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Last Season

The magical rise of the River Ridge Wildcat volleyball program hit a new high last season - although it took a while to kick into gear.

The regular season was not the 20 wins we thought as the Wildcats had to deal with super-power Galena, as well as a West Carroll squad that had some true stars on it. Add in a couple of head scratching match losses during the season, and the Wildcats - on paper - were just above average at 15-13-3 overall and 7-5 in conference play.

But then the post season rolled around, and all the pieces began to fall into place. River Ridge got sent to th...