Golden Hawks score win in season-opening volleyball tourney at Bondurant-Farrar

BONDURANT

Mid-Prairie, which has won Iowa 3A Regional championships the last two years, defeated 4A Bondurant-Farrar and took 3A seventh-ranked Mount Vernon to a dramatic third set in Thursday’s season-opening quad tournament in Bondurant.

Golden Hawks co-head coach Zeb Evans liked what he saw from a team that has just one senior, Morgyn Bender, who had not played a high school varsity volleyball match until Thursday, and a lineup packed with underclassmen and eighth grader Jaycee Flynn.

Mid-Prairie swept Bondurant-Farrar, 25-19 and 25-21, and lost to Mount Vernon 17-15 in a deciding third set.

“We’re ready,” Evans said. “Our ball control is very good. We’re where we need to be.”

5A No. 5 Dowling Catholic, featuring three NCAA DI recruits, won the mini tournament by defeating Mid-Prairie, Mount Vernon and Bondurant-Farrar.

The Golden Hawks will be one of eight teams competing Saturday in the Central Lee Invitational.