The sport of soccer has always had an interesting history in the city of Louisville. Having real ebbs and flows of popularity through the years, the Derby City has, like the rest of the country, found a recent passion for the game.

In fact the city has had its share of professional and semi-professional clubs dating back to 1984 when the Louisville Thunder called Broadbent Arena home. The Thunder played in the American Indoor Soccer Association for a few years, during which time they produced several league all-stars.

Here’s a look at some fall area high school sports and what teams to look out for.

Volleyball

Girl’s Volleyball continues to be run in Louisville by a handful of schools. Schools to look out for are Assumption, this perennial powerhouse won the Kentucky State championship last year and has continued to prove themselves to be a strong competitor against whoever they’re faced up against.

Carrying a 3-game winning streak into this weekend, the Louisville Lightning Soccer team have a lot of momentum to finish the season strong.  With 5 regular season scheduled games left to play, the Lightning is hoping to make some loud noise going into the post-season.  After starting off to a disappointing beginning, the team is playing to the level and getting the results they've expected the entire time.

As the Cincinnati Kings come to Louisville this weekend to take on the Lightning, they boast the title of being the current PASL divisional leaders.  Louisville hopes to send them packing with a loss as they try to build on their big win last weekend against Detroit.

Though the team may not be at full strength due to injuries, head coach Ted Nichols is optomistic about their chances ""Ryan McDonald is out with a strained back, and Lee Weyland is out with a strained calf.  Ross Hopkins is out and we’ve got some guys likely out because of the USL Combine coming u