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Gimme 5: Oak Forest's McKeown Steps Up in Summer Volleyball

Bengals' senior outside hitter Matt McKeown playing with a passion, looking to take on team leadership role in summer action at Palos Courts.

Oak Forest's Matt McKeown expects to become a senior leader for the Bengals in 2012. He is auditioning for that role during summer league play at Palos Courts in Palos Heights.

During the Bengals' second match against last week against Andrwe, he was encouraging his teammates to seek a bit of payback. After all, it was the T-Bolts who sent the Benglas packing in the IHSA regional playoffs back in May.

"Even though it's the summer, it's fun to play for some revenge," MeKeown said.

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Oak Forest is looking to build on a successful season. The Bengals won the South Suburban Conference title outright for the first time in the school's history. In 2010, they tied for the conference title.

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