Illini Elite 17 Cardinal's Maia Olson (31) goes up against the block of 1st Alliance 17 Silver's Keira O'Donnell (1) and Layla Christian (67) during Windy City Power League play Sunday in Woodridge. (Photos by Dave Ruggles) By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorA busy weekend around girls’ club volleyball with things only promising to get hotter in two weeks over the Presidents Day weekend.Meanwhile, here are the latest 2024 Michio Chicago VBA/Illprepvb.com Girls Club Rankings (with records in parenthesis) as of February 7, 2024:...

After participating in a couple of scrimmages, including one at Munciana in mid-January, Sidney Hamaker (17) and SPVB 18 Elite will compete at the 24 Central Zone Invitational in Indianapolis on February 3-4. 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 EditorSo it begins.Here are the initial 2024 Michio Chicago VBA/Illprepv...

MOD Elite and lvirtually every other club in Illinois will compete in the 2024 AAU/JVA Brew City Battle on January 27-28 in Milwaukee. 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 EditorNow that the local teams have returned from sunny California and last weekend’s 2024 SoCal Cup: The Open Championship at the Los Angel...

SPVB B18 Elite went 14-2 to win the 18/17 Open division of THE Point Series that wrapped up last Sunday at the Wintrust Sports Complex in Bedford Park. By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorWhat about Lenny?Lenny, Sports Performance’s erstwhile “No. 2” 18s team, is anything but a No. 2 team this club season. Not only did Lenny hand SPVB B18 Elite its only two losses during THE Point Series 15-18’s 2023 at the Wintrust Sports Complex this fall, but it also defeated 630 Volleyball 18-1 in straight sets on consecutive days last weekend.In ...

St. Francis claimed its second consecutve IHSA Class 3A championship and No. 14 overall by defeating Lincoln Saturday at Rebidrd (now CEFCU) Arena. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorTime to close the books on another girls’ high school season.Here’s a question for the IHSA: Since the official girls’ volleyball calendar had the 2023 season ending on November 11, if the Class 4A championship game ran any longer, would they have had to stop play and declare a tie?Something to think about.Meanwhile, here they ...

GabriellaTowns (6) and the Oak Park-River Forest Huskies finished fifth at last weekend's Autumnfest tournament hosted by Glenbard East. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorOK, who is the No. 1 team in Class 4A this week?Right now, it’s Benet Academy (again).Why?Mathematics. It’s as simple as A beats B, B beats C, C beats A. Benet is 1-1 against Marist (splitting two matches) and 1-0 against Mother McAuley. Meanwhile, Mother McAuley is 0-1 against Benet Academy and 1-1 vs. Marist, and Marist is 2-2 with a win an...

Sophomore Laney Snow (18) and Normal University HIgh were scheduled to visit Normal West on Monday as part of the Bloomington/Normal Intercity Tournament. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorLeave it to the IHSA.What’s their latest outrage?How about assigning defending Class 2A champion Genoa-Kingston, last year’s runner-up IC Catholic Prep and No. 3-ranked Timothy Christian to the same sectional? We suspect that’s one way to placate certain members of their constituency.Not that those teams will get any sym...

Junior libero Mari Rodriguez and the undefeated Huntley Red Raiders host Barrington on Wednesday in a remacth of last year's supersectional meeting at Dundee-Crown. (Photo by Dave Ruggles). By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com Editor“Well, at least we haven’t been sent to the ‘sectional of death.’”That’s how one suburban Chicago coach reacted to the release of the regional, sectional and supersectional sites by the IHSA last Friday. Similar sentiments are likely being felt by coaches throughout Illinois regardless of their team’s class, ...

Junior Addie Brookbank (5) and Barrington will try to improve to 12-1 when they visit Mid-Suburban West rival Fremd on Tuesday. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorThree weeks in the books and we still have more questions than answers.This week's Wheaton Classic may answer a few of those questions in Class 4A, or it could leave us with a preponderance of riddles much like the Lincoln and Effingham tournaments did last weekend.Meanwhile, while some schools already know if they are hosting regionals, we are lookin...

Mother McAuley defeated Notre Dame Academy (Louisville, Kentucky) on Saturday to win its second consecutive ASICS Challenge championship. By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorIt’s the same old story – B beats A, C beats B, A beats B.Can anyone hold down the top spot in the Michio Chicago VBA/Illprepvb.com Girls High School Class 4A rankings?We could find out this week when Marist, which beat Mother McAuley to open the door for Benet Academy to assume the top spot after the Redwings beat Marist in the finals of the Wheaton Classi...