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Sage Hill Boys' Volleyball Wins 1st CIF Championship

By Scott French, Special Contributor to the Daily Pilot
NORWALK —  Jackson Cryst’s arrival instantly transformed Sage Hill’s boys’ volleyball program into a powerhouse, and the first tangible reward arrived Saturday on the biggest of stages.

A dominant Cryst posted 54 kills, an astonishing total, to power the Lightning to a 19-25, 25-22, 22-25, 25-18, 15-13 triumph over San Marino in the CIF Southern Section Division 5 title game. He was phenomenal if hardly perfect, but the victory required the efforts of all involved, not just the 6-foot-10 centerpiece.

Sage Hill (22-9) had to rally twice from one-set deficits, then staved off the fourth-seeded Titans’ late fifth-set push to claim a dramatic win at Cerritos College in both programs’ first CIF final. It was the unranked Lightning’s fourth win in five playoff games over a top-10 foe, the second in five sets, and the most difficult of the bunch.

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