Palatine dropped out of a tie for the Mid-Suburban West lead Tuesday with a loss at Barrington. The hunter vs. the hunted.“We’ve talked all season about being the hunted or the hunter,” said Palatine coach Pete Gavin. “Tonight, for sure, we were the ones being hunted.” No. 11 Palatine (26-4 overall, 6-2 in the Mid-Suburban West), which defeated No. 12 Barrington earlier this season in Palatine to gain an upper hand in the conference race, found itself on the wrong side of a 25-23, 25-20 score Tuesday in Barrington.Coupled with a loss to Fre...
Saturday, October 12 results
Saturday, October 12 results Benet won the St. Charles East Scholastic Cup at the Great Lakes Volleyball Center in Aurora. At St. Charles East Scholastic CupGold Pool ABenet def. Lincoln-Way East 25-18, 25-21Lincoln-Way East def. Waubonsie Valley 25-16, 25-22Benet def. Waubonsie Valley 25-22, 25-6Gold Pool BMinooka def. Geneva 25-20, 25-17Edwardsville def. Geneva 17-25, 25-21, 25-21Minooka def. Edwardsville 25-19, 25-23Championship bracketBenet def. Minooka 25-9, 28-26 (championship)Lincoln-Way East def. Edwardsville 25-23, 27-25 (thir...
Benet stops two-time defending champ Marist; WW South reaches 4A final
Benet's Sophie Gregus hits over the block of Marist's Ellie Kurpeikis and freshman Kamryn Chaney (Photo by Dave Ruggles). NORMAL – The Roman philosopher Seneca once said, “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." Benet coach Brad Baker had his own spin on preparation Friday in the catacombs of Redbird Arena. “It’s one thing to know what to do, it’s another thing to do it,” he said. Benet did it. Behind a smothering Game 1 defense and an 11-4 run in Game 2 that wiped out a 17-11 deficit, Benet defeated two-time defending Cl...
Marist’s balance, determination too much for Mother McAuley in sectional final
Marist defeated Mother McAuley for the third time this season to win the Class 4A sectional at Marist. By Randy WhalenSpecial to Illprepvb.comMarist took care of business. Displaying the balanced attack and fortitude that made them a two-time defending IHSA Class 4A champion, the host RedHawks toppled Mother McAuley, 25-21, 25-13, Wednesday in the title match of the Class 4A sectional at Marist. The victory was the 24th consecutive win for Marist (37-2), which will face Sandburg at 7:00 p.m. on Friday at the Eisenhower supe...
Monday, April 29 Results
Monday, April 29 Results Argo def. Chicago Christian 25-21, 25-22Argo (9-15 overall, 2-3 in the South Suburban) :Gavin Akoto (7 kills, 2 blocks), Cincere Colbert (6 kills, 10 digs), Cesar Ramirez (5 kills), David Mulica (17 assists). Bremen def. Tinley Park 25-20, 25-17 No. 7 Deerfield def. No. 10 Lake Forest 22-25, 28-26, 25-19 Holy Trinity def. Christ the King 25-18, 25-22 Holy Trinity (5-5 overall, 4-3 in the Chicago Prep): Jalen Gomez (3 kills),Thomas Cheng (2 kills, 7 service points), Jonathan Vega (9 assists), Aiden Gomez ...
Friday, October 11 results
Prairie Ridge def. Bloomington 25-5, 34-36, 25-12Prairie Ridge (12-10 overall, 8-6 in the Fox Valley): Trinity Sheridan (21 kills, 5 aces, 5 blocks), Hannah Baudin (32 assists), Olivia Jost (11 digs).Waubonsie Valley def. Prairie Ridge 25-14, 25-20Prairie Ridge (12-11 overall, 8-6 in the Fox Valley): Trinity Sheridan (6 kills, 5 digs), Kaylin Mitchell (3 blocks), Hannah Baudin (16 assists, 1 ace), Taylor Parochelli (5 digs), Samantha Johnson (5 digs). ...
Monday, September 9 results
New Trier defeated Oak Park-River Forest in three sets to win its own Summer's End tournament Saturday. Monday, September 9 results Blue Ridge def. Fisher 25-7, 25-11Fisher (3-6 overall): Kylee Bishop (3 digs, 1 assist, 2 service points), Leah McCoy (1 kill, 6 digs).Deerfield def. Mundelein 25-9, 25-15Mundelein (1-8 overall): Elise Bernett (1 kill, 6 digs, 2 assists), Olivia Cartland (2 kills, 1 ace, 5 digs, 1 assist), Belle Breitenreiter (1 dig), Willow Ottoman (3 kills), Claudia Wilcox (4 digs, 2 assists), Brianna Martin (3 kills, 2 bl...
Sports Performance wins two national AAU 18’s championships; SPVB 18 Elite falls short
Sports Performance 18 Red defeated Southern Performance 17 National Shelbie, 25-22, 25-12, to win the 18 Club division. Sports Performance Volleyball Club out of Aurora won two national championships at last weekend's AAU 2019 18U Girls Nationals in Orlando, Florida.But the big prize got away.Sports Performance 18 Kahl (9-0) defeated Asics Munciana Quora, 25-20, 21-25, 15-11, in the title match to win the 18 Premier division, and Sports Performance 18 Red (8-0) stopped Southern Performance 17 National Shelbie, 25-22, 25-12, to win the 18 Cl...
13 teams break into Michio Chicago/Illprepvb.com Week Two Rankings
Heidi Bonde and the Minooka Indians are among the teams making their debut in the Michio Chicago/Illprepvb.com Girls High School Volleyball Rankings this week. (Photo by Dave Ruggles). Two weeks into the season and what have we learned?Well, we have learned the Class 3A and 2A are loaded with great teams, all of Class 4A is still chasing Marist, and Class 1A is still Newark and everybody else. Meanwhile, this week’s rankings feature 13 new teams, including Minooka, Naperville Central, De La Salle, LaSalle-Peru and Newman Central Cathol...
Edwardsville putting the fun back into its game at St. Charles East Scholastic Cup
Edwardsville defeated Hinsdale Central and Neuqua Valley on Friday to advance to Gold Pool B at the St. Charles East Scholastic Cup tournament hosted by the Great Lakes Volleyball Center in Aurora. Edwardsville is putting a new emphasis on having fun.After all, you don’t drive 248 miles to have a bad time.Friday at the St. Charles East Scholastic Cup tournament hosted by the Great Lakes Volleyball Center in Aurora, the Tigers defeated Hinsdale Central, 25-20, 25-17, and Neuqua Valley, 28-26, 25-19, to advance to Gold Pool B Saturday wher...