Lucas Kean was tired of the Old Bridge boys volleyball team getting in the way.

“I knew once that ball was up in the air, coming toward me, that I was putting it away,” said the senior outside hitter, after he hammered home classmate Ethan Brummer’s set for the winning point in Southern’s 25-23, 21-25, 25-18 victory over the Knights to capture the NJSIAA South Jersey Group IV championship on Wednesday, June 7. “I wasn’t going to miss this chance.”