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...
Knights bring about the fall of the Romans, Tortorello at Niles West invite
Latin, last year's Class 3A fourth-place finisher, has a lot of new faces and a new coach, and a junior setter who is certain to draw a lot of interest from college coaches. Charlotte Cronister. 150 kills. 400 digs. Graduated. Moved on to Northwestern.Kelsey Watkins. 150 kills, 60 blocks. 50 aces. Graduated. Moved on to Furman. Julia Kinder. 230 kills. 100 digs. Graduated. Bryn Kehoe. Married. Left after a two-year stint as head coach.This is not the same Latin team that defeated St. Francis, 25-18, 25-18, in a supersectional last fall...
Lemont, Shepard look ahead after Indians wrap up home schedule with a victory
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...
Marist, momentum could play major roles in determining IHSA champion this weekend
Marty Jepsen leads favored Marist into this weekend's IHSA boys volleyball tournament at Hoffman Estates. (Photos by Dave Ruggles) Oak Park setter Sean Califf. Momentum.Volleyball is a game of momentum. How else would you explain some of the IHSA tournament sectional results? Marist dominated defending IHSA champion and No. 2 seed Lincoln-Way East, which seemed to have found its footing toward the latter half of the season, in Tuesday's sectional final at Marist. Barrington defeated a pair of sub-sectional No. 1 seeds -- Boylan Catholic ...
Wednesday, May 22 Results
Wednesday, May 22 Results At AndrewMarist def. Andrew 25-14, 25-21Marist (35-2 overall): Jake McClain (7 kills, 3 blocks), Gene McNulty (25 assists), Jake Bonnett (7 kills). At AntiochLakes def. Grayslake Central 25-23, 25-16Lakes (24-13 overall). At Brother RiceLincoln-Way Central def. Richards 25-17, 25-15Lincoln-Way Central (20-17 overall): Sam Gorecki (5 digs), Jimmy Kapsalis (1 ace, 21 assists), Brendan McCarthy (4 aces, 3 kills), Sebastian Olmos (1 ace, 9 kills, 5 digs), Gunnar Strom (4 kills), Jack Yurkanin (9 kills, 8 d...
Friday, September 13 results
Friday, September 13 results At Niles West Glenbrook South def. Lake Forest 25-20, 25-10Glenbrook South: MJ Noteman (15 assists). Latin def. Glenbrook South 18-25, 25-21, 17-15Glenbrook South: Emma Almburg (11 digs), MJ Noteman (16 assists). Glenbrook South def. Northside Prep 25-7, 25-8At Louisville, KentuckyMother McAuley def. Alter 25-11, 25-13Walton def. Mother McAuley 25-23, 25-19At Effingham Crossroads ClassicPool APlainfield North def. Windsor-Stewardson-Strasburg 25-9, 25-11Ozark (Missouri) def. Windsor-Stewardson-Strasbu...
Spring Fling at Evanston & Loyola
Meyer, Burau to power WW South; Fremd, Hersey on MSL collision course?
Wheaton Warrenville South and its two outstanding setters -- Zayna Meyer and Sarah Burau -- have more hardware (and photo posing) on their minds in 2019. Illprepvb.com continues its coverage of the 2019 Illinois girls high school season with another set of team previews. School: Buffalo GroveConference: Mid-Suburban EastHead coach: Matt PribanLast season’s highlights: 21-12 overall, 9-1 in conference (Mid-Suburban East co-champions), lost to Hersey, 25-18, 25-23, in a Class 4A regional championship. Top returnees: 6-0 ju...
Schaumburg Invitational
Saturday, October 12 ...
No. 23 Sandburg holds ‘Cort’ at Lockport to remain in contention for SWSC title
Sandburg's Cort Jensen (right, pictured earlier this season) had 11 kills to help the Eagles avenge last season's IHSA regional championship match loss. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) By Randy WhalenSpecial to Illprepvb.com Sandburg held Cort. Cort Jensen put down a match-high 11 kills, including the match-winner, as Sandburg returned to the gym where its season ended last year.This time, Sandburg made sure there was a different result, defeating the host Porters, 25-23, 25-23, in a Southwest Suburban Conference match Wednesday at the Lockpo...