Frisco Reedy is headed back to the state volleyball tournament for the first time since 2022.
The Lions beat Keller Fossil Ridge 26-24, 25-17, 25-23 on Tuesday night to win the Class 5A Division I Region I title, playing at Lewisville High's Farmer Activity Center, The Dallas Morning News reported. Reedy, now 31-6, is the last Frisco ISD volleyball team still playing.
Nothing came easily in the final set. Reedy built an 18-10 lead, then watched Fossil Ridge score 13 of the next 17 points to go ahead 23-22. The Lions answered with the last three points, closing the match on a block.
Reedy coach Katie Rudd told the Morning News she could not single out one part of her team's game. "When our setting was off our offense was able to do something with the ball," she said, and when the defense slipped, the setters made up for it.
The regional title came five days after a regional semifinal sweep of Amarillo Tascosa that ended with a 38-36 third set. Fossil Ridge, which was 10-19 in early September before its playoff run, finished 21-23.
Saturday's semifinal
Reedy plays Highland Park at 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at Rock Hill High School, 16061 N. Coit Road, according to the UIL's list of semifinal sites. The Class 5A Division II semifinal, Colleyville Heritage against Abilene Wylie, is at 1 p.m. in the same gym.
Highland Park won the 5A Division I state title last season and is two wins from a repeat. The Lady Scots swept McKinney North 25-20, 26-24, 25-20 on Tuesday at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland. The two programs were district opponents a year ago, and Highland Park coach Michael Dearman told People Newspapers he expects "a fight."
