Plainfield Central's 6-4 junior Milo Nelson (4) led the Wildcats with 11 kills during Thursday's loss to visiting Bolingbrook. (File photo by Dave Ruggles) By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorBolingbrook’s 6-1 senior outside hitter Trevor Wardlow, who began his varsity career as a freshman, does not mind taking a backseat to another freshman this spring.“He's playing amazing,” Wardlow said. “It’s a big leap for sure, especially for freshman. He’s definitely leading the team on the stat sheet, which is a really cool thing to do as a freshma...
The fun times just keep rollin’ for Niles West with victory over Rolling Meadows
Niles West improved to 4-1 on the young season with its win Wednesday at Rolling Meadows. By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorBoys just wanna have fun.“They like having fun,” said coach Zachery Sinn about this season’s Niles West team. “They crack jokes on the bench all the time. They’re a lively group. I have 15 guys … one through 15 ... they all get along. It’s a very enjoyable group to coach.“I've been on teams, and we’ve seen teams who can't wait to get away from each other,” he added. “That’s not the case here. These guys will be in t...
Niles North’s Hamoy, ‘Brook’s Wardlow are the Ultimate/Illprepvb Players of the Week
Trevor Wardlow (2) is a big reason Bolingbrook is off to a 10-1 start this season including the championship of last weekend's tournament at West Aurora. (Photo by Dave Ruggles). By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorToday, we announce the second 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. Niles North's Gino Hamo...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
Sole survivor Ethan Garst helps young Fremd team tackle Elk Grove in opener
Fremd opened its 2025 season by defeating visiting Elk Grove, 25-19, 25-20, on Monday. By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorCamden Seaver? Gone. Nate Caro? Gone. Brian Cochran? Gone. Sean Nolting and Jack Cioni? Also gone.“It’s a whole new crew,” said Fremd coach Tracy Harding.Well, not entirely new. Ethan Garst is back.Garst, a 6-2 outside hitter, is one of only four seniors on the Fremd roster this spring and the only starter back from last year’s team that finished 25-12 and reached the regional final at Conant before losing to the...