Prosper puts long district winning streak on the line vs. nationally ranked McKinney Boyd

The Prosper volleyball group hasn’t misplaced a district event since 2021. That is 17 consecutive district wins because it joined 5-6A.

That winning streak might be on the line Tuesday when Prosper (23-6) hosts nationally ranked McKinney Boyd at 6:30 p.m. in what must be one in all the peak fits in the Dallas field this season.

Boyd (19-1), like Prosper, is 3-0 in 5-6A this season. Boyd, ranked No. 14 in the nation via MaxPreps, will take a nine-match winning streak into Tuesday and already has 10 wins over groups which might be in The Dallas Morning News’ field ratings. Prosper has received 5 in a row general — with out shedding a collection — and it has seven wins this season over area-ranked groups.

Tuesday’s event will function two of the very best gamers in the field — 6-4 out of doors hitter/center blocker Ayden Ames (dedicated to Nebraska) of Prosper and Ole Miss pledge Carson Eickenloff of Boyd. Ames, rated the Tenth-best participant in the country in the Class of 2024 via PrepVolleyball, has 232 kills and 53 blocks and is averaging 4.4 kills and 1.0 blocks according to set. Eickenloff has been a triple-double device, along with her newest coming in a four-set win over state-ranked Allen to open district play, when she had 37 digs, 34 assists and 11 kills for the field’s top-ranked 6A group.

The race for the 5-6A identify must be one in all the very best in the field. Allen (20-10, 2-1), ranked No. 16 in the state, is only one event out of first and is tied with McKinney (16-8, 2-1) for 3rd position. Allen performs at McKinney on Tuesday after which visits Prosper on Sept. 26.

Here are 3 different district races to stay an eye fixed on:

This district has three-area ranked groups, with No. 3 Southlake Carroll, No. 4 Trophy Club Byron Nelson and No. 10 Keller. Carroll (18-12) is the only 3-0 team in the district and already owns district wins over Byron Nelson, ranked No. 23 nationally, and 2022 6A state semifinalist Keller. Carroll received’t face the ones groups once more till enjoying them back-to-back on Oct. 3 (Byron Nelson) and Oct. 6 (Keller).

Carroll has 3 gamers with greater than 200 kills — Layla Austin (246), Taryn Barnes (219) and Kinsley Young (208). Young additionally leads the group with 75 blocks, Barnes has a team-high 408 digs and setters Parker Tuttle and Cat Millsap have blended for 920 assists.

Keller (16-10, 2-1), tied for 2d, has a large event Tuesday because it hosts Byron Nelson (21-3, 1-1) at 5 p.m. After beginning 19-1, Byron Nelson has misplaced two of its ultimate 4 fits, with the ones losses coming in 5 units in opposition to protecting 5A state champion Colleyville Heritage and Southlake Carroll.

This could be a two-team race between two state-ranked groups — No. 4 Flower Mound (21-5, 3-0) and No. 12 Plano West (18-3, 3-0). Plano West, ranked No. 13 nationally, will play at Flower Mound on Sept. 29 and can host Flower Mound on Oct. 24 in the district finale.

Plano West, ranked No. 2 in the field in 6A, has wins over nationally ranked McKinney Boyd, state-ranked Allen and area-ranked Keller, Highland Park, Hockaday, Southlake Carroll and Bishop Lynch. Flower Mound, No. 7 in the field, has received 13 in a row and has wins over Allen, Hockaday, 2022 5A state runner-up Frisco Reedy and area-ranked Argyle.

Villanova pledge Catherine Young had a team-high 12 kills and 11 digs on Friday in Flower Mound’s 25-13, 25-12, 25-23 win over Plano East (20-10, 2-1), which is tied with Coppell and Hebron for 3rd position in 6-6A. Young leads Flower Mound with 207 kills and 176 digs, whilst LSU pledge Brianna Watson is 2d in each classes.

Defending 5A state champion Colleyville Heritage has some paintings to do if it needs to win this district. Heritage (25-9, 2-1), ranked No. 17 in the state, was once swept in 3 units, 25-23, 25-21, 25-22, via No. 3 Argyle on Friday.

Katherine Holtman led Argyle with 10 kills, Delany Galligan had 9 kills, Camryn Heiser added 5 blocks and Jordyn Moore and Sydney Payne blended for 31 assists. That win left Argyle (25-7, 3-0) tied with Birdville (20-9, 3-0) for first position in 7-5A. Argyle performs at Birdville at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

This district has 3 area-ranked groups with No. 4 Colleyville Heritage, No. 5 Argyle and No. 8 Denton (22-9, 1-2). Denton nearly beat Colleyville Heritage ultimate Tuesday, shedding in 5 units, however then it was once swept via Birdville on Friday.

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