Lady Plainsmen close 2025 volleyball season 16-16
By Emmalee Parsley Stevens
Grant Tribune Sentinel
The Perkins County Plainsmen Volleyball season closed the 2025 chapter last week in two subdistrict matches. They first played the Mitchell Tigers on October 28 for the first round of the subdistrict bracket. The following night they competed against the Valentine Badgers.
Mitchell
Lady Plainsmen hit the road to Valentine High School on October 28 to play against Mitchell Tigers in the first round of the NSAA subdistrict bracket. They played a total of four sets.
The Tigers proved to be good competition for the Plainsmen. In the first set, Lady Plainsmen overcame to beat tigers 25-21. Tigers backed down in the second set losing to Plainsmen in the second set as well, with a score of 25-13. Plainsmen lost the third set 25-22, but came back in the last set to win the match 25-23. Perkins County won three out of four sets and qualified for the final round of subdistricts.
Valentine
On October 29, the Lady Plainsmen remained in Valentine to play five sets against the Valentine Badgers
The first set was a close competition, both teams scored back and forth. The Plainsmen pulled ahead in the end to win 27-25. Plainsmen continued their winning streak into the second set beating tigers 25-23. However the Plainsmen fell short in the third set falling to Badgers 25-13. The Badgers continued to stay in the lead throughout the next two sets scoring 25-16 in the fourth and 15-9 in the fifth set.
Season Recap
The final record for the Lady Plainsmen Volleyball team was 16-16. The seniors on the 2025 team include Ava Seger, Tessa Uehling, Paige Franklin, and Kaylynn Macke. Head Coach Monica Cole reflected on the season saying, “I am proud of the fight they showed and how we ended, despite a 5 set loss in Sub-District Finals. The flexibility, the teamwork, the support of everyone on the team throughout the season shows that this team is bigger than just the wins and losses in the game of volleyball. They won in aspects of learning important life lessons along the way and they got outside of their comfort zones to become better players and humans. It was proven that they can do hard things with success to follow if they trust the process and go all-in for their team. Much growth with every player, from beginning to end, was very evident this season. Everyone is pushing everyone in the gym...coaches included. I can’t thank my assistants, Coach Lee and Coach Bri enough for all that they do for this program in helping build these young ladies as athletes and humans.”