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Junior Simon Vardeh posted a game-high 17 kills, sophomore middle Peter Reale notched a career-best night with 11 kills and two blocks, and the entire team around them was sound from start to finish to help No. 3 Newton North (14-2) win Round 2 over No. 2 Natick, 3-0 (26-24, 25-22, 25-21).
There’s been some sort of block preventing the Natick boys volleyball team from closing out several of its biggest games over the last couple years. Not Tuesday.
No. 1 Newton North (5-0) took the fourth and fifth sets by a hair to end the No. 3 Needham Rockets’ historic 77-game win streak with a 3-2 (20-25, 26-24, 22-25, 25-22, 16-14) win.