Why have the traditional Louisville area vb powers fallen off so much? 

17 hours ago, Royal Blue said:

Why have the traditional Louisville area vb powers fallen off so much? 

They haven’t fallen off so much, NDA got a lot better over the last 4-5 years and St Henry had a generational team last year. Assumption  isn’t as good as they were in 18 or 19, but ‘18 might be the best HS team of all time.  This year’s Assumption was plenty good enough to win State, NDA was just better. Same with last year’s Sacred Heart, but St Henry was just better. 

Assumption wins last year if Helmer’s kid doesn’t get concussion (she didn’t play in regionals due to concussion).  Assumption wins this year too if Helmer’s didn’t decide to stop playing and focus on college.   She signed 2 days ago with Texas.    She’s that good. 

If? We’re going with “if”?
Helmers didn’t play this year, and NDA went 3-0 against them. Also, Taylor Preston got hurt against Assumption last year, when Helmers was healthy. St Henry was a better team than Assumption when Preston was on the floor and Helmers was healthy. They weren’t beating St Henry even with Helmers last year. 

Assumption beat St Henry in the regular season before the tourney.  They wld have won and this year every-time NDA beat Assumption it was w/o Helmers.    

2 hours ago, Emmitt22 said:

Assumption beat St Henry in the regular season before the tourney.  They wld have won and this year every-time NDA beat Assumption it was w/o Helmers.    

Yes, Assumption beat SH in the regular season last year. But as I pointed out, Taylor Preston got hurt during that match. Before Taylor got hurt, St Henry was outplaying Assumption. So no, Assumption would not have won last year because when Helmers was healthy for AHS, and Preston was healthy for SH, we saw what would have happened. Secondly, there’s no way to know what would have happened this year with Helmers. I’m aware of how good she is. But we can play “what if” all day long. “What if” NDA doesn’t lose a transfer to St Henry? I don’t know if you watched the NDA/AHS semifinal match or not, but it wasn’t a lack of offense by AHS that was the difference. NDA’s defense was next level and AHS had some serious first contact issues. NDA was just better this year, and I don’t think Helmers would have changed the outcome. 

Agreed.   Schrand was amazing!   Great get by UL  

we can disagree.