When The SandPaper previewed last Thursday’s high school volleyball state championship match between Southern Regional and Fair Lawn, it said the action would be of the irresistible-force-meets-immovable-object nature. Fair Lawn, after all, was led by junior outside hitter Chris Nugent, the state’s leader in kills. Southern’s most intimidating player, middle blocker Mike Gesicki, was already the fabled program’s leading shot blocker even though he’s only a sophomore.
Well, irresistible force won. Fair Lawn defeated Southern, 25-23, 13-25 and 25-22 to claim its second straight state…
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