Lake Forest went 4-1 and placed second at its own invitational Saturday, falling in the championship match to Class 3A-ranked Carmel. Tuesday, October 8 resultsAddison Trail def. Morton 25-16, 25-13Addison Trail (15-7 overall, 4-1 in the West Suburban Gold): Ally Severino (2 kills, 3 blocks), Amy Reyes (1 ace, 13 assists, 2 digs), Jess D’Ambrose (3 aces, 4 kills, 8 digs), Katrina Bielanski (1 ace, 3 kills, 5 digs), Mia Johnson (4 kills, 3 blocks), Nicole Bartosik (1 ace, 1 assist, 7 digs), Pauline Wirbicki (2 aces, 7 digs). Andrew def. Li...
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Saturday, October 26 results
Saturday, October 26 results At Normal U-High Normal U-High def. Sterling 25-18, 25-18Sterling def. Belleville Althoff 25-18, 25-18Belleville Althoff def. Normal U-High 25-22, 22-25, 25-23Sterling (29-6 overall): Brook Borum (16 kills, 21 digs, 2 aces), Bree Borum (12 kills, 5 blocks, 24 assists), Grace Gould (8 kills, 2 aces), Lexi Rodriguez (31 digs, 8 assists), Kierra Collins (7 blocks). Normal U-High (29-6 overall): Isabel Schaefbauer (20 kills, 27 assists, 15 digs), Alayna Crabtree (14 kills, 22 digs), Lily Barry (17 kills, 14 d...
Thursday, October 31 results
Massac County def. Mt. Carmel to win the Class 2A regional at Hamilton County. Thursday, October 31 resultsAt BenetBenet Academy def. Plainfield Central 25-19, 25-22Benet Academy (36-1 overall, 6-1 in the East Suburban Catholic): Rachel Muisenga (1 kill, 24 assists, 1 dig), Sophie Gregus (10 kills, 1 dig, 2 blocks), Maeve Nelligan (3 kills), Colleen McGuire (3 kills, 2 assists), Kayla Kenney (5 kills, 13 digs, 5 blocks), Ann Marie Remmes (4 kills, 5 blocks), Hattie Monson (1 assist, 16 digs), Annie Sobolewski (1 dig), Caroline Doyle (2 digs...
U-High, Sterling and Belleville Althoff win, lose and learn Saturday in Normal
Belleville Althoff defeated Normal U-High and lost to Sterling in a triangular Saturday in Normal which saw all three teams finish the day 1-1. Normal I-High beat Sterling. Sterling beat Belleville Althoff. Belleville Althoff beat Normal U-High. Everybody goes home happy … sort of. Sterling, Belleville Althoff and Normal U-High got together Saturday in Normal to iron out a few rough edges before the IHSA tournament gets underway Monday. All three teams walked away 1-1, but winning and losing was secondary. Sterling “never got off the bus,” ...
Naperville Central’s road warriors do it again, this time at Neuqua Valley
Naperville Central celebrates its Class 4A regional championship Thursday at Neuqua Valley. (Photos by Dave Ruggle) Naperville Central felt right at home playing on the road in a Class 4A regional championship match Thursday.After all, on the road is where the Redhawks have played 32 of their 37 matches this season.“If we just keep working hard, we’re good no matter where we go,” said Naperville Central outside hitter Madeline Bylak.Bylak had 10 kills, 3 digs and a block, and Kayla Closset had 10 kills, 10 digs and 2 aces as Naperville Cent...
Faoro powers Homewood-Flossmoor to first regional title since 2002
Homewood-Flossmoor avenged a regional semifinal loss to Shepard in 2018 by defeating the Astros Thursday in Flossmoor. By Randy WhalenSpecial to Illprepvb.comAllison Faoro was born in 2002.That was the last time that Homewood-Flossmoor won a regional championship. Until Thursday night.Faoro finagled a match-high 9 kills and added 5 digs as the host Vikings defeated Shepard, 25-16, 25-20, in the title match of the Class 4A Homewood-Flossmoor Regional. Homewood-Flossmoor (30-6) will face Andrew Monday in the second semifinal of the ...
Thursday, October 24 results
The Pike County Conference all-tournament team. Thursday, October 24 results Arthur-Lovington Atwood-Hammond def. Arcola 25-19, 25-17Arcola (6-19 overall): Hallee Gauna (2 kills, 2 aces, 4 blocks), Delaney Melton (1 ace, 4 digs), Lizzy Budd (1 kill), Abby Goad (1 kill), Ariana Warren (1 kill). Arthur-Lovington Atwood-Hammond (12-22 overall, 3-6 in the Little Okaw Valley): Abby Abercrombie (5 digs), Addi Tinkle (2 aces, 3 kills, 2 digs, 1 assist), Kaylee Yaekel (1 kill), Mackenzie Bowles (8 kills), Cheyenne Chupp (4 kills, 1 dig), Michael...