PRAIRIE CITY — Although it was a much stronger effort from the Class 2A No. 9 Prairie City-Monroe baseball team than the first time it squared off with No. 3 North Polk, Wednesday night offered up another tough loss.

With the game tied at 1-1 in regulation, it took two more innings for a decision between the two ranked teams before the conference-leading Comets earned a hard-fought 3-1 victory over the Mustangs.

“We played a hell of a ballgame, but came up on the short side,” PCM coach Shaun Hudnut said. “What we really talked about with our kids today was just coming in and getting back on the right track and taking the right steps to get ourselves ready for districts.”