When she was young, Lockport ’s Bridget Ferriter went to watch her older siblings play volleyball.

It stood to reason that she would become involved with the sport.

Ferriter started playing volleyball in fourth grade in a local rec league with the Homer Athletic Club before moving on to club ball with Adversity Volleyball in Wood Dale.

She also played basketball until her freshman year before giving it up to concentrate on volleyball. It turned out to be the right decision, as she was named Herald-News Girls Volleyball Player of the Year after helping lead the Porters to their second straight Class 4A third-place finish.

“I have played volleyball a lot,” Ferriter said. “I liked basketball, too, but it was too much with the basketball season right after volleyball. I would have missed

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