Adversity G16 Adidas was the only team from Illinois to qualify in the 16 Open division at the 2019 USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championships. Adversity ranks second in the final 2019 1st Alliance VBC/Illprepvb.com Girls Club Rankings. Another club season is in the books. Congratulations to all the teams that qualified for the USA Volleyball Junior National Championships and all the teams that competed in the AAU Girls Junior National Championships. Here are the final 2019 1st Alliance VBC/Illprepvb.com Girls Club Rankings...
Saturday, May 4 Tournament Results
Saturday, May 4 Results At Leyden Leyden def. St. Viator 25-16, 25-23Leyden def. Conant 25-16, 25-20Leyden def. Wheeling 25-21, 26-24Leyden def. DePaul Prep 25-5, 25-13Leyden def. Fenton 25-17, 22-25, 15-9Leyden (17-10 overall, 3-1 in the West Suburban Gold): Jason Kemp (32 kills, 2 blocks), Tyler Morgan (31 kills, 7 blocks), Chuy Mancha (24 kills, 10 blocks), Brendan Fuller (11 kills, 4 blocks), Gio De la Torre (11 kills), Jesse Federico (4 aces, 91 digs), Alex Martinez (7 aces, 116 assists). Wheeling def. Conant 25-22, 25-...
Way-too-early look at some of the best girls high school teams in each class in 2019
Can Marist become the first team in IHSA to repeat in Class 4A? That will be one of the storylines to follow during the 2019 Illinois girls high school volleyball season. (Photos by Dave Ruggles) Food for thought...The 2019 Illinois high school girls volleyball season doesn’t kick off until August 26. But it’s never too early to speculate who some of the best teams in each class will be. A few notable schools have changed classes in 2019 thanks to the IHSA’s new classification system and the success factor, the latter affecting two school...
Friday, April 5 Tournament Results
Jacobs Tournament
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Monday, April 8 Results
Monday, April 8 Results Granite City def. Father McGivney 25-19, 25-22 Lake Park def. Rolling Meadows 25-21, 25-21 Lincoln-Way Central def. Joliet Catholic Academy 22-25, 25-21, 25-19 Lincoln-Way Central (7-8 overall): Tyler Casey (4 assists, 10 digs), Jimmy Kapsalis (1 ace, 15 assists, 10 digs), Sebastian Olmos (8 kills, 5 digs), Jack Yurkanin (2 aces, 12 kills, 6 digs). No. 4 Lincoln-Way West def. No. 2 Minooka 25-17, 23-25, 25-16 Maine West def. Niles North 25-20, 25-22Maine West (11-3 overall). Mundelein def. Hig...
‘Weird’ is the new normal for Benet in its bid for fourth title in nine years
Necessity forced Benet to juggle its lineup in 2018 and play several players out of their normal positions. However, that won't be the case this fall. Quick. Without cheating. Who was the only Illinois team to defeat Class 4A champion Marist last season?If you guessed Benet Academy, give yourself a mighty slap on the back.In between a 25-23, 23-25, 25-19 loss in the championship match of the Tiger Classic on September 15 and a 25-18, 25-15 defeat in an IHSA Class 4A semifinal on November 9, the Redwings took down the eventual state cham...
Minooka ‘mans up’ to race past Plainfield South; Timothy Christian gets first varsity win
Plainfield South's Cougars found themselves on the wrong end of the score Thursday at Minooka. (photo by Dave Ruggles) By Randy WhalenSpecial to Illprepvb.comIt was “next man up” and Minooka didn't miss a beat. Playing in its first match since winning the Wheaton Warrenville South Tiger Classic last Saturday, the Indians found themselves without senior middle hitter Noah Easter.“Noah has whatever is going around,” said Minooka coach Mike Kargle. “He was too sick to get out of bed.” Enter Jordan Boe. The sophomore stepped in at middle ...
Wardlow, Bolingbrook are not going to be an easy out, as Lincoln-Way West will attest
Bolingbrook, which set a school record for wins this spring, has shown it can't be taken lightly in the IHSA tournament. (Photos by Dave Ruggles). Bolingbrook’s 6-foot-5 outside hitter Rico Wardlow played “about five or six sports” growing up, but … “I wasn't really good at any of them,” he said.That’s when his parents took him to a volleyball camp at Bolingbrook High School the summer before his freshman year.“I will never forget that day,” said Bolingbrook coach Molly DeSerf. “Rico came to camp as a freshman. His dad brought him. His dad...
‘Help for Heidi’ established to help family of mom battling stage 4 breast cancer
Michio Chicago 17 National wore pink at the USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championships in Indianapolis to honor all the club's mothers who are battling breast cancer, including Heidi Jendry, the mother of Avery Jedry from Marist. Michio Chicago 17 National finished third in the 17 Open division. ...