Metea Valley’s Raina Parekh is serious about classical Indian dancing as well as volleyball.

And that worried Mustangs coach Dave Macdonald a little bit during the offseason. He couldn’t imagine the idea of the undersized junior middle hitter not being on the varsity again.

“I didn’t know if she was going to come back because she’s such a great dancer,” Macdonald said of Parekh. “She’s really into the dancing portion of it. We wondered if she was coming back.

“We had girls in her ear, asking her to come back.”

Parekh did, indeed, return to play volleyball for Metea. And she’s hoping to keep the Mustangs dancing toward success as they are aim for another big season.

Metea (12-4), seeded fourth in the 24-team Wheaton Classic, opened with a 25-22, 25-22 win over Plainfield North befo

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