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Here are the first Michio Chicago/Illprep Boys H.S. Rankings of regular season
Marist celebrates its victory over Mira Costa in the championship game of the Karch Kiraly Tournament of Champions Saturday in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo courtesy of Lily Chubb/Noozhawk) By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com Editor Forty-eight hours later ...Two days after getting spanked by Mira Costa (California) prior to competing in the Karch Kiraly Tournament of Champions in Santa Barbara, the RedHawks rallied from two sets down to defeat the No. 1 ranked team in the country, 20-25, 26-28, 26-24, 25-23, 15-12, to win the tourn...
Oak Park-River Forest spreads the love, muscles past error-prone Lyons Township
Oak Park-River Forest features (front row, from left) Henry Hulling, Gus Leman and David Diakite, and (back row, from left) Jimmie Chrusfield III, Wesley Kochendorfer, Henry Ohlhoff and Matthew Proskey. By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorOak Park-River Forest believes in spreading the love.“Our offense has just been clicking on all cylinders all season,” said Oak Park-River Forest coach Justin Cousins. “Even if we don't get a good pass, we’re putting balls away and we don’t even have our best attacker from last season (Jimmy Chrusfield, w...
MVP Donnelly, Marist roll at own invite; Syswerda leads Wheaton No. at Joliet W.
Wheaton North's Ben Boyce (10) attempts to hit over the block of Stevenson's Jatin Murukiti (2) and Dulguun Ankhbayar (8) in the championship match at Joliet West. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) https://youtu.be/lTjiG1Pmi7A By Randy WhalenSpecial to Illprepvb.com Defending IHSA champion Marist entered this season with 10 seniors. So the RedHawks know if they want to repeat, they will have to get big contributions from all of them. That's what they got on Saturday as libero Rorey Donnelly was named tournament MVP. Donnel...
Saturday, April 5 results
Sandburg coach Madisen Babich is flanked by her team's two all-tournament selections at the Barrington/Vernon Hills invite -- Jeremiah Aro (left) and Will Ashum. Saturday, April 5 results At Barrington/Vernon HillsBrother Rice def. Sandburg 21-25, 25-23, 25-22 (championship)Sandburg (7-2 overall, 0-0 in the Southwest Suburban Conference): Ethan Cleofe (3 assists, 1 ace), Will Ashum (8 kills), Dominik Szklarz (30 assists, 1 ace), JT Snider (4 kills, 3 assists, 1 ace), Jeremiah Aro (23 kills, 1 ace), Aaron Dennie (5 kills), Darren Massey (...
Thursday, April 3 results
Maine South slipped to 1-2 on the young season despite the efforts of (from left) Lukas Jokinen, freshman Gabriel Redzic, Meris Kraja, Leo Trespeces-Winck and sophomore Gabe Walenciak. Thursday, April 3 results Althoff Catholic def. Maryville Christian 25-23, 23-25, 25-15Althoff Cahtolic (8-2 overall, 1-0 in the Gateway Metro Conference).Maryville Christian (3-4 overall, 1-1 in the Gateway Metro Conference). Barrington def. Schaumburg 21-25, 25-18, 25-18Barrington (2-0 overall, 1-0 in the Mid-Suburban West): Jimmy Lau (29 assist...
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Joliet Central’s Novak, Wheaton North’s Syswerda share Player of the Week honors
Wheaton North junior outside hitter had 12 kills in the Falcons' victory over Stevenson in the championship game at Joliet West. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorToday, we announce the first Ultimate VBC/Illprepvb.com Player of the Week for the 2025 boys high school season.Each week during the season,we will be naming a “Player of the Week.” Coaches throughout Illinois are invited to nominate a player for their outstanding performance on and off the court.This week, Joliet Central 5-9 junior setter Logan ...
Notre Dame keeps its emotions on an even keel in taking down Maine South
Note Dame features (from left) Carmen Meccia, Cormaic Greynolds, Alex Glowacz, Ben Armour, Sophocles Metinidis, Tommy Acierno and Jack McNamara. By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorNo high too high. No low too low.Notre Dame didn’t get too low after dropping the second set to visiting Maine South Thursday in Niles, because they certainly looked like a different team in the third set, taking an early 10-3 lead and never looking back in a 25-18, 22-25, 25-14 victory over the Hawks.Notre Dame coach Peter Maniscalco said it was just a matter ...
No ‘Me, me, me’ for Crusaders, who edge Sandburg for Barrington/Vernon Hills title
Brother Rice defeated Sandburg for its third Barrington/Vernon Hills Invitational championship, breaking a tie with Loyola Academy and Barrington, who each had won the turnament twice in its nine-year history. By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorBrother Rice … where 'selfish' stays out of the gym.“Our core group keeps everything going all the time, but the guys who are coming in and playing certain roles …. everybody has been stepping up so far this year,” said Brother Rice coach Brandon McGinnis. “As a coach, it’s making my job hard, but ...