It's a Three-Peat for Taft Volleyball

It’s a Three-Peat for Taft Volleyball

By Mike Bresnahan

May 19, 2001 12 AM PT

Too much experience. Too much talent. Too much Woodland Hills Taft.

The Toreadors defeated Van Nuys Grant, 7-15, 15-13, 15-12, 15-8, and earned a spot among the top City Section boys’ volleyball teams of all-time by winning their third consecutive City Championship Friday at Cal State Northridge.

Inshik Shin delivered 20 kills, Bryan Capper had 16 and Taft became the third school to win three consecutive top-level championships since City playoffs began in 1974, joining Palisades (1974-76) and University (1994-96).

In the Invitational Championship, Andrew Santos had 19 kills to lead University to a 15-10, 16-14, 15-4 victory against Wilson.

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

It’s a Three-Peat for Taft Volleyball

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