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Mountain Rage Volleyball Club is a local travel club that has approximately 11  teams ranging from ages 12 to 18 that travel throughout West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania to participate in volleyball tournaments. One of those teams, the Renegades U16 Regional Team, coached by Bridgeport’s Jennifer Hefner, claimed the number 1 spot in the Ohio Valley Region (OVR) Championship Tournament in Columbus Ohio this past weekend.  OVR is one of the largest of the regional volleyball associations of USA Volleyball.  Since January of this year, the Renegades have traveled to 6 tournaments throughout the Ohio Region in which they placed 1^st, 2^ndor 3^rdin all 6 contests.  Those placements and points earned them a 3^rdplace entrance into the OVR Championship on May 22. The team went undefeated in pool play and bracket play to defeat the top 32 teams in their Division. This earned them the number 1 spot out of 152+ teams in their division. The team consists of:

 

Kristen Crowder – Bridgeport

Payton Hefner – Bridgeport

Samantha Wilson - Bridgeport

Madison McDonald – Morgantown

Briauna Malone – Morgantown

Hayley Swiger – Clarksburg

Abby Wetzel – Clarksburg

Seanna Stump – Weston

Coached by Jennifer Hefner - Bridgeport

 

 

Pictured (left to right) are  Bridgeport players Samantha Wilson, Kristen Crowder and Payton Hefner.