2013 NKY volleyball rankings

I don't think there is any question that NDA will be the #1 team in Northern Kentucky next year. St. Henry will probably play NDA tough as these types of rivalry matches sometimes yield unexpected results, but on-paper NDA looks stronger. I am still waiting to see a team other than NDA and St. Henry truly compete for that top spot in the Ninth Region. NewCath has moved over to the Ninth, and as others have said I think they will find it difficult to get through the Region and progress to State.

With that being said, my question has been at what point in the future will a team outside of NDA and St. Henry represent the Ninth Region? I would certainly like Ryle to do it in 2013, but I think they are still a notch or two below NDA.

The equation with volleyball seems to be straightforward - start volleyball early (at least by 4th-5th grade), play club volleyball at a good club that teaches sound fundamentals and plays a competitive schedule, and then hope your school is lucky enough to have volleyball players with sufficient height to compete in the front row against the better teams. That’s oversimplified but not far from it in my opinion.

Personally, I think it will be a great when other schools begin to break the stranglehold that NDA and St. Henry have over volleyball in the region. At that point, the yearly volleyball conversation will become much more interesting.