When Maiden needed points the most, Hannah Martin came through in the clutch.
Tied in the third game of the Blue Devils’ volleyball match against South Iredell on Wednesday, she was able to serve successfully against the Vikings.
Martin’s serving enabled her team build a two-point cushion, giving them enough distance to win the game and match, 25-19, 25-14, 25-21.
“We battled back when we needed to” said Maiden coach Marsha Davis. “Even though we got down in the third game, we still came back. They worked hard and put balls down when they needed to.”
It is four hours before the 98th Hickory American Legion Fair opens, and the Midway is rather quiet.
Maroon flags flutter and flap atop an intimidating 50-foot high “ride,” and a worker pounds a hammer against metal underneath a menacing “Himalaya” tilt-a-whirl.
The fair is back.
However before boys and girls, moms and dads, line the fair’s many entertainment avenues off U.S. 70, a normally unseen group of workers set up the rides, food stands and carnival games that make the fair what it is year in and year out.
