Peytton Moore clinched a return to the Kentucky High School Athletic Association diving championship, thanks to a Region Seven title.
On Saturday, Moore's state return became a state repeat.
Moore was the KHSAA diving state champion last year as a freshman and nearly became a record-breaking champ in her sophomore attempt.
Moore took first place with final score of 505.65, just 3.65 points from the KHSAA record of 509.30 set by Sacred Heart's Becca Corbett in 2012.
The sophomore led from the first dive and had a 223.80 score after the quarterfinals and a 357.30 score after the semifinal rounds.
The top-four finishers from last season's state meet and Saturday's meet were the same divers. Moore retained her top spot while runner-up Kaitlin Calvery, who finished with nearly 50 fewer points than Moore, was the fourth-place finisher last year. Madison Southern's Reagan Patterson dropped from last year's runner-up to third place and Henry Clay's Mallory Sparks dropped a spot from third to fourth.
Scott's Rylee Pernell scored a 359.95 to finish in fifth. Other local finishers included Addison Tinkler (344.90) of Highlands who took seventh, Simon Kenton's Leigha Travis (342.60) who finished eighth, Grace Hedger from Campbell County (327.40) in ninth and Addison Durrett of Beechwood (313.20) who took the No. 11 position.
Boys divers also competed for state titles and Northern Kentuckians took three of the top five places, but not the first-place trophy.
Louisville St. Xavier's Brandon Anderson held off a slew of local divers, but his 509.10-point performance was easily the best.
Alex Warning from Dixie Heights moved up in later rounds, scoring 449.85 points to secure his spot as state runner-up. Warning passed up Covington Catholic's Jacob Larkin, who had held the second-place position for a portion of the night. Larkin finished with a 447.30 score, just 2.55 points behind Warning.
Sitting in fifth place on the podium was Landon Isler from Ryle, who notched 389.85 points.
Sam Baker from St. Henry rounded out the top 10, scoring 318.95 points.
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