Several of the state’s top high school volleyball teams will be in action this weekend during the Ultra Ankle Jefferson County Invitational Tournament.
Pool play will start at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Ohio Valley Volleyball Center and Assumption High School. All of Saturday’s bracket play, starting at 9 a.m., will be played at OVVC. The championship match is set for 4 p.m. Friday.
No. 11 Ryle is the defending champion and the top-ranked team in the field, according to the Kentucky Volleyball Coaches Association’s Top 25. Other Top 25 teams in the field are No. 15 Greenwood, No. 16 Male, No. 17 Central Hardin, No. 19 Apollo, No. 22 Beechwood, No. 24 Eastern and No. 25 Owensboro Catholic.
Here are the pool-play pairings (all pools at OVVC unless noted):
* Pool 1 – Ryle, Kentucky Country Day, Elizabethtown.
* Pool 2 – Greenwood, Highlands, Eastern.
* Pool 3 – Beechwood, Collins, South Oldham.
* Pool 4 – Central Hardin, Covington Holy Cross, Ballard
* Pool 5 – Apollo, Male, Green County.
* Pool 6 – Conner, Manual, Whitefield Academy.
* Pool 7 – Lexington Catholic, Oldham County, Pleasure Ridge Park.
* Pool 8 – Owensboro Catholic, Bullitt East, Valley.
Here is the latest Top 25 from the KVCA (first-place votes in parentheses): 1. Sacred Heart (11), 2. Assumption (8), 3. Mercy, 4. Henry Clay, 5. Tates Creek, 6. North Oldham, 7. Notre Dame, 8. Presentation, 9. St. Henry, 10. Paul Dunbar, 11. Ryle, 12. McCracken County, 13. Cooper, 14. Christian Academy, 15. Greenwood, 16. Male, 17. Central Hardin, 18. Scott, 19. Apollo, 20. Louisville Holy Cross, 21. Newport Central Catholic, 22. Beechwood, 23. Allen Central, 24. Eastern, 25. Owensboro Catholic.