For most teams, making the state tournament would be a successful season.
Prairie isn’t most teams. The Falcons have standards befitting a five-time state champion. So seeing their season end in the regional round of the state tournament stuck with Prairie’s players during the offseason.
“We definitely have a bitter feeling about last year’s finish,” said Brooke Walling.
Walling, a 6-foot-3 junior post, is the reigning All-Region player of the year. She leads a team that has no seniors.
But that doesn’t mean Prairie is inexperienced. Cassidy Gardiner, a 5-foot-8 guard/forward, was first-team all-league as a sophomore. Junior Mallory Williams and sophomore Allison Corral were key players last year.
“We’re excited with how young we are,” Walling said. “People are probably going to underestimate us. We’re going to show them what Prairie is all about.”
