Benet Academy's Keira O'Donnell had 6 kills and 2 blocks to lead the Redwings into Saturday's IHSA Class 4A championship game. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorNORMAL – You don’t have to remind the Benet Academy Redwings how their season has ended the last two years.Just don’t compare those teams to this year’s Redwings.“It’s a whole new season, a whole new team, so we’re just trying to treat it like a new opportunity, a clean slate,” said Benet Academy setter Audrey Asleson. “We obviously think about what happe...
Here are the final 2024 regular-season Michio Chicago/Illprepvb Girls H.S. Rankings
Ellie Klokkenga (6) and Celia Cross (7) will try to lead Hartsburg-Emden back to Redbird Arena after their second-place IHSA Class 1A finish a year ago. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorLet the countdown to Redbird (now CEFCU, but it will always be Redbird to us) Arena begin.(What else is there to say?)Here are the final regular-season Michio Chicago VBA/Illprepvb.com Girls H.S. Rankings:Michio Chicago VBA/Illprepvb.com 2024 Girls H.S. Rankings(last week’s ranking in parenthesis) Class 4A1. Benet Academy (...
Monday, November 11 results
DePaul College Prep's Katie Syftestad (1) and Maddy Ohrmundt (11) look on as Amira Boone (8) digs a ball during Monday's IHSA Class 4A Hinsdale South Supersectional. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) Monday, November 11 supersectional results(in bracket order)Class 1AAurora Christian supersectional Stockton (37-2) def. Harvest Christian Academy (27-8-1), 25-16, 25-21Lewistown supersectional Hartsburg-Emden will make its second consecutive appearance in the IHSA Class 1A semifinals after defeating Illini Bluffs at the Lewistown supersection...
Monday, November 11 supersectional pairings
St. Laurence won the program's third consecutive sectional championship Thursday and will try to reach the IHSA semifinals for the first time in school history when it faces DePaul College Prep Monday at Hinsdale South. Monday, November 11 supersectional pairings(in bracket order) Class 1A Aurora Christian supersectional Harvest Christian Academy (27-7-1) vs. Stockton (36-2), 6:00 p.m. Lewistown supersectional Hartsburg-Emden (28-8) vs. Illini Bluffs (25-8), 7:00 p.m. Campbell Hill Trico supersectional Norris City-Omah...
Thursday, November 7 results
Normal West defeated O'Fallon Thursday and will face Marist in Monday's Class 4A supersectional at Rich Township. Thursday, November 7 sectional championship results(in bracket order) Class 1AAurora Christian supersectional At (Elgin) Harvest Christian Academy sectional Harvest Christian Academy (27-7-1) def. Elgin St. Edward (15-23-1), 256-15, 19-25, 25-14At Polo sectional Stockton (36-2) def. Galena (34-4), 25-19, 25-20Monday at Aurora Christian spersectional Harvest Christian Academy (27-7-1) vs. Stockton (36-2), 6:00 p.m...
Ultimate VBC/Illprepvb.com recognize top performers at last week’s IHSA regionals
Barrington's 6-2 outside hitter Whitney Mall had 14 kills to lead the Fillies to their fourth consecutive Class 4A regional championship at Prospect last week. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorThis week, rather than recognize one outstanding individual performance, the Ultimate VBC/Illprepvb.com Player of the Week series recognizes several outstanding individual performances during last week’s regional championship games.These individuals helped propel their teams to this week’s sectional semifinals, whic...
Ultimate VBC/Illprepvb.com salute top performers at last week’s IHSA sectionals
Benet Academy junior Brooklynne Brass (5) had 13 kills, 2 blocks and 4 digs in the Redwings' sectional championship victory over St. Charles North last Thursday at West Aurora. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorThis week, rather than recognize one outstanding individual performance, the Ultimate VBC/Illprepvb.com Player of the Week series recognizes several outstanding individual performances during last week’s sectional championship games.These individuals helped propel their teams to Monday’s supersectio...
Lockport, Oswego win at Bolingbrook; Stasys powers Benet at West Aurora
Joliet West junior middle hitter Mady Gant (5) tries to avoid the block of a pair of Oswego defenders in a Class 4A sectional semifinal at Bolingbrook. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) By Randy WhalenSpecial to Illprepvb.comThere will be some history made Thursday when top-seeded Lockport clashes with No. 2-seeded Oswego for the title of the Class 4A Bolingbrook Sectional.The Porters survived a scare to defeat Lincoln-Way West, 25-8, 20-25, 25-23, in Tuesday’s opening semifinal match of the Bolingbrook sectional. They advanced to the secti...
Mahomet-Seymour stuns Normal U-High; Lockport, Benet bag sectional hardware
Levyn Snow (5) of Normal University High attacked Mahomet-Seymour blockers Lily Bosworth (6) and Charlotte Sinclair (1) in the Class 3A Mahomet-Seymour Sectional final on Thursday. The host Bulldogs won, 25-19, 20-25, 27-25. (Randy Sharer photo) By Randy Sharer Special to Illprepvb.com MAHOMET – After fickle momentum had swung multiple times in a showdown of the state’s top-ranked Class 3A teams, torturing fans from both sides, Mahomet-Seymour ended years of postseaso...
Thursday, October 31 results
Glenbard West junior libero Kate Harvey sends a pass toward the net during Thursday's Class 4A regional championship match at Wheaton Warrenville South. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) Thursday, October 31 results Class 1A At South Beloit Harvest Christian Academy def. Rockford Lutheran 18-25, 25-21, 25-22 At Kirkland Hiawatha Elgin St. Edward def. Kirkland Hiawatha 25-13, 27-25 At Galena Galena def. (Lanark) Eastland 25-17, 25-20 At Indian Creek Fulton def. Polo 25-16, 25-14Fulton (26-9-1 overall, 10-2 in the Northwest ...