Because she had never played volleyball before, St. Charles North’s Sidney Wright recalled being convinced by a friend back in eighth grade to go to tryouts.

Flash forward to now, as a senior, and the 6-foot-1 Wright is one of the area’s best middle hitters. She also has committed to Illinois State.

Things happened in a hurry.

“It’s nice to see my development and everything come together like this,” Wright said. “I had never played. I tried out, and it’s just history from there.”

Wright built upon that history Tuesday night with six blocks and three kills as the host North Stars rolled to a 25-18, 25-16 DuKane Conference victory over Batavia.

Penn State recruit Haley Burgdorf led St. Charles North (15-2, 3-0) with 10 kills. Amber Czerniak added six kills. Morgan Raiser paced B

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