Huntley celebrates its championship Saturday at Autumnfest hosted by Glenbard East. Taylor Jakubowski couldn’t explain it. “I don't even know what happened,” said Huntley’s 5-foot-7 junior setter. “We started playing our game. We started picking up balls a little more, started running a faster offense, and we started putting balls away. And our serving was phenomenal, which got us back.” Huntley looked dead in the water Saturday in Game 1 of the championship match against Benet at Autumnfest hosted by Glenbard East. A kill by Bene...
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. Dakota’s 5-foot-11 sophomore outside hitter Tabytha Toelke is this week’s "Player of the Week." Toelke had 18 kills as Dakota (12-9 overall, 7-2 in the Northwest Upstate...
Friday, October 5 tournament results
St. Charles East Scholastic Cup at the Great Lakes Volleyball Center Friday’s results Pool A Benet def. Normal West 25-17, 25-11 Naperville Central def. Addison Trail 33-31, 25-21 Benet def. Addison Trail 25-16, 25-13 Naperville Central def. Normal West 25-18, 25-21 Pool B Naperville North def. Hinsdale South 25-7, 25-19 Geneva def. Hinsdale South 26-24, 25-20 Naperville North def. Geneva 25-27, 25-10, 25-20 Pool C Waubonsie Valley def. Lincoln-Way Central 25-15, 25-11 Lincoln-Way Central def. Plainfield North 2...
Saturday, October 13 Tournament Results
Belleville Althoff celebrates its tournament championship Saturday at O'Fallon. At Autumnfest at Glenbard East At Harvest Fest at Plainfield Central At O'Fallon Autumn Classic At Autumnfest No. 14 Huntley def. No. 3 Benet 27-25, 25-23 (championship) Huntley (30-3): Julia Johnson (12 kills), Loren Alberts (9 kills), Emma Konie (6 kills), Sarah Zayas (14 digs), Taylor Jakubowski (28 assists, 13 digs). Benet (28-5): Ally Van Eekeren (19 assists, 3 kills, 2 blocks), Kyla Kenney (7 kills), Caitli...
Friday, October 12 tournament results
Autumnfest at Glenbard East Pool 1 Benet def. Barrington 25-16, 25-13 Hononegah def. Barrington 25-23, 18-25, 25-17 Benet def. Hononegah 25-15, 25-17 Pool 2 Huntley def. Providence 25-21, 25-13 Geneva def. Providence 28-26, 25-20 Huntley def. Geneva 25-19, 25-17 Pool 3 Mother McAuley def. Normal 25-18, 25-17 Wheaton Warrenville South def. Normal 25-10, 25-18 Mother McAuley def. Wheaton Warrenville South 23-25, 25-15, 25-14 Pool 4 Lemont def. Prairie Ridge 27-25, 25-15 Glenbard East def. Lemont 25-17, 26-24 Glenbard ...
Friday, October 12 results
Holy Trinity def. St. Joseph 25-14, 25-13Holy Trinity (15-6): Rachel Asante (6 kills, 1 block), Cece Gardner (4 kills), Angela Ponce (11 service points), Moshay Turner (5 digs), Karol Gonzalez (18 assists, 6 service points, 5 aces).Indian Creek def. LeLand 25-11, 25-12Indian Creek (17-9-2 overall, 5-2 in the Little Ten): Riley Oros (16 assists), Evelyn Witte (8 kills), Trysta Foster (7 digs, 7 kills) Autumn Johanningsmeier (13 digs). ...
Huntley overcomes its fear, now puts fear in its opponents
Huntley's (from left) Loren Alberts, Josie Schmitendorf, Sarah Zayas, Taylor Jakubowski, Marissa Deem and Julia Johnson. Fear. It can have a crippling effect on athletes, even on the volleyball court. Huntley experienced a bit of trepidation at the beginning of the season, which included early losses to Fox Valley Conference rivals Prairie Ridge and Crystal Lake Central. “I think we had a lack of confidence in ourselves,” said 6-foot senior middle blocker Marissa Deem. “I think we just didn't know how the season was going to go....
Thursday, October 11 results
Barrington defeated Palatine Tuesday to earn a share of the Mid-Suburban West title for the first time since 2013. Barrington will visit East winner Buffalo Grove for the MSL championship Wednesday. Barrington def. Palatine 25-17, 25- 17 Barrington (20-9 overall, 9-1 in the Mid-Suburban West): Peyton Tilly (11 kills, 3 digs, 2 aces), Bailey Madrzyk (6 kills, 4 service points, 1 ace, 6 digs), Tara Kozak (16 assists), Paige Ramel (1 block, 4 kills), Ola Magiera (1 kill), Lauren Carder (12 service points, 2 aces), Sabrina Loutos (3...
Wednesday, October 10 results
Amboy def. Orangeville 19-25, 25-22, 25-16 Orangeville (10-10-1 overall, 6-6 in the Northwest Upstate Illini). Bolingbrook def. Morton 25-14, 25-14 Bolingbrook (18-7 overall, 3-2 in the Southwest Suburban): Sara Magdziarz (19 assists, 5 kills), Natalie Mitchem (7 kills, 3 aces), Kaylee Zihala (6 kills), Lauren Shroba (4 kills, 4 aces), Debbie Dinkel (3 blocks). Bradley-Bourbonnais def. Andrew 25-21, 25-21 Andrew (15-13): Bri Haggerty (11 kills), Macy Sherwood (2 blocks), Kylie Adams (11 digs). No. 22 Durand def. Ashton-Franklin ...