At State for only the third time in school history and first time since 2011 the lady Dragons of Valley Falls hoisted the Class 2-1A State softball State Champion trophy for the first time in school history. 

After a thrilling walk-off win in the first round, 2-1 in eight innings over Northern Heights the Dragons continued their mojo at State on Friday in Pratt and rattled off two more wins to win the 2-1A State title. The Dragons beat the one seed Sedan in the Semifinals routing them 15-0 and then downed Ellinwood 11-2 in the Championship game. 

In the Semifinals Valley Falls jumped on the one seed, Sedan early with a nine run first inning and cruised to the five inning 15-0 win. The Dragons out-hit Sedan 17-3 and Allison Kearney threw five innings of three-hit shutout softball to earn the win in the circle. Leading the 17-hit attack for Valleys in the win was Reagan Kirwood and Taylor Long who each had four hits, while Laikyn Hawk registered three hits. Kirkwood tallied four RBI's and Long had three RBI's in the Valley Falls win. 

Moving into the Championship game Valley Falls took on Ellinwood for the Class 2-1A State title and again grabbed the early lead plating a pair of runs in the top of the first and added three in the third to lead 5-0. But Ellinwood battled back making it 5-2 after runs in the fourth and fifth. Looking to finished out the game the Dragons picked the offense back up in the sixth with four runs and two more in the seven to earn the 11-2 win. Dragons were led by Kearney again as she pitched all seven innings giving up two runs on five hits while striking out five to earn the win and also recorded three hits. Jenna Kramer and Mallory Burns each added a multi-hit game for Valley Falls in the win. 

A 3-0 run at State closed out a season to remember for the lady Dragons of Valley Falls as they finished the year 22-4 and 2-1A State Champs, winning 17-straight to end the year to claim the first softball State title in school history.