(Olney) Richland County setter Rylee Bloomer recently celebrated her 1,000th career assist with her teammates. Wednesday, October 18 results Alleman def. (Spring Valley) Hall 25-22, 25-18Alleman (7-13 overall, 2-11 in the Western Big Six): Ashley Wood (2 aces, 8 digs), Emilye Polich (1 kill, 3 blocks), Jill Hoffman (1 kill), Megan Hulke (1 block, 24 assists, 3 digs), Ashlyn Sullivan (2 aces, 1 kill, 16 digs), Carson Wendt (1 ace, 1 block), Audrey Erickson (9 kills), Clair Hulke (7 kills, 4 blocks, 10 digs), Kristina Johannes (6 digs), R...
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 ...
How to mitigate one of the increasingly common injuries among volleyball athletes
Thr growth in popularity of girls volleyball, which has more than 460,000 participants in the United States alone, has also led to an increase in the number of specific injuries. Sometimes who is not able to compete in the IHSA girls’ volleyball tournament is as critical to a team’s success as who is. Injuries – ranging from tendonitis to stress fractures to ACL tears – has sidelined a number of Illinois’ best and brightest players during this year’s tournament. This article explores the causes of ACL injuries in girls’ volleyball, th...
Monday, October 16 results
Unity Christian of Decatur (formerly Lutheran School Association of Decatur) is currently 27-4 and 9-0 in the Lincoln Prairie Conference. Led by Maggye Smith, who has career records of more than 1,000 digs and 1,000 kills, and freshman Mallory Harrison, who has racked up more than 116 aces this season, Unity Christian has won three tournaments – the Central Illinois Traveling Tournament, the Unity Tournament and the Lincoln Prairie Conference tournament. Monday, October 16 results (updated 10:25 a.m., Tuesday, October 17)(...
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. ...
Friday, October 6 results
Marist is in Omaha, Nebraska, this weekend for the Skyhawk Invitational hosted by Skutt Catholic High School. Friday, October 6 resultsAt St. Charles East Scholastic CupBracket ABenet Academy def. Plainfield East 25-8, 25-13Benet Academy def. St. Charles East 25-14, 25-13St. Charles East def. Neuqua Valley 25-17, 26-24Neuqua Valley def. Plainfield East 25-15, 25-19Bracket BJoliet West def. Plainfield Central 26-22, 25-15Edwardsville def. Warren 25-17, 17-25, 15-13Edwardsville def. Joliet West 22-25, 27-25, 15-11Warren def. Plainfield...
Video highlights of day one of the St. Charles East Scholastic Cup at Great Lakes
Oswego lost to St. Charles North, 25-21, 18-25, 15-10, at the St. Charles East Scholastic Cup at the Great Lakes Volleyball Center on Friday and will play for the Silver championship on Saturday. (File photo by Dave Ruggles) https://youtu.be/WTKYURn4A_8 Live results and bracket information can be found here: https://results.advancedeventsystems.com/event/U3RfX0NoYXJsZXNfRWFzdF9TY2hvbGFzdGljX0N1cA2/home?_gl=11eddrhg_gaMTQ4MTI1MDcyMC4xNjM2NDYyNzcw_ga_PQ25JN9PJ8*MTY5NTMxNzgxNC4yNzMuMS4xNjk1MzE3OTM1LjAuMC4w&_ga=2.24165...
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...
Wednesday, October 11 results
Naperville North's Ammecy Ray (7) watches libero Allison HIggs send a pass to the front row during the Huskies' victory over DeKalb on Tuesday. (Photo by Dave Ruggles). Wednesday, October 11 results (updated 12:40 p.m., Thursday, October 12)Brown County def. West Hancock 25-15, 25-20Brown County (13-19 overall, 3-3 in the Western Illinois Valley): Kenzie Kassing (10 kills, 1 block), Brooke Garthaus (6 kills, 4 digs), Grace Boylen (10 digs, 4 aces), Adalyn Wagner (19 assists), Jayden Fink (6 digs). De La Salle def. Jones College Prep 27-25, ...
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...