The Henry Clay Blue Devils will face off against the Sayre Spartans at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Henry Clay is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kentucky's top teams: Franklin County, who was ranked 14th at the time (Henry Clay was ranked fifth). The Blue Devils fell just short of the Flyers by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. The Blue Devils' loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Henry Clay actually scored more points across those five sets (106-105), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 17-25, 22-25, 25-21, 16-14.
Cooper Pugh
| 04/22/25 @ Franklin County | 18 |
| 04/16/25 vs Western Hills | 11 |
| 04/15/25 @ Lafayette | 16 |
| 04/01/25 @ Bryan Station | 10 |
Henry Clay's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Isaac Liang, who had eight digs and six aces, and Cooper Pugh, who had 18 digs and three assists. Pugh is on a roll when it comes to digs, as he's now had ten or more in each of the last four games he's played.
Meanwhile, Sayre was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their 13th straight loss dating back to last season. They were a single set away from ending the streak, but they lost a 3-2 heartbreaker at the hands of East Jessamine.
Henry Clay's defeat was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 5-1 and their overall record down to 13-6. As for Sayre, their loss dropped their record down to 0-12.
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