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WW South seeks sophomore team for girls 2019 tournament
Perennial Public League power Whitney Young seeks new girls’ volleyball coach
Whitney M. Young Magnet High School is looking for a Girls Varsity Head Volleyball Coach. Interested candidates should contact Athletic Director Chris Cassidy. Please email your resume to cgcassidy@cps.edu.Requirements: ISBE, NFHS or ASEP certified. Candidates must submit a background check, TB test and be CPS processed. College playing experience, high school and club coaching experience are preferred.Whitney Young’s varsity volleyball team went 20-13 in 2018, reaching the Class 4A supersectional before falling to eventual state champion M...
That’s a wrap: East Aurora: plus St. Charles East, Bishop McNamara statistics
East Aurora finished the regular season with a 4-31 record including 1-8 (eighth place) in the Upstate Eight Conference. “The girls played a tougher than usual schedule this season, putting up some good points against opposing teams,” said head coach Jennifer Wilson. “We played rival West Aurora and put up some good numbers (in a 25-19, 25-14 loss), some of the best scores the program has seen in a number of years.”East Aurora was a mixed team with seven seniors, two juniors and five sophomores.Junior middle hitter Barakat Adekola was sel...
In case you missed it … AVCA announces Phenom List
The following athletes from Illinois were recently named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Phenom List. Student-athletes named to the Phenom List are eligible to register for the Phenom College Preparatory Program to be held in conjunction with the AVCA Annual Convention in Minneapolis in December. Participants and their parents attend educational sessions, the Under Armour High School All-America Volleyball Match & Skills Competition, NCAA Division I Volleyball Championship matches, interact with AVCA Co...
Minooka, Plainfield Central sponsor ‘Hits for Hugs’
Catholic League stars best ESCC
2018 IHSA Boys Sectional Map
How one school built a successful program from the ground up – Montini boys’ volleyball
Reprinted with permission (and edited for style). Three head coaches in five years. A fluctuating roster of players. Swinging between one-win seasons and a conference championship. After waves of inconsistency within the program, the Montini Catholic boys’ volleyball team is finding its roots and finally cultivating a name for itself in the area. Following the departure of Dan Vashinko during the summer of 2016, former baseball and basketball coach Brian Opoka was asked to step in and steady a program that had seen its fair share of chan...
O’Fallon emerges as team to beat down south
Coach Joe Nesbit and his Belleville East Lancers The O'Fallon Panthers under first-year coach Amy Sheehan are 9-0 and have emerged as the team to beat in Southern Illinois. O'Fallon, led by Justin Hovick and Bryce Backus, edged Southwestern Conference rival Edwardsville 26-25, 31-29 on March 29. Edwardsville was coming off a 25-20, 25-14 victory over Belleville East two nights earlier. Last weekend, the Panthers went 5-0 to win the Rockwood Summit Tournament in Missouri. The three Belleville schools have taken turns beating up an each ...