The Eighth District Volleyball Tournament gets underway tonight at Fort Campbell High School.
Top seed Christian County (25-10) plays University Heights (1-20) in the 5:30pm opener. Christian County won both regular season matchups -- 25-11, 25-20 on Aug. 24 and 25-9, 25-9 on Sept. 16.
In the 7pm nightcap, second seed Fort Campbell (16-9) plays three seed Hopkinsville (14-11). The Lady Falcons won the first matchup 25-23, 25-10 on Aug. 12. Hoptown won the return match 25-23, 25-22 on Sept. 7.
The championship game is set for Tuesday at 7pm. Both the winner and the runner-up will advance to next week's region tournament to be hosted by the Sixth District champion.
Meanwhile, Crittenden County is the host of the Fifth District Tournament that will be played Tuesday. Crittenden County (12-9) plays Trigg County (6-14) at 6pm. The winner plays Livingston Central (14-14) in the 7:15pm championship game.
Crittenden County swept the regular season matches, winning in three sets both times. In both games, Trigg County won the first set before dropping the final two. Incredibly, in the six games played in two matches between the teams, no game has been decided by more than three points.
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