Barrington didn’t look anything like the team that had won 19 in a row and Glenbard West didn’t remotely resemble the team that lost to the Broncos less than a month ago. The result was predictable. Six-foot-8 middle hitter JT Ardell had 7 kills and hit .875 and 6-3 junior middle hitter Connor Williams had 7 kills while hitting .700 as three-time defending state champion Glenbard West blasted Barrington 25-12, 25-18 in the first quarterfinal of the IHSA Boys State Volleyball Tournament Fridayat Hoffman Estates.Glenbard West (37-3) will ...
Some shakeup in the rankings as 18s Power League wraps up
Sky High Adidas 15 Black's Maddie Timmerman and Peyton O'Brien. Sky High Adidas 15 Black finished second at last weekend's Mideast Qualifier in Indianapolis. The Great Lakes Power League 18 Super Open division wrapped up play – as did the GLPL 18 division – on Sunday with SPVB 18 Elite and league MVP Taylor Landfair of Plainfield Central defeating FaR Out 18 Black to win the Super Open division. Powered by Nailah Landon of IC Catholic Prep and Margaret Mahlke of Downers Grove North, 1st Alliance 17 Black ruled the 18 GLPL division by d...
SPVB 18 Elite survives Michio, wins Presidents’ Day
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Davis, Egharevba lead Naperville Central past Downers Grove North
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Dramatic final day propels Ultimate B18 Gold to title
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Lincoln-Way East welcomes back Herlihy, beats OPRF
By Randy WhalenSpecial to Illprepvb.com The Lincoln-Way East boys’ volleyball team had breezed through the postseason without Mike Herlihy. But the Griffins certainly welcomed their senior middle hitter back Friday. After missing the previous four matches with a hand injury, Herlihy returned to the lineup and was one of four Griffins with 5 or more kills as they fought off some shaky moments and defeated Oak Park-River Forest 25-22, 25-20 in an IHSA quarterfinal match at Hoffman Estates High School. It was the 11th win in a row for L...
Illinois’ top-ranked teams take to the tournament trail
Michio Chicago 16 National's Camryn Hannah of Marist and Izabela Gorys of Providence Sports Performance’s Presidents Day Challenge, Nike Presidents’ Day Classic in St. Louis and Triple Crown Volleyball NIT in Salt Lake City are among the weekend destinations for state’s best, while 15s No. 1 Lions 15-1 takes a breather. (Week 4 ranking in parenthesis) 18s 1. SPVB 18 Elite (1)Next: Presidents Day Challenge vs. Wisconsin Premier 18 Teal at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 17, on Court 1 at the Great Lakes Volleyball Center. 2. Uno G...
MVP Hattie Monson of SPVB 16 Elite heads up Illprepvb.com/Great Lakes 16s All-League Team
MVP Hattie Monson of league champion SPVB 16 Elite heads the first Illprepvb.com/Great Lakes 16s Power League All-League Team that features some of the best young volleyball players in Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan. It’s rare that a libero can have such an dramatic effect on a volleyball team’s sustained success, but the 5-foot-4 Monson is a rare talent. “Hattie put in a lot of extra work this year a...
SPVB 16 Elite rules Sunday’s Power League … with help
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