Day One: David Vales won’t let cancer steal his hope, his joy, or his love

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,”...

St. Charles East Scholastic Cup at Great Lakes Center

Friday-Saturday, October 6-7 Saturday's brackets Here is the link to the live results: https://results.advancedeventsystems.com/event/U3RfX0NoYXJsZXNfRWFzdF9TY2hvbGFzdGljX0N1cA2/home?_gl=11eddrhg_gaMTQ4MTI1MDcyMC4xNjM2NDYyNzcw_ga_PQ25JN9PJ8*MTY5NTMxNzgxNC4yNzMuMS4xNjk1MzE3OTM1LjAuMC4w&_ga=2.241659524.726051267.1695144039-1481250720.1636462770 ...

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, ...

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...

Thursday, September 28 results

West Chicago's Anna Pinkevich goes on the attack during a match earlier this week against Glenbard North. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) Thursday, September 28 results (updated 9:25 a.m., Friday, September 29)Addison Trail def. Maine West 25-21, 25-19Addison Trail (8-12 overall, 2-2 in the West Suburban Gold): Stephanie Petrbok (1 ace, 5 kills, 9 digs, passed 2.25), Itzel Gamboa (3 aces, 3 digs, passed 2.62), Jaela Romeus (5 aces, 4 kills, 4 digs).Aquin Catholic def. Orangeville 25-23, 25-21 Aquin Catholic (15-5 overall, 6-2 in the Northwest Upsta...

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...

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. ...