Wednesday, September 28 results

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Pleasant Plains defeated Athens to win the Sangamon County tournament Monday. Wednesday, September 28 results Alton def. Lutheran North (St. Louis, Missouri) 25-12, 25-7Alton (10-11-1 overall, 1-6 in the Southwest Conference).Dundee Crown def. Burlington Central 25-18, 25-14Burlington Central (14-9 overall, 6-6 in the Fox Valley Conference): Brooke Hoffman (10 kills, 6 digs, 1 block), Leah Freesemann (5 kills, 5 digs), Brianna Gritzman (10 digs, 1 ace, 1 assist), Peyton Strout (1 kill, 2 aces, 3 digs), Ashley Arceo (1 kill, 16 assists...

Friday, September 30 tournament results

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Friday, September 30 non-tournament resultsGrace Christian def. Illinois Lutheran 19-25, 25-22, 26-24Illinois Lutheran (6-19 overall, 3-6 in the River Valley Conference): Zoe Biesterfeld (15 kills, 12 digs, 1 ace), Kate Latzke (1 ace, 5 kills, 1 block), Emma Nagle (2 aces, 13 assists, 2 kills, 6 digs), Ryleigh Peters (10 digs), Anna Oestmann ( 2 kills, 12 digs), Grace Atherton (3 aces, 2 kills).St. Viator def. Vernon Hills 29-27, 25-17Vernon Hills (21-3 overall, 6-0 in the Central Suburban North): Alexa Cieslinski (11/14, 7 kills), Sonia Bonda...

A refugee from the war in Ukraine, Bondar finds safety, joy in the United States

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Sonia Bondar, who fled war-ravaged Ukraine with her family last February, is able to put thoughts of the horrors back home out of her mind when she plays volleyball with her teammates at Vernon Hills. (Photos by VIP Photography) Sonia Bondar By Matt Le CrenSpecial to Illprepvb.comVernon Hills senior Sonia Bondar and her teammates stood in a circle as they got instruction from coach Chris Curry before a recent practice.The 6-foot opposite is just like the rest of the Cougars in many respects – tall, athletic and full of energy.The one di...

Presenting the latest 1st Alliance VBC/Illprepvb.com Girls H.S. rankings

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York junior outside hitter Emelyn Stettin (8) and the Dukes took down Hinsdale Central last week and have two matches this week before hosting Glenbrook South and Lyons next Monday and Tuesday. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) Short and sweet. That’s how we’ll keep the introduction to this week’s rankings. However, we would like to take this time to thank the folks at Rochester for their wonderful hospitality Saturday. We arrived unannounced (it was a late – actually early Saturday morning -- decision to make the 360-mile round trip) and th...

Bloomington/Normal Intercity Tournament

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Normal Community junior middle hitter Olivia Corson (10) and the Ironmen will compete in the annual Intercity Volleyball Tournament at Normal Community High School on Saturday. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) Key:NCHS -- Normal CommunityCCHS -- Bloomington Central CatholicWEST -- Normal Community WestBHS -- Bloomington High SchoolUHS -- Normal U-High ...

Miscues foil Limestone's plans for an upset as No. 2-ranked Metamora romps

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No. 2-ranked Metamora received 7 kills from Esma Frieden (8) during a 25-14, 25-18 win over visiting Bartonville Limestone on Tuesday. On the home page, Bartonville Limestone setter Alayna Rudebeck (2) found herself in a joust against Metamora's Sophie Fletcher. (Photos by Randy Sharer) By Randy SharerSpecial to Illprepvb.comMETAMORA – What was slated to be a barnburner got washed away by uncharacteristic unforced errors from Bartonville Limestone in a matchup of Mid-Illini Conference co-leaders on Tuesday.Few opponents of Metamora, rank...