Howard High School's girls volleyball team ended a decades-long drought, winning the school a state championship on Saturday.

This was the team's first 3A volleyball state championship since 1980, the last time the team made the state finals.

It had been nearly a week since the big win when WJZ sat down with the team's captains on Friday, but team members are still pinching themselves.

"Yes, we were all in disbelief," said co-captain Miranda Ball.

The state title-winning play happened in five seconds: from the serve to a block at the net.

"I think the score was 24-19. Just to come all the way back and fight off that many set points, it was like we won. Then it was like, oh my god, we won," said co-captain McKenna Brown.

The team went undefeated the last two seasons, but wasn't able t

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