Saturday, September 14 results
At Effingham
Championship bracket
Plainfield North def. Breese Mater Dei 12-25, 25-23, 25-20
Breese Central def. Normal U-High 11-25, 25-23, 25-21
Edwardsville def. Naperville Central 18-25, 25-22, 28-26
Belleville Althoff def. McCracken County (Kentucky) 25-19, 17-25, 25-15
Championship semifinals
Plainfield North def. Breese Central 25-14, 25-15
Belleville Althoff def. Edwardsville 27-25, 22-25, 25-21
Consolation semifinals
Naperville Central def. McCracken 25-16, 25-18
Normal U-High def. Breese Mater Dei 25-18, 25-17
Championship finals
McCracken def. Breese Mater Dei 13-25, 25-17, 25-22 (seventh place)
Naperville Central def. Normal U-High 19-25, 25-18, 25-17 (fifth place)
Edwardsville def. Breese Central 25-27, 25-11, 25-15 (third place)
Plainfield North def. Belleville Althoff 25-23, 25-22 (championship)
Massac County def. Champaign Centennial 25-23, 25-15
Massac County (11-4, 2-0 in the Southern Illinois River-to-River): Jessie Lewis (13 kills, 4 blocks), Sydney Wilke (3 aces, 21 digs), Madison Hammonds (19 digs), Hailey Edwards (4 blocks), Kara Womack (17 assists).
Note: Massac County finishes 2-3 and in third place in the Bronze division.
At Byron
Dakota def. Rockford Guilford 25-15, 18-25, 15-12
Dakota def. Ottawa 20-25, 25-23, 15-9
Dakota def. North Boone 25-13, 25-17
Dakota def. Freeport Aquin 25-18, 25-20
Dakota def. Stillman Valley 25-12, 25-14
Dakota (14-1 overall, 2-0 in the Northwest Upstate Illini): Tabytha Toelke (55 kills, 25 assists, 22 digs, 12 aces, 3 blocks), Lexi Evenson (5 aces, 20 digs), Abi Schlueter (24 kills, 5 aces, 20 assists, 30 digs), Kaylyn Field (23 kills, 9 aces, 26 digs), Laura Rankin (67 assists).
At Clinton
Illini Central def. Peoria Christian 25-11, 25-17
Illini Central def. Ridgeview 23-25, 25-11, 15-8
Olympia def. Illini Central 25-23, 25-20
Illini Central def. Clinton 25-23, 25-16
El-Paso Gridley def. Illini Central 27-25, 23-25, 15-5
Illini Central (4-6 overall, 0-3 in the Sangamo Conference, 1-1 in the Tomahawk Conference).
Note: Illini Central finished in fourth place in the tournament.
At Galesburg
United Township def. Sterling 25-20, 15-25, 30-28
Sterling (9-3 overall, 2-2 in the Western Big Six): Breelyn Borum (6 kills, 23 assists, 8 digs), Jordan Bryant (1 ace, 2 digs), Kierra Collins (6 kills, 3 blocks, 6 digs), Riley Ditmar (1 ace, 22 assists, 5 digs), Grace Egan (3 aces, 21 kills, 1 assist, 10 digs), Grace Gould (1 ace, 6 kills, 8 digs), Amaya Hernandez (2 aces, 1 assist 12 digs), Paige Miller (3 digs), Kate Rowzee (1 kill, 1 block, 1 dig).
Sterling def. Galesburg 25-18, 25-19
Sterling (10-3 overall, 3-2 in the Western Big Six): Breelyn Borum (7 kills, 14 assists, 5 digs), Kierra Collins (1 kill), Riley Ditmar (8 assists, 4 digs), Grace Egan (2 aces, 6 kills, 5 blocks, 5 digs), Macie Gebhardt (1 kill, 2 digs), Grace Gould (1 ace, 4 kills, 9 digs), Amaya Hernandez (2 digs), Kate Rowzee (1 kill, 1 dig).
At Geneseo
Geneseo def. Kewanee 25-16, 25-11
Kewanee (5-7 overall): Tristan Nolan (2 kills), Kendal Benneson (7 assists), Ailynn Duarte (1 block), Aly Shafer (1 block), Emma LaFollette (1 ace), Josie DeBord (5 digs).
Kewanee def. Mercer County 25-21, 25-19
Kewanee (6-7 overall): Tristan Nolan (8 kills, 2 blocks), Kendal Benneson (15 assists), Ailynn Duarte (2 blocks), Emma LaFollette (2 aces), Josie DeBord (9 digs).
Kewanee def. Wethersfield 27-26, 25-19
Kewanee (7-7 overall): Tristan Nolan (3 blocks), Kendal Benneson (17 assists), Ailynn Duarte (6 kills, 2 blocks), Dana Eble (5 kills), Aly Shafer (1 block, 2 aces), Josie DeBord (8 digs).
Annawan def. Kewanee 25-14, 25-22
Kewanee (7-8 overall): Tristan Nolan (6 kills), Kendal Benneson (10 assists), Emma LaFollette (2 aces), Josie DeBord (8 digs).
Monmouth-Roseville def. Kewanee 25-18, 25-14
Kewanee (7-9 overall): Kendal Benneson (5 assists), Ailynn Duarte (3 kills, 2 blocks), Chloe Gruszeczka (2 kiills), Emma LaFollette (3 aces), Josie DeBord (2 digs).
Note: Kewanee went 2-3 and finished in fourth place in the tournament.
At Leyden
Willowbrook def. Taft 25-10, 25-6
Willowbrook (6-5 overall, 0-1 in the West Suburban): Katie Linnig (1 kill, 4 aces, 6 assists, 1 dig), Payton Ceh (1 kill, 5 aces, 9 digs, 1 assist), Noelle Faulk (3 kills, 1 block, 2 digs), Kyla Ostrowski (7 kills, 2 aces, 1 dig), Grace Reckamp (1 kill, 7 aces, 1 block, 4 digs, 4 assists), Stephanie Dasbach (1 kill, 2 blocks).
Willowbrook def. Lane Tech 25-15, 25-13
Willowbrook (7-5 overall, 0-1 in the West Suburban): Natalie Cipriano (4 kills, 3 digs), Katie Linnig (2 aces, 7 assists, 3 digs), Payton Ceh (4 kills, 2 aces, 14 digs), Alondra Mendoza (4 kills), Noelle Faulk (1 kill, 1 block, 1 digs), Kyla Ostrowski (4 kills, 2 aces, 1 block, 3 digs), Grace Reckamp (3 kills, 4 aces, 7 digs, 6 assists), Stephanie Dasbach (2 kills, 2 blocks).
Willowbrook def. DePaul Prep 25-12, 25-13
Willowbrook (8-5 overall, 0-1 in the West Suburban): Natalie Cipriano (6 kills,1 block, 1 dig), Sofia Espinosa (2 aces, 1 dig), Katie Linnig (4 assists, 2 digs), Payton Ceh (2 aces, 12 digs), Alondra Mendoza (1 kill, 2 blocks, 1 dig), Alejandra Lopez (2 aces, 3 digs), Noelle Faulk (4 kills), Kyla Ostrowski (3 kills, 2 aces, 2 blocks), Grace Reckamp (1 kill, 4 aces, 1 block, 2 digs, 8 assists), Stephanie Dasbach (2 kills, 4 blocks, 1 dig).
Willowbrook def. Leyden 25-14, 25-7
Willowbrook (9-5 overall, 0-1 in the West Suburban): Natalie Cipriano (2 kills,1 block, 1 dig), Sofia Espinosa (2 aces, 2 digs), Katie Linnig (1 kill, 4 aces, 6 assists, 3 digs), Payton Ceh (1 kill, 1 ace, 8 digs), Alondra Mendoza (1 kill, 1 block), Alejandra Lopez (1 ace, 4 digs), Laine Degnan (2 kills, 1 dig), Kyla Ostrowski (5 kills,1 block, 3 digs), Grace Reckamp (5 kills, 8 digs, 7 assists), Stephanie Dasbach (5 kills, 2 blocks).
Willowbrook def. Conant 17-25, 25-14, 16-14
Willowbrook (10-5 overall, 0-1 in the West Suburban): Natalie Cipriano (6 kills,1 block, 2 digs), Sofia Espinosa (1 aces, 3 digs, 1 assist), Katie Linnig (3 aces, 7 assists, 6 digs), Payton Ceh (2 kills, 15 digs, 2 assists), Alondra Mendoza (3 kills, 2 blocks, 1 dig), Alejandra Lopez (3 aces, 6 digs), Noelle Faulk (1 kill, 1 block, 3 digs), Kyla Ostrowski (3 kills,4 aces, 4 digs), Grace Reckamp (8 kills, 1 ace, 1 block, 12 digs, 7 assists), Stephanie Dasbach (5 kills, 3 blocks).
Leyden def. Conant 26-24, 16-25, 15-4
Leyden def. DePaul Prep 12-25, 25-20, 15-10
Leyden def. Taft 25-10, 25-11
Leyden def. Lane Tech 25-17, 25-15
Willowbrook def. Leyden 25-14, 25-7
Leyden: Hannah Stocks (3 kills, 3 aces), Kinga Nowacyk (15 kills, 4 aces), Jocelyn Escamilla (68 assists, 4 aces, 16 kills), Summer Mohammad (18 kills, 3 aces), Elle Engelke (12 kills, 2 aces).
Note: Leyden finished 4-1 and in second place.
At Lincoln
Quincy Notre Dame def. Chatham Glenwood 25-19, 25-20
Quincy Notre Dame def. Danville 25-6, 25,11
Quincy Notre Dame def. Lincoln 25-11, 25-9
Quincy Notre Dame def. Normal West 25-12, 25-12
Quincy Notre Dame def. O’Fallon 25-16, 25-22 (championship)
Quincy Notre Dame (9-0 overall): Sydney Hummert (41 kills), Meredith Siebers (25 kills).
Note: Sydney Hummert, Meredith Siebers and Maddie Peters were named to the all-tournament team.
At Little Village
Streamwood def. Hancock 22-20, 21-18
Streamwood def. Curie 21-14, 21-15
Streamwood def. Cristo Rey 21-6, 21-16
Streamwood def. Hancock 21-14, 21-16
Lincoln Park def. Streamwood 21-14, 21-16 (championship)
Streamwood (7-14 overall, 1-1 in the Upstate Eight): Mariely Sotelo (27 kills, 30 digs), Natalie Stoch (16 kills, 20 digs), Peyton Hedger (16 kills), Vivian Sumoski (11 kills), Elena Sumoski (9 kills), Leandra Gottschalk (50 assists), Hannah Jening (53 digs), Jessica Sampson (18 assists).
At Louisville (Kentucky) Invitational
Mother McAuley def. Alter (Kentucky) 25-11, 25-13
Mother McAuley (2-4 overall): Allena Pedroza-(6 kills), Emily Weber (10 assists, 5 digs, 4 aces), Navarette (10 digs), Abby Sarich (2 kills), Connie Lebel (5 aces, 3 kills).
Walton def. Mother McAuley 25-23, 25-19
Mother McAuley (2-5 overall): Alena Pedroza (6 kills, 1 block), Amia Owolabi (4 kills, 1 block), Ella O’Neill (3 kills), Lexi Warfield (7 digs), Emily Weber (8 assists), Devyn Petrowski (5 assists, 3 digs).
Mother McAuley def. Knoxville (Tennessee) Catholic 25-15, 25-19
Mother McAuley (3-5): Abby Sarich (7 kills), Connie Lebel (4 kills), Emily Weber (13 assists), Devyn Petrowski (7 assists), Navarette (9 digs).
Mother McAuley def. Clearwater (Florida) 26-24, 25-17
Mother McAuley (4-5 overall): Amia Owolabi (10 kills), Connie Lebel (2 aces, 8 kills), Abby Sarich (4 kills), Devyn Petrowski (10 assists), Emily Weber (12 assists), Lexi Warfield (9 digs), Navarette (9 digs).
Mother McAuley def. Notre Dame (Kentucky) 26-24, 25-19
Mother McAuley (5-5 overall): Connie Lebel (9 kills, 2 blocks), Abby Sarich (4 kills, 2 blocks), Alena Pedroza (4 kills, 2 blocks), Molly McDermott (4 kills, 2 blocks), Lexi Warfield (19 digs), Navarette (15 digs), Devyn Petrowski (11 assists), Emily Weber (11 assists, 10 digs).
At Niles West
Gold bracket
Latin def. Niles West 25-16, 26-24
Prospect def. Buffalo Grove 25-17, 25-7
Buffalo Grove def. Niles West 22-25, 25-12, 25-21 (third place)
Prospect def. Latin 25-17, 25-19 (championship)
Buffalo Grove (6-9 overall): Jenna Rickman (2 kills, 1 block, 5 digs), Ella McBride (1 kill, 2 ace, 11 digs), Megan Mitsunaga (14 kills, 1 block, 14 digs), Abby Ferriss (2 kills, 3 aces, 10 digs), Nicole Zdunczyk (1 dig), Taylor Norbeck (3 kills, 1 block, 3 digs), Shannon Coglianese (16 kills), Sofiya Savytska (3 aces, 3 digs).
Silver bracket
Glenbrook South def. Warren 25-12, 25-14
Stevenson def. Evanston (25-5, 25-20
Evanston def. Warren 25-21, 25-22 (seventh place)
Glenbrook South def. Stevenson 25-16, 25-16 (fifth place)
Glenbrook South def. Warren 25-12, 25-14
Glenbrook South: Kiley Kozak (8 digs), MJ Noteman (17 assists).
Glenbrook South def. Stevenson 25-16, 25-16
Glenbrook South: Kiley Kozak (10 digs), MJ Noteman (22 assists).
Bronze bracket
Glenbrook South def. Lake Forest 25-10, 25-19
Latin def. Lake Forest 14-25, 25-23, 15-9
Lake Forest def. Northside Prep 25-18, 25-12
Lake Forest def. Deerfield 25-22, 20-25, 25-22
Lake Forest def. Maine West 25-16, 25-18
Lake Forest (12-3 overall, 1-0 in the North Suburban): Caroline Graham (22 kills), Kelly McCaskey (23 digs).
Maine West def. Resurrection 22-25, 25-21, 15-13
Prospect def. Maine West 25-21, 25-18
Stevenson def. Maine West 25-21, 25-18
Maine West def. Lake Zurich 25-17, 25-22
Lake Forest def. Maine West 25-16, 25-18
At Round Lake
Wheeling def. Round Lake 25-22, 25-19
Wheeling def. Waukegan 25-16, 25-15
Wheeling def. Marengo 25-21, 25-13
Niles North def. Wheeling 25-22, 23-25, 15-12
Wheeling def. Elk Grove 25-14, 25-11
Wheeling (9-9 overall).
At Sandwich
Flanagan-Cornell def. Aurora Central Catholic 25-14, 26-24
Flanagan-Cornell def. Plano 25-20, 25-16
Flanagan-Cornell def. Braidwood Reed-Custer 25-20, 25-20
Flanagan-Cornell def. Serena 25-21, 25-23
Sandwich def. Flanagan-Cornell 25-23, 15-25, 15-11
Flanagan-Cornell (12-5-1 overall, 1-1 in the Heart of Illinois): Kayla VanWeelden (56 kills, 37 digs, 2 blocks), Regan Reed (31 kills, 3 aces, 45 digs), Kortney Harms (13 kills, 55 assists, 35 digs), Taylor Reed (39 assists, 5 aces), Grace Zimmerman (9 kills, 4 aces, 6 blocks).
Note: Flanagan-Cornell finished 4-1 and in second place.
At Shelbyville
Paris def. New Berlin 20-25, 25-22, 15-12
Paris (7-0 overall, 1-0 in the Little Illini): Emma Pinkston (13 kills, 8 digs), Lizzie Rouse (6 kills, 1 dig, 1 ace), Payton Block (27 assists, 9 digs), Sara Burger (1 ace, 2 kills, 6 digs), Sarah Wells (6 kills, 9 digs, 3 aces), Katrina Strow (9 digs, 1 assist), Kristin Borchers (1 kill, 1 block).
Paris def. Shelbyville 25-18, 25-20
Paris (8-0 overall, 1-0 in the Little Illini): Emma Pinkston (8 kills, 5 digs), Lizzie Rouse (8 kills, 5 blocks), Payton Block (1 kill, 17 assists), Sara Burger (5 aces, 1 kill, 5 digs), Sarah Wells (1 ace, 1 kill, 5 digs), Katrina Strow (3 digs), Kristin Borchers (1 kill, 1 block).
Paris def. Casey-Westfield 25-11, 25-12
Paris (9-0 overall, 1-0 in the Little Illini): Emma Pinkston (9 kills, 8 digs, 1 assist), Lizzie Rouse (4 kills, 1 dig, 1 block), Payton Block (20 assists, 3 digs), Sara Burger (5 kills, 5 digs), Sarah Wells (3 kills, 9 digs, 2 aces), Kristin Borchers (3 kills).
Paris def. Pana 25-23, 25-18
Paris (10-0 overall, 1-0 in the Little Illini): Emma Pinkston (10 kills, 11 digs, 1 ace), Lizzie Rouse (5 kills, 2 digs, 1 ace), Payton Block (20 assists, 6 digs), Sara Burger (2 kills, 7 digs), Sarah Wells (4 kills, 8 digs), Katrina Strow (8 digs), Kristin Borchers (2 kills, 1 dig).
Charleston def. Paris 25-16, 25-14
Paris (10-1 overall, 1-0 in the Little Illini): Emma Pinkston (5 kills, 8 digs), Lizzie Rouse (3 kills, 2 blocks), Payton Block (10 assists, 2 kills, 3 digs), Sara Burger (1 ace, 5 digs), Sarah Wells (3 kills, 2 digs, 1 ace), Katrina Strow (7 digs), Kristin Borchers (1 dig).
Paris coach Christy Pinkston: “The tournament went well, and the girls played very aggressively. The same group of seven played the entire day, so I could see by the time we got to the strong Charleston team, we were running on fumes. With that said, Charleston played very well, and we gave it all we had in the end.”
Note: Emma Pinkston and Lizzie Rouse were named to the all-tournament team.
At Westmont
Holy Trinity def. Christ the King 25-11, 25-16
Holy Trinity: Alyssa Hernandez (8 service points, 5 aces, 6 kills), Lizette Gallegos (12 service points, 5 aces), Jocelyn Salgado (9 service points, 2 aces), Jennifer Rios (6 assists).
Westmont def. Holy Trinity 25-4, 25-15
Holy Trinity: Jennifer Rios (3 service points).
St. Joseph def. Holy Trinity 25-20, 25-20
Holy Trinity (5-3 overall): Alyssa Hernandez (11 service points, 2 kills, 1 block), Nyia Williams (1 block), Kyra Hayes (2 kills), Jennifer Rios (6 assists).