SPVB 18 Elite might want to consider skipping the second game of any best-of-three match and just moving on to the third. Monday in the semifinals of the National Junior Classic at the Great Lakes Volleyball Center in Aurora, the girls from Sports Performance found themselves just a few points from championship elimination down 18-25, 13-18 to MN Select 17-1 (Maple Grove, Minnesota). “We tell ourselves all the time that we’d better not do it (fall behind in the second game),” SPVB 18 Elite middle hitter Sammi LaBolle said. “And we alway...
Glenbard West Punches Back And Punches Ticket To State
Lake Park threw the first punch, but Glenbard West threw the knockout blow. The three-time defending state champion Hilltoppers came back after absorbing a pounding in Game 1 to defeat Lake Park 18-25, 25-19, 25-18 and win the Addison Trail sectional Tuesday in Addison. Glenbard West (35-3) will now face Barrington (34-5) in an IHSA state quarterfinal Friday at 10:30 a.m. at Hoffman Estates. Barrington defeated Libertyville 27-25, 25-21 to win the Grant sectional. Lake Park bowed out at 31-6. But for the first 30 minutes of the mat...
Depth. There Is No Substitute.
By Randy Whalen Special to Illprepvb.com With probably its best player – senior middle hitter Mike Herlihy – likely out for the season with a hand injury, the Lincoln-Way East boys volleyball team showed its depth and cruised to a 25-21, 25-17 over the host Crusaders on Tuesday, May 29 in the title match of the Brother Rice Sectional. It was the third straight sectional championship and fourth in five years for the Griffins (36-3), who placed second last year and won the title in 2014.They will face Oak Park-River Forest, a 25-23,...