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...
McGuire, Benet erase big second-set deficit to top Minooka, win Scholastic Cup
Benet rallied from a 19-14 deficit in Game 2 to defeat Hailey Sperling (2) and Minooka in the championship match of the St. Charles East Scholastic Cup at the Great Lakes Volleyball Center in Aurora. (Photos by Dave Ruggles) No one expected Benet to blow past Minooka 25-9 in the first game of their championship match Saturday at the St. Charles East Scholastic Cup hosted by the Great Lakes Volleyball Center in Aurora.And likely no one expected Benet to find itself trailing 5-0, 10-5 and 19-14 in the second game. “I think the other team step...
Benet avenges last year’s loss to Huntley in Autumnfest championship match
Huntley defeated Mother McAuley in the semifinals of Autumnfest, avenging an earlier loss to the Mighty Macs at the Asics Challenge. (Photo by Dave Ruggles). By Randy WhalenSpecial to Illprepvb.comBenet’s masterful season continues. The undefeated Redwings, ranked No. 1 in Class 4A by Illprepvb.com, rarely let up and defeated No. 10 Huntley, 25-11, 25-21, in the title match of the Autumnfest tournament Saturday at Glenbard East in Lombard. Sophie Gregus led a balanced attack for Benet (34-0) with 6 kills, junior setter and tournament m...
Friday, October 18 results
Friday, October 18 results At Plainfield Central Fall Harvest Festival Marist def. Stevenson 25-20, 25-11Marist def. St. Charles North 25-18, 25-13Stevenson def. St. Charles North 25-21, 25-17Plainfield North def. Timothy Christian 25-12, 25-14Plainfield North def. Bolingbrook 25-17, 25-20Bolingbrook def. Timothy Christian 25-17, 25-8Nazareth def. Richards 25-14, 25-15Nazareth def. Yorkville 25-20, 25-22Yorkville def. Herscher 8-25, 27-25, 18-16Herscher def. Richards 25-15, 25-18Normal U-High def. Glenbard North 25-13, 25-18Normal U-...
Saturday, October 12 results
Saturday, October 12 results Benet won the St. Charles East Scholastic Cup at the Great Lakes Volleyball Center in Aurora. At St. Charles East Scholastic CupGold Pool ABenet def. Lincoln-Way East 25-18, 25-21Lincoln-Way East def. Waubonsie Valley 25-16, 25-22Benet def. Waubonsie Valley 25-22, 25-6Gold Pool BMinooka def. Geneva 25-20, 25-17Edwardsville def. Geneva 17-25, 25-21, 25-21Minooka def. Edwardsville 25-19, 25-23Championship bracketBenet def. Minooka 25-9, 28-26 (championship)Lincoln-Way East def. Edwardsville 25-23, 27-25 (thir...
Friday, October 11 results
Prairie Ridge def. Bloomington 25-5, 34-36, 25-12Prairie Ridge (12-10 overall, 8-6 in the Fox Valley): Trinity Sheridan (21 kills, 5 aces, 5 blocks), Hannah Baudin (32 assists), Olivia Jost (11 digs).Waubonsie Valley def. Prairie Ridge 25-14, 25-20Prairie Ridge (12-11 overall, 8-6 in the Fox Valley): Trinity Sheridan (6 kills, 5 digs), Kaylin Mitchell (3 blocks), Hannah Baudin (16 assists, 1 ace), Taylor Parochelli (5 digs), Samantha Johnson (5 digs). ...
Yorkville slows down, but can’t stop Nazareth at Fall Harvest Festival
Libero Gillian Grimes and her Nazareth teammates punched their ticket into the Gold bracket by winning their first two matches at the Plainfield Central Fall Harvest Festival sponsored by Illprepvb.com. (Photos by Dave Ruggles). The English-language pangram, “The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog,” certainly did not apply to Nazareth’s second-round match against Yorkville Friday in a Plainfield Central Fall Harvest Festival Pool E finale at Plainfield North. “That was not the pace we’re used to,” said Nazareth setter/rightside hitter E...
Edwardsville putting the fun back into its game at St. Charles East Scholastic Cup
Edwardsville defeated Hinsdale Central and Neuqua Valley on Friday to advance to Gold Pool B at the St. Charles East Scholastic Cup tournament hosted by the Great Lakes Volleyball Center in Aurora. Edwardsville is putting a new emphasis on having fun.After all, you don’t drive 248 miles to have a bad time.Friday at the St. Charles East Scholastic Cup tournament hosted by the Great Lakes Volleyball Center in Aurora, the Tigers defeated Hinsdale Central, 25-20, 25-17, and Neuqua Valley, 28-26, 25-19, to advance to Gold Pool B Saturday wher...
Maine West Pumpkin Tournament
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