Thursday, October 14 results

Lake Forest celebrated the seniors who participate in the volleyball program prior to Wednesday's match with Mundelein. Honored were: Catie Kucera, Isabella Fisher, Abigale Lawrence, Claire Yehle, Gabriella Nerger, Colin Martens, Sam Fitzgerald, Sydney Pitera, Sam Tomek, Elizabeth Casper, Meg Margolis, Naomi Miles, Madelyn Liebelt and Anna Wise. Thursday, October 14 results Andrew def. Lincoln-Way West 25-16, 25-23Lincoln-Way West: Alexa Flores (11 assists), Caroline Smith (8 blocks), Isabella Been (14 digs, 7 kills).Note: Lincoln-W...

Tuesday, April 27 results

(Photo by Dave Ruggles) Tuesday, April 27 resultsBoys volleyballAddison Trail def. Proviso East 25-14, 25-14Addison Trail (1-0 overall): Andrew Drogosz (1 kill), Basile Vassos (1 ace), Enzo Ciaccio (1 kill), Filippo Cacucciolo (7 kills), Matt Sobus (1 ace), Patrick Plasznik (6 kills, 1 block), Peter Savinos (1 kill), Salvatore Culotta (5 aces), Vince Cazante (2 assists).Barrington def. Fremd 25-14, 25-13Fremd (2-1 overall, 1-1 in the Mid-Suburban West): Aaron Sallade (5 kills, 1 block, 1 dig), Marcon Warzecha (2 kills), Matt Caro (1 ace, 3 ...

Lake Park, Schellinger hand top-ranked St. Francis first loss of the season

No. 1-ranked St. Francis saw its winning streak to open the season end at 23 matches Friday at the hands of Lake Park. By Matt Le CrenSpecial to Illprepvb.comTop-ranked St. Francis no longer has the pressure of trying to go undefeated.Josh Schellinger and his Lake Park teammates made sure of that.The 6-foot-6 Schellinger and 6-5 Andrew Deardorff each put down 9 kills, and setter Elijah Wrobel dished out 24 assists as the third-ranked Lancers upset St. Francis, 25-16, 25-23, Friday in Wheaton.The loss ended a 23-match winning streak by the ...

Meet me in the middle? SPVB 18 Red defeats Illini Elite 18 Black for AAU title

Illini Elite 18 Black survived nearly a half-dozen three-set matches to reach the championship match of the 18 Club division in Orlando, but ultimately fell to SPVB 18 Red. Orlando, Florida – Sports Performance 18 Red and Illini Elite 18 Black traveled a combined 2,300 miles to play in the championship of the 18 Club division at the 48th AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships at the Orange County Convention Center.Wouldn’t it have been easier to settle things somewhere in the middle? Say, Dwight, Illinois?Maybe the accommodations are...

New dates, locations set for Windy City, Northern Lights, GLR qualifiers

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, McCormick Place in downtown Chicago is out as a location for the 2021 Windy City National Qualifier and Indianapolis and St. Louis are in. (Photos by Dave Ruggles) News flash! The Windy City National Qualifier will not be held in Chicago this year, and the Northern Lights Qualifier will not be held in Minneapolis.The 2021 adidas Windy City National Qualifier, originally scheduled for April 23-25 at McCormick Place, has been canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions and now will be held over two weekends at differen...

Wednesday, October 13 results

Lincoln-Way Central honored seniors (from left) Carli Udovich, Corissa Bradley and Nicole Connolly before Tuesday's game with Bradley-Bourbonnais. Wednesday, October 13 resultsBatavia def. St. Francis 27-25, 13-25, 25-23Batavia (15-13 overall, 3-3 in the DuKane Conference): Madelyn Hooper (11 kills), Grace Regnier (9 kills), Kyra Taylor (8 kills, 7 digs, 1 ace), Amanda Otten (16 assists, 5 kills).Batavia coach McKenna Kelsay: “What a match. This was the first time in school history that we have beaten St. Francis. We came out pretty tough ...

Young Fillies eye race to the finish line; Arndt, Bulldogs are small but mighty

Freeport Aquin has an enrollment of 88.50 students (how do you classify as a half-student?), but Lucy Arndt (12) and the Lady Bulldogs are among the favorites to reach Redbird Arena in Class 1A later this fall. Illprepvb.com continues its look at the 2021 season with more previews, including those of several teams hoping to build on their success in the spring and others that are facing a total revamp after suffering heavy graduation losses. (Last spring's record in parenthesis): Barrington (14-2)Start with the Mid-Suburban League Player...

Thursday, May 6 results

Thursday, May 6 results Barrington def. Schaumburg 25-23, 25-12Barrington (7-1 overall, 5-0 in the Mid-Suburban West).Bartlett def. West Chicago 25-11, 25-10West Chicago (2-2 overall, 2-0 in the Upstate Eight Conference): Matt Stavenger (5 kills, 1 block), Ethan Martins (6 assists).Benet def. Notre Dame 25-18, 25-23Benet (7-1 overall).Carmel def. Nazareth 25-12, 25-10Carmel (6-1 overall, 3-1 in the East Suburban Catholic Conference): Matt Herron (15 kills, 6 aces), Andersen Ptasienski (7 kills), Bobby Szamocki (15 assists, 2 aces), Mario Du...