PARIS- The Hackett Lady Hornets, the defending 2022 3A West champions, took a big step on Tuesday night at Paris Gymnasium toward locking up the 2023 conference regular season title. Hackett defeated the Lady Eagles by the set score of 3-0. And barring a major collapse by the Lady Hornets, Hackett will repeat as 3A West champions this season.
The Lady Hornets have conference matches remaining at Booneville and Elkins. Hackett has home matches in conference remaining with Charleston, Lincoln, and West Fork. The Lady Hornets have a two-match, head-to-head lead over Paris going into their September 28 home match with Charleston.
Elkins has been the surprise team in the 3A West this season. The Lady Elks are currently sitting in third place in the conference, one match behind Paris. Paris has the tie-breaker advantage over Elkins for second place at this point due to their road win against the Lady Elks.
Paris has an important road match in conference on Thursday with the Booneville Lady Bearcats. That match is important to Paris in their effort to secure the conference runner-up trophy, as well as a possible two seed in the postseason district tournament. The Lady Eagles must quickly put tonight’s loss in their rear-view mirrors and focus on a very dangerous Lady Bearcats team that lost in four extremely competitive sets to the Lady Eagles on September 5th in Paris.
RNN Sports will be in Booneville on Thursday to bring you coverage of the Lady Eagles’ match with the Lady Bearcats. Watch for our post-game story this weekend on our website at residentnewsnetwork.com
