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MRH Volleyball Wins District Championship
The girls volleyball team upset the No. 1-seeded Brentwood Eagles.
Archrivals Brentwood and played each other four times this season, with the Eagles winning three of those matchups in impressive fashion, and earning themselves the No. 1 seed in the Class 2 District 5 playoffs.
But MRH showed those previous matchups didn’t matter, as the Devils won a heart-stopping championship game over the Eagles last Wednesday, 25-18, 23-25, 25-20.
Mariah Russell had 10 kills and Brittney Poole had 16 assists, as the Devils avenged a loss to Brentwood in the 2010 district volleyball championship game.
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Over the weekend, the Devils faced Fatima (MO) in the sectional round. MRH lost that game and ended its season with a 16-16-3 record.
Brentwood ended its year with a 20-10-2 mark, and finished tied for second in the SCAA standings this year.