Lady Kats place 12 on all-district teams

The 2018 Kennedale

Lady Kats volleyball team, which finished as the undefeated champs of District

9-4A at 12-0 and with an overall record of 26-17, earned 12 all district nods for individual

team members plus another for the head coach. {{more: continue …}}?

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This was

the team to watch this year because of all the young talent that came on

board. Kennedale won its 5^th

straight district title this year and extended its playoff string to 12. The

2018 Lady Kats became the just the third team from Kennedale High School to

advance to the state regional quarterfinals.

All-district

honors ?

Winning

special recognition were sophomore Bryley Steinhilber as All-District Most

Valuable Hitter, freshman Maddie Pyles as the District 9-4A Newcomer of the Year and first year Head Coach Kelly Carl as All-District Coach of the Year.

Earning 1^st

team slots were senior Grace Guadagnolo, junior Lillian Rychlik and sophomore

Tatum Pavey. For Guadagnolo this is her fourth year for 1^st team or

better all-district honors. Rychlik as a junior has earned three consecutive all-district

honors. Bryley Steinhilber was Newcomer of the Year last year as a freshman.?

Second Team

honors went to freshman Bridget Barton. Named Honorable Mention were sophomore Katie

Spell, senior Kendall Daniel and freshman Gracyn Reed. Both Spell and Daniel

won All-district honors last year.?

Academic

honors ?

Eleven Lady

Kats earned All-Academic honors. They Katie Groff (Sr), Lilly Rychlik (Jr) 3x, Gracyn

Reed (Fr), Tatum Pavey (So), Grace Guadagnolo (Sr) 3x, Bryley Steinhilber (So) 2x,

Angel Mahjoub (So) 2x, Kyndall Daniel (Sr) 2x, Taylor Poore (Fr), Katie Spell (So)

2x and Maddie Pyles (Fr).?

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Kennedale

ended the season ranked #20 in Class 4A by MaxPreps. This bodes well for the

2019 season.