Article: Revenge tasty for No. 1 Rice

Still smarting from a loss to Providence in last year's Catholic League boys volleyball finals, top-ranked Brother Rice stormed past the visiting Celtics 25-15, 25-8 on Tuesday.

"The 'Catholic League Champions' on the jerseys gave us a little more inspiration," said Brother Rice junior Kevin Padden, who celebrated his 17th birthday with a team-high eight kills.

"We took care of what we always do. We don't like letting teams hang around."

Sean Cody added five kills for the Crusaders (20-0, 6-0), who also got four kills from Matt Gallik and 14 assists from Josh Scaletta.

"Providence has a strong program, and this is a great rivalry," Brother Rice coach Paul Ickes said.

"We're just ...

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