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The public schools where I live just recently FINALLY added basketball at the grade school level. They had boosters for basketball which was held at one school. The success has been very good for the past 6+ years that some of the other public schools have begun their own teams which is wonderful news IMO. Now across the river in Ohio, this has been going on for YEARS, why it took KY so long I don't know. But Ohio also supports football and baseball, albeit this is normally for boys, they have been working on the girls end also, but slower. This is a great opportunity to keep the kids in shape and have fun. Perhaps some of our high school girls can lend their expertise and experience onto the younger girls in both public and private elementary schools. Great chance to give back to the community.

Great pics again! You just gotta love the girls showing their school spirit : ) Congrats NCC on your win!!!! Great job keeping NKY alive in the run for state.

Word has it at NDA that the sisters are considering letting the girls out early in order to attend the match. I have not heard anything about a bus. Using a bus would permit all the girls to attend, even the Freshman and Sophmores who may not have the ability to drive themselves there or be reliant upon their parents who will be working. In addition, how cool would that be to have a bus load of fans dropped off to cheer their team to victory. How fun would it be to be on the bus! I guess we just have to wait and see what the sisters decide.

paNDA you did an amazing job once again. Thank you so much for covering our games! You really capture the excitement of the games.

We sure hope so!!! GO PANDAS win #9 in '09!!!!!! :dancingpa

Way to go Vicki and Scott and team, you played awesome!!!!! Hope to see you at State:dancingpa

Congratulations Leslie you deserve this. You are not only athletically gifted but also academically, just a great all around kid. You show class on the court with your upbeat can do personality. Your leadership skills will take you far in your career. Morehead is one lucky school to have you next year.:dancingpa

The host is Ryle this year.

Congratulation Natalie, you so deserve this!!!!!

Can someone post the link to this information. I can't seem to find this on the KHSAA website

OMG what a match, I can't recall all the scores but NDA won the 1st and the 4th game taking it to 5 games and winning it all 15-12.:dancingpa Great match ladies and what a week, beating two Louisville teams. They head out to Chicago for the Asics tourney. Good luck PANDAS!!!!!

:dancingpa Way to go Pandas!!!!!

Seems like this is the second occurance when fans/parents get a bit out of hand and forget that we are examples to our children and represent the school. The images of a school can be very fragile and unsportsmanship conduct by the fans can be viewed as a "black eye" to the school. We all can get caught up in the excitement of a match/game but we represent the school as much as our players. The players are held accountable for poor sportsmanship and it appears that the fans/parents may need to be reminded of their role and responsiblity to the team. Just my thoughts.

What an awesome match last night in Louisville. It went 5 games but NDA came out on top!!! 25-22, 19-25,14-25, 25-20 and 15-13 Congratulation ladies :dancingpa Nice article which mentions how this is SHA fourth defeat to a KY team and the first by a KY team outside of Louisville. Huge accomplishment for the Pandas! Great wave to ride in to play Mercy Louisville tomorrow night at home.

I have to tell you the crowd and excitement was amazing. Both schools cheering section was exciting to behold. At times, the cheering was so loud many folks were covering their ears!!! The match was everything it was pumped up to being. The Crusdaders came out strong as did the Pandas. The first two game's score tell the story, it was a nail biter. But the Pandas continued to ride the wave of momentum to bring it home in three. A fantastic game played by both teams :dancingpa All of the money will be donated to the "I Have Wings" foundation. A very worthy cause that helps ladies with breast cancer in many different ways. From a wig, to a mattress, to meals, to helping them pay their utilities. The foundation is amazing and we are so very lucky to have them to help those during what can be very difficult times. Thank again to EVERYONE from both teams for making this a wildly successful evening. Thanks girls for playing so hard, it was a very exciting match to watch.

Congrats Bred on another win. :thumb: Any numbers for the St Henry VS NDA game tomorrow? ha ha

I agree completely. Vicki and staff are doing an AWESOME job. The team is young and developing. Their potential is just being tapped this year Congrats Breds on your win! Nice match Mustangs.

CC played a very tough match against NDA. Congrats CC on a great match! Appears NDA coaching staff has not yet "found" their starting line up as witness to their performance this weekend as well as yesterday's match against CC. This needs to be determined very quickly as they head into their toughest matches of the season.

BTW NDA took the match in 2. 25-17 and 25-17 :dancingpa

I hope nothing serious, she is a key player to that team!

Congratulation NCC - nice job! :dancingpa

Sorry, the Blue Grass Games I don't know where they were held at. Perhaps a local team member could share that information

So how did our local NKY teams do? Simon Kenton, Scott, Ryle, Boone, etc?

:dancingpaWay to go Vicki!!!!! :dancingpa

It is unclear to me why the public elementary schools are not encouraging young ladies to play VB by hosting teams for them. Many of this gals are not even introduced to what a VB is until they attend middle school which is a huge diservice to them and puts them behind those in the parocial school systems. Which then ultimately feeds into the high school systems which in NKY is why NDA and St H, NCC do better than some of the public high schools due to experience of the years which the girls have had their hands on a VB.