Wednesday, May 7 resultsAndrew def. Willowbrook 12-25, 25-21, 25-21Willowbrook (4-23 overall, 2-3 in the West Suburban Gold): Andrew Schrader (15 assists, 2 digs), Ben Perry (20 receptions, 13 digs), Matt Ciesinski (11 kills, 1 ace, 21 receptions, 5 digs), Dean Romano (8 kills, 4 digs), Kamil Kurpacha (7 kills, 3 blocks), Sean Stramaglia (5 kills), Evan Kase (5 kills).Barrington def. Glenbrook South 27-25, 26-24Glenbrook South (16-11 overall, 4-2 in the Central Suburban South).Barrington (15-5 overall, 7-1 in the Mid-Suburban West): Barrington...
Friday, May 2 results
Lane Tech and libero Will Ports split their pool play matches at the 33rd annual Lincoln-Way East Invitational on Friday, defeating Joliet Catholic and losing to Glenbrook South. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) Friday, May 2 results At Lincoln-Way East Lake Park def. Marist JV 25-17, 25-19Lake Park (19-5 overall, 3-0 in the DuKane Conference): Luke Bonacci (12 digs, 2 assists), Saif Ahktar (2 kills, 1 block), Anthony Bellavia (1 assist, 3 digs), Dylan Roszak (1 kill, 1 block, 1 ace, 8 digs), Dylan Lindahl-Brady (1 assist, 1 dig), Cart...
Glenbard West’s ‘D’ bests hosts at East; ‘Always ready’ Maine West wins at Geneva
Maine West's junior libero Aidan Vega digs a ball under the watchful eyes of teammate Ronan Cusack (8) Saturday at the Geneva Invitational. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) By Matt Le CrenSpecial to Illprepvb.comGlenbard West’s players enjoyed competing at the Lincoln-Way East Invitational on Saturday.You could even say they dug it. The Hilltoppers rode some great defensive play plus the hitting and serving of tournament MVP Charlie Clifford to a see-saw 24-26, 25-8, 25-20 victory over host Lincoln-Way East in the championship match.Even Lin...
Willowbrook Invitational
Monday, May 5 results
Monday, May 5 results Bolingbrook def. Hinsdale Central 25-20, 25-14Bolingbrook (22-25 overall, 5-0 in the Southwest Prairie Conference): Trevor Wardlow (11 kills, 5 aces, 1 block), Edison Ah-Yo (7 kills, 8 digs), Daniel Kaduthodil (16 assists, 2 aces, 8 digs), Nahya Scott (6 digs, 7 assists).Glenbard South def. Bremen 25-8, 25-10Glenbard South (11-14 overall, 2-1 in the Upstate Eight East): Dylan Micek (8 kills), Jonas Ghionzoli (3 kills, 1 assist), Scott Williams (3 kills, 1 block), Blake Gatz (2 kills), Kallen Olson (2 kills, 1 ace, 1 as...
Glernbard West’s hard-working Charlie Clifford is the Ultimate Player of the Week
Glenbard West's Charlie Clifford (8) was an all-tournament selection at Glenbard East and the MVP at Lincoln-Way East. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorEach week during the volleyball season, we announce an Ultimate VBC/Illprepvb.com Player of the Week. Coaches throughout Illinois are invited to nominate a player for their outstanding performance on and off the court.This week, the Ultimate VBC/Illprepvb.com Player of the Week is Glenbard West’s 6-4 outside hitter Charlie Clifford.Clifford was named the MVP o...
Richards Invitational
Saturday, May 3 results
Maine West defeated Metea Valley, 25-20, 25-17, to win the Geneva invite Saturday. Saturday, May 3 results At Lincoln-Way East Glenbard West def. Lincoln-Way East 24-26, 25-8, 25-21 (championship)Glenbard West (21-3 overall, 2-1 in the West Suburban Silver): Owen Bare (22 assists, 10 digs), Andrew Fanella (16 assists, 8 digs, 1 ace), Charles Clifford (16 kills, 2 blocks, 9 digs, 2 aces), Henry Truitt (5 kills, 11 digs), Graham Van Ek (1 kill, 1 dig), Otis Yahn (5 kills, 1 dig), Luke Bachman (5 kills, 1 block, 1 dig), Lucas Wa...
Bolingbrook, Lewis men’s volleyball find support from unexpected source: each other
Members of the Lewis University men's volleyball team showed their support for the Bolingbrook HIgh School boys' team at Thursday's game against Romeoville. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LQ_9FZqU54 By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorAnyone who attended a Lewis University men’s volleyball home match this season might have noticed a large and vocal section of high school students wildly cheering on the Flyers.Those high school students were members of the Bolingbrook boys’ volleyball program, who “adopted” the Lewis University men’s...
‘Lost in the sauce,’ Sandburg succumbs to defensively-improving Lincoln-Way East
Lincoln-Way East improved to 4-0 in the Southwest Suburban Conference with its win Tuesday at Sandburg. By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorLost in the sauce.That’s how Sandburg coach Madisen Babich described her team’s performance Tuesday.“They outplayed us. They outworked us. I think we were in the mindset of looking past them and not really worried about them. But how could you not ever be worried about a Lincoln-Way East?” she said.“It’s jersey to jersey,” Babich added. “It’s Sandburg versus Lincoln-Way East, no matter who's in that je...