Girls Soccer Marches Past MEPO in Regional Semis; Knights End Historic Run Shy of State
*Hillcrest Academy shares with the MP Golden Hawks Girls Soccer Program*
Article Credit: Zach Ulin/KCII
May 29, 2025
Hawks March Past MEPO in Regional Semis; One Step From State
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The run through the regional tournament continued Wednesday night for the Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk girls soccer team. The road warriors won their second playoff game-in-a-row away from Wellman, taking down Mediapolis at Archer Field 2-1. The Golden Hawks grabbed a 1-0 lead early, and held that to intermission. After break, each team would find the back of the net once, the Hawks during game action, the Bullettes on a PK. Mid-Prairie had six shots on goal and four corner kicks. Meadow Flynn scored her team leading 11th goal and Avery Helmuth had her second strike of the year. Kyla Karnes had her first assist of the season. Ruth Whitthoft shut down the MEPO offense in goal, making six saves. Mid-Prairie is 7-10-3 after the win as Mediapolis ends their season 11-6-1. The Golden Hawks travel to the Quad Cities Friday to face Davenport Assumption in a substate final, Mid-Prairie is looking for the program’s first ever bid to the State Tournament.
May 31, 2025
No. 3 Knights End Hawks Historic Run Shy of State
The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk girls soccer team saw their season wrap up Friday night in the Regional Final round of the Class 1A tournament, falling to the No. 3 Davenport Assumption Knights 8-0. After the first 10 minutes went by scoreless, Assumption got the offense started to run up a 5-0 lead at the break and added three more goals in the second half. The Knights out shot the Hawks 18-0 in total and had 11 corner kicks. It was too much firepower from Dru Dorsey for Assumption who led the club with five goals, Gabby Stoffregen, Maddy Martinez and Maddi Tolle had one goal apiece. Stoffregen had three assists, Dorsey and Anna Weiman had one. Golden Hawk goalkeeper Niva Helmuth made 25 saves.
Assumption advances to their 14th straight state tournament with the win and stands at 12-4-1 on the season. Mid-Prairie ends the year 7-11-3, with their first ever trip to the Regional Finals in school history. The Golden Hawks say goodbye to seniors Lydia Beachy, Kyla Karnes and Zoey Curtiss.