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)...

Bergschneider sparks third-set rally as Pleasant Plains ousts Quincy Notre Dame

Pleasant Plains setter Hannah Smith (2) had 26 assists and eight blocks in a 14-25, 25-12, 25-23 Class 3A Clinton Super-sectional victory over Quincy Notre Dame. (Photos by Randy Sharer) By Randy SharerSpecial to Illprepvb.comCLINTON – Rarely do volleyball teams as good as Pleasant Plains get the opportunity to prove they can overcome a 21-15 deficit in the third set.So there was some doubt when Quincy Notre Dame built such an advantage in the Class 2A Clinton Supersectional on Friday.The Lady Cardinals, however, simply fed their top hitt...

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...

Reid, Baker power Fremd past Hersey for Mid-Suburban League supremacy

Fremd defeated Hersey, 25-22, 25-14, in Palatine to win the Mid-Suburban League championship. https://youtu.be/m0GbzFvY_WM By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorThe last time Fremd won the Mid-Suburban League championship, the Vikings advanced to the Class 4A semifinals in Normal.Just saying.Wake Forest recruit Rian Baker had 22 assists, 3 kills, 1 block and 2 aces, and 6-0 outside hitter Rylen Reid slammed 13 kills and added a pair of aces as Fremd, the queen of the West, defeated Hersey, the ruler of the East, 25-22, 25-14, in the Mi...

Alyssa Worden locks up an Upstate Eight Conference title for South Elgin

South Elgin, which recently won the Elgin tournament, collected more hardware Tuesday when it defeated West Chicago for the Upstate Eight Conference title. South Elgin junior Alyssa Worden recently committed to the University of Iowa. By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorSouth Elgin’s Alyssa Worden knew West Chicago had three pretty good reasons to win Tuesday’s Upstate Eight Conference winner-take-all match.“We traveled 30 minutes to get here and we knew they had a huge crowd, it was at their house and it was their senior night,” she sa...

Here are the final regular-season 1st Alliance/Illprepvb.com Boys High School Rankings

Downers Grove South (attacking) is among the teams hoping to advance to the IHSA quarterfinals June 18-19 at Glenbard West. The 2021 IHSA boys’ volleyball tournament will have some unfamiliar wrinkles.One noticeable change in the 2021 tournament is the number of teams competing – 186. That is significantly fewer than the 229 teams entered in the 2019 tournament. Why the sudden drop? Fewer Chicago Public Schools, many of which did not field teams at all this spring due to COVID-19.Secondly, the state finals will not be held at Hoffman Es...

Monday, June 7 results

Ben Rosenow (12) and Oswego advanced to the regional semifinals Tuesday at Benet with a 25-6, 25-16 victory over Marmion Academy on Monday. Oswego will play Benet at 6:30 p.m. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) Monday, June 7 results Regional quarterfinals (in bracket order) Marist Sectional At RomeovilleRomeoville def. Marian Catholic 25-19, 25-10At RichardsRichards def. Eisenhower 25-17, 25-17At. T.F. NorthT.F. United def. Bloom 25-10, 25-16At Tinley ParkTinley Park def. Shepard 25-15, 25-23At AndrewAndrew def. Corliss 25-2, 25-2Andrew (3-...

Tuesday, April 20 results

(Photo by Dave Ruggles) Tuesday, April 20 results Girls volleyball Arthur-Lovington Atwood-Hammond def. Sullivan 25-23, 25-23Arthur-Lovington Atwood-Hammond (8-5 overall, 7-3 in the Lincoln Prairie Conference): Mackenzi Bowles (1 kill, 5 digs), Cheyenne Chupp (2 aces, 7 kills, 2 digs), Michaela Powell (2 kills, 8 digs), Sarah Rafferty (2 aces, 3 digs, 9 assists), Alisha Frederick (3 digs, 11 assists), Charley Condill (2 aces, 5 kills, 3 digs), Ashley Seegmiller (1 ace, 3 kills).Bartonville Limestone def. Morton, 25-13, 25-20Bartonvill...