After putting together back-to-back 30+ win seasons, the Leonard Lady Tigers bowed out of the 2026 playoffs in a five-set heartbreaker to Scurry-Rosser in the area round.

Leonard won the first set, 25-19, only to watch Scurry-Rosser pull even with a 25-18 victory in the second set.

Once again it was Scurry-Rosser with the big end of a 25-20 score in the third set, but this time Leonard answered with a 25-17 win to set up the tiebreaker.

Scurry-Rosser managed to pull away for a 15-9 win in the fifth set.

Four Leonard hitters hammered away with a combined 52 kills.

Leah Stoy led the way with 16 kills, Ashlynn Cavender finished with 14 kills, Bella Neaville knocked down 13 kills and Avery Ross had nine kills.

Ava Flowers had three kills in addition to handing out 45 assists and coming up with 19 digs.

Olivia Aylor had a team-high 21 digs and doled out three aces.

Jasper Cunningham had seven digs, Emma Houser got under six digs, Trinity Newby had five digs and Avery Eaves came up with one dig.

This was Leonard's second-consecutive appearance in the regional semifinals and the Lady Tigers put a 33-11 season record in the books.