Sky High Adidas 15 Black's Maddie Timmerman and Peyton O'Brien Illprepvb.com Girls Club Rankings(Week 12 rankings in parenthesis) 18s 1. SPVB 18 Elite (1)Next: JVA World Challenge April 6-8 at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky. 2. Michio Chicago 18 National (2)Note: After finishing in a tie for fifth place at the 18 Nike Mideast Qualifier in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 23-25, Michio Chicago 18 National accepted a bid in the 18 Open division at the USA Volleyball Girls’ Junior National Championships...
Winning regional titles never gets old at Mother McAuley
By Randy Whalen Special to Illprepvb.com It's 39 in a row and it never gets old. According to the IHSA website, Mother McAuley has won a regional title every year since 1980. That includes what were then district championships in the early ‘80s. Well, the Mighty Macs continued that streak with a 25-13, 25-17 victory over the host Astros on Thursday in the title match of the Class 4A Shepard Regional in Palos Heights. No. 4 seeded McAuley (24-13) advances to the Eisenhower Sectional and will play a familiar foe, top-seeded Maris...
Benet rallies twice, aces Naperville North for third time
Benet defeated Naperville North 25-21, 26-24 to win the Plainfield North Class 4A Sectional. Hattie Monson figured enough was enough. The 5-foot-5 junior libero had watched Benet’s season end in the sectional each of her first two seasons at the school – a 25-23, 25-22 loss to Marist in a sectional semifinal in 2016 and a 25-20, 25-20 setback to Minooka in the sectional championship last year. So what was she feeling when Naperville North’s final kill attempt with the Redwings leading 25-24 in the second set sailed out? “It was ...
Friday, August 31 results
No. 17 St. Charles North def. No. 13 Prairie Ridge 28-26, 25-22Prairie Ridge (5-1 overall, 4-0 Fox Valley Conference): Jayden Otto (23 assists, 1 block, 1 ace), Hannah Baudhuin (7 kills, 1 ace, 10 digs), Trinity Sheridan (7 kills, 1 block).St. Charles North (7-1): Katie Lanz (8 kills, 5 aces, 9 digs), Kyla Lannert (10 digs, 2 aces), Gigi Crescenzo (9 kills, 1 ace, 14 digs), Brigid McCarthy (1 kill), Cailey Johns (1 kill), Maddie Gorniak (14 digs). ...
Massac County developing chemistry; multi-sport athletes bolster Wheeling
Massac County is seeking its fifth regional title in the past six years.Illprepvb.com continues its coverage of the 2018 Illinois girls high school season with another set of team previews. School: CartervilleConference: Southern Illinois River-to-River (Mississippi)Head coach: Erika Lange Last season’s highlights: 13-20 overall, 3-7 in conference, lost 25-22, 25-23 to Herrin in a Class 3A regional quarterfinal.Top returnees: 5-9 senior outside hitter Ashlyn Mavigliano, 5-9 senior rightside hitter Anna Har...
Wednesday, October 31 state tournament results
Durand defeated Sterling Newman to win the Polo Class 1A Sectional. Class 4A Normal Community Supersectional At Bloomington No. 10 Bloomington def. No. 17 O’Fallon 26-24, 25-27, 25-21 O’Fallon (31-8) vs. Bloomington (33-4) At Plainfield North No. 2 Benet def. No. 13 Naperville North 25-21, 26-24 Benet (34-5): Hattie Monson (11 digs, 2 aces), Kyla Kenney (10 kills, 4 digs, 1 ace), Caroline Gard (5 digs, 2 aces), Valentina Tabares (5 kills), Caitlin Wepfer (2 kills, 1 ace), Ally Van Eekeren (27 assists...
Chicago Christian Knight Invite
Monday, October 29 state tournament results
Class 1A At Effingham St. AnthonyDecatur St. Teresa def. Altamont 25-14, 25-13Windsor-Stewardson-Strasburg def. Louisville North Clay 25-8, 25-14At Farmer CityFlanagan-Cornell def. Cissna Park 25-22 26-28 25-14Flanagan-Cornell (24-11-1 overall, 8-4 in the Heart of Illinois): Rachel Harrison (4 kills, 15 digs, 1 ace), Madelyn Forney (26 assists, 9 digs, 2 kills, 1 ace), Molly Garretson (7 digs, 5 kills), McKenna Roth (9 kills, 3 blocks, 5 digs, 1 ace), Kayla VanWeelden (2 aces, 9 kills, 4 blocks, 3 digs), Regan Reed (2 ace...
Benet takes Waubonsie Valley’s ‘best shot,’ Naperville North rolls
Top-seeded Benet advanced to the sectional finals at Plainfield North with a three-set win over Waubonsie Valley on Monday. Beating a team in straight sets is nice, but some victories don’t come that easy. “Before every game, (head coach Brad) Baker tells us it's going to be an hour-and-a-half,” said Benet's 5-foot-10 sophomore outside hitter Kyla Kenney. “We have to be prepared to play for an hour-and-a-half.” Ninety minutes must have seemed like an eternity for No. 2-ranked Benet (33-5) and its fans Monday, but the Redwings r...
