Quincy Notre Dame opened its season Wednesday by defeating Mendon Unity. Wednesday, August 25 results Addison Trail def. Maine East 19-25, 26-24, 25-23 Canton def. Peoria High 29-27, 25-21Peoria High (0-2 overall): Kennadie Fuller (14 assists), Kammie Hess (8 kills, 11 digs, 4 blocks), Mary Schmitt (17 digs, 11 kills, 1 assist, 3 aces, 7 blocks), Cheyenne McKinley (2 digs, 1 kill), Tyanna Ward (20 digs, 2 assists), Ionna Martin (1 ace), Aquarius Young (4 digs), Ailani Lee (2 blocks), Dania Covington (5 digs, 3 assists).De La Salle de...
Wheaton North Blue & Gold Invitational
Benet def. Wheaton North 25-17, 25-20Benet (1-0 overall, 0-0 in the East Suburban Catholic Conference): Caelin Abramic (9 kills), Ava Novak (9 kills), Annie Eschenbach (4 kills), Caroline Carens (4 kills), Sam Buckley (21 assists, 3 aces, 1 dig), Evie Biacha (1 kill, 1 block), Rese Bastuga (5 digs, 3 aces), Aniya Warren (5 digs, 3 aces).Wheaton North (0-2, 0-0 in the DuKane Conference): Audrey Brcka (12 kills, 4 digs, 1 block), Ella Brend (14 digs, 1 ace), Paige Syswerda (16 assists, 2 digs, 1 block, 2 kills, 1 ace), Mia Benson (2 kill...
Benet finds offense here, there and everywhere in opener at Wheaton North
Kaneland is a team that hopes to make a long run in the postseason, and achieving that goal started with a strong showing Wednesday at the Wheaton North Blue & Gold Invitational. After losing his most experienced player and most proven offensive threat – 6-2 senior middle hitter Ann Marie Remmes – to an ACL injury during the club season, Benet coach Brad Baker wondered where his offense would come from this fall. The answer? Everywhere. Outside. Rightside. Middle. Service line. The Redwings scored from all over the cou...
Tuesday, August 24 results
Kewanee's Makaela Salisbury (5) slips a kill past two Ridgewood defenders during the Boilermakers' season opener Tuesday. Tuesday, August 24 resultsAnnawan def. Alleman 25-14, 25-11Alleman (0-1 overall): Anne VanDerHeede (1 dig), Annaliese Dockery-Jackson (1 block), Bella Runge (1 ace), Clair Hulke (2 kills, 1 block), Claire Sottos (1 ace, 1 kill, 1 dig), Colleen Kenney (3 kills, 12 digs), Darryn Reyes Clay (1 kill), Iris Reynolds (1 ace, 1 kill, 2 digs), Lauren Reger (1 dig),Sasha Cornillaud (1 block).Barrington def. Stevenson 25-14, 25-20...
It's last call for Fremd seniors, and has Brown County’s time finally arrived?
Brown County went 17-4 in the spring and hopes to duplicate, if not exceed, that success this fall behind (front row, from left) Gabby McGath, Cortni Law and Makenna Post; (middle row, from left) Brooke Garthaus, Justyce Hunter, Cyrah Dunlap and Lea Houston; and (back row, from left) Ashlee Markert, Klare Flynn, Katey Flynn and Gracie Hedden. Not pictured is Kaci McKeon. Illprepvb.com continues its look at the 2021 season with more previews, including those of (Mt. Sterling) Brown County, which is on a quest to make history this fall a...
Monday, August 23 results
The 2021 Somonauk Lady Bobcats Monday, August 23 resultsBelvidere def. Marian Central 25-19, 25-18Marian Central (0-1 overall): Ella Conlon (6 kills, 3 blocks), Valle Leggett (6 kills, 3 blocks), Jessa Passi (8 digs, 1 kill).Blue Ridge def. Iroquois West 25-9, 25-13Iroquois West (0-1 overall).Brown County def. Camp Point Central 25-21, 25-19Brown County (1-0 overall): Gracie Hedden (8 kills, 13 digs, 1 ace), Klare Flynn (5 kills, 9 digs, 1 ace), Gabby McGath (20 assists, 10 digs, 1 block), Cortni Law (13 digs), Katey Flynn (12 digs).Brown C...
(Almost) nobody's back for Benet; Montini, Plainfield North ready to make noise
Sam Buckley (middle row, third from left), who played rightside hitter for Benet last spring, is the lone returning starter for the Redwings this fall, and she will not be returning to the position she played as a junior. A minor bump in the road?Or a pothole the size of Pontiac?Benet has won four of the last nine Class 4A championships – 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2019. It has won 13 consecutive regional championships, played in 12 sectional championships over the last 13 years (winning eight of them), and has won a state trophy seven times d...
Raiders on the rise, Geneseo looks to reload, and Shepard, Elk Grove previews
Bolingbrook, which won the 24-team tournament at Joliet Junior College this summer, looks to build on the success of last spring's team which went 10-3 and posted wins over Joliet Catholic and Lockport. Today is the first day of practice and tryout for hundreds of high schools across Illinois, anticipating that we will have a full and interrupted season of girls volleyball in 2021.As we learned last week, masks will be mandatory at all volleyball events this fall -- practices, matches and tournaments -- but it seems like small price to pa...
Pandemic prompts Oak Lawn's restless Kate Dillon to add golf to busy calendar
When the pandemic forced the cancellation of the fall volleyball season in 2020, Oak Lawn's Kate Dillon decided to take up golf. She also plays basketball and softball at the southwest suburban Chicago school. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) Oak Lawn outside hitter Kate Dillon began golfing last fall and has seen her game measurably improve over the past year. By Matt Le CrenSpecial to Illprepvb.comKate Dillon was a girl in search of something to do last fall.The girls’ volleyball season had been postponed until the spring due to the coronavi...
Presenting the Michio Chicago/Illprepvb.com 2021 girls H.S. preseason rankings
Plainfield North's Ella Wrobel (17, far right) is widely considered the best player in the state and will join Big Ten power Wisconsin after graduating this spring. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) You know the season is thisclose when somebody starts asking about rankings. So here we go. Maybe not the answer they’re looking for, but by all calculations, our best guess.Marist, Illprepvb.com’s No. 1 Class 4A team in the preseason in 2018 and again in 2019, is the preseason favorite in 4A again this fall. Marist went on to win it all in 2018, b...