RUHS boys take first CIF regional volleyball title
by Garth Meyer RUHS boys volleyball won its first CIF Southern California regional (Division 2) championship in school history May 18 with a five-set win over St. Margaret’s Episcopal; 25-19, 17-25, 22-25, 25-21, 15-12. St. Margaret’s senior outside hitter Reed Wainright led all players with 30 kills in the match. Early in the fifth set, RUHS led 10-3, then 13-7 before St. Margaret’s mounted a comeback, starting with two RUHS serves into the net. The lead closed to 13-12 while Redondo coach Kevin Norman used both of his time outs trying to stem the flood. Throughout the match, Redondo worked to counter Wainright. “He was unstoppable,” Norman said. In each of the first three sets, Sea Hawks coaches changed the matchups against him, to minimal effect. In the fourth, “instead of spreading out our biggest guys, we put them next to each other,” Norman said. Redondo had scouted St. Margaret’s (San Juan Capistrano), and banked that they would stay with the same rotation they used through the season. They did. In the fifth set, with RUHS out to their early lead, senior Tyler Ravenscroft got a solo block on Wainright, making it 10-3, and St. Margaret’s called time out. The Tartans then…
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