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Durand ‘family’ eyes return to state; Sandburg looking for a little love
Payson Seymour must replace its top two attackers as it seeks to defend its Class 1A state title. Illprepvb.com begins its coverage of the 2018 Illinois girls high school season with the first set of previews. School: Downers Grove SouthConference: West Suburban GoldHead coach: Kristee Conrad (1st year)Last season’s highlights: 18-17 overall, 5-0 in conference, lost to Wheaton North, 25-14, 25-10, in Class 4A regional semifinal.Top returnees: Six-foot all-conference outside hitter Lucy Dumford (High Point University), 5-9 junior ...
Shake-up in 16s as 1st Alliance Silver grabs top spot
SPVB 16 Elite's Gabriella Croll and Melissa Walden of Waubonsie Valley. Playing with the big boys in the Great Lakes Power League has paid dividends for 1st Alliance 16 Silver, which beat previous No. 1-ranked SPVB 16 Elite at the Presidents’ Day Challenge to take over the No. 1 spot in Illprepvb.com's Week 7 rankings. (Week 6 ranking in parenthesis) 18s 1. SPVB 18 Elite (1)Note: Hanna Lesiak of Lincoln-Way East and Taylor Landfair of Plainfield Central led SPVB 18 Elite to the 18 Open title of the Presidents’ Day Challenge at th...
Addison Trail outscraps Hinsdale Central to win Willowbrook title
Hinsdale Central was scrappy, but Addison Trail was just a bit scrappier Saturday. “They outplayed us,” Hinsdale Central coach Stephanie Kaegebein said. “We’re a pretty scrappy team, but they (Addison Trail) were scrappier than us.” Addison Trail (25-9) used a 6-1 run midway through the third set to break open a 13-10 game and ease to a 25-20, 23-25, 25-14 victory over Hinsdale Central in the championship match of the Willo...
Glenbard West rolls; Neuqua Valley, New Trier advance
Barrington didn’t look anything like the team that had won 19 in a row and Glenbard West didn’t remotely resemble the team that lost to the Broncos less than a month ago. The result was predictable. Six-foot-8 middle hitter JT Ardell had 7 kills and hit .875 and 6-3 junior middle hitter Connor Williams had 7 kills while hitting .700 as three-time defending state champion Glenbard West blasted Barrington 25-12, 25-18 in the first quarterfinal of the IHSA Boys State Volleyball Tournament Fridayat Hoffman Estates.Glenbard West (37-3) will ...
Some shakeup in the rankings as 18s Power League wraps up
Sky High Adidas 15 Black's Maddie Timmerman and Peyton O'Brien. Sky High Adidas 15 Black finished second at last weekend's Mideast Qualifier in Indianapolis. The Great Lakes Power League 18 Super Open division wrapped up play – as did the GLPL 18 division – on Sunday with SPVB 18 Elite and league MVP Taylor Landfair of Plainfield Central defeating FaR Out 18 Black to win the Super Open division. Powered by Nailah Landon of IC Catholic Prep and Margaret Mahlke of Downers Grove North, 1st Alliance 17 Black ruled the 18 GLPL division by d...
SPVB 18 Elite survives Michio, wins Presidents’ Day
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Richards Volleyball Invitational May 11-12
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 ...
