Mid-Prairie goes 0-4 at tough Durant tournament

Mid-Prairie faced some tough competition at Saturday?s Durant tournament, and the Golden Hawks went 0-4 on the day, failing to win even one set.

Mid-Prairie (6-21) opened the tournament by facing Solon, the sixth-ranked Class in 4A, and the Spartans swept the Golden Hawks by scores of 21-9 and 21-14. Muscatine then swept Mid-Prairie by scores of 21-11 and 21-12, and Davenport West defeated the Golden Hawks by scores of 21-3 and 21-6. Finally, Grinnell swept Mid-Prairie by scores of 25-19 and 25-17 to hand the Golden Hawks their 11

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straight defeat.

?This was a tough day for us,? Mid-Prairie head coach Melissa Stumpf said. ?Durant puts on a great tournament with a lot of tough teams. As the day went on, we had our ups and downs, but overall played well. We were close in a lot of our matches, but couldn?t push to 21 or 25. We did great at playing point-for-point with the teams, but were not able to get the final drive to get us over the top.?

Senior Jess Butters had 10 kills and five blocks on the day to lead the Golden Hawks. Juniors Courtney Cayton and Courtney Shalla added eight kills apiece, and sophomore Taylor Kurtz had seven kills. Senior Kari Horesowsky totaled 16 assists, and Shalla had 13. Horesowsky had a team-high 12 digs, and senior Mallory McArtor added 10. Shalla had nine digs, and junior Shaylee Brown chipped in eight.