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Saturday, April 27 Results
Saturday, April 27 ResultsAt ElginElgin def. Grayslake North 26-24, 19-25, 15-9Grayslake North def. St. Edward 25-13, 25-17Streamwood def. Grayslake North 25-16, 25-23Grayslake North def. Romeoville 25-23, 25-19Grayslake North def. Marmion 25-11, 25-18Grayslake North (13-11 overall, 3-4 in the Northern Lake County): Nicholas LeBaron (29 kills, 65 digs), Nathan Atwell (29 kills, 18 digs, 3 aces, 2 blocks), Ein Atwater (12 kills, 4 blocks), Trey Yonts (11 kills, 4 digs, 5 blocks), Teddy Gedville (93 assists, 13 kills, 2 aces, 39 digs, 7 bloc...
Wednesday, October 9 results
Belleville Althoff's Karinna Gall (8) and Katie Wemhoener were honored recently for eclipsing the 1,000-career mark for kills and digs, respectively. Wednesday, October 9 resultsChicago Christian def. St. Francis 25-21, 23-25, 25-17St. Francis (17-9 overall, 5-1 in the Metro Suburban): Anna Calcagno (24 kills, 6 digs), Olivia Hojnicki (8 kills), Kennedy Riggs (9 kills), Katlyn Sipes (8 digs), Natalie Ingold (42 assists, 10 digs).Chicago Christian (22-3 overall, 3-0 in the Metro Suburban): Logan Grevengoed (17 kills, 10 digs), Lia Moore (13...
Monday, October 7 results
Norris City-Omaha-Enfield celebrates its championship at the Marion tournament on Saturday. Monday, October 7 resultsAddison Trail def. Maine West 25-13, 25-16Addison Trail (14-7 overall, 3-1 in the West Suburban Gold): Ally Severino (3 kills, 1 block, 1 dig), Amy Reyes (17 assists, 2 digs), Jess D’Ambrose (4 aces, 7 kills, 8 digs), Katrina Bielanski (7 kill, 4 digs), Mia Johnson (1 ace, 5 kills, 1 block, 3 digs), Nicole Bartosik (3 aces, 1 dig), Pauline Wirbicki (1 assist, 5 digs).Maine West (12-10 overall, 5-1 in the Central Suburban Nort...
There’s a little ‘Silver’ lining for Oak Park-River Forest in loss at Glenbard West
Oak Park-River Forest could meet Glenbard West again in the IHSA tournament finals. https://youtu.be/PZoZLYn0xdM Oak Park-River Forest won’t see West Suburban Conference rival Glenbard West again during the regular season, and if the two teams do meet again, it would be in the IHSA championship game. So what would Oak Park do differently the second time around? “We have to have more mental toughness,” said Oak Park-River Forest’s 6-foot-6 senior setter and Purdue University Fort Wayne recruit Sean Califf. “You’re going to get dow...
Winners, losers in this week’s Michio Chicago/Illprepvb.com rankings
Mother McAuley (far court) has recovered from an 0-4 start and re-entered the rankings after finishing third at the Asics Challenge. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) The jockeying for position is over. The IHSA tournament just a mere three weeks away and sectional seeds are scheduled to be posted Thursday. A few years ago, the IHSA adopted an online seeding system, which denied coaches the opportunity to state their cases in an open forum. Many coaches have expressed a desire to return to face-to-face seeding meetings, at least where geog...
Joliet West gets help from some unlikely sources to defeat Yorkville
Joliet West overcame the loss of two starters for disciplinary reasons to defeat Yorkville and remain in the thick of the Southwest Prairie Conference race. By Randy WhalenSpecial to Illprepvb.comWith two players sitting out this week for a team rule violation, the Joliet West volleyball team could have let down Tuesday against Yorkville. Instead, the Tigers had players step up.A trio of players moved into different positions and all did well as the Tigers pounced on Yorkville, 25-15, 25-19, in a Southwest Prairie contest in Jolie...
Marist scuttles Skutt to win Asics Challenge, McAuley tops Assumption for third
Mother McAuley outside hitter Connie Lebel (15) draws a double-team during the Mighty Macs' quarterfinal win over Huntley. Mother McAuley defeated Assumption (Louisville, Kentucky) for the second time in three days to finish third at the Asics Challenge. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) By Randy WhalenSpecial to Illprepvb.comMarie Clare Brusek remembers where she was when Marist captured the Asics Challenge championship two years ago.“I was in the stands, watching,” said Brusek, who was in eighth grade in the fall of 2017.Brusek wasn't in the stand...
Monday, April 15 Results
Monday, April 15 Results No. 1 Glenbard West def. No. 5 Oak Park-River Forest 25-15, 25-18Oak Park-River Forest (12-3 overall, 1-1 in the West Suburban Silver): Quinton Kitzman (3 kills), Lucas Schattauer (3 kills), Kyle Rasmussen (7 kills), Jared Schainis (5 kills, 2 blocks), Sean Califf (2 kills, 17 assists, 1 ace, 4 digs), Mike Perla (5 digs).Glenbard West (13-0 overall, 3-0 in the West Suburban Silver): Ben Harrington (6 klls, 5 digs, 1 block), Nicco Cavalcante (3 kills, 4 digs), Zach Morris (7 digs), Will Schwegel (1 ace, 3 digs), ...
Normal U-High hustles past scrappy Rochester to win program’s 15th sectional title
Normal University High defeated Rochester at Mahomet-Seymour on Wednesday to advance to Friday's supersectional at Taylorville against Centralia. By Randy SharerSpecial to Illprepvb.com Back-to-back blocks by Rochester, which had trailed by as many as 9 points, helped the Rockets pull within 22-20 in Game 1 against Normal University High in the Class 3A sectional final Wednesday at Mahomet-Seymour. “It’s probably the most demoralizing thing in volleyball,” said U-High coach Mike Bolhuis, whose team shrugged off those blocks en route to a 2...