Thursday, May 18 results
Belleville Althoff def. Collinsville 25-21, 25-11
Belleville Althoff (27-6 overall).
Benet Academy def. Glenbard East 25-20, 25-21
Benet (24-11 overall, 6-2 in the East Suburban Catholic Conference): Dominic Krzeczkowski (20 kills), Aris Maurukas (7 kills), Marty Radgowski (3 kills), Thomas Galbraith (1 kill), Jacob Olejnik (23 assists), Reed Hefley (10 assists), Ryan Mitra (10 digs).
Bolingbrook def. Sandburg 30-28, 19-25, 26-24
Bolingbrook (16-17 overall, 3-5 in the Southwest Suburban Conference): Tristan Benbow (12 kills, 2 blocks), Tristan Caminar (9 kills, 3 aces), Diego Loya (6 kills), Ayaaz Arif (4 kills), Connor Dmochowski (26 assists, 2 kills, 3 aces, 24 digs), Charlie Bialek (2 blocks).
Brother Rice def. Loyola Academy 12-25, 25-21, 25-13
Loyola Academy (29-6 overall, 9-1 in the Chicago Catholic League): Ben Trapp (4 kills), Jack Lopez (12 kills), Jake Balata (6 kills, 2 blocks), Liam Uruba (2 kills), Nathan Chi (26 assists, 2 blocks), Stef Kins (14 digs).
Brother Rice (28-7 overall, 9-1 in the Chicago Catholic League): Michael Bos (9 kills), Nathan Kramer (8 kills, 1 ace, 4 digs), SJ Nelson (7 kills, 2 aces), Luke Dwyer (35 assists, 6 digs).
Note: Loyola Academy and Brother Rice finish the Chicago Catholic League schedule as co-champions.
Carmel def. Grayslake Central 25-21, 21-25, 25-21
Carmel (19-14 overall, 5-3 in the East Suburban Catholic Conference): Michael Schofield (18 kills, 2 aces, 1 block), Will Niese, (7 kills, 2 blocks), Isaac Alvarez (4 kills), Brad Schaefer (2 aces), Xander Ikusz (23 assists, 1 ace).
DePaul College Prep def. Montini 25-20, 25-14
Montini (5-20 overall, 0-6 in the Chicago Catholic League Red Division).
JV: DePaul College Prep def. Montini 26-24, 25-16
Downers Grove North def. Hinsdale South 27-25, 25-16
Downers Grove North (26-9 overall, 4-2 in the West Suburban Silver).
Joliet West def. Plainfield Central 25-18, 26-24
Plainfield Central (5-28 overall, 1-9 in the Southwest Prairie Conference): Ethan Ricketts (3 kills, 2 assists), Alex Wood (2 kills, 7 digs), Max Bowen (2 kills), Joe DeFano (1 ace, 9 assists), Anthony Stelzner (2 blocks), Tanner Torri (15 digs).
Joliet West (18-13 overall, 6-4 in the Southwest Prairie Conference).
Lincoln-Way East def. Hinsdale Central 26-24, 25-21
Lincoln-Way East (30-5 overall, 7-1 in the Southwest Suburban Conference): Tyler Walenga (7 kills, 12 digs), Trey Marek (6 kills), Sam Yacobozzi (5 kills).
Hinsdale Central (22-13 overall, 3-3 in the West Suburban Silver).
Lincoln-Way West def. Stagg 25-20, 25-17
Lincoln-Way West (26-9 overall, 8-0 in the Southwest Suburban Conference): Garrett Konopack (25 assists, 3 blocks, 2 kills, 2 aces), Connor Studer (11 kills, 2 blocks, 8 digs), Will Pluskota (4 kills), Connor Jaral (6 kills), Benen Flores (2 kills), Anthony Igel (3 digs), Jack Ladd (3 digs, 1 block, 1 kill).
Note: Lincoln-Way West goes undefeated in conference for the first time in program history.
Lockport def. Homewood-Flossmoor 25-19, 25-15
Lockport (25-8 overall, 5-3 in the Southwest Suburban Conference): Wade Welke (7 kills, 2 blocks), Evan Dziadkowiec (24 assists, 4 kills), Kevin Rodriguez (8 digs).
Naperville Central def. Metea Valley 25-19, 27-29, 25-21
Naperville Central (13-22 overall, 2-5 in the DuPage Valley Conference): Hudson Warnes (9 kills), Wyatt Yager (10 assists).
Plainfield East def. Plainfield North 25-21, 25-17
Plainfield East (28-7 overall, 10-0 in the Southwest Prairie Conference): Nathan Grutza (8 kills, 7 service points, 2 aces), Thomas Tagtmeyer (19 assists, 2 kills, 4 digs), Braxton Francis (8 kills, 2 aces), Kendall Killins (11 digs), Nathan Stone (5 digs, 5 service points).
Plainfield North (21-14 overall, 7-3 in the Southwest Prairie Conference): Aidan Cupps (11 kills), Jacob Seier (6 kills), Patrick Vaughan (21 assists), Chris Mactal (2 kills, 2 blocks).
Providence def. St. Rita 25-15, 25-21
St. Laurence def. De La Salle 25-9, 25-5
Shepard def. Lemont 25-23, 25-14
Shepard (14-19 overall, 8-2 in the South Suburban Conference): Gannon Marin (10 kills, 8 digs), Isaac Guerrero (3 kills, 2 blocks), Jake Klein (16 assists, 3 kills).
Note: Shepard finishes second in the South Suburban Conference.
West Aurora def. Plainfield South 25-22, 25-14
West Aurora (21-14 overall, 7-3 in the Southwest Prairie Conference): Alex Gove (12 assists, 1 dig), Braeden Zant (5 kills, 3 digs), Cameron Jarell (10 assists, 1 ace, 4 digs), Julius Barbel (5 kills, 2 aces, 2 digs, 2 blocks), Matthew Brown (1 kill, 1 dig), Nathan Kamaris (5 kills, 3 digs, 1 block), Nick Fedor (1 dig, 1 block), Noah Roberts (2 kills), Owen Hendricks (9 kills, 7 digs, 1 block), Quinn Leonard (2 assists, 5 digs).
Note: West Aurora finishes in second place in the Southwest Prairie Conference.
Mid-Suburban League Championship (at Hersey)
Barrington def. Hersey 28-26, 22-25, 25-19
Barrington (26-7 overall, 9-1 in the Mid-Suburban West): Evan Jackson (6 kills, 1 dig), Carsten Wegh (11 kills, 13 assists, 11 digs, 1 block, 1 ace), Adrian Wu (22 assists, 5 digs), Gavin Rohlwing (4 kills, 3 blocks), John Sun (6 kills, 9 digs, 1 block, 1 ace), Eli Rodda (9 kills, 1 block, 6 digs), Marc Gryzlo (13 digs), Matt Louis (3 kills, 1 block, 1 assist, 2 aces), Tyler Olszewski (1 ace).
Hersey (29-6 overall, 9-1 in the Mid-Suburban East).
Tuesday, May 16 result
York def. Oak Park-River Forest 25-22, 25-22
Oak Park-River Forest (19-8 overall, 2-4 in the West Suburban Silver): Ryan Montroy (1 ace, 9 kills, 2 digs), Quinn Bozarth (1 ace, 2 blocks, 23 assists, 5 digs), Peter Zurawski (9 kills, 2 blocks, 2 digs), Saddiq Muhammed (1 kill, 3 blocks, 2 digs), Roan Doody (2 kills, 2 blocks, 1 dig).
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Belleville East is looking to get into a tournament in the Chicago area in the first couple weekends in April next season. Belleville East is 29-3-2 this season and features 6-1 junior outside hitter August Werner (295 kills hitting .282 this season), 6-3 sophomore Jackson Byers (109 kills hitting .433) and 5-7 junior libero Kamden Dejournett and projects as the top team on the Illinois side of the St. Louis metro area next season. Coaches/athletic directors/tournament directors can contact Joe Nesbit, Belleville East boys’ volleyball coach, at jnesbit@bths201.org.