Middle School volleyball regular season ends with Hardin Park undefeated

By David Rogers. VALLE CRUCIS, N.C. — While Hardin Park volleyball was doing what was needed for the Eagles to remain undefeated for the regular season, Parkway secured its No. 2 position in the standings — having lost only to HP, twice — by dispatching host Valle Crucis and Blowing Rock in a tri-match.

Except for the Bethel vs. Green Valley tilt at Bethel, a closely contested match that ended 2-1 in Bethel’s favor (25-22, 24-26, 15-13) it was a night of sweeps all across the county.

Hardin Park had little trouble in defeating Green Valley, 2-0 (25-9, 25-9), then jumping past host Bethel, 2-0 (25-7, 25-20).

At Valle Crucis, Blowing Rock rallied from a 6-point deficit in the second set to complete a 2-0 sweep of the host school (25-19, 25-16). In turn, Parkway ousted the Rockets with a 2-0 sweep (25-8, 25-20) before doing the same to Valle Crucis (25-13, 25-20).

The only dual match of the night was Cove Creek at Mabel, where the visiting Raiders swept Mabel, 2-0 (25-14, 25-13).

The final regular season standings:

1. Hardin Park (14-0)
2. Parkway (12-2)
3. Cove Creek (9-5)
4. Blowing Rock (7-7)
5. Mabel (5-9)
6. Bethel (4-10)
7. Valle Crucis (3-11)
8. Green Valley (2-12)

The Watauga Middle Schools post-season volleyball tournament begins on Thursday, Oct. 6, with all matches to be played at Watauga High School’s Lentz Eggers Gym.

UPPER BRACKET

• 4:00 p.m. — No. 1 Hardin Park vs. No. 8 Green Valley
• 7:00 p.m. — No. 4 Blowing Rock vs. No. 5 Mabel

LOWER BRACKET

• 5:00 p.m. — No. 2 Parkway vs. No. 7 Valle Crucis
• 6:00 p.m. — No. 3 Cove Creek vs. No. 6 Bethel