High-flying Dani Hopp, Richmond-Burton net regional title

Aptly named Dani Hopp can touch 10 feet wearing her volleyball sneakers, but the silky senior can’t dunk a basketball on a regulation net.“I touch 10-3,” Richmond-Burton’s 6-foot outside hitter said. “I do have long arms, though.”“Wow,” said 5-4 Rockets libero Lanee Cooley, dropping her jaw in amazement of Hopp’s hops. “Like, never. ... That’s like a D-I-type vertical [jump].”Hopp has been soaring all season and put on another high-flying show Thursday night. She drilled 16 kills to lead top-seeded R-B to another slam-dunk win, 25-9, 25-17 over No. 4 Boylan in the Rockets’ Class 2A regional final in Richmond.It’s the third regional championship in a row for the Rockets (35-2), whose aggressive serving and defensive coverage all over the court helped them advance to the Genoa-Kingston Sectional. R-B will play No. 2 Riverdale (23-10) at 7 p.m. Tuesday in a semifinal.“We just had so much energy tonight,” Hopp said. “It was so fun playing together. I feel like we played such as a team, and