BENTON- The Paris Lady Eagles made the two-hour trip to Saline County last week to play in the Benton summer preseason camp. Games were held at Benton’s River Center Complex and featured teams from across the state in all classifications. Paris played both junior varsity and varsity matches.
Paris faced a couple of their opponents that will be on the 2023 schedule. Little Rock Pulaski Academy, whom the Lady Eagles will play in Little Rock on August 24, and the Episcopal Collegiate Lady Wildcats who will continue their tradition of exciting games of the past with Paris in both seasonal and post-season matches were both opponents last week in Benton.
Paris has a very tough and important part of their regular season schedule in the first nine days of the season that will include three games on the road at Russellville, Pulaski Academy, and Hackett. The lone home match of the first four game stretch will be a conference match at Paris Gymnasium with the Charleston Lady Tigers.
First year Lady Eagles coach Josh Hart is happy with his team’s progress this summer. He believes they “turned a corner” a few weeks ago at the 501 Tournament, and last week, he was again happy with his team’s performance in Benton. Consistency is an issue at this point, as it is with a lot of teams in the summer. But Paris has approximately three weeks to continue their work to prepare for their opening trip to play the Lady Cyclones.
Photos from the Lady Eagles play in Benton are available on Facebook at Paris Eagles Sports. And watch for our preseason special on August 11 on RNN Sports! Volleyball fans will not want to miss it!
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