Mark Febonio (right), seen here conversing with fellow official Dave Harlan, has been officiating Illinois high school volleyball for 24 years. He says he will continue to officiate volleyball after his job takes him to California this summer. Editor's note: The IHSA tournament gets underway Monday, so we thought we'd begin by taking a look at one of the people who make the tournament possible. By Matt Le CrenSpecial to Illprepvb.comMark Febonio didn’t get the chance to play high school volleyball while he was growing up in Massachusett...
Tuesday, August 23 results
Batavia opened its 2022 season Tuesday by defeating West Aurora. Tuesday, August 23 resultsAnnawan def. (Rock Island) Alleman 25-19, 25-20Alleman (0-1 overall, 0-0 in the Western Bix Six): Ashley Wood (1 kill, 3 digs), Megan Hulke (3 assists, 2 digs), Carson Wendt (2 kills, 3 blocks), Audrey Erickson (1 kill, 2 blocks), Clair Hulke (4 kills, 2 blocks), Rhyca Fullerlove (1 block), Yesenia Sieber-Casco (2 aces, 2 assists), Genesis Reyes (1 assist, 4 digs), Iris Reynolds (1 ace, 1 kill, 4 blocks, 1 dig), Miracle Martensen (2 digs), Sasha Com...
'Don't make Jack mad,' said Wegh. So Barrington tops Buffalo Grove for MSL title
West winner Barrington repeated as Mid-Suburban League champion Thursday, outlasting East winner Buffalo Grove in Barrington. https://youtu.be/rZEqqiYHHdI By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorBarrington’s junior setter Carsten Wegh only had one thing on his mind late in the third set of the Mid-Suburban League championship game Thursday.Maybe two things.“I was just trying not to mess up,” Wegh said. “I was trying to get a good ball. Jack (O’Riordan) was pretty fiery, so I was trying to not make him mad.”Trailing 22-20, West division ch...
Tuesday, April 12 results
Jack Austin (left) and Glenbard East, which finished third at Springfest last weekend, defeated Elgin on Tuesday to improve to 11-3. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) Tuesday, April 12 resultsBarrington def. Schaumburg 25-19, 25-13Barrington (10-0 overall, 4-0 in the Mid-Suburban West): Jack O'Riordan (8 kills, 4 aces, 2 digs), Cole Hartke (7 kills, 2 digs), Alex Zastawny (7 kills, 1 ace, 1 dig), Carsten Wegh (21 assists, 1 kill, 5 aces).Belvidere Co-op def. (Rockford) Guilford 23-25, 25-22, 26-24Benet def. Naperville North 25-22, 25-16Chicago Chri...
2022 Palatine/Schaumburg Boys Volleyball Invitational
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Wednesday, September 7 results
The Hoffman Estates bench shows that it knows how to celebrate a point. (photo bt Dave Ruggles) Wednesday, September 7 results Barrington def. Rolling Meadows 25-8, 25-10Barrington (7-0 overall, 0-0 in the Mid-Suburban West): Molly Kozak (3 digs, 9 service points, 4 aces), Jessica Horwath (4 kills, 3 digs, 9 service points), Gwen Adler (11 assists), Jenna Meitzler (1 assist, 5 kills, 4 digs, 2 blocks), Colette Garrels (1 dig), Sarah Jensen (4 aces, 13 service points, 3 digs), Berkeley Ploder (1 block, 2 kills), Hope Regas (5 kills), Syd...
(Almost) everything you need to know about the 2022 girls' season from A-L
Lincolnwood returns six of its top eight players from last season's 32-6-1 campaign that ended with a 25-17, 25-19 loss to Brown County in a Class A sectional semifinal. By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorThe real fun begins tomorrow, so today Illprepvb.com takes a look at some of the teams and players who will be gracing gymnasiums throughout Illinois this fall with their athleticism, cohesiveness and determination. Due to the number of teams responding to our request for information and the amount of information we have gathered, we ...
Here are the the final Michio Chicago VBA/Illprepvb.com Boys H.S. Rankings for 2022
Junior Camryn Sheehan (3) and the O'Fallon Panthers figure to be one of Illinois' top teams in 2023. (Photos by Dave Ruggles) Who knew when Barrington took a one set to love lead over Glenbard West in the sectional championship match at Schaumburg, that would be as close as anyone would come to the Hilltoppers during their fourth tournament title run?Perhaps those pundits who picked rookie coach Charlie Spry’s guys No. 1 in the preseason were not so far off after all?Otherwise, it was business as usual for Christine Giunta-Mayer’s minio...
Presenting the initial Michio Chicago VBA/Illprepvb.com Girls 18's Club rankings
Plainfield North's Ella Wrobel (88) headlines Sports Performance 18 Elite, which welcomes back four players from the team that was runner-up in the 18 Open division at the 48th AAU Girls Junior National Championships last summer. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorAnd so it begins.We will get our first look at three of the top 18’s teams in the Great Lakes Region -- Sports Performance 18 Elite, VC United 181 Elite and Illini Elite 18 Cardinal -- this weekend when they scrimmage at the Great Lakes Volleyball Ce...