Deerfield (16-5): Kelan Burns (8 kills, 2 blocks, 12 digs, 1 ace), Jairon Hsieh (6 kills, 8 digs, 2 aces),
Caedon Hsieh (18 assists, 6 digs), Jacob Shapiro (3 kills, 3 blocks, 4 digs, 1 ace).
Highland Park def. Mundelein 25-21, 25-16
Mundelein (11-11, 1-2 in the North Suburban Conference): Ben Arebalo (13 digs), Steven Miritello (12 assists, 2 kills, 6 digs), Marc Rey (2 kills, 1 dig), Abram Nazario (3 kills, 2 digs), Eric Morales (2 kills, 5 digs), Tyler Vander Ploeg (2 kills), Martin Carrillo (5 kills, 1 block, 2 digs).
Libertyville def. Maine South 25-20, 25-14
Libertyville (17-2, 3-0 in North Suburban Conference): Carter Schaffnit (21 assists, 3 digs, 1 ace), Ryan Winiger (5 assists, 8 digs, 1 ace), Sammy Stortz (2 digs), Jack Stevens (10 kills, 4 digs), Brendan Cook (7 kills, 1 digs, 1 ace, 1 block), Colin Hawkinson (5 kills, 8 digs, 2 blocks), Alex Weick (1 kill), Brendan Duffy (2 kills, 1 block), Kurt Feiereisel (2 digs), Zach Ford (1 block).||
Libertyville coach Jennifer Smith: “We are working on controlling our errors and keeping our play consistent. Our boys did a wonderful job keeping the speed of the game at our standard while defending and attacking against Maine South’s tall block and attack. Excellent job by Jack Stevens, who had another no-error hitting match with 10 kills on 18 attempts. Brendan Cook, also near perfect, was an offensive weapon tonight.”
Maine East def. Niles North 25-15, 25-23
Maine East (9-6).
Stevenson def. Vernon Hills 25-18, 25-17
Stevenson (19-4, 3-0 in the North Suburban Conference): Matt Cliffer (2 kills, 1 block), Gavin Meng (6 kills), Thomas Finn (3 kills, 1 block, 4 assists, 1 dig), Leo Chen (12 kills, 1 ace), Will Sorenson (18 assists), Alex Bian (6 digs, 1 ace), Justin Ross (1 kill, 1 block).
Vernon Hills (9-9, 2-2 in the Central Suburban North): John Otoo (5 kills, 2 blocks), Jonathan Wallach (4 assists, 3 digs, 1 ace), Drake DeBoer (3 kills, 1 block, 2 digs), Sammy Adkisson (6 digs), Noah Proft (4 kills, 2 blocks, 4 assists), Jack McDonald (3 kills, 4 digs), Derrick Jones (6 kills, 1 block, 5 digs), Joey Reyes (1 ace), Michael Gorokhovsky (1 ace, 2 digs).
Vernon Hills coach Chris Curry: “We didn’t block at all tonight, and that’s a quick recipe for getting your behind kicked. But we added a real lack of fight that was pretty out of character. We need better energy than that if we’re going to compete with these better teams.”
Wheaton North def. South Elgin 25-16, 25-20
Wheaton North (14-3, 1-0 in the DuPage Valley Conference): Benett Schreiner (8 kills, 2 digs), Drew Ogilvie (4 kills), Daniel Duggan (3 kills, 1 block, 3 aces, 1 dig, 1 assist), Paxton Kocher (3 kills, 2 blocks), Matt Frank (18 assists, 1 dig), Nick Sinn (5 digs), Josh Sorenson (2 kills, 1 block), Jack Ranft (3 digs), Ben Mullinger (2 digs, 1 ace), Jared Heggeland (1 kill), Cale Shepherd (1 ace).