West Aurora junior Jesus Galvan (10) passes to the front row during the Blackhawks' semifinal loss to Glenbard West in the Glenbard East Springfest tournament Saturday in Lombard. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) Saturday, April 11 results At Glenbard East Glenbard West def. Glenbard East 23-25, 25-19, 25-22Glenbard West (10-0 overall, 1-0 in the West Suburban Silver): Andrew Fanella (20 assists, 6 digs, 2 aces), Brendan Markey (3 assists), Luke Bachman (5 kills, 3 blocks, 4 digs), Ian Hoster (10 kills), Kole Johnson (15 assists, 10 digs), Luk...
Glenbard West avoids bucking tradition, rallies past Glenbard East at Springfest
Glenbard West's Otis Yahn (19) works off the block attempt by Glenbard East's Gabe Polyak (3) and Michael Hoffman (13) during Saturday's championship game at Springfest. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) https://youtu.be/T0Jre5TVCGg By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorFew can remember when Glenbard West didn’t win Springfest at Glenbard East. Entering this weekend, Glenbard West had won nine of the last 10 tournaments and six in a row (the 'Toppers' only hiccup during that span was 2017 when they lost to Lake Park, 25-23, 17-25, 25-22).Bu...
Friday, April 10 results
New Trier advanced to Saturday's Gold bracket of the Warren Blue Devils Invitational with wins over Providence Catholic and Huntley. (Photo by Rob Lange) Friday, April 10 results Glenbrook South def. Payton College Prep 25-15, 25-17Glenbrook South (4-2 overall, 0-0 in the Central Suburban South): Theo Moutzouros (4 kills), Jake Widner (5 kills), Daniel Manko (5 kills, 2 blocks), Anand Khatanbaatar (11 assists, 5 aces, 2 digs), Ryan Lee (5 digs), Jordan Zuercher (4 assists), Bryan Rim (5 digs).Glenbrook South def. Palatine 2...
Thursday, April 9 results
West Aurora (far court) is among 16 teams that will be competing in Springfest hosted by Glenbard East Saturday in Lombard. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) Thursday, April 9 results Bolingbrook def. Yorkville 25-17, 25-22Bolingbrook (11-3 overall, 1-0 in the Southwest Prairie Conference): Dom Pietruszewski (7 kills, 11 assists), Edison Ah-Yo (5 kills, 6 digs), Dylan Barrera (5 kills), Aiden Wickert (4 kills), Daniel Kaduthodil (5 kills, 13 assists), Ryan Saravia (9 digs).Yorkville (9-3 overall, 0-1 in the Southwest Prairie Conference): Danny Kn...
A victory 20 years in the making: T.F. United gets first win against Oak Lawn
Thornton Fractional United defeated Oak Lawn for the first time in program history Thursday in Calumet City. (Photo by Randy Whalen) By Randy Whalen Special to Illprepvb.com The Thornton Fractional United boys' volleyball team did something it had never done on Thursday.Defeat Oak Lawn. Behind veterans Eartis Booth and Yahir Silva, United pulled away down the stretch and toppled the Spartans, 25-18, 25-23, in a South Suburban Conference match Thursday in Calumet City. It was a nice bounce-back win by Thornton Fractional U...
Barrington’s bigs (and not-so-bigs) throw up a major roadblock against New Trier
Barrington's (from left) Dennis Kukovski, Garrett Rohlwing, John Kane, Matt Kravstov and Robbie Jensen led the Broncos to a 25-15, 25-20 victory over New Trier Wednesday in Barrington. By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorThat lineup Barrington fielded during its opening weekend at the Niles Invitational? You can throw it out the window.“Putting Garrett (6-9 junior Rohlwing) in the middle … doesn't that make a difference?” said Barrington coach Charlie Spry. “And Darius (6-1 setter Voth) is a fine blocker, and Robbie’s (6-1 rightside h...
Wednesday, April 8 results
New Trier traveled to Barrington on Wednesday and fell to the hosts, 25-15, 25-20. (Photo by Rob Lange) Wednesday, April 8 results Barrington def. New Trier 25-15, 25-20New Trier (1-2 overall, 0-0 in the Central Suburban South): Colin Kim (6 assists), Aiden Kang (1 kill), Sean Sheppach (3 assists), Graham Haupt (1 kill), Sebastian Mundzic (2 kills), Michael Ryan (1 kill, 2 blocks), Trevor Chung (1 assist, 3 digs), Nathaniel Potterfield (3 kills, 1 ace), Keefer Baxter (4 kills), Charlie Logue (1 kill).Barrington (6-2 overall, 1-0 in the M...
Glenbard West rides momentum swings to a win over York in battle of unbeatens
Glenbard West defeated York in the West Suburban Conference Silver Division opener for both teams Tuesday in Elmhurst. By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com Editor In a match with more swings than a park district playground, Glenbard West was the swingingest. Six-foot-3 sophomore Chris Cudzilo had 11 kills and 6 digs, 6-5 sophomore middle hitter Jack Belda added 9 kills and a block, and 5-10 setter Andrew Fanella had 18 assists, 7 digs and an ace as the Hilltoppers handed York its first loss of the season, 25-20, 21-25, 25-23, in both teams’...
Here are the most recent Michio Chicago VBA/Illprepvb.com Boys H.S. Rankings
Bolingbrook libero Ryan Saravia (11) reaches to make a dig in the Raiders' victory over the hosts at Saturday's West Aurora invitational. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com Editor Ch-ch-ch-changes. There’s plenty of them in the latest Michio Chicago VBA/Illprepvb.com Boys H.S. Rankings. Play your way in. Play your way out. Shuffling at the top. Juggling at the bottom. But some things never change. Like the IHSA awarding a team a virtual bye in their sectional assignments. Yes, it’s good to be the king. At...
Tuesday, April 7 results
York saw its season-opening win streak end at seven with a 25-20, 21-25, 25-23 loss to Glenbard West Tuesday in Elmhurst. Tuesday, April 7 results Bolingbrook def. Lockport 25-19, 21-25, 25-23Bolingbrook (10-3 overall, 0-0 in the Southwest Prairie Conference): Edison Ah-Yo (17 kills, 1 assist, 2 aces, 12 digs, 2 blocks), Dom Pietruszewski (5 kills, 15 assists, 1 ace, 7 digs, 2 blocks), Daniel Kaduthodil (4 kills, 18 assists, 1 ace, 8 digs, 1 block), Aiden Wickert (8 kills, 1 assist, 1 ace, 5 digs, 2 blocks), Dylan Barrera (4 kills, 2 dig...