David Vales has been a positive influence on young people throughout his 27-year career of coaching boys and girls volleyball and teaching math at Sandburg High School in Orland Park. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) Sandburg boys' and girls' volleyball coach David Vales. By Matt Le CrenSpecial to Illprepvb.comDay One.That’s the motto Sandburg volleyball coach David Vales has lived by since the beginning of 2020, when he decided to change his mindset.“That year I gave up pizza, sweets, pop and fast food for the whole year, even before COVID,”...
Hersey Invitational
Tuesday, September 19 results
Crystal Lake South freshman Emma Feinberg and the Gators were defeated by Jacobs in a Fox Valley Conference match Tuesday. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) Tuesday, September 19 results (Updated 2:40 p.m., Wednesday, September 20).Addison Trail def. Proviso East 25-11, 25-13Barrington def. Hoffman Estates 25-20, 25-12Barrington (14-1 overall, 3-0 in the Mid-Suburban West): Molly Kozak (4 digs, 2 aces, 8 service points), Whitney Mall (6 kills), Gwen Adler (15 assists, 2 digs, 8 service points, 1 kill, 1 ace), Jenna Meitzler (12 assists, 11 kills,...
Thursday, September 21 results
Thornton Fractional South and middle hitter A'Niah Johnson (9) lost to Lemont on Thursday. (Photo b Dave Ruggles) Thursday, September 21 results (updated 11:40 a.m., Friday, September 22)Argenta-Oreana def. Tri-County 25-19, 16-25, 25-14Tri-County (3-9 overall, 1-4 in the Lincoln Prairie Conference): Briana Reese (1 ace, 6 kills, 15 digs, 1 assist), Josie Armstrong (1 ace, 7 kills, 3 digs, 2 blocks, 1 assist), Carleigh Clifton (3 kills, 1 block, 6 digs), Cara Phillips (1 ace, 3 blocks, 8 digs), Shaylen Christenberry (2 aces, 2 kills, 4 ...
Genoa-Kingston looking for a game this fall
Genoa-Kingston came up short a game when a team dropped out one of its tournaments. Genoa-Kingston has an opening for a high-level, nonconference match this season due to a team dropping out of a tournament and leaving it with just four tournament games. If interested, contact Genoa-Kingston coach Keith Foster at kfoster@gkschools.org. ...
Wednesday, September 27 results
Defending IHSA Class 3A champion St. Francis is one of the Illinois teams competing in the ASICS Challenge this weekend at Mother McAuley. Wednesday, September 27 results(Augusta) Southeastern def. Macomb 23-25, 25-23, 25-22(Augusta) Southeastern (16-3 overall, 2-1 in the West Central Conference): Amanda Stephens (20 kills, 18 assists), Kenzie Griswold (10 kills), Abigail Shaffer (9 kills, 25 assists, 18 digs), Savannah Ramsey (14 digs).Macomb (13-4 overall, 5-0 in the Prairieland Conference): Kylie Robinson (3 aces, 10 digs), Madeline McCl...
(Monmouth) United Volleyball Tournament
Led by McAuley’s 135-match win streak, here are the top 20 in IHSA girls history
Montini Catholic won 35 consecutive matches during its dominating run to the IHSA Class 2A championshipo in 2021, and opened the 2022 season with a victory before seeing its 36-match win streak end. (Photo by Dave Ruggles). Editor’s note: Our thanks to Brian Smith through whose extensive research these numbers were updated and verified. He is currently working on a list of programs that have achieved 1,000 victories. According to Smith, one such program that joined that list this fall is Pleasant Plains, which began the 2023 season, its 50...
Friday, September 29 results
Friday, September 29 resultsAt Mother McAuleyPool 1St. Francis def. Crystal Lake Central 25-19, 25-22Divine Savior (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) def. Crystal Lake Central 25-18, 25-10Pool 2New Trier def. Minooka 25-16, 21-25, 25-17Assumption (Louisville, Kentucky) def. Minooka 25-11, 25-17Pool 3Downers Grove North def. St. Charles East 25-17, 25-18Notre Dame (Louisville, Kentucky) def. Downers Grove North 25-21, 25-18Notre Dame (Louisville, Kentucky) def. St. Charles East 25-18, 25-16 Pool 4Sandburg def. Wahlert Catholic (Dubuque, Iowa), 25-22, ...
Presenting the latest Michio Chicago VBA/Illprepvb.com Girls H.S. Rankings
Sophomore Laney Snow (18) and Normal University HIgh were scheduled to visit Normal West on Monday as part of the Bloomington/Normal Intercity Tournament. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorLeave it to the IHSA.What’s their latest outrage?How about assigning defending Class 2A champion Genoa-Kingston, last year’s runner-up IC Catholic Prep and No. 3-ranked Timothy Christian to the same sectional? We suspect that’s one way to placate certain members of their constituency.Not that those teams will get any sym...