"These girls feed off of the energy," Paintsville coach Dawn Kinner said. Kara Ward and Kylie Kinner got involved with multiple points in the run, which Tigers libero Kynzi Slone concluded with a shot just inside the end line. Paintsville's Hailey Little started the surge with a kill and followed with an ace. The Tigers, down 22-15 in the first set after Boyd County's Carly Mullins's kill, rattled off 10 of the next 11 points. Paintsville, the All "A" Classic state champion, improved to 29-2 with its 13th consecutive victory. The Tigers closed the first set on a 10-1 run to rally to a 25-23 win, and Paintsville dominated the second frame throughout, once leading by 13 points in a 25-16 victory.īoyd County stormed back from six points down early in the third set to lead it, 21-18, at the time of Bartrum's injury and the Lions' subsequent forfeit. It was a premature and unfortunate ending to a contest matching two northeastern Kentucky teams with a combined record of 54-5 - a high-powered tuneup for the presumed favorites in their respective regions near the end of the regular season, before a crowd that included Marshall University coach Ari Aganus and assistant Bijonae Jones.Īt the time of the stoppage, Paintsville led the match two sets to none. "I'm sure she'll be ticked at me, but when someone rocks their head like that, I just don't feel right going back and playing." "Unfortunately, to lose a player like Taylor, we could've come back, but I don't feel like that does her any justice with her injury," Neltner said.
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