BETTENDORF - Mike Morrissey nearly had a happy homecoming Wednesday night, but his Prairie Hawks fell just short in an agonizing defeat.

Pleasant Valley tripped Prairie, 31-24, in overtime in the opening round of the Class 4A playoffs at Pleasant Valley.

Pleasant Valley scored a touchdown with 10 seconds left in the fourth quarter and kicked the PAT to forge a 24-24 tie and force overtime.

The Spartans had the ball first in overtime and scored on a 5-yard run by Chase Kipper and Austin Adamson added the extra point. Prairie was not able to respond with a touchdown and went home with a tough defeat.

JoJo Simpson rushed for 203 yards for Prairie and scored two touchdowns, including an 89-yard jaunt to begin the scoring. Prairie took a 14-0 lead in the second quarter on a 5-yard touchdown by Keagan Pinter and Sam Drysdale's PAT, but Pleasant Valley rallied in the second half.

Brendon Bormann scored on a 20-yard run and Tyler Flanders tallied on a 27-yard run as Pleasant Valley grabbed a 17-14 advantage. Drysdale tied the game, 17-17, with a 44-yard field goal for Prairie.

Prairie took a 24-17 lead with 3:38 left in the game on a 2-yard touchdown run by Simpson and the PAT, but Pleasant Valley came back and forced overtime with just 10 seconds left.

Morrissey played quarterback at Pleasant Valley during his high school days and was hoping to score a big victory over his alma mater, but the Hawks fell a little short.

Prairie ended the season with a 4-6 record. Pleasant Valley advanced to the second round at 7-3.

Prairie           7  7  0  10  0 - 24
Pleasant Valley   0  3  7  14  7 - 31

Scoring summary

CRP-JoJo Simpson 89 run (Sam Drysdale kick)
CRP-Keagan Pinter 5 run (Drysdale kick)
PV-Austin Adamson 33 field goal
PV-Brendon Bormann 20 run (Adamson kick)
PV-Tyler Flanders 27 run (Adamson kick)
CR-Drysdale 44 field goal
CR-Simpson 2 run (Drysdale kick)
PV-Bormann 1 run (Adamson kick)
PV-Chase Kipper 5 run (Adamson kick)

CRP        PV

First downs         12         20
Rushes-yards        40-276     47-315
Pass yards          43         11
Total yards         319        326
Comp-att-int        3-4-0      1-4-1
Fumbles-lost        3-1        1-0
Penalties           2-15       4-35

Individual stats

RUSHING

Prairie-Keagan Pinter 13-44, JoJo Simpson 17-203, Ben Boldt 4-12, Tyler Nunemaker 5-10, Hunter Johnson 1-7.

Pleasant Valley-Chase Kipper 13-55, Tyler Flanders 14-117, Brendon Bormann 29-142, CJ Carter 1-1.

PASSING

Prairie-Nunemaker 3-4-0, 43 yards.
Pleasant Valley-Kipper 1-4-1, 11 yards.

RECEIVING

Prairie-Pinter 1-0, Connor Grade 2-43.
Pleasant Valley-Carter 1-11.