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On Saturday, November 18, more than 200 Special Olympic bowlers participated in the State Competition. Seven Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks were among the athletes who earned their way to the Cedar Rapids Bowling Center. 

State qualifiers for Mid-Prairie were Anthony McGaffey, Jaxon Armstrong, Stephanie Jimenez, Brianna Weber, John Miller, Mason Sieren, and Landon Sparks. With respective scores of 158 and 159 Sieren and McGaffey both placed second in their divisions. Third-place finishers for the Golden Hawks were Sparks with 178 points and Miller with 205 points. Jimenez scored 165, which earned a fourth-place finish, while Weber’s 148 and Armstrong’s 122 earned them both fifth.