First Region girls pairings

Monday
Paducah Tilghman (22-7) vs. Carlisle County (10-16), 6 p.m.
Ballard Memorial (22-7) vs. Calloway County (21-7), 7:45 p.m.

Tuesday
Hickman County (11-10) vs. Graves County (12-13), 6 p.m.
Marshall County (22-7) vs. Heath (12-11), 7:45 p.m.

Friday
Semifinals, 6 p.m.

Saturday
Championship, 7 p.m.

Marshall County comes out smelling like a rose, with all of the other top contenders — Calloway County, Ballard Memorial and Paducah Tilghman — in the other bracket.

The first-round matchup of Ballard and Calloway not only matches up two of the top three teams in the region, but there are some lingering bad feelings stemming from last year's regional semifinal, when many Lady Bombers supporters felt that Calloway went out of its way to run up the score on them in the fourth quarter.

More details later.