Lane Tech defeated St. Charles North and Metea Valley at Wheaton Warrenville South on Friday to advance to Saturday's Gold bracket of the Tiger Classic. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) At Wheaton Warrenville South Thursday-Friday Pool play results Friday, April 17 results At Wheaton Warrenville South Loyola Academy def. St. Charles East 25-19, 25-18Loyola Academy (13-2 overall, 2-0 in the Chicago Catholic League Blue): Drew Bevan (7 kills), Luke Malles (12 kills), Charlie Trapp (4 kills), Michael Eiben (4 kills), Matthew Lechman (3...
Wheaton Warrenville South takes first steps toward ending 10-year title drought
Wheaton Warrenville South's (from left) Matthew Burkly, Nathan Paige, Simon Bratt. Logan Thornton, Marko Polovina and Ryan Sweeney are looking to become the first host team to win the Tiger Classic since the Tigers defeated Sandburg, 20-25, 25-21, 25-22, in 2016. By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com Editor Wheaton Warrenville South has not won its own tournament since 2016 … about the time the Tigers’ two freshmen setters – 6-0 Matthew Burkly and 5-9 Ryan Sweeney – and 6-1 freshman outside hitter Logan Thornton were 5 years old. But afte...
Hoffman Estates Invitational
Thursday, April 16 results
Wheaton Warrenville South coach Bill Schreier huddles with his team between sets of the Tigers' 25-14, 25-22 victory over Highland Park in Tiger Classic pool play Thursday. Thursday, April 16 results Argo def. Lemont 25-22, 25-23Lemont (10-9 overall, 2-2 in the South Suburban Conference): Aiden McIntyre (7 kills), Mike Tilly (6 digs), Jacob Emini (7 assists).Barrington def. Hersey 23-25, 25-19, 25-22Barrington (8-2 overall, 3-0 in the Mid-Suburban West): Matt Kravstov (21 kills, 1 ace, 3 blocks, 6 digs), Denis Kukovski (11 kills, 5 digs...
Wednesday, April 15 results
Wednesday, April 15 results Bremen def. Bloom 25-20, 25-18Bremen (3-5 overall, 1-2 in the South Suburban Conference). Brother Rice def. St. Francis 25-17 25-23Brother Rice (10-2 overall, 2-0 in the Chicago Catholic League Blue).St. Francis (9-5 overall, 1-2 in the Chicago Catholic League Blue). Downers Grove North def. Sandburg 25-19, 28-26Sandburg (4-5 overall, 0-0 in the Southwest Suburban Conference).Downers Grove North (8-2 overall, 1-0 in the West Suburban Silver). Glenbrook South def. Marist 25-17, 25-22Marist (6-3 overall, 0...
Aidan Syswerda plays superhero, lifts Wheaton North over St. Charles North
Wheaton North, which defeated St. Charles North at the Joliet West invite earlier this season, needed overtime to beat the North Stars Tuesday in Wheaton. (File photos by Dave Ruggles) By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorVolleyball is a team sport, but every now and then, you need Clark Kent to put down his glasses, throw away his reporter’s notebook and don his Superman costume.Limited to just a pair of kills the first set, 6-6 outside hitter Aidan Syswerda put on his blue tights, his vibrant red, flowing cape with a stylized yellow and ...
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Tuesday, April 14 results
Tuesday, April 14 results Argo def. Thornton Fractional United 25-19, 25-17Thornton Fractional United (7-6 overall, 1-2 in the South Suburban Conference).JV: Argo won 25-17, 25-20 Belleville East def. Alton 25-13, 25-16Belleville East (11-2 overall, 2-0 in the Southwestern Conference).Benet Academy def. Naperville North 27-25, 25-17Benet Academy (3-3 overall, 0-0 in the East Suburban Catholic Conference): Vince Cabay (10 kills), Lukas Carlsen (7 kills), Zach Lange (7 kills).Bolingbrook def. Willowbrook 25-11, 25-22Bolingbrook (13-3 overa...
Monday, April 13 results
Ian Hoster (9) and Glenbard West will try to remain unbeaten when they host Oak Park-River Forest on Tuesday. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) Monday, April 13 results Barrington def. Conant 25-17, 25-18Conant (8-7 overall, 0-1 in the Mid-Suburban West).Barrington (7-2 overall, 2-0 in the Mid-Suburban West): Matt Kravstov (12 kills, 1 ace, 1 block, 5 digs), Denis Kukovski (5 kills, 2 assists, 1 ace, 2 digs), Garrett Rohlwing (3 kills, 3 blocks), Robert Jensen (4 kills, 1 dig), Darius Voth (2 kills, 16 assists, 2 blocks, 1 dig), John Kane (2 aces,...
Player of the Week Gabe Polyak is the driver behind Glenbard East’s success
Glenbard East's Gabe Polyak earned all-tournament honors while leading the Rams to the championship game at Springfest last weekend. Notice: You may not distribute, modify, transmit, reuse, re-post, or use the content of the Site for public or commercial purposes, including the text, images, audio, and video, without Illprepvb.com, LLC’s written permission. By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com Editor Glenbard East's opponents rue the day Gabe Polyak received his driver’s license. “I been playing sports my whole life,” said Polyak, th...