The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk and Keota Eagle baseball teams open the season tonight in Keota.

Mid-Prairie enters play off of a 13-18 overall record in 2016. The Hawks return eight of their top nine offensive players from a year ago, led by Karson Gingerich and his .312 average. Mid-Prairie also returns four of their top five arms on the mound, led by freshman Brad Tornow who finished his eighth grade campaign with a microscopic 1.58 ERA.

Keota was 11-11 a season ago. The Eagles lost three of their top four All-South Iowa Cedar League selections to graduation but due return all-conference performer Jacob Wickenkamp. Wickenkamp finished last year with 27 innings of work on the hill and hit .307 at the plate.

You can hear all of the action between the Eagles and the Golden Hawks tonight on AM 1380, FM 102.5 and KCIIradio.com, beginning with the Washington HyVee pregame show at 5:30 and first pitch at 6p.m.