At left, Crook County’s Hannah Troutman goes up for a kill during the first game of Saturday night’s Class 4A state championship match at Lane Community College in Eugene. At right, the Cowgirls celebrate after scoring against Cascade in the opening game of the match.

EUGENE — Pressure? What pressure?

Dominant in just about every aspect of the match, Crook County rolled past Cascade in three games Saturday night to win its eighth straight — yes, eighth straight — high school volleyball state championship.

The No. 2-seeded Cowgirls never let the top-seeded Cougars in the match, winning the Class 4A final at Lane Community College 25-15, 25-17, 25-12. Hannah Troutman recorded 17 kills and 15 digs (both match highs), Karlee Hollis added 12 kills, and Abby Smith dished out 18 assists as Crook County routed Cascade of Turner in a match that was just 61 minutes old when Jennifer Roth ended it with a service ace.

“We served them out of the building,” Cowgirl senior middle Kathryn Kaonis said.

“At the beginning of the year, yeah, it felt like there was a lot of pressure (to win state again),” Kaonis added. “But we turned that nervousness into excitement and tonight played our best game.”

Crook County posted nine aces in the 4A final against just five service errors. The Cougars, who were making their first state final appearance in school history, struggled all evening to get into their offense, ending the match with just 25 kills compared with the Cowgirls’ 43.

“Crook County’s been to (eight) finals in a row,” Cascade coach Christina Williams said. “That’s a definite advantage. My girls looked timid out there at times.”

Troutman was the cause for most of the Cougars’ discomfort. The senior outside hitter booked seven kills in the Cowgirls’ opening-game win, looking every bit like the four-year varsity player she is.

“She’s a powerhouse,” Crook County coach Rosie Honl said of Troutman, who was the Cowgirls’ player of the match as voted on by Oregon School Activities Association officials. “Serving, defense, serve receive. Everything. … And she brought all these young girls along.”

Amazingly, Crook County continued its state title streak, which dates back to the 2006 season, with five freshmen all seeing time on the court Saturday night. Among the freshmen, Smith led the team with 18 digs, Roth had three kills and an ace, and Aspen Christiansen registered an ace and three digs. Hailey Nelson led Cascade with 11 kills, and Mariah Bartlett ended the match with 21 assists.

The closest Cascade came to challenging the Cowgirls was in the second game after the Cougars won six of eight points to tie the set 9-9. Crook County responded by winning the next eight points — seven of which were served by Smith — and the shellshocked Oregon West Conference champions never recovered.

“We’ve got so many good players coming up,” said Troutman, who is looking to play volleyball and throw the javelin at Oregon State after graduation. “Honestly, this (the streak) could go forever.”