Allen clinched the District 6-6A volleyball title on Tuesday by beating the team chasing it, sweeping McKinney Boyd 25-12, 25-12, 25-16 in Boyd's gym.
The sweep, reported by The Dallas Morning News, clinched the championship for Allen with a match to spare and fixed Boyd in second place. Boyd is 27-7 overall and 9-2 in district play, and both of its district losses came against Allen. The first was a four-set defeat in Allen on Sept. 25.
Boyd did hand Allen one of its two losses this season, winning 13-25, 25-13, 25-23 on Aug. 15 at the Grapevine Fieldhouse Tournament, according to the News. Allen is now 35-2 and ranked fifth nationally by MaxPreps.
Tuesday's result moved Boyd from third to fourth in the News' Class 6A area rankings, though it remains No. 33 in MaxPreps' national list. Its non-district schedule included wins over Southlake Carroll, Keller and Hebron, and its seven losses have come against five opponents.
An unbeaten run in 9-5A
McKinney North has not lost a district match since league play opened Aug. 18. The Bulldogs beat Greenville 25-7, 25-10, 25-9 on Tuesday, GM Sports Media reported, to reach 15-0 in 9-5A and 22-6 overall.
They have dropped one set in those 15 district matches, winning 45, according to MaxPreps, and the News lists their winning streak at 15. North had already secured the 9-5A championship and is No. 3 in the News' rankings for Class 5A and smaller schools.
That record is a turnaround from an uneven start. North went 4-4 at a three-day tournament in Pearland in mid-August, Star Local Media reported, and carried a 7-6 record outside the district into the fall. It has not lost since Aug. 28.
North also won the district last season, finishing 14-0 in 9-5A and 36-4 overall, MaxPreps records show.
Friday's finales
Both programs close the regular season Friday. North plays at Lovejoy at 5 p.m., a rematch of a 3-0 North win on Sept. 22. Lovejoy is third in 9-5A at 10-4, behind Celina at 12-2.
Boyd's last match is a crosstown trip to McKinney High at 6:30 p.m. McKinney High is 3-8 in 6-6A and 9-24 overall, and with Prosper already at 5-6 it will finish outside the district's top four. Boyd won the first meeting 3-0 on Sept. 29.
The road from here
Four teams from each district go on, and the UIL places each district's qualifiers in either its Division I or Division II bracket depending on school enrollment, so Class 5A and 6A each crown two state champions. Under the league's calendar, districts certify their playoff teams no later than Oct. 27 and the bi-district round is played Oct. 29-31.
