Live from the Southern Section girls’ volleyball championships

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Mira Costa, the nation’s top-ranked team, according to PrepVolleyball.com, and Redondo are on the court, warming up for the main event of today’s Southern Section championship matches at Cypress College. The match will start at 7:30.

Last year, Mira Costa beat Redondo Union twice in the regular season but lost in the Division I-AA finals, only to bounce back and beat Redondo on its way to a state title. This year, the Mustangs (31-0) once again swept the Sea Hawks (30-5) during the regular season ... will history repeat itself?

We’re about to find out.

If you want to watch the match, it will be shown on a tape-delayed basis on FSN at 10 p.m.

An interesting sidenote to the rivalry is that somebody went into the Redondo campus and splashed green and gold paint (Mira Costa’s colors) on the football field and on wall of the cafeteria. The incident was, apparently, one of retaliation. The damage caused is nothing a little paint remover can’t cure, however. Read more about it here.

Other championship scores from today at Cypress College:

In Division I-A, Harvard Westlake def. Flintridge Sacred Heart, 24-26, 25-7, 25-21.

In Division II-AA, Laguna Beach def. Bishop Montgomery, 25-21, 25-19, 25-23. This is the Breakers’ second consecutive section title.

In Division III-AA, Cypress def. California, 25-18, 25-22, 25-21.

In Division III-A, Village Christian def. La Quinta of La Quinta, 25-19, 25-12, 25-23. The Crusaders went from last place in the Olympic League last season to section champions this season with a record of 28-2.

In Division IV-AA, Pasadena Mayfield def. St. Margaret’s, 25-21, 26-24, 17-25, 25-17.

In Division IV-A, Calvary Murrieta def. Laguna Blanca, 25-22, 25-14, 25-19.

-- Jaime Cardenas

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