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The Golden Hawks had good performances under windy conditions at Williamsburg Tuesday, April 6, with individuals and in throws and the long jump.
“Relays did very well - Medley, 4×100 - in lowering their times,” said head coach Steve Hollan.
The 4×100 and 4×400 relay teams both placed first with times of 45.23 and 3:32.53 respectively. Jaemin Powell came away with second place in the long jump at 19’9” while Peter Swartz and Ryan Hoffman held seconds in the 1600 m run and 200 m dash respectively. Swartz’s time was 5:02.19 and Hoffman was at 24.08.
Swartz also got a third place finish in the 800m run at 2:11.07.
Mid-Prairie stats: Discus - Dillon Flynn 88’9”; Alex McKee Crow 92’7”. Shot Put - Dillon Flynn 37’, Gabe Yoder 34’4”. Long Jump - Powell 19’9” 2nd. 3200 m Run - Colton Swartz 11:32.40 5th. 100 m Dash - Hoffman 55.73 4th, McKee Crow 59.67 8th. 1600 m run - Peter Swartz 5:02.19 2nd, Colton Swartz 5:11.54 5th. 200 m dash - Hoffman 24.08 2nd. 1600 m Medley Relay - Powell (23.9), Justin Hochstetler (24.0), Miller (49.7), Hollan (2:03). 800 m run - P. Swartz 2:11.07 3rd, Ian McDowell 2:30.76. 4×100 Relay - Powell (11.09), Miller (11.79), Hochstetler (10.76), Cody Bontrager (11.45) 45.23 1st. 4×400 Relay - Miller (52.2), Hochstetler (53.4), Tyler Asbe (53.1), Hollan (53.8) 3:32.53 1st.

MP JV Stats: Discus - Gabe Yoder 72’9”. Shot Put - McKee Crow 32’3”. 4×800 Relay - Hoffman (2.16), McDowell (2:25), Swartz (2:10), McKee Crow (2:18). 4×100 Relay - Yoder (12.56), Elliot Runciman (13.25), McKee Crow (12.31), Colton Swartz (12.25) 50.37.

Mid-Prairie golfers opened the season Tuesday, April 6 with a quadangular meet at the Brown Deer Golf course in Iowa City. Mid-Prairie boys all shot below 50 to take the win.
Robby Mostek shot a 40 to help the Hawks win with a team score of 173. Regina came in second only 14 strokes behind Mid-Prairie. West Liberty finished third with 191 and Durant with 201.
Mid-Prairie Junior Derek Nicholson came away in second place with 42.
Mid-Prairie (173) - Aaron Smit 45, Nicholson 42, Mostek 40, Dylan Wertz 46, Oliver Hassman 49, Jared Gent 47.
Regina (187) - John Staak 41, Isaac Schropp 50, Chris Stauffer 51, Jacob Shultz 48, Patrick Helbing 51, Matt Gessner 48.
West Liberty (191) - Dillon Brooke 47, Mac Howes 48, Jake Boehme 52, Zach Newcomb 55, Andy Ruelas 63, Erik McKillip 44.
Durant (201) - Keith Sanders 45, Colt White 56, Vance Glaser 48, Garrett Porstmann 52, Greg Storjohann 57, Brett Lilienthal 56.

For the second straight night, the IMS Girl’s basketball team found themselves on a floor with a basketball between 10 people. This time, traveling to English Valleys High School to take on the Bears for a non-conference game.
First half of play was mostly even, with the Bears holding a slight advantage (6-3) at the end of the first quarter. However, in the second EV started to pull away, extending that lead to 23. Dismal shooting by IMS left them down 9-23 at half-time.
The shooting woes continued in the second half for Iowa Mennonite as they only managed to score five more points. However, it was not from a lack of effort. IMS had good open looks, just found the rims unforgiving. They would close out the night with a loss, 50-14.
Scoring, though bleak, was led by junior Carly Unruh with five, while juniors Mollie Ferguson, Mo Brenneman, Emma Yutzy and Aliese Gingerich added two a piece.
The schedule doesn’t get any easier for Iowa Mennonite, as the final week of regular season competition is heavy laden with SEISC teams. Monday, the teams travel to Lone Tree for a “pre-Christmas blizzard” reschedule. On Tuesday the ladies will travel east again to take on the Wildcats of Columbus, looking to avenge their three point loss on alumni night. After a day-long break, they travel to south division West Burlington for a junior varsity, varsity match up, and on Friday IMS will face Highland in the Husky territory.

In a weekend chock full of basketball, the Iowa Mennonite Girl’s basketball team found themselves in a must win situation with SEISC-North foe the Wapello Arrows.
Their previous match up was unfavorable for IMS, dropping a barn-burner of a game in the final seconds. This time, the home team would be the victor after breaking the Arrows 39-36.
Iowa Mennonite jumped out to an early lead, ahead by as many as four. At the end of the first period however, Wapello had closed the gap and taken the lead 7-6. The second quarter would see three lead changes between the two. As time ticked away before the break, IMS’s Laura Hochstetler nabbed three quick steals, turned them into three quick lay-ups and ignited the crowd into deafening ovation. Iowa Mennonite would hold a 20-17 leaded headed to the locker-rooms.
The second half was all IMS, as they kept Wapello on their heels through much of the third period. A late onslaught of shooting in the fourth by Wapello may have been hazardous, but the Arrows were forced to foul, sending junior point guard Mo Brenneman to the free throw line six times. Iowa Mennonite sealed the deal and captured their first Southeast Iowa Super Conference victory 39-36.
Junior Carly Unruh lead the IMS attach with nine points and five rebounds, while Hochstetler added a bucket to her three lay-ups for eight more. Brenneman finished the night with seven points, shooting five of 11 from the charity stripe. Junior Emma Yutzy and senior Nicole Hershberger each added six a piece, Hershberger also finished with nine rebounds. And rounding out the scoring for Iowa Mennonite was senior Kerri Hostetler with three points and two rebounds.
The night was especially momentous, as a post-game ceremony honored the five seniors. Linnea Slabaugh, Nicole Hershberger, Kerri Hostetler, Jackie Jensen, and Sara E. (statistician).

by Michelle Wade
Coming off a bleak performance in their match up with English Valleys, the Iowa Mennonite girl’s basketball team came ready and focused Monday, February 1, as they traveled to Lone Tree High School to take on the Lions in a rescheduled Southeast Iowa Super Conference game.
From the tip off, IMS was off and running, getting two quick points on a Mo Brenneman (junior) lay-up. Keeping the Lions on their heels, the Iowa Mennonite girl’s held a 10-7 advantage through the first period. Though Lone Tree took the lead in the second period, IMS closed out the first half of regulation with a 21-18 lead.
A lead they never relinquished until late in the fourth quarter, when the Lions took a 42-30 decision with three minutes remaining. Inexperience in late game management, and foul trouble kept Iowa Mennonite from getting any closer than 11 points of the Lions, finishing the night 44-33.
Leading scorers for Iowa Mennonite were Carly Unruh (junior) with nine points and five rebounds, while freshman Laura Hochstetler scored six in the first half. Senior Nicole Hershberger and junior Emma Yutzy each added five points, with five and four rebounds respectively. Brenneman would finish with four points. Junior Mollie Ferguson knocked in a basket and a free throw for three, and senior Linnea Slabaugh hit the second two free throws.

by Marc Pennington
The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks fell to the conference leading Iowa City Regina Regals in a CVC match-up Tuesday, January 19, at Regina 73-43. Regina got out of the gate quickly jumping to a 19-10 lead after a quarter. They pushed the lead to 39-20 at the half.
“In order to compete in this game, we needed to control tempo and eliminate their easy baskets,” said coach Marc Pennington, “but we were unable to do so.”
The Hawks fought back in the third quarter to cut the Regal lead to 16 after three. The young Hawks ran out of gas in the final frame and Regina continued to press the entire game to win by 30 points.
“In the defeat, their was still some improvement from the first time we played Regina and with them pressing the entire game, the deficit looks worse than the game was,” said Pennington. “I hope the girls remember this year and games like this as we get into the next few years in terms of teams pressing us ahead by 30. It should serve as motivation as we fully expect to complete for conference championships as soon as next year.”
Mid-Prairie was led by Meghan Redlinger and Erika Murphy with 8 points, Mallory McArtor had 7, Taylor Hershberger 5, Kattie Redlinger and Erin Cayton 4, and Olivia Lugar had 3. Mariah Swartzentruber led MP with 7 rebounds and Mallory McArtor had 5 steals.
MP 10 10 16 7 - 43
Regina 23 16 11 23 - 73
Mid-Prairie stats: Meghan Redlinger 4 0-1 8, 2 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 deflection, 2 assists; Erika Murphy 5 0-0 8, 2 3-point FG, 1 rebound, 1 deflection, 1 assist; Mallory McArtor 3 0-2 7, 5 rebounds, 5 steals, 8 deflections; Taylor Hershberger 2 1-2 5, 1 rebound, 1 steal, 1 assist; Erin Cayton 2 1-2 4, 5 rebounds, 4 steals, 2 deflections; Kattie Redlinger 2 0-0 4, 1 rebound, 1 steal, 3 deflections; 1 assist; Mariah Swartzentruber 2 0-0 4, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 deflections; 1 assist; Olivia Lugar 1 1-2 3, 2 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 deflection, 2 assists; Brittnee Stumpf 2 rebounds, 1 steal; Felicia Schulty 4 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 deflection, 1 assist.

by Coach Marc Pennington
The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks hung with the Tipton Tigers for a half before Tipton pulled away in the final half Friday, January 22, at Wellman. The final score was 40-58.
Mid-Prairie again struggled from the field and with costly turnovers.
Mid-Prairie was led by Taylor Hershberger with 11 points and six rebounds, Erika Murphy with eight points, and Jessie Butters with six points. Other scorers included Mariah Swartzentruber with four, Mallory McArtor 3, Kattie Redlinger, Olivia Lugar and Meghan Redlinger with two each, and Erin Cayton and Brittnee Stumpf with one each.
This game was the first annual “Pink Out.” Mid-Prairie wore pink uniforms and passed a collection can through the audience to raise money for and awareness of cancer.
Coach’s comments: We played a decent half but continue to struggle shooting the basketball on a consistent basis. We competed better and rebounded well, but we struggled containing their offense in the half court.
We would like to thank everyone that contributed to our Pink Out. We had a great crowd and the collection can raised $150 in donations that will go directly to the Washington County chapter of the American Cancer Society. It was a great night. Unfortunately we didn’t play as well as we would have hoped.
Mid-Prairie stats: Meghan Redlinger 1 0-0 2, 2 rebounds, 1 deflections; Olivia Lugar 1 0-0 2, 2 rebounds, 1 deflection; Erin Cayton 0 1-2 1, 2 steals, 1 assist; Mallory McArtor 0 3-6 3, 6 rebounds, 2 steals, 3 deflections, 3 assists; Kattie Redlinger 1 0-0 2, 4 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 deflection, 3 assists; Taylor Hershberger 4 3-3 11, 6 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 deflection; Brittnee Stumpf 0 1-2 1, 2 rebounds; Mariah Swartzentruber 2 0-0 4, 9 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 deflections; Erika Murphy 4 0-3 8, 2 rebounds, 1 steal, 4 deflections; Jessie Butters 2 2-5 6, 4 rebounds.

by Coach Marc Pennington
The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks fell to the conference-leading Iowa City Regina Regals in a Cedar Valley Conference match-up Tuesday, January 19, at Regina 73-43.
Regina got out of the gate quickly, jumping to a 19-10 lead after a quarter. They pushed the lead to 39-20 at the half.
Mid-Prairie played a very good third quarter, cutting the lead to 16. The young Hawks ran out of gas in the final frame, and Regina continued to press the entire game to win by 30.
Mid-Prairie was led by Meghan Redlinger and Erika Murphy with eight points each. Mallory McArtor had seven, Taylor Hershberger five, Kattie Redlinger and Erin Cayton had four each, and Olivia Lugar had three. Mariah Swartzentruber led Mid-Prairie with seven rebounds, and McArtor had five steals.
Coach’s comments: In order to compete in this game, we needed to control tempo and eliminate their easy baskets, but we were unable to do so.
We fought back some in the third quarter but got worn out in the fourth.
In the defeat, there was still some improvement from the first time we played Regina, and with them pressing the entire game, the deficit looks worse than the game was.
I really hope these kids remember this year and games like this as they get into the next few years in terms of pressing us ahead by 30, etc. It should serve as motivation as we fully expect to compete for conference championships as soon as next year.
Mid-Prairie stats: Meghan Redlinger 4 0-1 8, 2 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 deflection, 2 assists; Olivia Lugar 1 1-2 3, 2 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 deflection, 2 assists; Erin Cayton 2 0-2 4, 5 rebounds, 4 steals, 2 deflections; Mallory McArtor 3 1-2 7, 5 rebounds, 5 steals, 8 deflections; Kattie Redlinger 2 0-0 4, 1 rebound, 1 steal, 3 deflections, 1 assist; Taylor Hershberger 2 1-2 5, 1 rebound, 1 steal, 1 assist; Brittnee Stumpf 2 rebounds, 1 steal; Mariah Swartzentruber 2 0-0 4, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 deflections, 1 assist; Erika Murphy 3 0-0 8, 2 3-pointers, 1 rebound, 1 deflection, 1 assist; Felicia Schulty 4 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 deflection, 1 assist.

The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks boys’ basketball team defeated the West Branch Bears 53-46 Thursday, January 21, at home, avenging a January 15 loss to the Bears at West Branch.
Mid-Prairie held a slim 11-9 lead going into the second quarter, but the Bears were hot, outscoring Mid-Prairie 15-6 for a 24-17 halftime lead.
In the third quarter, the Golden Hawks turned the tables, scoring 17 points to the Bears’ four points, and taking a 34-28 lead into the last quarter.
Mid-Prairie narrowly won the fourth quarter, 19-18, and the Bears could not come back for a win.
Tanner Miller and Michael Aldeman scored in double figures for the Golden Hawks with 20 and 14 points, respectively. Miller led in rebounds with eight. Dylan Hochstetler had eight points and seven rebounds.
Mid-Prairie coach Don Showalter said, “We played very well in the second half and especially the third quarter where we held West Branch to only four points.  After a good first quarter and a very poor second quarter, I have to give our players alot of credit for putting it together the second half both from the mental and the physical standpoint. 
“Dylan Hochstetler played his second outstanding game in a row with six blocks and some tough defensive stops in the paint. 
“Players that deserve mention are Christian Swartzentruber and Ryan Harris.  Neither get a lot of playing time, but they work extremely hard and have great attitudes in practice which makes everyone better.  Both will be good players in the future as they are juniors. 
“Tanner Miller continues to get shots using his strength inside the paint.  I thought Mark and Michael Aldeman also gave us a consistent four quarters of play with assists and some good shots. 
“Quinn Hollan did not score as much as he sometimes does, but his defense is always consistent.
“I really like the effort our bench players continue to give the team - Aaron Smit, Robby Mostek, Michael Aldeman, Jordan Yotty and Oliver Hassman always seem to give us good minutes on the floor.”
M-P 11 6 17 19 - 53
WB 9 15 4 18 - 46 
Mid-Prairie stats: Mark Aldeman 2 0-1 4, 1 rebound, 1 steal, 4 assists; Michael Aldeman 4 4-4 14, 2 3-pointers, 1 rebound, 2 steals, 3 assists; Kaleb Duwa 0 1-2 1, 4 rebounds, 1 steal; Dylan Hochstetler 4 0-2 8, 7 rebounds, 2 steals, 3 assists; Quinn Hollan 1 0-0 2, 3 rebounds, 2 assists; Tanner Miller 9 2-4 20, 8 rebounds, 3 steals, 3 assists; Robby Mostek 1 0-0 2, 2 rebounds, 1 assist; Aaron Smit 1 0-1 2, 6 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 assist.

The Mid-Prairie boys’ basketball team squashed the Tipton Tigers at home Friday, January 22, 81-38. The Golden Hawks leaped out to a 14-3 lead after one quarter and didn’t look back.
Halftime score was 41-18. After three quarters, the lead was 66-28.
Fourteen Golden Hawks saw playing time, and 12 got in the scoring column. Leading all scorers was Tanner Miller with 26, shooting 72 percent from the field. Michael Aldeman was also in double figures with 11 points and had eight assists.
Mid-Prairie coach Don Showalter said, “This was probably one of our best overall games since Christmas both from the offensive and defensive standpoints as we started out controlling the game by playing great defense. 
“We limited a much-improved Tipton team to only three points in the first quarter. 
“I thought once again that Dylan Hochstetler really controlled the paint area by blocking shots and rebounding.  This allows us to play better pressure defense on the perimeter knowing that Dylan is ready to help. 
“We moved the ball very well as shown by our assist total led by Michael Aldeman’s eight assists.  All of our players contributed tonight which is great – Christian Swartzentruber, Robbie Mostek, Ryan Harris, Jordan Yotty, Myles Coppes, Kyle Bontrager, Oliver Hassman and Aaron Smit all came off the bench for some very nice minutes. 
“Tanner Miller continues to dominate both on the offensive end and defensive end of the court.  Mark Aldeman made some great decisions at the point guard spot and Quinn Hollan took the ball to the basket better than he has all season.  Kaleb Duwa played his best game probably since Christmas even though he has kind of a nagging shoulder injury. 
“I think our team has adjusted to three season-ending injuries that would have helped us a great deal  - Micah Berg, Christian Boehmer and Cody Bontrager.”
M-P 14 27 24 16 - 81
Tipton 3 15 10 10 - 38
Mid-Prairie stats: Mark Aldeman 3 1-1 7, 3 rebounds, 4 assists; Michael Aldeman 4 3-3 11, 2 rebounds, 4 steals, 8 assists; Myles Coppes 1 rebound; Kaleb Duwa 3 0-0 6, 2 rebounds, 4 steals, 4 assists; Ryan Harris 0 1-2 1, 1 assist; Oliver Hassman 0 2-2 2, 3 rebounds; Dylan Hochstetler 1 0-0 2, 4 rebounds, 3 steals; Quinn Hollan 2 3-3 7, 3 rebounds, 1 steal; Tanner Miller 13 0-0 26, 6 rebounds, 3 steals, 1 assist; Robby Mostek 1 0-0 2, 1 rebound, 1 steal, 2 assists; Aaron Smit 3 2-3 8, 6 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 assist; Christian Swartzentruber 1 2-2 5, 1 3-pointer, 1 rebound, 2 steals; Jordan Yotty 2 0-0 4, 5 rebounds, 1 steal, 2 assists.

by Michelle Wade
In the second game of a triangular with Pekin High School, the Iowa Mennonite girls’ basketball team scored first and quickly, as they won the jump. Senior Linnea Slabaugh, elevated over her Panther counter-part to win the tip, knocking the ball directly into the unguarded hands of point guard Mo Brenneman (junior), who drove the half length of the court for an uncontested lay up.
Pekin answered back with a quick three point bucket at the other end, but IMS regained the lead after a 3-0 scoring run. IMS would keep it close, down only five after one period of play. Through no lack of effort in the second quarter, Iowa Mennonite headed to the locker room to make adjustments, facing a 25-16 half time deficit.
IMS hung with the Panthers in the third, battling back from a 34-18 margin, to close out the period 39-24. Pekin put the game out of reach with a fast paced offense, and IMS would fall 53-34.
Junior Carly Unruh had a solid night inside for Iowa Mennonite scoring 16 points and nabbing 10 rebounds. Senior Nicole Hershberger added six in the paint, while junior Emma Yutzy and freshman Laura Hershberger had four points a piece. Mollie Ferguson and Mo Brenneman (juniors) each contributed for two and senior Kerri Hostetler added a free throw.

by Michelle Wade
The Iowa Mennonite girl’s basketball team hosted conference foe Winfield-Mt. Union Thursday night in a rescheduled game at Hillcrest Union. Icy conditions of the day before clung to IMS’s shooting effort through the first half, as they mustered only 15 points at the break. This score however, was only 11 behind the Wolves.
The first half deficit would prove too much for IMS to overcome in the second half of play, as they fell 52-37. Despite the ending score, Iowa Mennonite did find a bit of scoring rhythm late in the fourth quarter.
Iowa Mennonite was in scoring by juniors Emma Yutzy and Carly Unruh with nine points each. Senior Nicole Hershberger added eight from inside the paint. Two points a piece came from Mollie Ferguson (junior), Mo Brenneman (junior), Linnea Slabaugh (senior), Kerri Hostetler (senior), and Nicole Yoder (junior). A technical foul on WMU’s bench sent freshman Laura Hochstetler to line, where she knocked down one of two free throws.