Hinsdale Central's Kaitlyn Thick (17), shown here against Nazareth at the Crimson Classic, had 4 kills during Tuesday's loss at Lyons Township. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) There’s something about Hinsdale Central that brings out the best in Lyons Township.Conversely, there’s something about Lyons Township that brings out the worst in Hinsdale Central.Lyons Township opened the home portion of its 2021 schedule Tuesday by welcoming West Suburban Conference Silver division rival Hinsdale Central, and the Lions didn’t exactly play the hospitable h...
Saturday, September 4 non-tournament results
The 2021 Quincy Notre Dame Raiders Saturday, September 4 results At Geneseo Geneseo def. Sterling 25-19, 25-22Geneseo (4-4 overall, 1-0 in the Western Big 6): Hannah Copeland (12 kills, 9 digs, 1 block), Kammie Ludwig (4 kills, 1 block), Emma Frank (2 kills, 3 blocks), Lauren Johnsen (10 assists, 2 aces, 4 digs, 1 block), Alysia Perez (5 assists, 3 aces, 4 digs), Triston Highton (5 digs), Aubrey VanKerrebroeck (3 blocks).Geneseo def. Quincy 25-15, 25-15Geneseo (5-4 overall, 2-0 in the Western Big 6): Hannah Copeland (6 kills, 1 block)...
Unbeaten Belvidere North turns to Flynn to win the Jacobs Invitational
Unbeaten Belvidere North won the Jacobs Volleyball Invitational on Saturday, defeating Lake Forest, 25-16, 11-25, 25-10 in the championship match. Sometimes, no matter how good you are, you can’t do anything right. It was about then that Jayden Flynn decided that she had enough.“We did everything wrong in the second set,” said Flynn, Belvidere North’s feisty setter after watching her team bow 25-11 to Lake Forest in Game 2 of the championship match at the Jacobs Volleyball Invitational Saturday in Algonquin.“It seemed like as the set k...
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Saturday, September 4 results
Loyola defeated Deerfield on Saturday to win the New Trier tournament, the Ramblers' second consecutive tournament title, and improve to 12-0 on the young season. At JacobsBelvidere North def. Lake Forest 25-16, 11-25, 25-10 (championship)Lake Forest (6-5 overall): Mackenzie Pitera (5 kills, 1 block, 1 ace), Courtney Hvostik (6 kills, 1 ace), Emma Stadolnik (1 ace), Meg Margolis (13 assists, 3 blocks, 1 kill), Naomi Miles (5 kills, 1 ace, 1 assist).Belvidere North (10-0 overall): Kaitlin Leider (7 kills, 1 ace), Ava Irvin (9 kills, 1 ace), ...
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Monday, September 13 results
O'Fallon (11-4 overall) went 4-1 and finished third at the Lincoln tournament last weekend. Val Finck and Rylie Vincent were named to the all-tournament team. Monday, September 13 resultsArthur Lovington-Atwood Hammond def. Sullivan 25-14, 25-11Arthur Lovington-Atwood Hammond (6-3 overall, 1-0 in the Lincoln Prairie Conference): Michaela Powell (3 aces, 4 kills, 3 digs), Charley Condill (2 aces, 5 kills, 1 block, 6 digs), Delaney Gilles (1 ace, 7 kills, 1 dig), Alisha Frederick (4 kills, 1 block, 6 digs, 8 assists), Ashley Seegmiller (5 k...
Players pull together to help their downstate town recover from '1,000-year' flood
Between 9 and 10 inches of rain fell on Gibson City on August 12 during what weather experts called "a 1,000-year event," cutting outside access to the community and forcing scores of residents to evacuate. (Photo courtesy of WAND-TV). By Randy SharerSpecial to Illprepvb.comGIBSON CITY – When it came to a team building exercise, the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley High School volleyball team got all it could handle on August 12 when between 9.5 and 10 inches of rain fell on Ford County within five hours.After many Gibson City homeowners ...
Presenting the first Michio Chicago/Illprepvb.com girls H.S. regular-season rankings
Wheaton Warrenville South and sophomore Rebecca Bellows (17) hope to get another shot at top-seeded Loyola at this week's Wheaton Classic. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) Breese Mater Dei, Illprepvb.com’s No. 1 team in Class 2A, had its own way last weekend at the Crossroads Classic at Effingham. This weekend, it’s the big schools' turn.The annual Wheaton Classic begins Wednesday with pool play at Wheaton Warrenville South and Wheaton North. And if all goes well, the championship match should wrap up sometime Saturday before midnight.Loyola, un...