NORWALK — It didn’t look promising for the Ontario Christian girls volleyball team this season.

Ontario Christian’s Avery Kunkel hides her face as teammates sing “Happy Birthday” to her after the team won Saturday’s CIF-SS Division 5 girls volleyball final at Cerritos College on Nov. 8, 2025. (Photo by Miguel Vasconcellos, Contributing Photographer)

After losing a couple of players who transferred to other schools,, the Knights started 2-8 with a challenging nonleague .schedule.

But the Knights haven’t lost since.

Saturday, Ontario Christian won its first CIF Southern Section championship in six years with a 19-25, 25-23, 25-22, 25-20 victory over Chadwick in the Division 5 final at Cerritos College.

“We started off rough,” Ontario Christian coach Paige Liebhart said. “It was towards

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