Tuesday, April 24 results

Addison Trail def. Morton 25-10, 25-14Addison Trail (16-3, 4-0 in the West Suburban Gold): Jacob Grygo (23 assists, 6 kills, 2 aces, 2 blocks), David Zielinski (12 kills, 4 digs, 2 blocks, 2 aces), Justin Werderitch (4 kills, 3 blocks), Joe Mosny (3 kills, 2 blocks), Mikey Strycharz (3 kills), Bryan Florian (13 digs), Christopher Garcia (6 digs). Barrington def. Schaumburg 25-16, 25-22Barrington (18-5, 6-0 in the Mid-Suburban West): Gabe Hartke (8 kills, 2 aces), Michael O'Toole (7 kills, 6 digs), Petar Lumovic (6 kills, 2 blocks), Evan C...

Monday, April 23 results

Deerfield def. Prospect 25-16, 26-24Deerfield (16-5): Kelan Burns (8 kills, 2 blocks, 12 digs, 1 ace), Jairon Hsieh (6 kills, 8 digs, 2 aces),Caedon Hsieh (18 assists, 6 digs), Jacob Shapiro (3 kills, 3 blocks, 4 digs, 1 ace).Highland Park def. Mundelein 25-21, 25-16Mundelein (11-11, 1-2 in the North Suburban Conference): Ben Arebalo (13 digs), Steven Miritello (12 assists, 2 kills, 6 digs), Marc Rey (2 kills, 1 dig), Abram Nazario (3 kills, 2 digs), Eric Morales (2 kills, 5 digs), Tyler Vander Ploeg (2 kills), Martin Carrillo (5 kills, 1...

Illprepvb.com Week Five Top 20 Boys Volleyball Teams

Illprepvb.com Top 20 Boys Volleyball Teams (Week Four rankings in parenthesis) 1. Marist 19-3 (6)Marty Jepsen, RedHawks take down L-W East, Glenbard West. 2. Glenbard West 15-2 (1)Stone Metz, ‘Toppers reach Smack Attack finals, fall to Marist. 3. Lincoln-Way East 20-2 (2)Ian Piet, Griffins stunned by Marist in Smack Attack semifinals. 4. Neuqua Valley 16-2 (3)Wildcats should get another shot at Glenbard West at Benet. 5. Lake Park 18-2 (4)Nick Martinski leads Lancers to title at Downers South. 6. Brother Rice 16-5 (5)Tom Phelan, Crus...

Sky High Adidas 15 Black is lights out at Northern Lights Qualifier

Sky High Adidas 15 Black's Maddie Timmerman and Peyton O'Brien Sky High Adidas 15 Black had already qualified for the USAV Junior National Championships June 26-29 in Detroit, Michigan, finishing second to Lions 15-1 at the at 2018 Nike Mideast Qualifier in March. But it never hurts to see how you stack up against some of the other top competitors in the country. Last weekend, Sky High Adidas 15 Black ventured to Minnesota to participate in the Northern Lights Qualifier. Despite dropping a 25-29, 25-23 decision to Circle City 15 Purple...

Lake Park’s soul-searching leads to gold-clinching

After losing to Neuqua Valley in the championship match at the Tiger Classic and falling to Glenbard West in the semifinals at Springfest, Lake Park took a little collective inventory. “We've kind of been doing some soul-searching as a team the last few weeks,” Lake Park coach Brian Fischer said. “We haven’t been clicking the way I think … and they think also … the way we should. We talked about things in practice...

Jepsen, Marist ‘smack’ Glenbard West

By Randy WhalenSpecial to Illprepvb.com Marist has put itself squarely in the mix. Behind a monster match for tournament MVP Marty Jepsen, the RedHawks toppled three-time defending state champion Glenbard West 18-25, 25-20, 25-19 on Saturday in the title match of the Brother Rice Smack Attack at St. Xavier University in Chicago. With its ninth win in a row, Marist (19-3) has put itself right in the state title conversation when the postseason opens a month from today. "Marist is a solid team," Glenbard West coach Christine Giunta-Maye...