The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk softball team is back in action Wednesday when they host the West Burlington Notre Dame Falcons in Kalona. Mid-Prairie is 6-5 on the year, 4-2 in the River Valley Conference, following a sweep at the hands of No. 4 in Class 2A Wilton on the road Monday by 4-2 and 11-6 scores. This season, the Hawks are hitting .381 as a team with 86 runs on 102 hits. Sophie Miller has a .529 average with 18 hits and 13 runs scored, all team leading numbers. She is one of five Hawks hitting .400 or better. Brenna Jehle leads Mid-Prairie with 16 RBI. In the circle, the Hawks have a team ERA of 3.50 with a .255 opponent batting average in 62 innings, giving up 66 hits, 31 earned runs, 25 walks and 56 strikeouts. Sydney Knebel has worked a team high 37 innings with a 2.65 ERA.

West Burlington Notre Dame is 8-4 this season, 4-1 in the Southeast Iowa Superconference South Division. They were 12-0 winners over Mediapolis Tuesday night in four innings. The Falcons are hitting .443 collectively with 115 runs on 120 hits. Lauren Summers is hitting an eye-popping .778 to lead the team. She is one of three Falcons over .600 with a total of five players over .400 in the lineup. Anna Engberg has a team best 22 hits with Madalynn Knapp’s 26 batted in best. In the circle, Notre Dame has a team ERA of 5.02 in 54 innings with a .301 opponent average. They have given up 69 hits, 39 earned runs, 25 walks and have struck out 73. Summers has gotten most of the work with an 8-1 record in 44 frames with a 2.39 ERA.

The Falcons have won three of the last four in the series, including a 12-2 victory in their most recent meeting in 2019. You can hear all of the action live tonight on AM 1380, FM 102.5 and KCIIradio.com, beginning with the Jessica Yoder and Sarah Bigley with Lepic Kroeger Realtors pregame show at 6:30 and first pitch at 7p.m. from Kalona.