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Grygo heads Illprepvb.com all-state team
Where would Addison Trail have been without Jacob Grygo? The 6-foot-5 senior setter did it all for the Trail Blazers – setting hitting, digging, blocking, selling concessions, hawking programs in the stands. OK, maybe not the last two. But the 2018 Illprepvb.com Player of the Year defined the word “all-around volleyball player.” “This guy is undoubtedly the Most Valuable Player on any team,” Addison Trail coach Chad Grant said. “We really only won four matches comfortably and lost once badly, so all of our matches were competitive a...
Illprepvb.com 2018 Boys All-State Volleyball Team
Illprepvb.com 2018 Boys All-State Volleyball Team Team of the Year: Lincoln-Way East Coach of the Year: Kris Fiore, Lincoln-Way East Player of the Year: Jacob Grygo, Addison Trail First Team Jeremy Grove, 6-3, Sr., OH, Neuqua Valley Jacob Grygo, 6-5, Sr., S, Addison TrailMarty Jepsen, 6-0, Jr., OH, MaristNick Martinski, 6-7, Sr., OH, Lake ParkMichael O’Toole, 6-5, Sr., OH, BarringtonJack Stevens, 6-3, Sr., OH, Libertyville Second Team Nick Cookingham, 6-3, Sr., S, WillowbrookTrey Cowan, 6-4, Sr., OH, Plainf...
Match of the Week: Lemont may be young, but ‘Dang, they’re pretty good’
Lemont sophomore Amanda Rice, junior Ella Pelen, junior Amy Schwem and junior Nicole Komendant. By Randy Whalen Special to Illprepvb.com It was the final home match of the season for the Lemont volleyball team, but it wasn't Senior Night. That's because there are no seniors on the Lemont roster. So instead of Senior Night, the Indians held a “Volley For The Cause” event and raised around $1,000 to help fight multiple sclerosis. “We were glad to do a volley for the cause instead of Senior Night,” said Lemont coach Chris Zogata, ...
‘Sterling’ performances help SPVB win two national AAU titles
Sports Performance Volleyball Club's 15 Elite and 15 C-Fed teams celebrate their national titles Wednesday in Orlando, Florida. Never say they don’t play “big-girl” volleyball in small-town Illinois. Twin sisters Brooklyn and Breelyn Borum from Sterling, Illinois, were named MVPs of their respective divisions while leading SPVB 15 Elite and SPVB 15 C-Fed to national titles Wednesday at the 45th AAU Girls' and Boys' Junior National Volleyball Championships in Orlando, Florida. Brooklyn Borum, a 6-foot outside hitter, was named th...
Brother Rice Stuns Marist
By Randy Whalen Special to Illprepvb.com Brother Rice wasn’t going down without a fight. In the end, the Crusaders didn’t go down at all. Senior outside hitters Tom Phelan and Kyle Springer made sure their season continued as they helped rally the host Crusaders to a 25-19, 19-25, 25-23 victory over Marist in a neighborhood battle before a large crowd on Friday in the second semifinal of the Brother Rice Sectional. Brother Rice (30-8) will face a familiar foe, Lincoln-Way East – a 25-13, 25-19 winner over Lockport Township in the...
Where are Illprepvb.com’s top girls recruits going? (updated 8/26)
Joliet Catholic's Emily Jones (Fredonia State, New York), Emmie Naal (North Central College) and Nico Meyer (Georgia Southern) with their coach Chris Scheibe. Illprepvb.com presents where many of the top high school girls players in Illinois will be heading to continue their volleyball careers. Class of 2018 Nicole Acton, 6-1, MB, Geneva/Club Fusion, Carthage College Temi Adekoya, 5-9, OH, Marian Catholic/Michio Chicago, University of Chicago Mica Allison, 6-1, S, (Champaign) St. Thomas More/Illini Elite Volleyball Club, Auburn ...
Sky High Adidas 16 Black gearing up for Mideast Qualifier
Benet three times a leader, hangs on twice, upsets No. 1 Marist
Benet's Caitlin Wepfer, Ann Marie Remmes, Kyla Kenney, Valentina Tabares and Rachel Muisenga. Falling behind early in every set is not typically a formula for success. “Especially not here,” said Marist coach Jordan Vidovic, who brought his No. 1-ranked Marist RedHawks to Benet Tuesday afternoon for a rematch of the Wheaton Warrenville South Tiger Classic championship match. “You saw it from them … they were fired up. They brought the energy. They brought the fire right from the beginning. They were obviously more aggressive. You can t...
