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Prior to Provincials the Packers won Western Regionals with semi-final wins over West Kings 2516 and 25 – 10 and then downing Par en Bas 25 – 23 and 25 – 12 in the finals.
Hosting the NSSAF Division ll Championship in the friendly confines of the MRHS Gym for possibly the final time against teams from Bridgewater, Cobequid-2, Hants East, J L Illsley, Par en Bas, SAREC and South Colchester,
Middleton went undefeated in their games.
In the semi-final against SAREC from Port Hawkesbury MRHS downed SAREC 25 – 14 and 25 – 23. Pitted against the defending champs of 2005-06 Hants East, the Packers won the first set 25 – 21. In the next set MRHS was trailing 24 – 21 but facing defeat they rallied with four straight points for a 25 – 24 lead! The next 20 points seesawed back and forth saving a team from losing a set or putting a team one point away from winning the set. Finally with the Packers up 35 – 34 they won the next point and the Championship, with nary a dry eye in the Gym!
The Sports Heritage Wall of Fame is honoured to welcome the Middleton Regional High School Packers Senior Girls Volleyball Team, NSSAF Division ll Champions 2006-07, as a most deserving Inductee