The Beechwood Tigers will venture away from home to square off against the Ryle Raiders at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. Beechwood is looking to tack on another W to their six-game streak on the road.
Beechwood is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kentucky's top teams: Highlands, who was ranked 25th in their home state at the time (Beechwood was ranked 18th). Beechwood came out on top against Highlands by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday.
Beechwood had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 25-27, 25-19, 25-20, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Ryle and St. Henry met for a duel on Tuesday where Ryle had to take the L. Ryle lost 3-0 to St. Henry. The Raiders have struggled against the Crusaders recently, as their game on Tuesday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Ryle was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-16, 25-23.
Beechwood is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-7 record this season. As for Ryle, their defeat dropped their record down to 20-6.
Beechwood might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Ryle in their previous meeting back in September of 2021. Can Beechwood avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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