Tuesday, April 30 Results No. 12 Barrington def. No. 11 Palatine 25-23, 25-20Barrington (18-7 overall, 7-1 in the Mid-Suburban West): Gabe Hartke (8 kills, 5 digs), Ben Ridgway (7 kills), Ricky Gibson (5 kills, 1 block), Ved Anand (5 kills, 1 block), Cole Bower (2 kills), Kyle Vasquez (23 assists), Chris Babicz (7 digs), Matt Sarnowski (5 digs).Palatine (26-4 overall, 6-2 in the Mid-Suburban West): Curtis McLennan (9 kills, 4 digs), Nate Jones (4 kills, 3 blocks), Ben Rinella (19 assists, 1 kill), Michael Green (1 block), Timmy Matijevi...
Wednesday, May 1 Results
Wednesday, May 1 Results No. 12 Barrington def. Fremd 25-19, 25-23Barrington (19-7 overall, 8-1 in the Mid-Suburban West): Ben Ridgway (10 kills, 1 block), Ved Anand (8 kills), Gabe Hartke (6 kills, 6 digs), Ricky Gibson (5 kills), Kyle Vasquez (29 assists, 1 ace, 4 digs), Luke Kolder (1 ace), Chris Babicz (7 digs).Holy Trinity def. Hope Academy 25-14, 25-20Holy Trinity (6-5 overall, 5-3 in the Chicago Prep): Thomas Cheng (9 kills), Jalen Gomez (5 kills), Jonathan Vega (13 assists, 10 service points, 3 aces), Minh Nguyen (5 serve points...
Downers Grove South seeks Freshman B girls teams for tournament
Downers Grove South seeks Freshman B girls teams (or very low level Freshman A teams) for a tournament or quad for the 2019 season. Tentative dates are September 7, October 5, 12 or 19. Please contact Downers Grove South head volleyball coach Kristi Conrad at kconrad@csd99.org or (630) 795-8816 by Friday, May 10, to indicate interest. ...
Friday, May 31 Quarterfinal Results
Friday, May 31 Quarterfinal Results New Trier def. St. Rita 25-22, 23-25, 25-21New Trier (31-7): Zachary Salberg (3 kills, 31 assists, 5 digs), Colin Heath (10 kills, 1 ace, 8 digs, 1 block), Connor Pochetti (6 kills, 2 aces, 6 digs, 3 blocks), Peter Brown (14 kills, 1 ace, 6 digs, 2 blocks), Eli Lieberman (3 kills, 1 dig, 2 blocks), Emmett Burnside (2 kills, 2 blocks), Aidan Rico (1 ace), Aaron Schatz (3 assists, 9 digs), Jay Saravis (2 digs). St. Rita (28-12): Quinn Coghlan (10 kills, 2 assists, 5 digs), Joe Horn 3 kills, 32 assists...
Barrington hunts down Palatine in battle for Mid-Suburban West lead
Palatine dropped out of a tie for the Mid-Suburban West lead Tuesday with a loss at Barrington. The hunter vs. the hunted.“We’ve talked all season about being the hunted or the hunter,” said Palatine coach Pete Gavin. “Tonight, for sure, we were the ones being hunted.” No. 11 Palatine (26-4 overall, 6-2 in the Mid-Suburban West), which defeated No. 12 Barrington earlier this season in Palatine to gain an upper hand in the conference race, found itself on the wrong side of a 25-23, 25-20 score Tuesday in Barrington.Coupled with a loss to Fre...
Sports Performance wins two national AAU 18’s championships; SPVB 18 Elite falls short
Sports Performance 18 Red defeated Southern Performance 17 National Shelbie, 25-22, 25-12, to win the 18 Club division. Sports Performance Volleyball Club out of Aurora won two national championships at last weekend's AAU 2019 18U Girls Nationals in Orlando, Florida.But the big prize got away.Sports Performance 18 Kahl (9-0) defeated Asics Munciana Quora, 25-20, 21-25, 15-11, in the title match to win the 18 Premier division, and Sports Performance 18 Red (8-0) stopped Southern Performance 17 National Shelbie, 25-22, 25-12, to win the 18 Cl...
Marist, momentum could play major roles in determining IHSA champion this weekend
Marty Jepsen leads favored Marist into this weekend's IHSA boys volleyball tournament at Hoffman Estates. (Photos by Dave Ruggles) Oak Park setter Sean Califf. Momentum.Volleyball is a game of momentum. How else would you explain some of the IHSA tournament sectional results? Marist dominated defending IHSA champion and No. 2 seed Lincoln-Way East, which seemed to have found its footing toward the latter half of the season, in Tuesday's sectional final at Marist. Barrington defeated a pair of sub-sectional No. 1 seeds -- Boylan Catholic ...
Sherrard High School seeks girls volleyball coach
Sherrard High School, a school of approximately 460 students located in northwest Illinois in Rock Island County and a member of the Three Rivers Conference, is seeking a girls’ varsity volleyball coach for the 2019-20 school year. The stipend is $5,800. Interested applicants are asked to submit letter of interest, resume and references to: Activities Director Michael Applegate4701 176th AvenueSherrard, IL 61281 ...
Jepsen, Marist ends Lincoln-Way East’s reign; Brown, New Trier deny Loyola
Lincoln-Way East's Wil McPhilllips finds it tough sledding against the Marist block during Tuesday's sectional championship match at Marist. (Photos by Dave Ruggles) Marist junior outside hitter Jake Bonnett had 7 kills during Marist's win Tuesday. By Randy WhalenSpecial to Illprepvb.com Playing his final match on his home court, Marty Jepsen had an opportunity to do something he had never done and the Marist boys’ volleyball team hadn't done in nine years.Get to state.The 6-foot-1 outside hitter made sure he didn’t miss his final opp...
Tuesday, May 28 Results
Tuesday, May 28 Results At Belleville East Minooka def. O’Fallon 27-25, 21-25, 25-17 At De La Salle St. Rita def. Chicago Jones 25-11, 25-22At Fremd Glenbard West def. Palatine 25-17, 25-22 At Glenbrook North New Trier def. Loyola 25-22, 25-19Loyola (29-10 overall): Jack Howard (4 kills), Liam Roberts (2 kills, 2 blocks), Ryan Merk (9 digs), Gavin Elliott (2 kills), John Hitt (15 assists), Henry Clemons (8 kills), Jake Soucheray (2 blocks).New Trier (29-8 overall): Adam Rico (1 assists), Aaron Schatz (8 digs), Zachary Salberg (25 assists...