Sky High Adidas 16 Black flashed its potential when it finished 10th at the 2020 Triple Crown Volleyball NIT two weeks ago. https://youtu.be/FOg54ng8no4 Perhaps no one is harder on Sky High Adidas 16 Black than … Sky High Adidas 16 Black.“I have a lot of perfectionists on this team,” said Sky High Adidas 16 Black coach Steve Bonnem. “You can’t be that in this sport. You have to learn to get over the mistakes and move on from them. Even an elite team is going to make mistakes.”Sky High Adidas 16 Black certainly showed it can be an el...
We peer into the Illprepvb.com crystal ball at the boys’ 2020 season
New Trier's Colin Heath (12) and Glenbard West's Ben Harrington (1) could meet at Hoffman Estates again in 2020. (Photos by Dave Ruggles) Which teams will be among Illinois’ best in 2020? Peering into the Illprepvb.com crystal ball … Can Glenbard West return to the top of the Illinois boys volleyball world after falling to Marist and Marty Jepsen in the 2019 IHSA championship game? Can Marist repeat without the 2019 Illprepvb.com Player of the Year? Will New Trier ride its two fabulous outside hitters to the school’s first title in 25 years...
Adversity G18 Adidas holds on to top spot in latest 1st Alliance/Illprepvb.com Rankings
Ella Wrobel and her SPVB 18 Elite teammates won last weekend's 21 Adidas Bluegrass Tournament Week 2 event, and are eyeing a rematch with Asics Munciana 18 Samurai in two weeks at the Showdown in the Smokies. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) The high school and club volleyball careers of hundreds of Illinois girls are ending in the next few weeks.A few fortunate ones will compete at the 2021 USAV Girls 18s Junior National Championship in Columbus, Ohio, April 23-25, while others will don their high school uniforms for the final time in the days...
Crystal Lake Central wins Preview, earns berth in next year’s Asics Challenge
Crystal Lake Central defeated Andrew at the Mother McAuley Preview tournament Saturday to earn a berth in next October's Asics Challenge. By Randy WhalenSpecial to Illprepvb.comMaddy McCormick just wanted to get it over. So that's exactly what the Crystal Lake Central junior outside hitter did.Her match-ending kill gave the Tigers a 25-18, 25-23 win over upstart Andrew on Saturday in the title match of the Mother McAuley Preview Invite.With the championship match already starting nearly an hour late, and at least an hour-and-a-half ride hom...
Edwardsville's Sellers uses unscheduled break to create volleyball strategy game
Max Sellers, whose love of volleyball and interest in computers led to the creation of a unique volleyball strategy game, will continue his volleyball career at Augustana College in Rock Island. Edwardsville's Max Sellers played club ball for High Performance St. Louis. By Matt Le CrenSpecial to Illprepvb.comWhen the COVID-19 pandemic derailed his senior season, Max Sellers put his unexpected free time to good use.The libero from Edwardsville, who will continue his volleyball career at Augustana College in Rock Island, combined his love...
Introducing the 2019 Illprepvb.com Boys All-State Volleyball Team
(Photos by Dave Ruggles) Today, we are pleased to announce the Illprepvb.com 2019 Boys All-State Volleyball Team, our Player of the Year, Coach of the Year and Team of the Year. Coaches across Illinois were invited to nominate players to the Illprepvb.com all-state team. Team members were selected based upon their accomplishments on the court as high school players, not on any future potential or current recruitment status. These players excelled on the court and represented their schools, their teams and their communities with distinction...
Fall Harvest Festival, Autumnfest will test Michio Chicago/Illprepvb.com’s best
Six-foot-2 junior middle hitter Storm Suhre (17) and Edwardsville went 3-2 at last weekend's Scholastic Cup tournament hosted by St. Charles East at the Great Lakes Volleyball Center in Aurora. (Photos by Dave Ruggles) Class 4A powerhouses Benet and Marist headline the two major tournaments in the Chicago area this weekend. Marist (25-2) is the top seed at the 30-team Fall Harvest Festival sponsored by Illprepvb.com at Plainfield Central beginning Friday with pool play at Plainfield North and the host school. Plainfield North is the No...
Final 2019 1st Alliance Volleyball Club/Illprepvb.com Boys High School Rankings
Photos by Dave Ruggles. Rankings.Part performance. Part guess-work.Eighteen of the final 25 teams ranked at the end of the 2019 season were ranked in the preseason. Some teams that had not been ranked all season or had been in and out of the rankings broke into the final top 25. So here are they are, the final 2019 1st Alliance Volleyball Club/Illprepvb.com Top 25 Illinois boys’ volleyball teams. Let the discussion begin.(preseason ranking in parentheses) 1. Marist 40-2 (8)Defeated Glenbard West, 25-21, 25-23, in the IHSA championship m...
Volleyball 'kind of runs in the family,' says coach's 'independent' daughter
Ella Strausberger (front row, far right) and her Sports Performance 15 Elite teammates. Naperville Central boys volleyball coach Roger Strausberger and his daughter, Ella. By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorShe grew up in the gym watching her dad coach.She played soccer and volleyball as a youngster, but decided to focus on volleyball because she said it "kind of runs in the family.”She’s training as a setter, and sometimes father and daughter sit down and talk about strategy and how to run an offense.Naperville Central boys’ volleybal...
Sunday at Windy City National Qualifier proves to be a mixed bag for local entries
Adversity G16 Adidas may have learned some valuable lessons after competing in the 16 Open division at the Windy City National Qualifier. It was a beautiful Easter Sunday afternoon outside McCormick Place along Chicago’s lakefront for the final day of the 2019 adidas Windy City National Qualifier. Inside, however? Well, that was a mixed bag. Dreams were shattered, hopes were dashed, and lessons were learned. Adversity G16 Adidas had already qualified for the 2019 USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championships June 27-July 6 ...