Wednesday, March 20 results
Addison Trail def. Hoffman Estates 25-16, 25-21
Addison Trail (2-0): Justin Werderitch (13 kills, 7 digs), JT Daniels (3 kills), Giany Patano (3 kills), Nico Nasti (20 assists, 2 kills), Billy Vassos (8 digs), Enzo Ciacia (9 digs).
CICS Northtown Academy def. Mather 25-19, 25-14
CICS Northtown Academy (1-0): Andrew Babes (6 kills), Roberto Garcia (6 kills).
Note: Christopher Garcia accounted for 13 of Northtown’s 25 points in the second set.
No. 19 Deerfield def. Warren 25-15, 25-20
Warren (0-2): Elias Gudeman (15 kills), Taylor Vander Jeugdt (17 assists), Blake Diehl (11 digs).
Deerfield (2-0).
No. 17 Downers Grove North def. Metea Valley 22-25, 25-14, 25-19
Metea Valley (0-1): Conor Murphy (5 kills), Chris Edelman (10 assists).
Downers Grove North (2-1).
Evanston def. Mundelein 25-21, 25-20
Mundelein (0-2): Marc Rey (2 kills, 2 blocks), Eric Morales (6 kills, 5 digs), Talon Clausen (5 assists, 2 digs), Ty Brua (3 assists, 2 digs), Ricky Osormio (2 kills, 2 digs), Tyler Vander Ploeg (1 kill, 3 digs), Martin Carrillo (1 ace, 3 digs), Andrew Gibbons (4 kills, 4 digs).
Glenbrook South def. Maine West 22-25, 26-24, 25-18
Maine West (0-2): Nick Stasch (21 assists, 1 ace), Jacob Riedl (9 kills), Luke Meier (4 kills), Dorin Drimboi (4 kills, 5 blocks).
Hersey def. Libertyville 25-19, 25-9
Libertyville (0-2): Matt Apgar (8 assists, 3 digs), Devon Hamilton (5 assists, 3 digs), Rylan Wiatrowski (5 kills, 1 block), Patrick Graham (4 kills, 3 blocks, 4 digs), Cam Edmunds (2 digs), Liam Ness (1 dig, 1 ace), Charlie Schmitt (2 kills, 1 dig), Jack Stavrakos (3 blocks), Ben Moss (1 kill, 2 blocks), Brendan Duffy (2 kills, 2 blocks).
Libertyville coach Jennifer Smith: “Not our best showing. Our inexperience showed. We’re using it as a learning opportunity as we prepare for the Verhon Hills/Barrington tournament this weekend.”
No. 13 Hinsdale Central def. Maine South 25-14, 18-25, 25-17
Hinsdale Central (2-0).
Lake Zurich def. Buffalo Grove 25-21, 25-12
Buffalo Grove (0-2): Ethan Soifer (4 kills, 1 ace), Marty Gross (4 kills), John Weon (2 aces).
Lane Tech def. Fenwick 25-14, 25-21
Lane Tech (3-0).
Leyden def. Maine East 25-14, 25-19
Leyden (2-0): Jason Kemp (7 kills), Brendan Fuller (5 kills), Gio De La Torre (5 kills), Alex Martinez (23 assists), Jesse Federico (16 digs).
No. 8 Marist def. No. 6 Sandburg 25-13, 28-26
Marist (1-0): Marty Jepsen (9 kills, 3 blocks, 8 digs), Brendan Chausse (9 digs, 2 aces), Milan Patel (4 kills, 4 blocks).
No. 12 Minooka def. Lincoln-Way Central 25-14, 25-22
Lincoln-Way Central (0-1): Sebastian Olmos (3 kills, 4 digs), Gunnar Strom (3 kills, 2 blocks), Jack Yurkanin (4 kills, 2 aces, 7 digs).
Minooka (1-1).
Niles West def. No. 14 Loyola 25-17, 25-21
Loyola (0-1): Jack Howard (6 kills, 2 blocks), Henry Clemons (6 kills), John Hitt (4 kills, 10 assists), Ryan Merk (6 digs).
St. Ignatius def. Montini 25-15, 25-18
St. Ignatius (1-0): Michael Eastman (8 kills, 5 digs, 1 ace), Henry Zapata (4 kills, 2 blocks), John Ross (12 assists).
Montini (1-2): Mark Zheng (4 kills, 4 aces.)
No. 22 Lake Forest def. Carmel 25-14, 25-12
Carmel (0-2).
Lake Forest (2-0).
No. 2 Lincoln-Way West def. Plainfield East 25-11, 25-13
Lincoln-Way West (1-0): David Flores (28 assists, 1 ace), Ben Pluskota (12 kills, 2digs), Louden Moran (12 kills, 2aces), Nico Studer (6 kills), Tyler Vedder (5 digs, 1ace).
Plainfield North def. Hinsdale South 25-12, 25-20
No. 24 Riverside-Brookfield def. Morton 25-19, 25-18
Riverside-Brookfield (1-0): DJ Degand (9 kills, ace, 2 digs), Colby Campbell (6 kills, 4 blocks), Vejas Cuplinskas (7 kills, 6 digs, 1 ace), Jonah Raith (20 assists, 3 kills).
No. 11 St. Rita def. Oak Lawn 25-15, 25-18
St. Rita (1-1): Zach Carroll (9 kills, 3 aces, 2 blocks), Kevin Smith (2 aces, 5 digs), Colin Dahill (5 kills, 2 blocks).
Vernon Hills def. Lakes 27-25, 25-16
Lakes (0-2): Tyler Donovan (11 assists, 4 digs, 2 kills, 2 blocks), Connor Clowers (4 kills), Broderick Solbrig (3 kills, 3 blocks), Michael LeBaron (7 digs).
Vernon Hills (1-0): Cedric Bennett (2 aces), Eric Giezycki (1 kill, 6 assists), Ryan Pristas (7 digs), Jack McDonald (10 kills, 1 ace, 3 blocks), EJ Demas (14 assists), Sammy Adkisson (12 digs), Krys Han (8 kills, 5 digs), John Dosemagen (1 kill, 1 block), Greg Tow (5 kills, 3 blocks), Joey Reyes (3 blocks).
Vernon Hills coach Chris Curry: “Not bad for the first match of the year, especially with two guys playing the first high school volleyball match of their lives, and two other sophomores. We’re one-half really young. But the other half, the four seniors, did a great job defensively. Sammy Adkisson (12 digs) and Ryan Pristas (7 digs) both played great in the back row, both passing and talking the team through things. Joey Reyes (3 blocks) started to make an impact at the net in the second set, and Greg Tow (5 kills) was just solid all around.”
West Chicago def. Glenbard North 14-25, 25-18, 25-21
West Chicago (2-0): Caleb Kulesza (8 kills, 11 digs, 2 blocks), Chase Heuer (8 kills, 9 digs, 1 block), Mike Wagner (7 kills, 5 digs, 1 block), Grant Howard (7 kills, 8 digs), Peter Osielski (28 assists, 9 digs).
York def. Waubonsie Valley 25-16, 25-18