Wilton High School played host to a pair of River Valley Conference douleheaders Monday when the Beavers entertained the Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks. In a top 15 matchup on the baseball diamond, the No. 7 ranked Hawks swept No. 15 Wilton 10-1 and 14-3 in just five innings. The opener was tight early, with Mid-Prairie scoring once in the second and fourth innings to lead 2-0, but the Hawks would open things up with five in the fifth, one in the sixth and a pair in the seventh to finish the win. Golden Hawk Aidan Rath took the start on the mound, firing his first career no-hitter and striking out 13. The Mid-Prairie offense ended with 14 hits. Rath and Keegan Gingerich had three hits and one RBI each with Rath hitting a solo home run to retake the solo state lead with nine homers. Alex Bean drove in two at the plate. In the nightcap Mid-Prairie finished a wire-to-wire win 14-3 in five innings. The Hawks scored in every inning but the fifth, putting up two in the first, six in the second and three each in the third and fourth frames. Wilton got one in the second and two runs in the fifth. Karson Grout recorded the complete game on the hill for Mid-Prairie, going all five innings, giving up three runs on seven hits, striking out seven. At the plate, Vinny Bowlin was three for four with six RBI on a homer and two doubles. Grout had three hits and drove in three, Gingerich knocked in two. Mid-Prairie head coach Kyle Mullet talked after the game about his team’s night. “We were able to pound the strike zone. Locate the fastball and throw the off-speed for strikes. When we are able to put that together with our offense and take care of things defensively, we are going to put up runs and put good baseball teams away. We are going to be a tough team to beat when we can do all three. That’s what it takes to win ballgames, go deep in the tournament and bring home titles.”

Mid-Prairie is now 13-4 on the year and hosts Muscatine tonight.

The Golden Hawk softball team dropped both ends of a doubleheader on the road to No. 2 Wilton 12-0 in the first contest and 8-2 in the second. The first game took just four innings as the Beavers scored four in the first, three in the second, two in the third and three runs in the fourth. Mid-Prairie managed singles from Dakota Mitchell and Myah Lugar. Lugar threw three and a third innings, giving up 13 hits and 12 runs. In the second game, the Beavers led start to finish, scoring five in the first, two in the second and one more in the fifth. Mid-Prairie got single tallies in the second and sixth innings. Landry Pacha had two hits, Lugar had one RBI. Lugar took the loss in the circle, going one inning, giving up five hits and five runs. The Golden Hawks are 4-22 on the season and travel to Washington tonight.