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...
Saturday, April 11 results
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...