Pirate football falls to Marionville in double overtime

The Ash Grove High School football team hosted Class 1, sixth ranked Marionville on Friday, Oct. 16 and fell to the Comets 38-30 in double overtime. The pirates also celebrated senior night, honoring multiple football players as well as seniors from the band and cheerleading programs. Also honored was sole girls golf senior Rylee Allred
 
Ash Grove falls to 5-3 on the season and will finish up the regular season on the road at Sarcoxie this Friday night. With the loss, the Pirates maintain their third place standing in the Class 1, District 3 race with 36 points. Marionville leads the district with 43.23 points, followed by Miller (40.42 points), Ash Grove, Pierce City (35.14 points) and Diamond (19.53 points).
 
Volleyball
 
The Lady Pirates volleyball team ended the regular season on a high note, defeating both Skyline and Sarcoxie.
 
On Thursday, Oct. 15, Ash Grove traveled to Skyline and came home with a three-set win, 25-15, 25-21 and 25-22.
 
Milie Willmon led Ash Grove with 15 digs and 14 assists, Allie Nicholson added 10 digs and 14 assists, Chloe King had 13 digs, Collins Rust chipped in 12 digs and Bristol Lathrop and Michelle Harwood each had 10 digs in the win.
 
The Lady Pirates traveled to Sarcoxie on Tuesday, Oct. 13 and came home with a three-set win, 25-20, 25-17 and 25-21.
 
Lathrop led with 16 kills, Willmon was the leader with 15 assists, Nicholson added 10 assists and Samantha Schlinder and Harwood each had 10 digs to pace the team
 
Ash Grove is now 24-8-1 on the season and will next play in the semifinals of the Class 2, District 11 Tournament at Diamond on Monday, Oct. 26. The Lady Pirates are the top seed in the district tournament, followed by Miller, Sarcoxie, Stockton, New heights Christian Academy and Diamond. 
 
The opening round of the tournament was scheduled to get underway tomorrow night, with the semifinals taking place on Monday, Oct. 26 and the championship game on Tuesday, Oct. 27.