Senior outside hitter and four-year starter Kelley Crowley had her Downers Grove North volleyball career end Thursday as one of the program’s all-time greats.

The Northern Michigan recruit’s emergence on and off the court can be traced to head coach Mark Wasik and assistant Meghan Nauss.

“(Nauss and Wasik) believed in me since I was a freshman. It was super special to me, because a lot of other coaches said I was too short or did too much,” Crowley said. “(They) just saw my talent and what I was capable of, put trust in me and made me a lot more confident.”

Despite their season of key injuries and adversity, the Trojans came ever-so-close to their first sectional title since 2019.

Oak Park-River Forest rallied to prevail 25-20, 10-25, 25-23 in the Class 4A Lyons Township Sectional f

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