11/05/14 – Cross Country, Soccer and Volleyball Champions All Crowned This Weekend

November 5, 2014 2014-2015 News Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 5, 2014

Nine state championships will be decided this weekend as the KHSAA Soccer and Volleyball State Tournaments, and the KHSAA Cross Country State Meet are conducted in Lexington and Louisville. Saturday morning will see six state champions crowned in Cross Country at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, followed by the boys’ and girls’ soccer state championships that evening at Henry Clay High School. The 2014 KHSAA Volleyball State Tournament begins Friday morning with first round matches at Valley High School in Louisville, and concludes with the championship match on Sunday at 2 p.m.

The KHSAA Soccer State Tournament resumes Wednesday and Thursday night at Henry Clay HS with the girls’ and boys’ semifinals starting at 6 p.m. Sacred Heart and Owensboro Catholic will square off in Wednesday’s first semifinal match, followed by South Oldham and Notre Dame at 8 p.m. On Thursday, South Oldham will take on Scott at 6 p.m., with Bowling Green facing Paul Laurence Dunbar at 8 p.m. The championship games are slated for Saturday, Nov. 8, with the girls’ match at 5 p.m. and the boys’ game at 7 p.m. A live webcast of all games will be available through khsaa.tv, with live stats available at KHSAA.org.

The 2014 KHSAA Cross Country State Meet begins Saturday, Nov. 8 at 9:30 a.m. with the Class 1A Girls’ race, followed by the Class 1A Boys at 10:15 a.m. The Class 2A meet is scheduled to begin with the girls at 11:30 a.m., with the Class 3A meet slated to start at 1:30 p.m. A full state meet schedule is available at: http://khsaa.org/cross_country/2014/statemeettimetable.pdf

A complete list of entries for the state cross country meet can be viewed at:
http://khsaa.org/Publications/Programs/20142015/XC/2014xcentries.pdf

The KHSAA Volleyball State Tournament begins Friday morning at 9:30 a.m. as Allen Central takes on Owensboro Catholic. The last opening round match of the day between Southwestern and South Warren is slated for 8 p.m. Quarterfinal action picks up Saturday morning at 10 a.m., with the semifinals starting at 7 p.m. that night. Sunday’s championship match is set for a 2 p.m. start time.

Live stats will be available for all matches of the KHSAA Volleyball State Tournament at KHSAA.org, with a live webcast available for the quarterfinals, semifinals and final at khsaa.tv. The volleyball state bracket is available at: http://khsaa.org/volleyball/2014/statebracket.pdf

Programs for all three events can be viewed on the KHSAA publications page:
http://khsaa.org/news-stats-pubs/publications/khsaanfhs-publications/

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About the Kentucky High School Athletic Association
The Kentucky High School Athletic Association was organized in 1917 and is the agency designated by the Kentucky Department of Education to manage high school athletics in the Commonwealth. The Association is a voluntary nonprofit 501(c)3 organization made up of 277 member schools both public and private. The KHSAA sanctions 43 state championships in 13 sports and 4 sport-activities, licenses and trains over 4,000 officials, provides catastrophic insurance for its more than 70,000 member school student-athletes, as well as overseeing coaching education and sports safety programs.