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Depth. There Is No Substitute.
By Randy Whalen Special to Illprepvb.com With probably its best player – senior middle hitter Mike Herlihy – likely out for the season with a hand injury, the Lincoln-Way East boys volleyball team showed its depth and cruised to a 25-21, 25-17 over the host Crusaders on Tuesday, May 29 in the title match of the Brother Rice Sectional. It was the third straight sectional championship and fourth in five years for the Griffins (36-3), who placed second last year and won the title in 2014.They will face Oak Park-River Forest, a 25-23,...
Ultimate B17 Gold living up to its name … the ultimate.
Ultimate B17 Gold shows off its hardware after winning the Winter Volleyball Championship at McCormick Place recently. In a sport dominated by teams from the West Coast, it would not be surprising to see Ultimate B17 Gold out of Frankfort, Illinois, hoist a national championship trophy at the Phoenix Convention Center in early July. Two weeks ago at the Winter Volleyball Championship (WVC) at McCormick Place, Ultimate B17 Gold carried the No. 1 seed into a 47-team Boys 17 Open field that featured teams from California to Florida and t...
Fusion 17 Red moves to the top of the rankings after strong showing over the weekend
Fusion 17 Red's Gigi Crescenzo and Katie Lanz of St. Charles North The Great Lakes Power League 18 Super Open division provided a few surprises over the weekend, including Fusion 17 Red’s impressive showing against some of the top 18s teams around. IL STLHP 18 Elite dropped out of the rankings after finishing 11th at the Northern Lights Qualifier in Omaha., Nebraska. Rolling Thunder 18 Blue is in the spotlight this week. (Week 3 ranking in parenthesis) 18s 1. SPVB (Sports Performance) 18 Elite (1)Note: The serving of libero Grac...
Kloss serves a winner in battle between Power League powerhouses
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Familiarity breeds respect at Great Lakes Power League
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Lions 15-1 leapfrogs SPVB 15 Elite, Michio Chicago 15 National joins rankings
Michio Chicago 16 National's Camryn Hannah of Marist and Izabela Gorys of Providence. The Great Lakes Power League 16 Super Open division provided a few surprises over the weekend, while IL STLHP 18 Elite avenged an earlier loss in the Gateway League only to lose to Rockwood Thunder 18 Mizuno. Cyclones 16 Black is in the spotlight this week. (Week No. 2 ranking in parenthesis) 18s 1. Sports Performance 18 Elite (1)Next: Great Lakes Power League 18 Super Open vs. 1st Alliance 18 Silver at 9:15 a.m. on Court 1 on Saturday, January ...
Second day of 16s Power League is a head-scratcher
Pick your poison. How about Gold Pool B on Court 2? 1st Alliance 16 Black takes down unbeaten Iowa Rockets 16R, then loses to SPVB 15 Elite, which had barely beaten a Sky High Adidas 15 Black team that lost to the Rockets. Or Gold Pool C on Court 3? Lions 15-1 blasts Michio Chicago 15 National, which extends sister club Michio Chicago 16 National to three sets, before losing to Illini Elite 16 Cardinal, which lost to Michio Chicago 16 N...
Keefe, Lions 15-1 impress on day one of 16s Power League
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Andy Hein and Pepperdine … together again.
Andy Hein was back in Chicago last weekend ... this time as a coach and recruiter. Andy Hein will turn 34 years old this year. He is still in disbelief. “I was telling my wife last night it feels like I'm still my mid-20s,” said the Illinois high school volleyball legend, national collegiate champion and seven-year member of the U.S. National team. “Time passes too quickly for me, I guess.” Hein was back in Chicago last weekend for the Winter Volleyball Championship at McCormick Place. “It's always good for me to come back here ...