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Wanted: Lincoln-Way East is seeking nonconference opponent for 2023 season
Lincoln-Way East is seeking a nonconference opponent for the upcoming 2023 boys' season. (Pictured is the Griffins' Tyler Walenga. Photo by Dave Ruggles) Lincoln-Way East boys volleyball is looking for a nonconference opponent for the upcoming 2023 season. If interested, please contact Lincoln-Way East boys' volleyball coach Kris Fiore at krfiore@lw210.org. ...
Wednesday, November 2 IHSA sectional championship pairings
Maddie Saad (left) and Sydney Kushner compose two-thirds of Naperville North's stingy back row defense. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) Sectional Championship Pairings (in bracket order)(all matches at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday)Class 1A(Elgin) Harvest Christian SupersectionalMilford SectionalCissna Park vs. Grant ParkCissna Park (28-6 overall, 10-2 in the Vermilion Valley Conference).Grant Park (26-10 overall, 8-1 in the River Valley Conference).Pecatonica SectionalAquin vs. GalenaAquin (37-1 overall, 12-0 in the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference).Gale...
2022 Metro East Classic
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IHSA Semifinal Pairings, Friday, November 11
Six-foot-1 middle hitter Natalee Rush (9) and her St. Charles East teammates will take on Mother McAuley at 8:30 p.m. Friday in an IHSA Class 4A semifinal. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) IHSA Semifinal Pairings, Friday, November 11Redbird Arena, Illinois State University, Normal(in bracket order)Class 1AAquin vs. Newman Central Catholic, 9:00 a.m.Aquin (39-1 overall, 12-0 in the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference).Newman Central Catholic (29-7-1 overall, 12-0 in the Three Rivers Conference).Springfield Lutheran vs. Norris City-Omaha-Enfield, 10:...
Wednesday, November 2 IHSA sectional final results
(Freeport) Aquin defeated Galena to punch its ticket to the Harvest Christian Class 1A Supersectional Friday against Grant Park. Wednesday, November 2 Sectional Championship Results (in bracket order)Class 1A(Elgin) Harvest Christian SupersectionalMilford SectionalGrant Park def. Cissna Park 25-19, 26-24Cissna Park (28-7 overall, 10-2 in the Vermilion Valley Conference).Grant Park (28-10 overall, 8-1 in the River Valley Conference).Pecatonica SectionalAquin def. Galena 25-14, 25-19Aquin (38-1 overall, 12-0 in the Northwest Upstate Illini C...
Jean Field round-robin
Lincoln continues impressive program overhaul with win at Bloomington
Kloe Froebe (5) blasted 10 kills for No. 6 Lincoln during a 25-11, 25-13 victory at Bloomington on Thursday. (Photo by Randy Sharer) By Randy SharerSpecial to Illprepvb.comBLOOMINGTON – Lincoln’s remarkable rebuild continued unabated during a 25-11, 25-13 victory over Bloomington in a nonconference match at the Robert Frank Sports Complex on Thursday.The regular season finale left the Railsplitters, ranked No. 6 in Class 3A by Illprepvb.com, with a 28-6 record and an increasingly foggy memory of their recent struggles.Between 2018 to...
Lady Comet Classic
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...