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Tuesday, June 8 results
(Photo by Dave Ruggles) Tuesday, June 8 results Regional semifinals (in bracket order) Marist Sectional At BolingbrookMarist def. Tinley Park 25-12, 25-13Bolingbrook def. Bremen 25-13, 25-16At CorlissHomewood-Flossmoor def. Andrew 18-25, 25-15, 25-22Homewood-Flossmoor (12-11 overall): Kenyon Haynes (1 kill, 27 assists, 12 digs, 1 block), Christian Van Vorhees (6 kills), Charlie Van Etten (4 kills, 3 aces, 2 digs, 1 block), Marquel Flanagan (10 digs), Ramon Martinez (2 assists, 14 digs), Elijah Jean-Simon (2 kills, 2 blocks, 4 digs)...
The boys are back in town (i.e. the IHSA state tournament, just not the same town)
The names and faces on the court are not the same, but the goal is. Glenbard West is seeking its fourth state title in seven years as, after a one-year layoff, the IHSA tournament begins this week. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) Someday, the IHSA will get this right.“Our regional? Are you kidding me?” said Timothy Christian coach David Barker. “We’re in the greatest sectional ever put together in the history of boys’ volleyball in the state of Illinois.”Barker, of course, was talking about the Hinsdale Central Sectional, where St. Francis, Glenba...
Glenbrook North breaks 28-year drought, beats Lake Park for IHSA title
Glenbrook North celebrates its first IHSA boys volleyball championship since 1993 after defeating Lake Park, 25-22, 18-25, 25-19, Saturday at Glenbard West. (All photos by Dave Ruggles) https://youtu.be/yT7bIUyd8K4 When it came to winning state championships, Glenbrook North was in cicada territory.You have to go all the way back to 1993 to discover the last time the Spartans won an IHSA championship in boys’ volleyball.They came close twice since, losing in the title game in 2004 to a Wheaton Warrenville South team led by 6-9 Matt Mc...
Here are the latest 1st Alliance VBC/Illprepvb.com Girls 16s Club Rankings
All work and no play makes for a very long day, so these Eastside Volleyball Club 16U Thunder girls took time out to enjoy pizza night at Brienzo's Wood Fired Pizza in Peoria Heights. Fox Force Five?Any fan of Quentin Tarantino and “Pulp Fiction” will remember the fictional TV series pilot that starred Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman), which she referred to as her “15 minutes.” The show followed the exploits of an all-female team of secret agents, each having a particular specialty.The fictional show was later mentioned in “The Lego Batman Movie...
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...
College of DuPage to offer men's volleyball beginning in 2022-23 with aid of grant
A $10,000 grant from the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Foundation and First Point Foundation will help to establish a men's volleyball program at College of DuPage. College of DuPage will launch a men's volleyball program during the 2022-23 academic year, thanks in part to a $10,000 grant from the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Foundation and First Point Foundation, the college announced June 30. COD is one of 15 institutions to receive grant funding as part of the NJCAA and Fi...
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Wednesday, June 2 results
(Photo by Dave Ruggles) Wednesday, June 2 resultsBartlett def. Larkin 25-14, 25-14Bartlett (20-2 overall, 8-0 in the Upstate Eight Conference).Chicago Christian def. Marian Catholic 25-13, 25-11Chicago Christian (9-5 overall, 5-4 in the Metro Suburban Conference): Nolan Krygsheld (9 kills, 1 block, 2 digs), Jack Dryfhout (1 ace, 3 kills, 2 digs, 17 assists), Grant Veldman (3 aces, 7 kills, 3 digs, 1 assist).Downers Grove North def. Montini 25-16, 25-16Montini (10-5 overall, 8-0 in the Chicago Catholic League White): Dan Cyze (7 kills, 5 ace...
Recruiting 101: What you can do to help college coaches find you
Former Benet setter Ally Van Eekeren is one of hundreds of former Illinois high school stars now playing at the collegiate level. Some are discovered by coaches. But many handle their own recruiting. (Photo courtesy of Creighton Athletics) By Randy SharerSpecial to Illprepvb.comMajor life choices that come up for the first – and perhaps only – time can be challenging.Take, for example, volleyball players looking to continue their careers in college.By the time they learn the ins-and-outs of the recruiting process, they may wish they’d had...