The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk boys and girls basketball teams wrap up the conference season tonight with a road trip to battle rival Iowa City Regina in a River Valley Conference doubleheader. The Golden Hawk girls are 15-4 overall entering play, with a 9-2 conference record after a 48-37 Senior Night win in Wellman over Tipton Tuesday. On the year, Mid-Prairie scores 61 points per game and gives up 44, shooting 40% from the floor, 30% from three and 66% at the line with 38 rebounds, 16 assists, 15 steals and 16 turnovers per game. Individually, Callie Huber leads with 12 points and nine rebounds, Katelyn Harland has three assists and Jeorgia Evans three steals per game.
The Regina girls are 18-1 overall, 10-0 in the River Valley Conference after an 81-15 win over Burlington Notre Dame Tuesday. The Regals are ranked No. 2 in the latest Class 2A poll from the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. This season they score 71 points per game and give up 37 on 49% shooting, 35% from three and 66% at the line with 30 rebounds, 18 assists, 16 steals and 10 turnovers per game. Individually, Morgan Miller leads with 22 points, five assists and steals per game. Regina has won 12 straight in the series including a 59-49 January win in Wellman. Golden Hawk head coach Danny Hershberger spoke on Tuesday’s KCII postgame show about the keys tonight.
Hershberger said, “We have to make those little plays it takes to win a game. We talk about toughness a lot. We have to be tough with the basketball. We have to be tough mentally. You have to be willing to accept that you’re going to have someone guard you physically, they’re going to be scrapping, and you have to deal with it and take care of the ball anyway. That mental toughness it takes to grind games out against a tough conference opponent.”
The Hawks last win over Regina came in 2018.
The Mid-Prairie boys are 15-4 on the year, 9-2 in the River Valley after their Senior Night win over Tipton Tuesday 71-63. This season, the Hawks score 68 points per game and give up 54 on 44% shooting, 35% from three and 73% at the line with 32 rebounds, 14 assists, eight steals and 13 turnovers per game. Individually, Bryce Henry is the leader at 22 points, Conner Wiles has five rebounds and Brady Weber four assists and two steals per game.
Regina is 17-2 on the year and 10-0 in the RVC after a 61-53 Tuesday win over Burlington Notre Dame. This year they score 60 per night and give up 46, shooting 49% from the floor, 30% from three and 60% at the line with 30 rebounds, 16 assists, seven steals and 11 turnovers per game. Individually, Will Litton puts up 18 points and 10 boards per game and Drew Greve six assists and two steals per night. Tuesday, following their win over Tipton, Golden Hawk head coach Daren Lambert joined the KCII postgame show to talk about the keys on Friday.
Lambert said, “Anytime you’re playing a team a second time, especially a conference team, they’re going to adjust. We have that overall competitive spirit and grit that these guys bring. It’s a toughness. They consistently show up every day to get better, and that’s their mindset.”
The Hawks have won six of the last nine over Regina, but it was the Regals that got the 62-51 victory in Wellman in January. You can hear all of the action live tonight between the Golden Hawks and Regals on AM 1380, FM 102.5, the KCII2 App and KCIIradio.com, beginning with the Golden Hawk Basketball Pregame Show at 5:30, tip of the girls game at six with the boys to follow from Regina High School.