Oak Park-River Forest figures to be one of the best teams in Class 4A this season behind Kansas-bound outside hitter Grace Nelson and Davidson College recruit setter Kinsey Smith. By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorThe Illinios girls high school volleyball season begins in earnest in just a few days, and today Illprepvb.com continues its annual series of previews of the teams, players and coaches whose ultimate goal is a trip to Redbird (now CEFCU) Arena on the campus of Illinois State University in Normal.Here is nearly everything yo...

The Marist RedHawks ran their record to 8-0 with a 25-20, 25-23 victory Wednesday in Barrington. By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorWhen Marist coach Jordan Vidovic talks … and Wednesday’s nonconference match at Barrington was only 15 points old when he brought his team off the court for a chat … the RedHawks listen.“Coach does a good job of bringing us all together in the huddle,” said Marist’s 6-5 outside hitter Marty Canavan. “He knows what to say. He knows what we’re doing wrong. He's watching from the sidelines focusing on every posi...

Glenbard West's Parker Moorhead led the Toppers to their second consecutive IHSA championship last weekend at Hoffman Estates. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) 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 EditorToday, we are pleased to announce the 2023 Sports Performance VBC/Illprepvb.com Boys All-State Volleyball Team, our fifth annua...

Benet Academy (far court) improved to 7-2 overall by defeating Naperville North on Tuesday. (Photo by Dave Ruggles) By Randy WhalenSpecial to Illprepvb.comThe Block Brothers made sure that Lincoln-Way East kept Brother Rice at bay.The Griffins’ middle hitting pair of Joey Glennon and Sam Yacobozzi combined for 12 kills and 6 blocks as Lincoln-Way East rode some nice blocking and a balanced attack to defeat Brother Rice, 25-20, 25-18, in an early season battle of top teams Tuesday in Frankfort.“I was a little worried since we hadn't played i...

Benet Academy has won four IHSA Class 4A championships, finished second three times and third once since 2008, winning 555 matches during that span. The Redwings will be looking for more hardware this fall under coach Brad Baker. (Photo by Dave Ruggles). On the homepage, Barrington is seeking its third consecutive IHSA Class 4A semifinal berth. By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorThe 2023 girls high school volleyball season is finally underway with the start of practice/tryouts, and today Illprepvb.com begins its annual series of previews...

Glenbard West's Parker Moorhead (12) had 9 kills in the championship match against Roncalli (Indianapolis, Indiana) Saturday at the Lincoln-Way East Invitational. (Photos by Dave Ruggles) By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorThat gentleman wearing a black tuxedo with a gray vest and red tie at Glenbard West’s prom Saturday night requesting that the DJ play a little classical fare?That would be the Hilltoppers’ 6-4 outside hitter Parker Moorhead."I'm going to ask the DJ to play some Mozart," he said. Moorhead and his Glenbard West teammates ...

Plainfield North outside hitter Lauren Jansen has helped SPVB 18 Elite remain unbeaten through six matches at the 2023 SPVB Presidents Day CHallenge at the Great Lakes Volleyball Center in Aurora. (Photos by Dave Ruggles) By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorYou can’t tell the players without a scorecard. At least not all of them.The 2023 SPVB Presidents Day Challenge at the Great Lakes Volleyball Center on Saturday is proving challenging not only for the players, but for fans as well as a number of players from the host club have ...

Glenbard West defeated Downers Grove South to win the Springfest tournament Saturday at Glenbard East. https://youtu.be/o6Pn-i7POXs By Phil BrozynskiIllprepvb.com EditorGlenbard West’s 6-5 veteran outside hitter Parker Moorhead hates doing wind sprints in practice.“Running sucks,” he said. “But it’s good for tournaments, that’s for sure.”Moorhead and the Hilltoppers ran circles around the field at Springfest hosted by Glenbard East on Saturday, never yielding more than 19 points in any set and blowing past a weary Downers Grove South...

The 2019 Lincoln-Way West tean that featured Ben Pluskota (1), Nico Studer (2), Chris Dargan (3) and David Flores (9). Lincoln-Way West's (above) Andrew Fores (1), Will Pluskota (10), Benen Flores (18), Colin Dargan (7), Hunter Vedder (13) and Connor Studer (9) all had brothers on the 2018 team that reached the IHSA quarterfinals before losing to Neuqua Valley. By Randy WhalenSpecial to Illprepvb.comA picture is worth a thousand words … especially when looking back on one of the 2018 Lincoln-Way West boys volleyball tea...