Lafayette puts foot on gas to sweep Marquette for Class 5 District 2 title

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By Joe Harris | Special to the Post-Dispatch

CLARKSON VALLEY — Junior Shaye Witherspoon and the other returners on the Lafayette girls volleyball team entered the season with a chip on their shoulder.

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