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The Archbishop Murphy volleyball team is coming off one of its most successful seasons in school history.

The Wildcats won the Cascade Conference and Northwest District championships and took home a third place trophy at the 2A state tournament.

But only four players – seniors Nat Hayward and Payten Bradley and juniors Claire Doud and Emma Feeney – return from last season and coach Brandon Jones estimates that about 90 percent of the Wildcats’ offense graduated.

Even with all of the changes, Jones doesn’t consider 2017 to be a rebuilding year.

“We’re optimistic,” he said. �...