Teams’ volleyball seasons come to a close

PRAIRIE GROVE — Volleyball seasons came to an end for Gentry and Gravette on Monday and Tuesday of last week in district tournament play at Prairie Grove, but Farmington and Prairie Grove punched their tickets to the Class 4A State volleyball tournament at Brooklyn this week with big wins Tuesday evening.

Both area teams prevailed in the District 4A-1 volleyball tournament quarterfinals at Prairie Grove’s Tiger Arena with the host Lady Tigers (No. 3 South) beating Gravette (No. 2 North) and Farmington (No. 2 South) downing Huntsville. Each squad advanced into the tournament semifinals to be played at 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 19, at Tiger Arena.

Farmington was to take on No. 1 North Pea Ridge in the early semifinal, while Prairie Grove was to square off against No. 1 South Christian in the late semifinal.

The consolation round was to be played at 5 p.m. Thursday, followed by the District 4A-1 championship game at 6:30 p.m.