Monday. The Knights are ranked No. 6 in Class 3A in the latest poll from the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association. This season they are hitting .286 as a team with a .390OBP and .360 slug scoring 194 runs on 267 hits with 121 walks and 177 strikeouts. Five members of their lineup hit .300 or better, led by Isiah Rose at .418 with 46 total hits, 32 RBI and 25 runs scored. As a staff, Assumption has a 3.26 team ERA with a .250 opponent average on 225 hits, 107 earned runs, 121 walks and 149 strikeouts. Ben Hamilton is 7-1 with a 2.43ERA.

Action between the Golden Hawks and Knights gets underway at 5p.m. and continues into the evening in the Quad Cities.