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Durant Volleyball to Play for District 7 Title on Thursday
The Cougars clinched a 2011 playoff spot by beating Bloomingdale in the district playoffs. They face Plant in the district championship at 7 p.m. Thursday at Bloomingdale High School.
High school volleyball's Class 8A-District 7 has been a three-horse race all year long. Plant, Bloomingdale and Wharton have topped the district all season and even finished in the three-way tie that had to be decided by a coin toss.
No one told Durant High it was between those three teams.
The Cougars knocked off Alonso in round one of the district playoffs on Tuesday and jumped out to a two-game lead on Bloomingdale in the district semifinal 25-13, 26-24. The Bulls came back and took game three 16-25, but Durant closed it out 25-17 to advance to the 2011 playoffs and Thursday's district final.
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Durant just improves to a winning record with the win over Bloomingdale and will be heavy underdogs in the final against Plant, but if this district has proved anything, it's that no one is safe.
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What: Durant High vs. Plant, District 7 volleyball final.
When: 7 p.m. Thursday
Where: , 1700 Bloomingdale Ave., Valrico