Friday’s results
Loyola Academy def. St Charles North 27-25, 25-16
Loyola Academy (27-2 overall, 7-1 in the Chicago Catholic League): Jack Lopez (8 kills), Ben Trapp (7 kills), Liam Uruba (4 kills), Dean Sollecito (3 kills), Drew Bevan (2 kills), Nathan Chi (24 assists, 2 aces), Stef Kins (12 digs, 3 aces).
Loyola Academy def. Boylan Catholic 25-13, 25-11
Loyola Academy (28-2 overall, 7-1 in the Chicago Catholic League): Jack Lopez (10 kills), Ben Trapp (5 kills), Liam Uruba (7 kills, 2 blocks), Dean Sollecito (2 blocks), Nathan Chi (21 assists), Stef Kins (7 digs, 2 aces).
Next up: Loyola Academy will play Marian Catholic in the quarterfinals Saturday at 9:00 a.m. at Evanston. Semifinals and championship to follow.
At Richards
Brother Rice def. Shepard 25-11, 25-14
Brother Rice (19-10 overall, 7-2 in the Chicago Catholic League).
Brother Rice def. Sandburg 25-22, 25-21
Brother Rice (20-10 overall, 7-2 in the Chicago Catholic League).
Lyons Township def. Richards 25-16, 25-22
Lyons Township (23-4 overall, 4-1 in the West Suburban Silver).
Lyons Township def. Morton 25-15, 25-16
Lyons Township (24-4 overall, 4-1 in the West Suburban Silver).
At Vernon Hills
Glenbrook South def. Vernon Hills 25-19, 20-25, 15-13
Glenbrook South def. Plainfield South 26-24, 25-19
Glenbrook South def. Hononegah 25-21, 25-22
Glenbrook South (29-5 overall, 8-1 in the Central Suburban South): Max Chuluunerdene (16 kills, 3 aces, 7 digs, 2 blocks), Zolboo Erdene (14 kills, 3 aces, 11 digs), Zach White (14 kills, 1 block), Paddy Costigan (13 kills, 7 blocks), Will Elias (9 kills, 2 aces, 3 digs, 2 blocks), Kris Blumberg (4 kill, 3 digs, 1 block), Matthew Enkhsaikhan (3 kills, 4 digs, 2 blocks), David Rowlands (3 kills), James Ganzorig (58 assists, 2 kills, 3 aces, 12 digs, 1 block), Logan Ball (12 assists, 2 aces, 3 digs), Chris Lee (22 digs, 5 assists, 1 ace).
Next up: Glenbrook South hosts Evanston on Wednesday.
Glenbrook South def. Vernon Hills 25-19, 20-25, 15-13
Vernon Hills def. Hononegah 25-17, 20-25, 15-10
Vernon Hills def. Plainfield South 25-19, 25-21
Vernon Hills (26-8 overall, 7-2 in the Central Suburban North): Ben Miller (27 kills, 3 aces, 19 digs, 2 blocks), Josh Cahill (12 kills, 2 aces, 3 blocks), Max Adkisson (21 digs), Liam Boehme (8 kills), Julian Rodriquez (17 kills, 4 blocks), Sarthak Agrawal (45 assists, 7 digs), Brian Kim (33 assists, 3 aces, 4 blocks), Aiden Kim (12 kills, 7 digs), Brayden Glassman (11 digs, 1 ace).
Vernon Hills coach Chris Curry: “The third set comeback fell just a bit short against Glenbrook South, but I think the boys saw that we can play with the best teams in our sectional, we just need to block a bit better. Then we managed to get everybody some good playing time the rest of the night. It was a good tune-up for the postseason.”
Note: With his 27 kills Friday, senior outside hitter Ben Miller now has 333 on the season, passing (current assistant coach and 2007 graduate) Chris Kubacki for the all-time single season record at Vernon Hills in the rally score era. Kubacki finished the 2007 season with 324 kills.
Other games
Libertyville def. Barrington 27-25, 25-21
Libertyville (16-12 overall, 5-1 in the North Suburban Conference).
New Trier def. Notre Dame 25-14, 25-12
New Trier (21-8 overall, 7-2 in the Central Suburban South): Shane Sullivan (21 Assists), David Wolff (7 kills, 8 digs), Griffin Firmin (13 digs), Hudson Nachtwey (6 blocks, 3 kills), Zach Yulish (2 kills, 1 block), Franklin Zoloto (2 kills, 1 block), Oliver Li (3 kills, 4 digs), Cooper Rowe (3 kills), Tyler Chung (6 digs, 1 ace).
Ridgewood def. Montini Catholic 25-20, 25-11
Montini Catholic (6-16 overall, 1-4 in the Chicago Catholic League).
JV: Ridgewood won 25-19, 25-18