Peyton Powell sends the ball over the net on Sept. 25, 2025.
Fleming County’s Trinity Flora makes a serve against the Greenup County Musketeers on Sept. 25, 2025.
The Fleming County Lady Panthers and Greenup County Lady Musketeers met on the volleyball court for the second time this season on Thursday, Sept. 25.
During their first meeting, Greenup County routed the Lady Panthers 3-0, (25-17, 25-17, 25-15). This time around, Fleming County hoped to pull off an upset over one of the toughest teams in the 16th region.
The Lady Musketeers pulled out ahead early in the first set, leading 5-1 over the Lady Panthers. However, Fleming County eventually worked their way back into the match, tying the game 14-14. They pulled further ahead to lead 20-17 but, in the end, lost the set to the Lady Musketeers, 25-22.
“All three sets were a lot different than the first time we saw them,” said Lady Panthers Head Coach, Tanna Higginbotham. “In the first set, we let them go up 8-1 and then came back, so, it might be a different outcome on the night if we don’t allow that first run. We might win that set because we don’t allow a seven-point deficit to start the night. They worked really hard.”
Greenup County led again in the second set, pulling ahead 17-7 over the Lady Panthers. Despite a strong push from Fleming County, the Lady Musketeers closed out Set Two up 25-13.
“I thought we had good energy. That was one of the best student sections we’ve had, the crowd was in it, our bench was in it. It didn’t feel like the score was that rough. They just played hard the whole time,” said Coach Higginbotham.
Greenup County owned the court again in the third set, leading 10-6 over Fleming and extending their lead to 20-9 late in the game. Fleming County tried for a late game push, but lost 25-12, Greenup County winning the game 3-0.
Although the Lady Musketeers swept the Lady Panthers for the second time this season, the Lady Panthers made Greenup work much harder for the win this time around.
“I know the scoreboard didn’t look pretty, but I told the girls that I didn’t feel like we lost as substantially as we did because we showed up and competed,” said Coach Higginbotham. “We rallied, and I think they just finished more rallies than we did. I didn’t think they finished points in the first touch. We battled hard and they just ended more. I was proud of how the girls played because we’ve had some rough nights before this.”
Fleming County will hit the road this morning toward Cynthiana to compete in the Harrison County Fillies Fall Fling with three games on the schedule: one against the Lexington Christian Lady Eagles, and two against the Bishop Brossart Lady ‘Stangs.
They will then round out the rest of the regular season over the next two weeks as they prepare for a strong run through the 61st district and 16th Region Tournaments.
“This was a good night for them. We competed, they weren’t scared of their attackers, they just stepped right in. We got great digs, good ups, hustle plays and we put balls down. The girls were proud too; they thought every set was 22-25 when they weren’t looking at the scoreboard,” said Coach Higginbotham.
