​INDIANAPOLIS — Fort Wayne Carroll claimed its third straight IHSAA Class 4A volleyball state championship Saturday night, taking out an upset-minded Center Grove, 3-1 (25-16, 25-18, 22-25, 25-17), at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.”You think you kind of get used to it, but I’m still so excited. What a way to finish out,” senior outside hitter Sarah Stegall beamed. “We believed we could do it and coming out here and actually putting our beliefs to work — it’s incredible.”Stegall finished with a match-high 18 kills on .268 hitting. She single-handedly orchestrated a championship-clinching 6-1 run in the fourth set, a sensational conclusion for the likely Miss Volleyball finalist, who finished her high school career with 988 kills.That gaudy career total came despite missing almost her entire sophomore season due to injury. The Notre Dame commit returned last season and flourished behind 2025 Indiana Miss Volleyball Bailey Sinish, before taking the reins of this year’s attack and accumulating 481 terminations with a hitting percentage around .360.”Sarah’s been our go-to all year and she stepped up in big moments,” Sinish said. “I was so proud of her because she started out really strong, then we kind lost her a little bit in the middle, but she came back through when we needed her most and that’s what a senior should be doing. … In the big moment, we were gonna give her the ball and she was ready to take care of it.”Stegall played closer, but reaching that point of the match was a group effort, one that began with fellow attacker Katelyn Peters. The Chargers junior — and heir apparent to the No. 1 attacker spot — registered a double-double with 17 kills and 13 digs. She accounted for three kills in the decisive fourth set: The first knotted the frame at 11, the third sustained the final run, pushing the score to 18-14.Junior middle blocker Paityn Lauck, who missed most of the regular season due to injury but returned in time for regionals, capped her comeback with her best performance of the season, notching 11 kills on .409 hitting with a block, an ace and a dig.Stegall, Peters and Lauck’s contributions came with senior setter Elli Oskey running the offense to the tune of 45 assists. Her individual effort, which also included seven kills (.333 hit%), pushed her season total to 1,025 — up from 330 the year before.And then, of course, there was libero Cala Haffner. The 2028 Texas commit racked up 23 digs and served four aces in her final match of the season, leading a defensive effort that saw Carroll rack up 64 kills and limit CG to .119 hitting.”This is just a special group of girls who love the game, love to have fun out there and who love each other,” Sinish said. “They are ready for that big moment. It got a little tight in the middle and they started to play a little hesitant, but they made the switch and that was huge.”Saturday was the Chargers’ long-awaited championship coronation, but full credit to Center Grove: It made them earn it, pla