Another record fell for the Harlan County Lady Bears on Thursday in a 25-10, 25-23, 25-19 win over visiting Pineville to close the regular season.
One week after setting a school record for wins at 21, the Lady Bears broke the county record of 22 wins held since 2016 by Harlan. The Lady Bears improved to 23-6 with Thursday’s victory in a matchup of two of the 13th Region’s top teams.
HCHS dominated the first set but found themselves in a battle in set two as Pineville led 21-20. The set was tied at 23 before Harlan County scored the final two points.
The third set was also close before Harlan County put it away late with a pair of kills by junior Kalista Dunn with Ashton Evans serving. Evans, the team’s lone senior, was honored before the match in Senior Night ceremonies.
Pineville, the top seed in the 51st District, fell to 23-12 with the loss.
Harlan County will play Harlan on Monday in the 52nd District Tournament at Bell County High School.
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Harlan County’s five-match losing streak ended Monday with a 25-19, 25-27, 26-24, 25-21 loss at Leslie County.
Savannah Hill led the Lady Bears with 29 assists, 20 digs three kills and one ace. Evans had 18 digs and 15 kills. Dunn added 19 digs, 12 kills, three aces and two assists. Kylee Hoiska had 18 digs, six kills, two aces, two assists and one block. Madilynn Nolan contributed two aces, two assists, one kill and one dig. Ashlynn Williamson had 10 digs and two aces. Alexis Adams added two digs, one kill and one assist. Sophie Day had two digs and one kill.
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Harlan County rallied from a 1-0 deficit to edge Jackson County 17-25, 25-22, 25-18 on Thursday in McKee.
Dunn led the Lady Bears with 11 kills, 15 digs, one ace and one assist. Hill had 13 assists, with four digs, two aces and one kill. Evans added 11 digs, two aces, four kills and one assist. Willamson chipped in with 12 digs, two aces and one assist. Hoiska had eight digs, two aces and one block. Sophie Day added one dig and one ace. Alexis Adams had one dig.