It wasn’t just Osceola Middle School and Yearling Middle School who faced each other when their softball teams met twice in the regular season. There was a lot of Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School present, too.

PECS athletic teams haven’t resumed playing since the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020, but the school’s student-athletes have been starring in fall, winter and spring sports at nearby schools.

In softball, Yearling won the first meeting against Osceola, 11-6, on March 3. Osceola evened things up with a 3-2 win March 24.

It didn’t take long for Yearling to rebound from the loss as it topped Imagine School of Vero Beach, 11-6, a few days later.