Here is the first installment of Illprepvb.com's 2018 Illinois girls high school volleyball rankings presented by 1st Alliance Volleyball Club. This installment features teams just outside the top 25 and a list of other teams that could break the rankings at some point in the season. The rankings include teams from Classes 1A-4A. Coming Wednesday: teams ranked No. 21-25. Teams just outside the top 25:Hersey (30-9) – The Huskies’ fortunes begin and end with 5-11 junior outside hitter and Boston College recruit Kati Kaburov, who ...
Marist’s Hannah, Althoff’s Wemhoener head Illprepvb.com All-State Second Team
Camryn Hannah led Marist to a second consecutive IHSA Class 4A championship. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) Today, we continue to announce the Illprepvb.com 2018 Girls All-State Volleyball Team with those players named to the Second Team. 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. Players represent all four IHSA classes and hail from every cor...
Illprepvb.com announces the 2018 Girls All-State Honorable Mention Volleyball Team
Naperville North's Sarah Kushner (second from left) is among the players named all-state honorable mention. Today, we continue to announce the Illprepvb.com 2018 Girls All-State Volleyball Team with those players named to the Honorable Mention team. 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. Players represent all four IHSA classes and h...
Twins Breelyn and Brooklyn Borum — there were never such devoted (and competitive) sisters
SPVB 16 Elite features (front row, from left) Brooklyn Borum (Sterling), Emily Wilson (Joliet Catholic), Ariel Amaya (Plainfield North), Breelyn Borum (Sterling) and Zayna Meyer (Wheaton Warrenville South), and (back row, from left) Lauren Nyong (Aurora Christian), Leah Bylut (Shepard), Alexis Rodriguez (Sterling) and Ellie Hall (Naperville North). Missing is Abbey Clarke (Oswego East). No matter what the sport, no matter what the season, twins Breelyn and Brooklyn Borum of Sterling have been competing against and with each other as long a...
Setters who train at 1st Alliance Volleyball Club get it done on the court
Marist's Katie Mather (11) developed her setting skills at 1st Alliance Volleyball Club. Question: What do Marist’s Katie Mather and Molly Murrihy (Memphis) and Downers Grove North’s Elizabeth Dunlap, who led their respective high school teams to the IHSA Class 4A semifinals within the past two years, have in common? Or former Chicago area standouts like Katie Wagner of Glenbard West, Ashley Holder (Akron) of Mother McAuley, Sarah Rose (Marquette) of York and Emma Decker (Villanova) of Nazareth, and current Nazareth standout Ella Sa...
Epic United Volleyball is a ‘hidden’ gem nestled along the Illinois/Indiana border
Epic United draws girls from throughout southeast Cook County in Illinois and northwest Lake County in Indiana. Tucked away in the southeast corner of Cook County and the northwest part of Lake County Indiana is a little gem of a volleyball club – Epic United Volleyball. “We like to call ourselves the ‘hidden’ club,” said co-owner, coach and club director Ryan Summers.Epic United Volleyball is a combination of the old Altitude Volleyball and Diamond Elite Volleyball Academy. The 2013 merger was an effort to provide area players and parents...
Illprepvb.com announces the 2018 Girls All-State Special Mention Volleyball Team
Decatur St. Teresa junior Lexie Huck (28) led the Bulldogs to a third-place finish in IHSA Class 1A. (photo by Dave Ruggles) Today, we begin announcing the Illprepvb.com 2018 Girls All-State Volleyball Team with those players named to the Special Mention team. 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. Players represent all four IHSA cl...
Illini Elite gets ready for 2019 campaign with new facility, loads of young talent
Illini Elite recently moved into its new 34,000-square-foot facility in downstate Bloomington. When lllini Elite Volleyball Club in downstate Bloomington opened its doors in 1998, 13 girls showed up for tryouts. Today, the club’s programs have grown to include more than 60 teams with more than 650 players and coaches. It is now one of the largest volleyball clubs in Illinois by membership and is widely regarded as the premier volleyball club in central Illinois. Reflecting that success and to accommodate its growth, last month the club...
1st Alliance Volleyball Club/Illprepvb.com 2018 Final Girls Rankings
(Photo by Dave Ruggles)Sixteen teams that were ranked in the preseason made the 1st Alliance Volleyball Club/Illprepvb.com final rankings for 2018. Seven teams ranked in the preseason were among the other teams worth mentioning. The final rankings are partly based on each team’s finish in the IHSA tournament, and partly based on a team’s body of work during the entire season.1st Alliance Volleyball Club/Illprepvb.com 2018 Fin...
VC United begins its second year with great expectations, opportunities
VC United, led by former Club Fusion coach Eric Schulze (far right), is providing an opportunity for Rockford-area volleyball players to get to the next level. VC United executive director/owner Eric Schulze isn’t looking to build VC United in to a “mega-club,” just an “elite” one. “We want be among the nation’s elite clubs,” said Schulze, a fixture in the Illinois club and high school scene for two decades. “I believe that were capable of doing it out here with the athletes who are in Rockford and to the south and the west of us. ...