The road to the Southern Regional High School boys volleyball team’s sixth state title got less bumpy last week. The Rams, the defending state champs, easily won their first- and second-round matches in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association South Jersey Tournament. Southern, the tourney’s top seed, crushed Collingswood, the 16th-seed, 25-12, 25-8 on Tuesday and manhandled eighth-seeded Cinnaminson, 25-8, 25-17 on Thursday.

Southern coach Eric Maxwell emptied his bench against Collingswood, with 16 players figuring on the score sheet.