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The Northern Vikings almost made a clean sweep of the championship girls volleyball LSSA held at Lambton College.

The bunch of girls beat in three straight sets LCCVI, 25-22, 25-23 and 25-18.

Northern Kiersten Colbran and Vanessa Dam LCCVI students were announced the players of the game.

North Mackenzie Colbran St. Christopher and Emily Winsor were selected players of the game.

St. Christopher demanded a rematch in the finals of the junior girls' in straight sets against the Vikings, 26-24, 25-22 and 25-19.

Players of the game were Laurane Esterre of St. Chris and Northern Deanna Richie.

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A pair of men's volleyball teams have been ranked No. 1 nationally earlier this season will be the battle when the No.6 USC (8-5 overall, 6-4 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) hosts No. 5 Cal State Northridge (11-4, 8-4) in an MPSF match at the Galen Center on Wednesday (February 24) to 19 hours C is the only game this week for the Trojans, who were No. 1 for the first 4 weeks of the season but dropped 4 of their last 6 games. The Matadors, who took over the No. 1 ranking for the last 3 weeks to lose three of their last 5 games, won 15 in a row against USC.

No one can remember who originally said, or even when. But everyone agrees that Roderigue was Al who made the catchy phrase a mantra of the team.

The worst first.

Today, three years after a 3-25 season, the men's volleyball Stanford is ranked # 2 in the country. The trip unlikely Roderigue predicted could become a reality later this spring at the NCAA Championships.

But Roderigue, assistant coach optimistic and Northern California volleyball institution, is the only team in the mind. In the final stages of stomach cancer from the terminal, he no longer attends matches.

"In the back of our minds, we want to do for" Big Al "," Evan said Romero, a senior hitter. "We feel we have made a promise. He fights, and we fight for him too.It's the least we can do. "

Roderigue, 67, who was given only two months to live when he was diagnosed in the fall of 2008, is too ill to be interviewed. But others are eager to describe the infectious enthusiasm that has made it popular for four decades, more than a teacher-coach and Union City.

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