Warren Township is looking for a few freshman and sophomore girls teams

Warren Township is looking for a few freshman and sophomore girls teams, If interested, contact Warren girls volleyball coach Yun Chen at ychen@wths.net. (Gurnee) Warren Township High School is looking for:1. 1 Frosh “B” team on October 1 for a Frosh “B” quadrangular.2. 1 Frosh “B” team on October 15 for Frosh “B” tournament.3. 2 sophomore teams on October 21 for a sophomore quadrangular.If interested, contact Yun Chen, Head Girls Volleyball Coach, Warren Township High School, at ychen@wths.net. ...

Friday, April 29 results

Friday, April 29 results New Trier def. Loyola 29-27, 25-19Loyola (15-8 overall, 4-1 in the Chicago Catholic League): Ben Trapp (8 kills), Mark Gonzalez (4 kills), Jack Lopez (2 kills), Colin Murray (7 kills), Ethan Hogg (5 blocks), Casey McMenamin (5 kills, 14 assists), Stef Kins (10 assists), Eddie Gleason (11 digs).New Trier (16-3 overall, 5-0 in the Central Suburban South): Nathan Zoloto (9 kills, 3 blocks), Shane Sullivan (26 assists, 11 digs), Will Hopkins (14 digs), Max Mazur had (8 kills), David Wolff (8 kills, 2 blocks). Note: Loyo...

Nazareth reaches second consecutive Class 3A title game, will face St. Francis

St. Francis' Emily Risley tries to get around the block of a pair of Taylorville defenders during Friday's Class 3A semifinal. (Photo by Dave Ruggles). By Randy WhalenSpecial to Illprepvb.comNORMAL – Not many high school athletes get to play for a state championship. Olivia Austin will play for her third in a year's time. Austin, a junior middle/opposite side hitter, had 6 kills in helping Nazareth to advance to the championship title match for the second straight season with a 25-19, 25-13 victory over Taylorville in the second...

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

Mother McAuley won five matches, four of them in three sets, to win the Louisville Invitational Volleyball Tournament last weekend. As one might expect after three weeks of play, there were a few changes in the rankings since our preseason poll came out in late August. But a few things did not change. Mother McAuley continues to rule Class 4A following its championship at the Louisville Invitational Volleyball Tournament last weekend at the KIVA Center in Louisville. The Mighty Macs broke a 15-15 tie in the third set to defeat (L...

Sky High Adidas 18 Elite claims Windy City Power League championship

Sky High Adidas 18 Elite clinched the Windy City Power League title by defeating Fusion 18 Silver early Sunday at the UNO Volleyball Center in Joliet. https://youtu.be/s51HnJnqF9A By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorPerseverance. Intelligence. Togetherness.Those are the elements that catapulted Sky High Adidas 18 Elite to the Windy City Power League championship Sunday at the UNO Volleyball Center in Joliet.“It's been crazy,” said Sky High Adidas 18 Elite setter and Wake Forest recruit Rian Baker (Fremd), one of only two Division I-b...

Downers Grove South passes chemistry test, erases early deficit to beat WW South

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...

Huntley doesn't panic, races past previously unbeaten Barrington

Barrington's Berkeley Ploder (No. 10 shown here at Redbird Arena last fall) ended a marathon second set with a block Wednesday, but the 6-2 junior and her teammates eventually succumbed to Huntley in the third set. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) Huntley's Allyson Panzloff By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorHuntley coach Karen Naymola admitted she was tempted to call a timeout with her team trailing 11-6 in the third set of its nonconference match Wednesday at Barrington.“I didn't take the timeout,” she said. “I didn't want to use one right a...

Saturday, September 17 tournament results

Benet Academy is your 2022 Wheaton Classic champion. Saturday, September 17 tournament results At Bradley-Bourbonnais Plainfield South def. Yorkville 25-19, 25-23Yorkville def. Thornton Fractional South 25-16, 25-10Yorkville def. Nazareth Academy 25-14, 21-24, 15-12Yorkville def. Beecher 25-22, 25-20 (fourth place)Yorkville (12-8 overall, 0-3 in the Southwest Prairie Conference): Carly Suddeth (7 kills, 4 blocks), Charlee Young (29 kills, 14 digs, 2 aces), Clare Knoll (15 kills, 41 assists, 9 aces), Keelyn Muell (25 kills, 21 digs, 9 ...