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There’s clearly a better way to do this. It shouldn’t matter what baseball, soccer, and basketball do when it comes to volleyball. Just like soccer shouldn’t matter for baseball, baseball for basketball, and so on. And yes, Sacred Heart was in the tournament and got knocked out. But if the tournament was seeded the way it could be, and should be, we wouldn’t be seeing a state tournament full of sweeps right now. It’s okay to admit there’s a better way. You’re not going to hurt KHSAA’s feelings. I’m sure they’d like to do things the best way possible for each sport. Somebody just needs to tell them how.

Yes, Assumption has a ton of D1 talent. I think they have around 10 or 11 D1 commits. Ohio State, Duke, Louisville, Texas A&M... it’s crazy how deep they are.

Agreed, it does happen in some of those other sports. However, Volleyball has long ago found a better way to crown champions. They do it just about every other weekend from January into July. USAV, JVA, and AAU all crown their National Champions using the standard volleyball format. No reason KHSAA can’t follow the lead of the people that know volleyball best.

Anyone interested in following live, twitter feed for @khsaaevents has frequent updates on whichever match is being played. The link on their posts will connect you to real time scores and stats, which updates often and has a nice play by play box at the bottom. Highly recommended if you’re looking for live updates.

Henderson County, now ranked 82. They moved up from 103 according to MaxPreps. I’m sure their information is incomplete, giving them a lower ranking than what they’d otherwise have with complete info, but my point stands. Sacred Heart is unquestionably the 3rd best team in the state, and isn’t in this tournament.

Also.... are we sure we’re deciding the state championship the right way when the #3 team is at home and the #103 team is in the tournament?

Mercy can probably keep it close. Assumption has too many guns and plays defense too well for anyone else to compete.

It really was crazy. Both teams ran out of subs. Players that never serve were serving and playing back row on both sides!

You are correct, it was Senior Night for Ryle, and they played well!

Agreed. The Pandas looked great, and the event was better than ever! Gormally came out and helped set the tone with some monster swings and blocks. This was a huge team win, every player stepped up and did their part. On to Louisville tomorrow to face the best team in the country!

Joe Danneman from Fox 19 was there and did a nice segment. It’s on their website and social media. But I agree, there should be quite a bit more coverage.

Final scores 25-18 25-17 21-25 25-17 Shannon Gormally - MVP

St Henry wins 25-23, 26-24, 25-15.

I don’t know enough about Mother McAuley this year to say definitively one way or the other.... but I do know St. Henry has the talent. If they play well, they can win that pool. Same thing about The Webb School for NDA, I don’t know anything about them (except they have some kids that play club for K2, so they’re probably pretty good). If NDA can win their pool, they’ll most likely get Assumption first thing Saturday morning! Ryle will definitely need their best effort for Dublin Coffman, but crazier things have happened! Hoping for NKY to make a strong showing!

St Henry has a brutal week. Assumption on Tuesday, Ursuline on Thursday, Mercy McAuley and Centerville on Saturday.

Brian Hilvert is the new coach.

Yes, this is correct.