Normal U-High triangular

Saturday, October 26 U-High vs. Sterling, 10:00 a.m.Sterling vs. Althoff Catholic, 11:30 a.m. (possibly earlier)U-High vs. Althoff Catholic, 1:00 p.m. (possibly earlier) ...

Marist routs Benet to end Redwings’ perfect season, earn share of ESCC title

A huge crowd was on hand Tuesday to watch Marist blast error-prone Benet and hand the Redwings their first loss of the season. It had everything … except perhaps drama.A huge crowd. A recognition of teachers. A ring ceremony for the 2019 IHSA championship boys’ team (minus Marty Jepsen, who was the team’s heart and soul). A conference championship at stake.At one point in the second set, the officials even had to stop play to warn the Marist student section on the stage to stop relaying zone serving signals to the Marist players on the othe...

Tuesday, October 22 results

Tuesday, October 22 results Addison Trail def. Hinsdale South 25-22, 25-19Addison Trail (22-12 overall, 5-1 in the West Suburban Gold): Ally Severino (1 ace, 6 kills, 1 dig), Amy Reyes (21 assists, 7 digs), Jess D’Ambrose (1 ace, 6 kills, 9 digs), Katrina Bielanski (1 ace, 6 kills, 19 digs), Mia Johnson (2 kills, 1 assist, 4 digs), Nicole Bartosik (1 kill, 12 digs), Pauline Wirbicki (9 digs).Note: Addison Trail finished second in the conference.Barrington def. Wheeling 25-20, 25-18Barrington (18-17 overall, 5-5 in the Mid-Suburban West): Jessi...

Monday, October 21 results

Elgin Academy closed out its regular season Monday by defeating Schaumburg Christian. Monday, October 21 resultsArcola def. University High 25-13 25-22Arcola: Arianna Warren (5 kills, 7 digs, 2 blocks), Hallee Gauna (8 kills, 1 dig, 1 block), Lyssa Madlem (13 digs). Carmel def. Libertyville 18-25, 25-16, 25-17Carmel (29-5 overall, 4-2 in the East Suburban Catholic): Annie Bart (11 kills, 13 digs, 1 ace), Shannon Brennan (16 assists, 6 digs), Riley Clark ( 9 kills, 1 block, 5 digs), Ally DiBartolo (9 digs, 1 ace, 1 assist), Kaitlyn Donton (1...

Marist out to spoil Benet’s perfect season, No. 1 ranking Tuesday on the south side

Class 1A No. 1 Newark (31-1) defeated Class 3A Metamora and Morton to win last weekend's Saints Fall Classic at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington. You can bet the stands will be full Tuesday when Class 4A No. 2 Marist entertains top-ranked and unbeaten Benet. The two programs have dominated Class 4A volleyball the past eight years with Benet winning three IHSA championships (2011, 2013, 2014) during that period and Marist winning the last two. Last year, the programs met three times. Marist defeated Benet to win the Wheaton ...

Saturday, October 19 results

Saturday, October 19 resultsAt Plainfield Central Fall Harvest Festival Note: Richards' setter Aleksa Curta was inadvertently left off the list of all-tournament selections. Marist def. Naperville North 25-9, 25-15Marist def. Nazareth 25-22, 25-17Marist def. Crystal Lake Central (championship) 25-22, 25-16Marist (31-2 overall, 5-1 in the East Suburban Catholic): Camryn Hannah (33 kills, 11 blocks, 27 assists), Maddie Arundel (23 kills, 28 digs), Mairead Boyle (41 digs, 3 aces), Avery Jedry (22 kills), Nikki Jones (65 a...

Hannah, Marist leave Crystal Lake Central behind in Fall Harvest Festival finale

Crystal Lake Central's Maddy McCormick hits against the block of Marist's Ellie Kurpeikis (10) and Kamryn Chaney (9) during the championship match of the Fall Harvest Festival at Plainfield Central. (Photos by Dave Ruggles) Camryn Hannah took one look at Marist’s championship game opponent and knew the RedHawks were in for a fight.“That's something we identified during warm-ups,” said Marist’s 6-foot-2 outside hitter/setter. “They’re a big team. They were going to swing on us. So we knew we had to play defense, and I think that was somethi...