One week remains in the regular season and several teams have seemed to separate themselves from the rest of the region. However, they need to keep their guards up knowing the other teams will try with everything possible to knock them off.
1. Bishop Brossart (30-3)
The ‘Stangs wrapped up an undisputed top seed in the 37th District Tournament with a 3-0 win over Calvary Christian before knocking off Boone County and Grant County. Brossart is 9-0 against region teams and finishes the regular season on Thursday at home against Montgomery County at 7:30 p.m.
In the win over Grant County, Evelyn Laker and Audrey Arnold had seven kills each with Callie Ritter recording six kills to go with three blocks. Laker and Arnold had seven digs each with Grace Frommeyer tallying 13. Arnold also had six aces with Aubrey Rebholz dishing out 26 assists.
2. George Rogers Clark (18-6)
The Cardinals handled Estill County then completed a perfect 6-0 run through the 40th District seed play with a 3-1 win over Paris. GRC is 7-0 against region opponents.
In the win over Estill County, Elayna Swart had 14 kills and Brooke Gough had seven, with Amy McCormick tallying six. Anna Cooper dished out 29 assists with Eva Walker leading the Cardinals with 10 digs and six aces. Addison Palmer added seven digs and Gough had three aces.
George Rogers Clark finishes the regular season with a tough home game against the four-time defending 13th Region champion Whitley County Colonels.
3. Montgomery County (20-12)The Indians lost to Rowan County before hitting the road to beat Fleming County. Erin Fawns leads the hitting attack with Ava Hudson providing sound all-around play. Setter Meredith Miles dishes nice balls to the team that has seven players standing 5-11 and taller.
Montgomery County hosts Powell County on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
4. Paris (13-9)
The Hounds knocked off Lafayette, 3-2 on Tuesday before losing to GRC to finish 2-4 in district seed play. They finished 3-2 in the Halloween Smash Tournament at Lafayette. In the loss to Cooper, Mia Mason had six kills, seven assists with Molly Mason recording seven assists, three aces and seven digs. Angie Romero led Paris with nine digs.
Paris hosts Bracken County on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
5. Bourbon County (15-12)
The Colonels came back from fall break and went 2-1 in a quad match at Trinity Christian on Saturday. The wins came over Henry County and Wolfe County. Izzy Jett continues to lead the Colonels on defense and serving with Kinley Kearns running the offense. Katie Abner, Hayli Burberry and Gia Griffin lead the way on offense.
Bourbon County hosts Fleming County on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
6. Harrison County (14-10)
The Fillies won all three games last week against northern Kentucky opponents. They take on Pendleton County at 7:45 p.m. on Monday.
7. Scott (8-22)
The Eagles dropped both games last week to Harrison County and Simon Kenton. In the loss to Simon Kenton, Kinley Dunford had 12 kills and Jacinda Campbell tallied 10 with Arianna Graves recording nine. Campbell also had three aces and 13 digs with Dunford recording 10 digs. Cassidy Ennis had 19 assists and Shelby White had 16. Emory Sullivan added 20 digs.
Scott travels across I-275 on Tuesday to face Holy Cross (Covington) at 7 p.m.
8. Calvary Christian (22-6)
The Cougars lost to Bishop Brossart before turning around to beat Boone County and Newport. Madison Stelzer had 29 digs with Ava Dahler and Natalia McGlynn recording 18 and 13, respectively. Stelzer added 18 aces and McGlynn had 16 against Boone County. Annabel Leach had 14 assists with Megan Arthur leading the Cougars with 20 kills and Landry Eimer landing eight kills.
Calvary Christian hosts Bellevue on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
9. Campbell County (8-18)
The Camels have more wins than either of the past two seasons with the win over Villa Madonna. In that win, Amerie Mullins had 20 kills and Lydia Fry had nine. Kayden Kramer and Adalyn Bertsch had 21 and 15 assists, respectively. Chloe Hershey had 19 digs with Mullins adding 15. Senior Ava Eggemeier added 11 digs.
Campbell County hosts Harrison County on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
10. Bracken County (21-11)
The Bears beat Augusta and Fleming County after losing a tight one to Nicholas County on Monday. Against Fleming County, Sophia Bachman and Halle Routt led the Bears with 16 and 12 kills, respectively with Rees Hargett tallying 26 assists. Kalyn Browning had six aces. On defense, Aleigha Leist had 18 digs with Kyndall Johnson and Hargett recording 16 and 15, respectively.
Bracken County travels to Newport Central Catholic on Monday for a 7 p.m. game.
11. Augusta (17-11)
The Panthers finished 2-1 last week with wins over Ludlow and Robertson County with the lone loss to Bracken County. Against Robertson County, Aryanna Davis had nine kills and Adalen Gilliam had seven. Kyleigh Kirk led Augusta with 13 assists and three aces. Gilliam also had 13 digs.
Augusta travels to Villa Madonna on Wednesday for a 7 p.m. game.
13. Nicholas County (12-9)
The Jackets won all three games last week to finish the regular season with a winning record. Against St. Patrick’s, Allison Reid had 13 assists and 11 digs with Madelyn Amburgey leading the Jackets with six kills. Loralee Orazen and Isabel Curran had four aces each. Brinlee Fryman led Nicholas County with 15 digs.
Nicholas County next plays in the 38th District Tournament at Pendleton County.
14. St. Patrick’s (11-16)
The Saints split both games last week, recording a win over Robertson County. In that game, Mia Neeley had 16 kills and seven digs. Hope Comer had 16 assists with Ella Neeley tallying 10 digs and six aces.
St. Patrick’s hosts Bath County on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
15. Robertson County (3-18)
The Devils lost both games last week to St. Patrick’s and Augusta. In the loss to St. Patrick’s, Zoey Mckay led Robertson County with five digs and Peyton Jolly had four kills.
Robertson County next plays in the 38th District Tournament at Pendleton County.
16. Pendleton County (1-19)
The Cats did not play last week. They travel to Harrison County on Monday at 7:45 p.m.
