Parker Fitch fired his second consecutive no-hitter and helped the Prairieview Ogden Junior High baseball team increase its winning streak to nine.

Fitch pitched 4 1/3 hitless innings on Tuesday (Sept. 7) at home against Gifford in a 5-0 win. The game was called at that juncture by inclement weather.

Fitch was also 2-for-2 at the plate and stole two bases.

On Thursday (Sept. 9), Coy Hayes pitched his second shutout and the team’s fifth as PVO completed its home schedule with a 5-0 win over Bismarck-Henning.

Hayes threw 6 2/3 innings, yielding one hit while striking out 10. Reliever Lane McKinney retired the only batter he faced to finish off the shutout.

McComas totaled three hits. Fitch and Kodey McKinney each swatted two hits. Fitch stole three bases.

On Saturday (Sept. 4), PVO scored in double figures for the ninth time this season, overpowering Villa Grove 14-2 at home.

Jemeson Ehler picked up the win after throwing four innings. He allowed four hits and one walk while fanning seven batters.

Vance McComas led the offensive assault. He was 3-for-3 (with two doubles) and drove in four runs. Kodey McKinney finished with two hits and four stolen bases.

PVO won the Three Rivers Conference with a 10-1 league record.

On Friday (Sept. 10), PVO dropped a 17-9 decision to St. Matthew.

Coy Hayes staked PVO to an early lead, slugging a three-run homer in the first inning.

Dalton York, Casen Goff and Ehler shared the pitching load.

The teams were tied, 8-8, going into the bottom of the fifth inning.

PVO regrouped in its regular-season finale against Next Generation on Tuesday (Sept. 14).

Three pitchers combined to throw a perfect game in a 14-0 triumph. Fitch struck out seven in two innings. Hayes pitched an inning, as did Lane McKinney, who registered a strikeout to end the game.

Hitting heroes were Hayes and Kaden Wedig with two apiece. McComas knocked in four runs.

The Mustangs are 14-3 overall and return to action on Saturday (Sept. 18) in an IESA Class 1A regional semifinal game at Champaign St. Matthew against either fourth-seeded Champaign Next Generation or fifth-seeded Homer Heritage. PVO is the No. 1 seed.

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Prairieview Ogden bounced back from a first-game loss to post two consecutive wins by the 10-run rule.

The Mustangs dispatched Homer Heritage 12-0 on Monday (Aug. 16) after overpowering Salt Fork 13-2 on Saturday (Aug. 14).

Dalton York fired a one-hitter against Homer, walking no one and striking out eight batters.

PVO put the game away with a six-run third inning. Kaden Wedig, Kodey McKinney, Jansen Maury and York all had run-scoring hits in the inning.

Wedig finished the game 3-for-3 at the plate.

Against Salt Fork, Coy Hayes pitched four innings of scoreless ball and notched the win. He allowed two hits, walked no one and fanned nine.

The Mustangs expanded a 1-0 lead with a seven-run second-inning outburst.

York, McKinney, Hayes and Parker Fitch all wound up with two hits.

Vance McComas, McKinney, Fitch, Hayes, Jemeson Ehler and Wedig registered hits for PVO in its season-opening baseball game, an 11-3 loss at St. Joseph on Wednesday (Aug. 11).

The Mustangs used four pitchers. Starter Fitch suffered the loss. He was followed to the hill by York, Graham Ray and Hayes.

York was a bright spot defensively with his play at second base.

PVO is 2-1.

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