Wheaton Warrenville South's 6-2 freshman Lauren Coyne hits past the block of Barrington's Berkeley Ploder (10) and Megan Bergquist (1) while Jenna Meitzler (11) looks on during Monday's nonconference match in Wheaton. (Photos by Dave Ruggles) Wheaton Warrenville South's Rebecca Bellows (17) and Barrington's Campbell Paris (25) meet at the net. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorHomecoming hangover?“I think about three-quarters of us were sleeping on the bus on the way here,” said Barrington sophomore setter/oppo...
Monday, October 11 results
The Washington Panthers won the (East Moline) United tournament last weekend. Monday, October 11 results (Effingham) St. Anthony def. Vandalia 25-18, 27-25Vandalia (18-7 overall, 4-1 in the South Central Conference): Morgan Dagen (6 digs), Abby Guffey (1 ace, 5 kills, 1 assist, 4 digs), Elizabeth Barenfanger (1 kill, 2 digs), Lexi Wehrle (1 ace, 1 kill, 3 blocks, 1 dig), Delaney Kopp (1 block), Sydney Miller (2 aces, 7 digs), Ellika Whiteman (6 assists, 7 digs), Lauren Kaiser (7 digs).Note: Vandalia travels to Carlinville on Tuesday. Eu...
Normal West wins nail-biter over district rival, wins first outright Intercity title
Averie Hernandez (10), a 6-foot-2 Northwestern recruit, totaled 57 kills while leading her Normal West volleyball team to a 4-0 record in the Bloomington-Normal Intercity Tournament at Normal West on Saturday. After a 25-17, 25-15 victory over Bloomington Central Catholic (pictured on defense), the Wildcats improved to 17-3 on the season. (Photo by Randy Sharer) By Randy SharerSpecial to Illprepvb.comNORMAL – Normal West’s first outright title in the 42nd Bloomington-Normal Intercity Volleyball Tournament on Saturday featured a ...
Here are the latest Michio Chicago VBA/Illprepvb.com girls H.S. rankings
Barrington's Jessica Horwath (2) and the Fillies handed Class 3A No. 1 Belvidere North its first loss of the season Saturday at the Huntley tournament. (Photo by Dave Ruggles). (Editor's note: There will be no rankings Monday, October 18. The final regular-season rankings will run Monday, October 25.)The “rolling of the peas” took place Monday morning at the IHSA offices in Bloomington to determine the semifinals pairings for all four classes November 12-13 at Redbird Arena.No one should expect all the top seeds to survive their sectio...
Monday, October 4 results
Chillicothe IVC won last weekend's tournament at Pekin. Monday, October 4 results Barrington def. Wheaton Warrenville South 21-25, 25-17, 25-23Barrington (16-4 overall): Megan Bergquist (1 assist), Jessica Horwath (10 kills, 9 digs, 2 blocks, 7 service points), Bre Dunn (1 kill, 3 blocks), Berkeley Ploder (3 kills, 2 blocks), Jenna Meitzler (5 kills, 5 blocks, 14 assists, 2 aces, 7 service points), Gwen Adler (18 assists, 2 kills, 1 block, 9 service points), Amanda Cleary (15 digs, 6 service points, 1 ace), Campbell Paris (10 kills, 1 bl...
Saturday, October 9 tournament results
Oak Lawn's Kate Dillon (7) led the Spartans' golf team to a third-place finish in the South Suburban Conference and competed in the IHSA girls' golf regional. She can now focus on leading the Spartans' volleyball team, seeded 11th in the Class 4A Mother McAuley sectional. Saturday, October 9 tournament results St. Charles East Scholastic Cup(At Great Lakes Volleyball Center) Prairie Ridge def. Bloomington 22-25, 25-12, 25-11Rosary def. Wheaton North 23-25, 25-18, 25-22 Benet Academy def. Neuqua Valley...
Thursday, September 23 results
Kaneland (pictured) hosts the Knight Invite beginning with pool play Friday. Among the teams participating are Plainfield Central, Neuqua Valley, Batavia, Downers Grove North and Metea Valley. Thursday, September 23 results Alleman def. Galesburg 25-14, 25-21Alleman: Anne VanDerHeede (13 assists, 2 kills, 2 blocks), Annaliese Dockery-Jackson (1 kill, 1 block), Clair Hulke (5 kills, 7 blocks), Colleen Kenney (2 aces, 1 assists, 3 kills, 18 digs), Iris Reynolds (2 kills, 3 block), Lauren Reger (6 digs), Rhyca Fullerlove (6 kills, 3 blocks)...
Friday, September 24 tournament results
Fresh off its win at New Trier, Niles West will compete at the tournament hosted Saturday by Northside Prep. Friday, September 24 tournament results At Kaneland Pool ANeuqua Valley def. Kaneland 25-10, 22-25, 15-12Neuqua Valley (8-8 overall, 1-1 in the DuPage Valley Conference): Bre Jones (8 kills), Alison Hoffmann (7 kills), Liel Thomas (5 kills, 4 blocks, 2 aces), Gianna Ptaszek (14 digs, 2 aces), Jahnavi Karat (18 assists, 3 aces).Note: Pool play will conclude with two matches Saturday morning before bracket play in the aftern...
Saturday, October 9 result
Saturday, October 9 resultEureka def. Flanagan-Cornell 23-25, 25-15, 25-9 Flanagan-Cornell (9-16 overall, 2-7 in the Heart of Illinois Conference): Grace Zimmerman (4 kills, 2 aces), Kortney Harms (7 assists, 8 kills, 9 digs), Kalynne Kindermann (13 digs), Reagan Montello (11 assists, 7 digs), Aniya Maxon (5 kills).Eureka (22-6 overall, 9-1 in the Heart of Illinois Conference): Kylie Hasselbacher (10 kills), Allison DeFreese (28 assists), Ella Ausmus (12 digs), Holly McDonald (3 blocks), Delaney Phillips (4 aces). ...
Edwardsville hopes to use visits to Chicago as a springboard to Normal
Edwardsville celebrates a point in a recent match against O'Fallon. (Photo by Ric's Pics) By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorEdwardsville is making the first of back-to-back visits to the Chicago area this weekend while competing in the Scholastic Cup tournament sponsored by St. Charles East and hosted by the Great Lakes Volleyball Center in Aurora.Next weekend, the Tigers will be back in town to play in the Fall Harvest Festival hosted by Plainfield Central.But Chicago is not the destination that is foremost in the Tigers’ thoughts. They...