Woodstock North had every reason to be fired up Monday.

But the Thunder were the opposite of that.

“They were excited, but they were pretty calm,” first-year coach Rebekah Sellek said of her team’s matchup against Richmond-Burton . “Like the calmness kind of scared me a little bit. There wasn’t the amped up, aggressive, we’re going to do this kind of thing.

“But I think that’s what we needed though, the calm.”

Calm but confident North was up to the challenge Monday against an R-B team with 32 straight victories in KRC play.

The Thunder coasted in the first set and went on to sweep the Rockets 25-15, 25-22 to take sole possession of first place in the KRC.

Sophomore outside hitter Ava Kardaras, in her first match back after suffering a concussion, led North (7-3, 4-0 KRC) with nine

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