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. ...

Can Rochester improve on perfection? Pinckneyville hands reins to Shaneyfelt

On the home page, Mother McAuley's 5-11 sophomore Ellie White (far right) is expected to lead the Mighty Macs in a number of categories, including blocking. (Photo by Dave Ruggles. Above photo of Batavia coach McKenna Kelsay courtesy of U. of I. athletic department). Illprepvb.com continues its look at the 2021 season with previews of a team that looks to build on perfection, a downstate school with a new coach after a 22-win campaign in the spring, a perennial state power that finds itself in a new class, and a team that's looking to...

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...