Kaneland's Bella Rio (16) dropped 19 kills on the hosts Tuesday at the Class 3A Glenbard South Regional to help rally the Knights to a 19-25, 25-11, 25-9 victory. https://youtu.be/onEu9VSGh5o By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com Editor In tales from medieval times, the dashing knight, positively exuding nobility and virtue, would rush to the aid of fair maidens in distress.Tuesday in Glen Ellyn, it was the other way around.Kaneland senior outside hitter Bella Rio smashed 19 kills, including six in each of the final two sets, to help...
Adversity takes second at USAVs, first in Illprepvb.com/1st Alliance VBC 18s Rankings
Adversity G18 Adidas poses with their silver medals Sunday at the 2021 USAV Girls 18s Junior National Championship in Columbus, Ohio, Adversity nearly overcame.Nearly.After dropping the first set, 25-19, to Premier Nebraska 18 Gold (Omaha, Nebraska), in the championship match of the 18 Open division at the 2021 USAV Girls 18s Junior National Championship in Columbus, Ohio, on Sunday, Adversity rallied to take the second set, 25-19.The girls from Vernon Hills then eased to leads of 8-6 and 10-8 in the third set. But Premier went on a ...
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...
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'Exhausted,' 'predictable,' St. Rita falls to Glenbard West in three sets
St. Rita is in the midst of a brutal stretch of games that includes Sandburg, Glenbard West, Lincoln-Way East, Lincoln-Way West and St. Francis. Zach Carroll came off the floor looking like he had just run an ultra marathon. “I'm very exhausted,” he said.He had reason to be.The 6-foot-3 outside hitter and his St. Rita teammates laid it all on the line through the first two sets of their non-conference match Thursday at Glenbard West, leading 25-20, 14-11, and seemingly on the verge of a huge win heading into the IHSA tournament in 11 da...
Wednesday, May 12 results
(Photo by Dave Ruggles) Wednesday, May 12 results Bartlett def. Benet 21-25, 32-30, 25-22Bolingbrook def. Romeoville 26-24, 24-26, 25-21Bolingbrook (3-6 overall, 2-5 in the Southwest Suburban Conference): Elijah Fleming (8 kills, 2 blocks), Andy Stone (6 kills), Carson Harris (5 kills, 2 blocks), Junior Nunez (19 assists, 3 aces), Gabe Escario (3 aces), Byron Montgomery (3 blocks).Bremen def. Tinley Park 25-13, 25-15Tinley Park (2-4 overall). Edwardsville def. Alton Marquette 25-16, 19-25, 25-15Edwardsville (6-0 overall, 4-0 in the South...
Nazareth's defense thwarts Belvidere North in 3A finals; Normal West jars JCA
Normal West libero Sydnie Hernandez (9) stretches to reach a ball during the Wildcats' victory over Joliet Catholic in the Class 3A third-place game. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) Class 3ABy Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorNORMAL – Defense wins championships.And did Nazareth ever defend.The Roadrunners overcame a 12-6 deficit in the third set to defeat No. 1-ranked Belvidere North, 25-18, 20-25, 25-21, in the Class 3A championship match Saturday at Redbird Arena.Defense was the difference.The IHSA does not keep records for tournament digs, but ...
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 ...
Champions Cup series continues under cloud of uncertainty over what comes next
Neuqua Valley's 5-10 outside hitter Bryanna Jones (76) is one of five newcomers on Sports Performance's 16 Elite team. (Photos by Dave Ruggles) CI Elite 17 Elite's Molly Warner (23) of tiny downstate Williamsfield tries to push the ball between a pair of defenders. Naperville North would have been crazy good this fall. The Huskies still might be this winter or spring. But that’s out of Paige Lauterwasser’s control.“It’s so crazy,” said Lauterwasser, a 5-10 sophomore who played on Naperville North’s 24-13 varsity team in 2019 as a fresh...