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Tuesday, June 1 results
Tuesday, June 1 results Barrington def. Rolling Meadows 25-19, 25-16Barrington (12-4 overall, 9-1 in the Mid-Suburban West).Rolling Meadows (10-7 overall, 7-3 in the Mid-Suburban East).Bartlett def. South Elgin 25-22, 25-19Belleville Althoff def. Granite City 25-6, 25-9Brother Rice def. Homewood-Flossmoor 18-25, 25-15, 25-20Homewood-Flossmoor (10-11 overall): Kenyon Haynes (2 kills, 17 assists, 1 ace, 3 digs), Charlie Van Etten (1 kill, 1 ace, 2 digs, 1 block), Luis Lampley (1 dig, 2 blocks), Marquel Flanagan (5 kills, 1 ace, 1 assist, 13 d...
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St. Francis, York advance; Lockport wins, Lincoln-Way Central survives thriller
Oswego (left) surprised Benet in a regional semifinal Tuesday in Lisle. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) https://youtu.be/b8pYfsg-cDk By Randy WhalenSpecial to Illprepvb.comMary Brown has the video of the final point when her Lincoln-Way Central boy's volleyball team upset Lockport to win the regional title in 2017.The Knights will have an opportunity to add to Brown's video highlight collection Thursday. That's because they persevered in a wild and crazy match with a 25-23, 36-34 victory Tuesday over Plainfield East in the second semifin...
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Presenting the Sports Performance VBC/Illprepvb.com Boys Player of the Year
Lake Park's Josh Schellinger was the third of three siblings to play volleyball for the Roselle school, following in the footsteps of older brother Nick and older sister Ally. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) University of California-San Diego recruit Josh Schellinger. Mr. Irreplaceable?Volleyball is a way of life in the Schellinger household. Recent high school graduate, 6-foot-6 outside hitter Josh Schellinger, followed in the footsteps of his older brother, Nick, and older sister, Ally, to play volleyball at Lake Park.Siblings begetting siblin...
Hinsdale Central stuns St. Francis (again); Marist, L-W East and Lockport move on
Lake Park defeated Buffalo Grove, 25-19, 25-13, on Saturday to advance to Tuesday's finals of the Lake Park Sectional against Glenbard North. At Hinsdale CentralHinsdale Central senior AJ Hood chose an unusual way to prepare for what many assumed would be the final match of his high school career on Saturday.“I was driving around this morning before the match,” Hood said. “I drove around my town and all I could think of was I owe it to this town to make another state run.”Thanks in part to the play of Hood, the fourth-seeded Red Devils rode...
Tuesday, June 15 results
A large and enthusiastic crowd was on hand Tuesday to watch Lake Park defeat Glenbard North in a sectional championship game. Tuesday, June 15 results Sectional finals (in bracket order) Marist Sectional Lincoln-Way East def. Marist 26-24, 26-24Lincoln-Way East (19-5 overall): Ian Nicholson (9 kills), Owen Morrow (21 assists), Jason Kougan (5 kills), Jon Guch (5 kills), Sam Szafoni (5 digs).Minooka Sectional Lockport def. Edwardsville 27-25, 25-21Lockport (22-3 overall): Matt Arens (11 kills, 3 blocks), Carter Steffgen (7 kills)...
Memory serves St. Francis; Downers Grove South, Lincoln-Way West claim regional titles
After dropping the first set, Aaron Marrs (3, far right) and Downers Grove South rallied to beat Oswego in the Benet Regional championship match. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) Aiden Benson remembers.“Bad memories,” he said. “Bad memories all the way around.”Two years ago, led by 6-7 junior middle hitter Bryce Walker and a bunch of sophomores and vying for its first-ever berth in the IHSA state quarterfinals, St. Francis was the No. 1 seed in the Hinsdale South sectional. But the Spartans were stunned by No. 8 Hinsdale Central, 25-18, 25-16, in t...