Wheaton Warrenville South's 2022 debut was spoiled by Downers Grove South, 25-12, 25-15, Monday in Wheaton. https://youtu.be/NGFUbtzNxo8 By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorMatthew Molnar, meet Colin Mason. Colin Mason, meet Mason Kolar. Mason Kolar, meet Nick Koch.Downers Grove South is no different than any other team at this time of the season. It’s a matter of getting reacquainted with each other after playing for five or six months with a different group of guys. That’s certainly true of the Mustangs.“We just have to build our t...

Libero Paul Wyszynski of Glenbrook North and Sports Performance begins his fourth year as a starter for the defending IHSA champions. (Photos by Dave Ruggles) Today, we rank the top 100 boys in the Class of 2022. Among those at the top of the list are Barrington’s 6-8 outside hitter and Ohio State recruit Jack O’Riordan, St. Ignatius’ 6-6 outside hitter Lucas Mack, who was second among all sophomores in kills last spring, and Loyola-Chicago recruit Ryan McElligott, a 6-5 setter/outside hitter from Mundelein.Also breaking the top 10 a...

Mission 15 Elite has been without one of its top players throughout much of league play, but showed promise at the President's Day Classic in St. Louis recently. https://youtu.be/jLB6h8JQRAE By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorFew teams that compete in the Windy City Power League have a realistic shot at earning one of the league’s automatics bids to the USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championship. Goals become particularly incremental for those teams exiled to Bracket D or E.“We definitely had to change our priorities being i...

Parker Moorhead (12) and the Glenbard West Hilltoppers open the 2022 season as the No. 1 team in the Michio Chicago VBA/Illprepvb.com Boys High School Rankings. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorNormalcy?What is that?All you must do to get some semblance of the discombobulation that was the 2021 boys high school season is look at the past records of some of the teams ranked in the Michio Chicago VBA/Illprepvb.com Preseason Top 25. Some played 39 matches (Glenbard West), others played as few as 16 (St. Ignatius...

Jakobi Lange, whose 229 kills as a sophomore last spring powered Hinsdale Central to a sectional final, heads The Volleyball Institute/Illprepvb.com list of the top 100 players in the Class of 2023. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) Today, we rank the top 100 boys in the Class of 2023.Among those at the top of the list are three members of 630 Volleyball 17-1 -- Hinsdale Central's 6-4 outside hitter Jakobi Lange, who led the Red Devils to the sectional final as a sophomore, setter Peter Zurawski of defending IHSA quarterfinalist Oak Park-River F...