Kayla Holland

The Lady Wildcat volleyball team heads into the first round of the playoffs this week. The girls were district runners-up after defeating Paxon and losing to champions Bishop Kenny. The Cats are 14-5 on the season.

The Cats’ hard work was rewarded this week with some outstanding honors. Coach Heather Sulkowski was named 5A Coach of the Year in District 4 of the Florida Athletic Coaches Association. Chelsey Ruise was named Player of the Year and Ruise and Logan Raulerson were named to the All District team.

FACA’s District 4 spans six counties.

The Wildcats defeated Paxon 3-1 — 25-20, 25-20, 16-25 and 25-17 — on October 25 at BCHS. It was a gratifying win for the Cats, who had lost to the Eagles twice this season.

Bishop Kenny easily defeated the Wildcats in the championship match the following day 0-3 with scores of 15-25, 11-25 and 21-25.

Kayla Holland led the Cats with 5 kills. Chelsey Ruise had 4 kills, Logan had 15 assists and Brooke Roberts had 6 digs.