Former Marist star Kamryn Chaney (right) transferred from Princeton to Vanderbilt via the NCAA transfer portal. On the cover is former Sterling and Ohio State standout Grace Egan,, who transferred to Wisconsin. (File photos by Dave Ruggles) Good or bad – the face of college sports has been inexorably changed by the transfer portal, which has given athletes the power to move on to another school for any number of reasons – looking for a better fit academically, a coaching change, etc.The number of college students entering the transfe...

The Windy City Girls' 18s National Qualifier returns to the Schaumburg Convention Center this weekend as 124 teams vie for berths in the Open, USA, American and Liberty divisions at the 2025 USAV Girls' 18s Junior National Championship on April 23-25 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorToday, we announce the second Ultimate VBC/Illprepvb.com Player of the Week for the 2025 Boys/Girls Club season.Each week during the club season,we will be naming a “Player of the Week.” Coaches/club ...

Former IC Catholic Prep and 1st Alliance VBC great Ava Falduto contributed 14 digs and 2 aces in Penn State's win over Louisville in the NCAA national championship game. (Photo courtesy of Penn State Athletics). https://youtu.be/BAiGpbOhCIw By Matt Le CrenSpecial to Illprepvb.comMelissa Masterson first coached in the IHSA state finals in 2019, when her Nazareth Roadrunners lost, 25-19, 25-18, to Sterling in a Class 3A semifinal.That match featured a pair of outstanding liberos in Nazareth sophomore Gillian Grimes and Sterling junio...

Sky HIgh Adidas 18 Elite is one of six teams that finished the weekend 6-0 in the 17/18 Open division seeding event of the Windy City Power League. On the home page is Adversity G18 Adidas' Grace Kreutz (Loyola Academy). By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorThe gang is back together at Adversity.Six-foot-1 outside hitter Grace Kreutz (Loyola Academy), who sat out last year with an injury and now wears a brace on her left leg, and 5-11 setter/rightside Victoria Belmonte (Fremd), who missed the last two years after suffering a knee injury and...

SPVB 18 Elite's Bella Bullington (22) was also nominated for Player of the Week after producing 48 kills and 10 aces during last weekend's preseason scrimmage at the Great Lakes Volleyball Center. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorToday, we announce the first Ultimate VBC/Illprepvb.com Player of the Week for the 2025 Boys/Girls Club season.Each week during the club season, we will be naming a “Player of the Week.” Coaches/club directors throughout Illinois have been invited to nominate a boys’ or girls’ pl...

SPVB 18 Elite's Faith Jordan (Joliet West) avoids the block of 1st Alliance 17 Gold's Natalie Surges (Brookfield East, Wisonsin) and Molly Welge (Benet Academy) during the GLC preseason scrimmage event at the Great Lakes Volleyball Center. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorIt’s time to get serious.The 2025 girls’ club season opened in earnest last weekend with the seeding portion of the Windy City Power League and preseason scrimmages held at the Great Lakes Volleyball Center in Aurora.We talked to a few coac...

Sports Performance VBC 18 Elite outside hitter Haley Burgdorf from St. Charles North led all Illinois attackers this fall with 611 kills. (Photo by Dave Ruggles). Cover photo of Wild Bunch VBC players courtesy of Michelle Burzynski. 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 Editor The girls’ club season will kick o...

Sky High Adidas B17-1 breaks the huddle after a few words of instruction from head coach Austin Thorsen during 17 Club division play at the 2024-25 Great Lakes Boys Regional Championships Sunday at the Wintrust Sports Complex in Bedford Park. On the home page, Chicago Legends 17 Black breaks during its 25-19, 25-18 loss to Sky High in the semfiinals. https://youtu.be/5bjA3xhEde8 By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorHow do you overcome a bad start?Easy. With a great finish.Yeah, but how do you overcome two bad starts?Sky High Adidas B17...

Illprepvb.com presents its annual list of the top 100 boys club players in Illinois. The list is headed by Marist's Chistian Teresi, an Ohio State recruit. 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 EditorBetter late than never.The boys’ club season is well underway with the conclusion of THE Point Series 15-18's 2024 ...

Alayna Briggs (9) and Hartsburg-Emden will vie for their third consecutive trip to Redbird Arena in 2025. (Photos by Dave Ruggles) By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorKeep thinking speculation.Every year, we at Illprepvb.com put together a list of the teams we believe can make some noise the following fall. IHSA Class 2A champion Breese Mater Dei and Class 4A champion Marist were among the 25 teams we spotlighted last year, and Class 1A champion (Hardin) Calhoun was listed among the teams to watch.The only team we totally missed was Cl...