Tuesday, May 28 Results
At Belleville East
Minooka def. O’Fallon 27-25, 21-25, 25-17
At De La Salle
St. Rita def. Chicago Jones 25-11, 25-22
At Fremd
Glenbard West def. Palatine 25-17, 25-22
At Glenbrook North
New Trier def. Loyola 25-22, 25-19
Loyola (29-10 overall): Jack Howard (4 kills), Liam Roberts (2 kills, 2 blocks), Ryan Merk (9 digs), Gavin Elliott (2 kills), John Hitt (15 assists), Henry Clemons (8 kills), Jake Soucheray (2 blocks).
New Trier (29-8 overall): Adam Rico (1 assists), Aaron Schatz (8 digs), Zachary Salberg (25 assists, 4 digs), Connor Pochetti (5 digs), Colin Heath (9 kills), Peter Brown (13 kills, 1 block), Emmett Burnside (1 kill, 1 block).
At Guerin Prep
Oak Park-River Forest def. St. Patrick 25-12, 25-9
At Harlem
Barrington def. Deerfield 25-23, 25-14
Barrington (29-10 overall): Ricky Gibson (4 kills, 2 blocks), Ben Ridgway (10 kills), Gabe Hartke (8 kills, 6 digs), Ved Anand (7 kills, 4 blocks), Kyle Vasquez (27 assists, 8 digs), Chris Babicz (11 digs), Matt Sarnowski (9 digs).
At Hinsdale South
Hinsdale Central def. Neuqua Valley 23-25, 25-19, 25-17
Hinsdale Central (29-9): Anthony Marcucci (5 kills, 1 dig), Bryce Bernard (11 assists, 5 digs), Cal Snyder (1 ace, 9 kills, 3 blocks, 1 assist, 5 digs), Connor Monyek (6 kills, 1 block), Gavin Schwarz (2 aces, 3 assists, 11 digs), Luke Vozenilek (3 kills, 1 block), Michael Kocoras (1 ace, 4 digs), Richie Lozanoski (9 kills), Sam Snyder (1 ace, 16 assist, 5 digs), Zachary Urbanski (3 kills, 3 blocks).
At Marist
Marist def. Lincoln-Way East 25-14, 25-11
Friday’s IHSA quarterfinals (at Hoffman Estates)
New Trier vs. St. Rita, 10:30 a.m.
Hinsdale Central vs. Glenbard West, 11:30 a.m.
Barrington vs. Oak Park-River Forest, 1:00 p.m.
Marist vs. Minooka, 2:00 p.m.
The discrepancy in some of these scores at the Sweet 16 level should be further proof that there needs to be a better more fair way to set up the playoffs. A few schools sailed through this round I would much rather seeing closer scores or matches being won in the 3rd set. Might be time to put boys volleyball in 2 different classes based on school sizes may give the smaller schools a chance to get far in the tournament
I have not done a study of enrollments among the participants, but I think what you would find is if the field is divided into two classes, most of the Chicago Public Schools that play boys volleyball would fall into the smaller class and that schools Like St. Francis, Joliet Catholic, perhaps a Providence and even a Lake Forest would dominate that half of the tournament. That is not the answer. What is needed is more balanced sectionals so that some schools don’t get a free pass into the quarterfinals. Even then, there were some lopsided scores Tuesday where you would not expect them.