(Photo by Dave Ruggles) Tuesday, June 8 results Regional semifinals (in bracket order) Marist Sectional At BolingbrookMarist def. Tinley Park 25-12, 25-13Bolingbrook def. Bremen 25-13, 25-16At CorlissHomewood-Flossmoor def. Andrew 18-25, 25-15, 25-22Homewood-Flossmoor (12-11 overall): Kenyon Haynes (1 kill, 27 assists, 12 digs, 1 block), Christian Van Vorhees (6 kills), Charlie Van Etten (4 kills, 3 aces, 2 digs, 1 block), Marquel Flanagan (10 digs), Ramon Martinez (2 assists, 14 digs), Elijah Jean-Simon (2 kills, 2 blocks, 4 digs)...
'Underdog' Plainfield East surprises Minooka in Southwest Prairie finale
Plainfield East defeated Southwest Prairie Conference regular-season champion Minooka on Saturday to win the league's season-ending tournament in Minooka. Minooka’s plaque might be bigger, but Plainfield East got the last word.Plainfield East overcame a 24-21 deficit in the first set and fought back after squandering an early 9-5 led in the second to defeat regular-season champion Minooka, 28-26, 25-21, and win the season-ending Southwest Prairie Conference Tournament Saturday in Minooka.“It's absolutely amazing,” said Plainfield East se...
Friday, May 7 results
Friday, May 7 results Glenbrook North def. Vernon Hills 25-23, 25-16Vernon Hills (9-1 overall, 4-0 in the Central Suburban North): Kevin Schumacher (8 assists), Jax Goldufsky (6 digs, 1 ace), Jack McDonald (7 kills, 2 blocks, 3 digs), Tony Mischiara (3 kills, 2 blocks, 3 digs), Anthony Viviano (1 kill, 1 block), Josh Ludolph (4 kills, 2 blocks), Ryan Ellis (1 kill, 2 blocks), Noah Ellis (5 assists). Glenbrook North (7-0 overall, 4-0 in the Central Suburban South): Paul Wyszynski (8 digs), Ryan Trout (1 kill), Louie Batang (20 assists, 2 ki...
Final 2019 Michio Chicago/Illprepvb.com rankings, and what lies ahead?
Zayna Meyer (left) and Wheaton Warrenville South rode some mid-season changes to the IHSA Class 4A finals at Redbird Arena. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) The 2019 season is in the record books.Newark and Sterling repeated. Benet denied Marist’s bid to three-peat. St. Teresa ruled Class 2A. But once again, the tournament reinforced the idea that the final eight teams in each class, if not the final 16, should be seeded, and the “rolling of the peas” abandoned. And while they’re at it, “geographic representation” should be trashed, too.The...
The boys are back in town (i.e. the IHSA state tournament, just not the same town)
The names and faces on the court are not the same, but the goal is. Glenbard West is seeking its fourth state title in seven years as, after a one-year layoff, the IHSA tournament begins this week. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) Someday, the IHSA will get this right.“Our regional? Are you kidding me?” said Timothy Christian coach David Barker. “We’re in the greatest sectional ever put together in the history of boys’ volleyball in the state of Illinois.”Barker, of course, was talking about the Hinsdale Central Sectional, where St. Francis, Glenba...
Illini West is in camaraderie-building mode; JCA, York welcome new head coaches
York's Ella Contant (13) and Ella Lawton (16) are two of the few players back from last season's team to greet new head coach Danny Piwowarczyk. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) Out with the old – well, not completely – and in with the new.Today, Illprepvb.com continues its look at the 2021 season with previews of two schools welcoming new coaches, a look at a downstate school hoping to blend some veteran players with a few new ones, and a new coop featuring one of the smallest high schools in Illinois.(Last season's record in parenthesis):Fenton (2...
Thursday, April 1 results
Pinckneyville was off to a 9-1 start under first-year coach and former Murphysboro boss Mike Layne heading into Thursday night's visit from Nashville. Thursday, April 1 resultsAndrew def. Lincoln-Way Central 26-24, 22-25, 25-13Lincoln-Way Central (1-7 overall, 0-1 in the Southwest Suburban Conference): Caitlyn Rochon (9 aces, 10 digs ), Nicole Connolly ( 5 kills, 12 digs, 1 block).Antioch def. Lakes 27-25, 25-21Lakes (2-2 overall, 1-1 in the Northern Lake County Conference): Paula Ceneac (4 kills, 1 block), Devinn Bell (13 assists), Julia T...
Here are the latest 1st Alliance VBC/Illprepvb.com Girls 16s Club Rankings
All work and no play makes for a very long day, so these Eastside Volleyball Club 16U Thunder girls took time out to enjoy pizza night at Brienzo's Wood Fired Pizza in Peoria Heights. Fox Force Five?Any fan of Quentin Tarantino and “Pulp Fiction” will remember the fictional TV series pilot that starred Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman), which she referred to as her “15 minutes.” The show followed the exploits of an all-female team of secret agents, each having a particular specialty.The fictional show was later mentioned in “The Lego Batman Movie...
Young upstart Limestone, senior night emotions get the better of Morton
With seven seniors who helped Morton High School reach the 2018 Class 3A Elite Eight, the Potters had hoped to win a state trophy this season before the pandemic nixed the state tournament. During an emotional Senior Night match on Tuesday, Morton lost to Bartonville Limestone, 25-13, 25-20. (Photo by Randy Sharer) By Randy SharerSpecial to Illprepvb.comMORTON – It’s happened before.A team of young upstarts with nothing to lose – in this case Bartonville Limestone – surprises a squad of highly regarded veterans struggling with senior nigh...
College of DuPage to offer men's volleyball beginning in 2022-23 with aid of grant
A $10,000 grant from the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Foundation and First Point Foundation will help to establish a men's volleyball program at College of DuPage. College of DuPage will launch a men's volleyball program during the 2022-23 academic year, thanks in part to a $10,000 grant from the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Foundation and First Point Foundation, the college announced June 30. COD is one of 15 institutions to receive grant funding as part of the NJCAA and Fi...