Great Crossing is 9-1 against Franklin County since October of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. Great Crossing will square off against the Franklin County Flyers at 7:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Great Crossing is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Paul Laurence Dunbar just ended the team's seven-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Bulldogs by a score of 3-2. The loss continues a trend for Great Crossing in their matchups with Paul Laurence Dunbar: they've now lost six in a row.
Great Crossing took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 15-25, 21-25, 25-18, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Franklin County faced Christian Academy-Louisville in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Franklin County fell just short of Christian Academy-Louisville by a score of 3-2.
Franklin County took Christian Academy-Louisville into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking seven-point loss. The final score came out to 25-18, 25-14, 19-25, 23-25, 15-8.
Great Crossing's defeat dropped their record down to 11-8. As for Franklin County, their loss dropped their record down to 23-3.
Great Crossing was able to grind out a solid win over Franklin County in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, winning 3-1. Will Great Crossing repeat their success, or does Franklin County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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