Final 2019 1st Alliance Volleyball Club/Illprepvb.com Boys High School Rankings

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Photos by Dave Ruggles. Rankings.Part performance. Part guess-work.Eighteen of the final 25 teams ranked at the end of the 2019 season were ranked in the preseason. Some teams that had not been ranked all season or had been in and out of the rankings broke into the final top 25. So here are they are, the final 2019 1st Alliance Volleyball Club/Illprepvb.com Top 25 Illinois boys’ volleyball teams. Let the discussion begin.(preseason ranking in parentheses) 1. Marist 40-2 (8)Defeated Glenbard West, 25-21, 25-23, in the IHSA championship m...

Sunday at Windy City National Qualifier proves to be a mixed bag for local entries

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Adversity G16 Adidas may have learned some valuable lessons after competing in the 16 Open division at the Windy City National Qualifier. It was a beautiful Easter Sunday afternoon outside McCormick Place along Chicago’s lakefront for the final day of the 2019 adidas Windy City National Qualifier.   Inside, however? Well, that was a mixed bag. Dreams were shattered, hopes were dashed, and lessons were learned. Adversity G16 Adidas had already qualified for the 2019 USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championships June 27-July 6 ...

Going out on a limb (without a net) and picking the 16 supersectional winners

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Orion has dropped only four sets all season, but the Chargers will have their hands full when they face Decatur St. Teresa Friday at Farmington. Some surprising names are among the teams that will be watching from the stands Friday when supersectional play begins, including Quincy Notre Dame, Montini, Belleville Althoff and Crystal Lake Central.A few more could join them after Friday.Our former mentor at the Daily Herald – the venerable Bob Frisk – picked each quarterfinal, semifinal and championship game of the boys’ state basketball tourn...

No. 7 Deerfield has its eyes on the prize (two of them) after beating Maine West

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No. 7 Deerfield improved to 17-3 overall with its win Thursday at Maine West and stayed in contention for the Central Suburban North title. By Randy WhalenSpecial  to Illprepvb.com After learning earlier in the day that it received the No. 1 seed in a sub-sectional of the (Machesney Park) Harlem Sectional, Deerfield went out and kept itself in contention for a more immediate goal. A share of the Central Suburban North title.The Warriors kept themselves alive in the conference race a 25-16, 25-21 victory Thursday over Maine West...

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

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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 ...