Dakota moves on without Toelke; T.F. South moves on without an identity

Dakota's Tabytha Toelke (left) likely would have broken into the top 10 among Illinois all-time kill leaders had it not been for last year's shortened season and a brief personal absence while in quarantine due to COVID contact tracing. She is now a freshman at the University of Memphis. (Photo courtesy of the Rockford Register Star). Monday, Monday. The first day of practice for the 2021 Illinois girls’ high school volleyball season is just hours away.One of the more intriguing storylines of the 2021 season is the plight of Thornton Fract...

Warren Township looking for two teams to fill out sophomore quad

Warren Township is looking for two more teams for a sophomore quadrangular meet on Saturday, October 2. Warren Township is looking for two more teams for a sophomore quadrangular meet on Saturday, October 2. If you are interested, please contact head coach Yun Chen at ychen@wths.net. ...

Former Lyons star hopes to turn things around at Downers South; and more previews

Madisen Babich (far right) enjoyed an all-state career at Lyons Township under former coach Joann Pyritz before moving on to Cal State Fullerton. She now tackles another challenge at Downers Grove South. (Photo by Mark Brown for Cal State-Fullerton Athletics). We are just a few days away from the first day of practice for the 2021 Illinois girls’ high school volleyball season.No one is still quite sure what the season will look like. We do know that per Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s order Wednesday, all Illinois K-12 students whether in public or pr...

Illprepvb.com's look at the 2021 season begins (and hopefully does not end) today

Fairfield's 5-10 sophomore Emersyn Robbins is one of the top players in southern Illinois ... regardless of class or classification. Beginning with the first day of practice Monday, August 9, folks across Illinois will be keeping one eye on their home team and the other eye on Bloomington waiting to see if the IHSA pulls the plug on the 2021 girls volleyball season.COVID-19 has not gone away.New coronavirus cases leaped in Illinois during the week ending August 1, rising 46 percent as 11,682 cases were reported after 7,983 new cases were r...