PETERSBURG — With one final, emphatic kill, Nadiya Johnson slammed the door on Kellam’s hopes of a girls volleyball state championship.

Johnson, a 6-foot-2 senior hitter who has signed with Baylor, finished with 20 kills, including one on each of the final three points, as Riverside beat Kellam 3-1 in the Class 5 title match Saturday at Virginia State University.

The Rams (28-2), of Leesburg, secured a second straight state championship game victory over Kellam (24-4) after sweeping the Knights last season.

Kellam won the first set 25-21 before Riverside took the final three 25-14, 25-19, 25-16.

Johnson and teammates Gabbie Vizek (6-1) and Kenzie Davis (5-11) formed a formidable trio on the front line, but Johnson stood out, especially in the closing sets. She tallied eight kills in th

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