HIGHLANDS RANCH — HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — The Valor Christian High School volleyball team made history this week, but it’s a celebration that has felt strangely quiet.

“This is the ball we won the fourth state championship with,” said assistant coach Becca Waitman.

Instead of placing their new trophy beside the others at school, the players carried all four into a different room — the one where they felt they belonged most.

“Just wanted to honor her by having them in her office,” said coach Tricia Knoll.

That’s the office of head coach Jayne McHugh, who lost her battle with leukemia just minutes after the team won that historic fourth-straight state title.

Their four-peat is something no 5A team has ever accomplished in Colorado.

“Not at the 5A level, it’s never been done,” Knoll sa

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