With its volleyball team on the brink of history, the large group of O&rsquo;Hara fans at Municipal Auditorium collectively rose to its feet and cheered loudly, almost imploring the team to score just one more point. </p><p>That&rsquo;s all the Celtics, who owned a commanding 13-point lead over Villa Duchesne in the second set of the Missouri Class 3 state championship match on Saturday, needed to become the first team in school history to win three volleyball titles in a row. </p><p>So when junior middle hitter Tori Hurtt saw a picture-perfect pass from junior setter Lindsey Hanaway floating her way moments later, she had one thought &mdash; bring it home.</p><p>And that&rsquo;s exactly what the 6-foot-1 Hurtt did, spiking the ball between a handful of Villa Duchesne defenders to clinch a 25-16, 25-13 victory and yet another state championship for O&rsquo;Hara.</p><p>&ldquo;The last two or three points, we talked about getting the ball to Tori, and she and Lindsey just shook their heads &mdash; they knew,&rdquo; said Celtics coach Lori Hanaway, who won her fifth straight state title (she spent 2006 with St. Teresa&rsquo;s). &ldquo;We go to Tori as much as we can.&rdquo;</p><p>That was certainly the case on Saturday, as Hurtt (13 kills) and junior middle hitter Michala Boehm (17) turned in monster individual efforts in leading a Celtics attack for which the Saints simply didn&rsquo;t have an answer.</p><p>&ldquo;Their hitting efficiency this weekend was amazing,&rdquo; Hanaway said of the duo, which combined for only three hitting errors on Saturday. &ldquo;And when we hit like that, I like my chances.&rdquo;</p><p>So did Boehm.</p><p>&ldquo;We walked in knowing that we were going to win, that we were the best team as long as we played our best,&rdquo; Boehm said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve been in this position before, we know how to win big games and we know how to play our best in tight situations.&rdquo;</p><p>However, this was far from a two-player show for the Celtics, who won their sixth state championship since 2002 and finished the season with 30-6-1 record. Hanaway said Madison Clark, Janell Jordan, Jordyn Wyatt and Katie Huber each made individual contributions in the championship match after the Celtics dominated the pool-play round on Friday by going 3-0.</p><p>&ldquo;I thought we picked up right where we left off yesterday,&rdquo; Hanaway said. </p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Blue Springs falls</span></strong></p><p>All season long, Blue Springs&rsquo; volleyball team made it a priority to own the second and third set of every match.</p><p>And for a while, it looked like the Wildcats would do it again in their Missouri Class 4 championship match against Ozark. Unfortunately for the Wildcats, Ozark too prides itself on finishing strong, and the Tigers used a 12-1 run in the third set to beat Blue Springs 28-26, 22-25, 25-17 and end the Wildcats&rsquo; hopes for their first state volleyball title in school history.</p><p>&ldquo;One of our main tenets is that we have to go out and make a statement at the beginning of the second game,&rdquo; said Blue Springs coach Katie Grusing, whose team finished with a 35-6-1 record and earned its highest finish in school history. &ldquo;We did that, but we have not had a runaway third game all season. &hellip; That was out of the ordinary.&rdquo;</p><p>The match was close and competitive early, with neither team leading by more than three points in the first set. Ozark eventually prevailed, but Blue Springs came out fired up in the second set and eventually pulled away.</p><p>However, the momentum that Ozark had gained at the end of the second set &mdash; in which the Tigers took eight of the final 11 points &mdash; carried over to the final set. Ozark, which led Blue Springs 8-6 at one point, caught Blue Springs in a bad rotation and rattled off 12 of the next 13 points to take a commanding 20-7 lead.