Loyola's 6-4 sophomore Benjamin Trapp tries to drive the ball pasdt a pair of Metea Valley defenders during last weekend's Tiger Classic at Wheaton Warrenville South. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) Wednesday, April 20 resultsDowners Grove South def. Glenbard East 25-15, 25-22Glenbard East (13-4 overall, 3-0 in the Upstate Eight Conference):Tyler Johnwick (6 kills, 4 blocks), Connor Soto (15 assists, 4 digs, 2 aces, 2 kills), Bartek Kwidzinski (3 kills, 1 assist), Aidan Weltin (3 kills), Jack Austin (2 kills, 2 blocks), Jack Junior (1 ace...
Lyons Township Volleyball Invite
Normal U-High bests St. Thomas More in showdown of 1A, 3A state powers
Sophomore outside hitter Levyn Snow (5) and the Normal U-High Pioneers, coming off a 3-2 performance at last weekend's Illprepvb.com Plainfield North Crimson Classic, rallied to defeat defending IHSA Class 1A champion St. Thomas More on Monday. (Photos by Dave Ruggles) By Randy SharerSpecial to Illprepvb.comNORMAL – The question of how far apart elite teams are in different classes got an answer on Monday when reigning IHSA Class 1A champion Champaign St. Thomas More traveled 58 miles to visit Class 3A’s No. 1-ranked Normal University Hi...
Illprepvb.com presents 150 of the top high school players in the Class of '23
Fresh off winning an AAU national championship, Plainfield North's Lauren Jansen (11) hopes to lead Plainfield North to a Southwest Prairie Conference crown this fall. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) Today, Illprepvb.com continues our look at some of the top high school players in Illinois with those members of the Class of 2023 expected to return and make an impact for their teams this fall. Later this week, we will be publishing a list of the top juniors and sophomores we anticipate/expect/hope to see this fall when the high school volleyball...
IHSA girls high school volleyball state finals in pictures November 13, 2021
Maine West Pumpkin Tournament
Tuesday, March 29 results
Oswego Tournament champion Rockton Hononegah was scheduled to play unbeaten NIC-10 rival Rockford Jefferson Tuesday. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) Tuesday March 29 resultsBarrington def. Rolling Meadows 25-17, 25-16Barrington (6-0 overall, 0-0 in the Mid Suburban West): Jack O'Riordan (4 kills, 2 digs, 3 aces), Cole Hartke (6 kills, 3 digs, 3 aces), Nick Oland (12 assists).Buffalo Grove def. Fremd 25-23, 22-25, 25-23Fremd (0-1 overall, 0-0 in the Mid-Suburban West): Aaron Sallade (9 kills, 2 blocks, 4 digs), Camden Seaver (9 kills, 6 aces, 1 dig)...
Hinsdale Central pockets three of a kind, defeats Whitney Young in two
After losing three straight, Hinsdale Central won its third match in as many days Thursday by defeating Whitney Young in Hinsdale. By Matt Le CrenSpecial to Illprepvb.comThree seems to be Hinsdale Central’s magic number so far this season – for better or worse.The Red Devils won their first three matches before losing three in a row.Now they’re back on track after winning their third game in as many days on Thursday.Outside hitters Erika Kalman and Ellie Henneman pounded 9 kills apiece and junior rightside Elizabeth Sessa landed 8 to lead t...
Peggy Scholten Classic
Tuesday, October 19 results
Fresh off winning its first conference title since 2008, Lockport won more hardware at last weekend's Autumn Knights Invitational, defeating host Lincoln-Way Central in the finals. Tuesday, October 19 results Alleman def. Hall 25-17, 25-20Alleman: Anne VanDerHeede (2 aces, 18 assists, 4 digs), Bella Runge (4 digs), Clair Hulke (1 assist, 9 kills, 2 blocks, 9 digs), Claire Sottos (1 ace, 2 kills, 1 block, 2 digs), Colleen Kenney (2 aces, 7 kills, 9 digs), Iris Reynolds (3 kills), Lauren Reger (1 ace, 2 digs).Arthur Lovington-Atwood Ha...