Saturday, October 19 results

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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

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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...

Benet avenges last year’s loss to Huntley in Autumnfest championship match

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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

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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-...

Yorkville slows down, but can’t stop Nazareth at Fall Harvest Festival

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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...

Thursday, October 17 results

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Thursday, October 17 results Argenta def. Arcola 25-22, 25-16Arcola (6-16 overall): Hallee Gauna (3 kills, 2 aces), Ariana Warren (1 kill, 1 ace).Coal City def. Wilmington 25-16, 25-20Coal City: Rose Feeney (12 assists, 5 service points), Macaya Garner (6 assists, 1 kill, 3 service points), Natalie Durham (6 kills), Megan Norris (5 kills, 2 blocks, 6 service points), McKenna Fitzpatrick (2 kills, 2 service points), Rylee Endrst (1 kill), Colleen Feeney (1 block), Jayda Mills (1 block), Hayleigh Roach (1 block), Abbie Cullick (5 digs, 2 serv...

Lemont, Shepard look ahead after Indians wrap up home schedule with a victory

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Lemont junior Amanda Rice (12) had 8 kills to help her senior teammates win their home finale Thursday. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) Lemont's Amy Schwem. By Randy WhalenSpecial to Illprepvb.comDuring the second set of Thursday night’s showdown between Lemont and Shepard, Lemont setter Amy Schwem's poster picture from the Senior Night festivities fell off the wall.That was about the only thing that went wrong for the Indians.Lemont defeated Shepard, 25-14, 25-14, in a South Suburban Conference crossover match between the two teams that had a...