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Thursday, October 4 results
Mid-Suburban West rivals Fremd and Palatine joined forces Thursday to raise money to benefit Maeve’s Foundation, which was established by her parents and friends in 2005. Maeve died on July 29, 2004, as the result of a brain tumor that was diagnosed less than 36 hours before. She was only 26 months old. The mission of Maeve’s Foundation is to assist/fund programs and hospitals to: increase public awareness about the severity and prevalence of childhood brain tumors; aid in early detection of childhood brain tumors by increasing awarenes...
Wednesday, October 3 results
No. 3 Benet def. Glenbard West 25-15, 25-17 Benet (18-4 overall, 4-1 in the East Suburban Catholic): Ally Van Eekeren (3 kills, 25 assists, 3 digs), Annie Sobolewski (2 digs), Hattie Monson (11 digs, 1 ace), Kyla Kenney (10 kills, 5 digs), Rachel Muisenga (7 kills, 3 digs), Valentina Tabares (2 kills), Caroline Gard (11 digs), Annie Remmes (2 kills), Caitlin McKee (1 kill), Caitlin Wepher (2 kills, 2 aces). Dakota def. Forreston 25-23, 18-25, 25-18 East Dubuque def. Pearl City 25-13, 25-23 East Dubuque: Paige Middendorf (9 kills), ...
Tuesday, October 2 results
Andrew def. Thornwood 25-8, 25-14 Andrew (15-11): Bri Haggerty (7 kills, 3 digs), Abby Kiaupa (4 kills), Kylie Adams (5 digs), Amanda Long (3 digs), Alexa Caponigro (2 blocks). Aurora Christian def. Bishop McNamara 25-20, 25-16 Bishop McNamara (5-14-2 overall, 1-3 in the Metro Suburban): Molly Kurtz, (3 kills, 13 digs), Kenna Kleinert (13 digs), Elle Nugent (3 kills, 11 digs). Aurora Christian (13-5 overall, 1-0 in the Metro Suburban). Barrington def. Conant 25-22, 25-12 Barrington (13-8 overall, 6-1 in the Mid-Suburban West): Pey...
39th Annual Latin Invitational
Monday, October 1 results
Glenbrook South def. Niles West 25-17, 25-23Glenbrook South: Vanessa Kuliga (8 kills).Indian Creek def. LaMoille 25-15, 25-22Indian Creek (14-8-2 overall, 3-2 in the Little Ten): Riley Oros (24 assists, 3 aces), Evelyn Witte (11 kills), Autumn Johanningsmeier (24 digs).Kirkland Hiawatha def. Somonauk 25-21, 23-25, 21-25Somonauk (2-14 overall, 1-5 conference): Katy Tripp (6 kills, 4 blocks), McKenna Dayhuff (6 kills), Grace Gozder (3 aces)Somonauk coach Aleesha Carlson: “The girls had a tough time moving to the ball tonight and communica...
Whitney Young learns from former Olympian, but No. 1 Marist still schools Dolphins
Whitney Young’s (left to right) Chelsea Thorpe, Jordan Quinones, Anya Korbut, Bianca Hernandez and Perry Lucas with head coach Keba Phipps. By Randy Whalen Special to Illprepvb.com As a two-time Olympian, Keba Phipps knows something about playing with the best and playing against the best. Now the head volleyball coach at Whitney Young, Phipps took her team to play the best in the state on Thursday when the Dolphins traveled to Marist. There, the host RedHawks continued to do what they have all season and cruised to a 25-19, 25...
York communicates, then dominates Downers Grove South
Downers Grove South's Addison Karmik, Jessica Juerke, Holly Kaczmarek, Rose Dumford and Lucy Dumford. York got off to a rough start Monday at Downers Grove South. It was just a matter of talking things out. “I think we started to see what the other team (Downers Grove South) was doing, we started to communicate more with each other … talking about setting up the block, covering tips and short serves … all that,” said York’s 5-foot-11 senior outside hitter Sophia Glabus. “That was definitely a game-changer there,” she said. Y...
‘Oh, Homewood-Flossmoor’ rallies from big third-set deficit to beat L-W East
Lincoln-Way East's Kaleigh Ritter, Nicki Bechtold, Molly Skoda, Jess Pappas and Hannah Kowalczyk. By Randy Whlen Special to Illprepvb.com Energy. Homewood-Flossmoor brought that when it mattered most. As a result, the Vikings got a huge win as they knocked off host Lincoln-Way East 28-26, 19-25, 25-22 in a SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue Division battle Tuesday in Frankfort. Junior outside hitters Miara Bolden (4 kills, 6 blocks) and Lia Sidberry (7 kills) led the way for Homewood-Flossmoor (18-7, 1-0), which registered its ...
Who is this week’s Illprepvb.com “Player of the Week?”
Each week during the season, Illprepvb.com will name a "Player of the Week" selected from nominations provided by Illinois volleyball coaches. Coaches can nominate their players by providing a 100-150 word summary of their achievement and a large quality headshot and sending it to illprepvb@gmail.com by noon on Sunday of the week for which they wish to nominate a player.This week’s Illprepvb.com “Player of the Week” has not played a single match, a single set or even a single point this season. But she has been an inspiration to her teammates...