Sophomore Tori Mohesky had 8 kills for Breese Mater Dei in its Class 2A championship loss to Decaur St. Teresa. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) NORMAL – Decatur St. Teresa and Breese Mater Dei were no strangers before taking the floor at Redbird Arena on the campus of Illinois State University for the Class 2A championship game, having met at the Quincy Notre Dame tournament on October 22."It was helpful that we played them a couple of weeks ago,” said Decatur St. Teresa setter Lexie Huck. “We knew what they were going to bring, and we knew w...
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...
Friday, September 20 results
Illinois Lutheran def. (Kankakee) Trinity Academy 25-2, 25-14Illinois Lutheran (9-4 overall, 4-1 in the River Valley): Isabella Biesterfeld (12 kills, 5 digs, 1 block), Paige Biesterfeld (5 aces, 23 assists, 4 kills, 2 digs, 1 block), Sofia Biesterfeld (1 ace, 6 kills, 7 digs), Madison Peters (2 kills, 4 digs, 1 block), Jessie Moseley (10 digs), Stephanie Edwards (4 kills, 9 digs). Latin def. (Chicago) Jones 23-25, 25-22, 25-22Latin (13-2 overall, 2-0 in the Independent School League).Jones (9-4 overall, 5-0 in the Chicago Public League). ...
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...
Tuesday, September 10 results
What a roll! Saturday, Carmel won the Ram Slam at Grayslake Central. Tuesday, the Corsairs knocked off No. 1-ranked Marist. Tuesday, September 10 resultsAddison Trail def. Willowbrook 25-13, 20-25, 25-20Addison Trail (9-5 overall, 1-0 in the West Suburban Gold)): Ally Severino (3 aces, 5 kills, 3 blocks, 2 digs), Amy Reyes (22 assists, 11 digs), Jess D’Ambrose (2 aces, 10 kills, 8digs), Katrina Bielanski (5 kills, 5 digs), Nicole Bartosik (10 digs), Pauline Wirbicki (3 digs).Willowbrook (4-5 overall, 0-1 in the West Suburban Gold): Natali...
Marist ‘smacks’ No. 1 Glenbard West; Oak Park stops Barrington at Downers South
(photos by Dave Ruggles) By Randy WhalenSpecial to Illprepvb.comThere's no substitute for versatility. There’s also no substitute for having Marty Jepsen on your team. That combination proved to be the winning one as No. 3 Marist knocked off No. 1 Glenbard West, 26-28, 25-23, 25-22, in the title match of the Brother Rice Smack Attack on Saturday at St. Xavier University.Jepsen, who officially signed with Lewis University this week, led the way for Marist (19-2) with a match-high 21 kills. But the senior outside hitter, who also le...
Thursday, September 19 results
Thursday, September 19 results Addison Trail def. Glenbard East 25-11, 25-18Addison Trail (12-5 overall, 2-0 in the West Suburban Gold): Ally Severino (1 ace, 5 kills, 1 block, 4 digs), Amy Reyes (1 ace, 18 assists, 9 digs), Jess D’Ambrose (6 kills, 7 digs), Katrina Bielanski (1 ace, 8 kills, 10 digs), Mia Johnson (6 kills, 1 dig), Nicole Bartosik (2 aces, 5 digs), Pauline Wirbicki (2 aces, 4 assists, 10 digs).Glenbard East (5-11 overall, 3-0 in the Upstate Eight): Becca Honig (6 assists, 6 digs), Libby Hurlburt (11 digs, 1 ace), Gabbie Spo...
Friday, August 30 results
Friday, August 30 results At Metea Valley Harvest Christian def. Glenbard East 25-16, 24-26, 15-6Glenbard East (0-2 overall): Becca Honig (14 assists, 4 digs, 2 kills, 2 blocks), Kendall Crackel (6 kills, 4 digs), Gabbie Spontak (11 digs, 2 aces), Madison Manning (3 kills, 3 digs), Emily Ryan (4 kills, 3 blocks).Glenbard East def. Oswego East 25-17, 25-27, 19-17Glenbard East (1-2 overall): Madison Manning (8 kills, 1 block), Becca Honig (16 assists, 2 aces, 10 digs, 1 block), Bella Akouri (2 aces, 10 digs), Gabbie Spontak (21 digs, 1 ace...
Kenney, Benet share the ball, defeat Waubonsie Valley to advance to supersectional
Benet's Kyla Kenney (left) and libero Hattie Monson confer during the Redwings' sectional semifinal victory. Kenney led Benet with 9 kills Wednesday against Waubonsie Valley. (Photo by Dave Ruggles). Kyla Kenney doesn’t see the ball as much as last year when she led Benet in kills. But that’s OK with her. “Volleyball is a team sport,” said the 5-foot-10 junior outside hitter. “Last year, I felt like Ally (graduated setter VanEekeren) was setting me the whole time. I'm glad to know that we have other players who can score as well.“It's ni...
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...