Marist def. Stagg 25-19, 25-18 (quarterfinals)Marist def. Andrew 25-15, 25-12 (semifinals)Naperville Central def. Marist 25-22, 25-22 (championship)Marist (5-1): Marty Jepsen (14 kills, 9 digs), Rocky Mayer (31 assists), Rappold (4 blocks), Patrick Mahoney (6 kills, 3 blocks).Naperville Central def. Lockport 11-25, 25-17, 15-9Providence def. Lockport 25-23, 25-17Lockport def. Stagg 25-23, 29-27 (7th Place)Lockport (4-2): Anthony Pfeiffer (9 kills, 9 assists), Kyle Dixon (8 kills).Benet def. Shepard 25-15, 25-19Shepard def. Eisenhower 25-15
Barrington/Vernon Hills Final and All-Tournament Team
Loyola d. Lake Zurich 25-18, 25-9Drake Johnson (6 kills, 1 ace, 1 block), Matt Wiertel (6 kills, 3 aces), Ryan Merk (11 digs, 1 ace), Clark Winkler (6 kills) , Rees Gray (27 assists), Nick Howard (4 kills, 2 blocks)Deerfield d. Loyola 25-14, 25-23Drake Johnson (8 kills), Matt Wiertel (4 kills, 7 digs), Ryan Merk (7 digs, 1 ace), John Hitt (3 kills, 5 digs), Rees Gray (20 assists), Clark Winkler (3 kills, 1 ace)Loyola d. Vernon Hills 25-14, 25...
Neuqua Valley claims No. 1 spot in latest boys’ poll
Tiger Classic MVP Jeremy Grove and all-tournament selection Kevin Kauling are two big reasons Neuqua Valley climbed to No. 1 in the latest Illprepvb.com poll. Illprepvb.com Top 25 Boys Volleyball Teams (Week One rankings in parenthesis) 1. Neuqua Valley 7-0 (7)Could see Glenbard West, Lake Park at Springfest. 2. Lake Park 4-1 (13)Reaches Tiger Classic title match behind Nick Martinski. 3. Lincoln-Way East 6-1 (1)Upset (?) by Neuqua Valley in Tiger Classic semifinals. 4. Glenbard West 1-1 (2)Hilltoppers seek Springfest championship Sat...
Fusion 17 Red comes oh so close; Illini Elite 17 Cardinal takes 3rd in Orlando
The “Magnificent Seven” came up a few points shy of claiming a national championship in the 17 Premier division of the AAU Boys and Girls Junior National Championships Sunday in Orlando, Florida. Batavia-based Fusion 17 Red, nicknamed the “Magnificent Seven” by the club’s coaches, won its first 12 matches before falling to Palm Beach (Florida) Juniors 16 Elite 25-22, 20-25, 15-12 in the 17 Premier championship match. “It was a great match,” Fusion 17 Red coach Joe Davidson said of the final. “(Palm Beach) is really, really g...
Normal West, Edwardsville, Bloomington go to great lengths to improve
Edwardsville's Storm Suhre, Alexa Harris, Maddie Isringhausen and Corrine Timmerman. The St. Charles East Scholastic Cup at the Great Lakes Volleyball Center in Aurora is a homecoming of sorts for Normal Community West coach Kelsey Mueller, who grew up in the far western suburbs and played her high school volleyball at Kaneland. “My parents are retired and still live in Elburn, but they come to a lot of our games,” said Mueller, who was Kelsey Drendel when she played for the Knights. “They come down to Normal all the time. “I think...
Benet roars past Leon, turns back Naperville North to win Scholastic Cup
Benet's Valentina Tabares, Ally Van Eekeren, Hattie Monson, Kyla Kenney and Rachel Muisenga. Bloomington bounced back from a quarterfinal loss to nationally-ranked Leon to place fifth. Despite being the No. 1 overall seed, Benet’s path to the championship of the St. Charles East Scholastic Cup Saturday at the Great Lakes Volleyball Center in Aurora was no walk in the park.First, Benet had to overcome Leon (Tallahassee, Florida), ranked No. 32 in the nation by Prepvolleyball.com – some 41 spots higher than the Redwings – in the semifin...
Illprepvb.com Final Girls Club Volleyball Rankings
Michio Chicago 17 National (pictured at top) won the 17 National division and Uno Girls 17 Elite (pictured below) won the 17 American division at the 2018 USAV Girls Junior National Championships in Detroit, Michigan. Michio Chicago 17 National and Uno Girls 17 Elite joined the national championship parade Tuesday, winning the 17 National and 17 American divisions, respectively, at the 2018 USAV Girls Junior National Championships in Detroit, Michigan.Six Illinois teams ranked by Illprepvb.com won national championships at either the AAU...
