Amber Czerniak knows she’s not the biggest name on St. Charles North’s girls volleyball roster.

With the amount of talent filling the North Stars’ roster, including Penn State commit Haley Burgdorf, the senior outside hitter knows that she’s not always the main focus when opposing teams scout them out.

Yet, she knows she can be just as potent at the net as the rest of her team.

“I just focus on myself and what I can do and push to the best of my abilities,” Czerniak said. “I just try to prove to everyone that I’m really good too.”

And in the team’s first game of the 2025 season, she showed why she’s a secret weapon.

Czerniak finished with a game-high six kills as the North Stars finished their first match of the season on a 22-2 run, which included 12 consecutive points, to secure a

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