Recent Seneca graduate and Times All-Area Girls Volleyball first-teamer Lainie Olson has committed to continue her education and volleyball career at Mount Mercy University.

Recent Marquette Academy graduate Kealey Rick has committed to continue her academic career at Illinois Valley Community College and her volleyball career at NJCAA level with the Eagles.

Henry-Senachwine senior Kaitlyn Anderson was NewsTribune All-Area First Team in volleyball, basketball and softball and led the Mallards volleyball and softball teams to unprecedented success.

Lifelong best friends Kaitlyn Anderson and Lauren Harbison led the Henry-Senachwine volleyball and softball teams to unprecedented success and hope to do the same at IVCC as they continue their volleyball and softball careers.

Former Henry-Senachwine player and assistant coach Hope Vinson has been hired to be the Mallards' next head coach, taking over for Rita Self.

St. Bede has hired Nicole Trenka as its next volleyball coach. Trenka played Division I volleyball at St. Mary's College of California, has coached club volleyball and served as an assistant at La Salle-Peru.

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Here are Mike Vaughn's photos of Monday's Princeton Logan Class 3A 8th-grade sectional volleyball championship match vs. Morris Saratoga at Logan's Pannebaker Gym. Morris won in three sets.

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Here are Mike Vaughn's photos of today's State Tournament send-off for the Princeton Logan seventh-grade volleyball team. They are playing in the IESA Class 3A State quarterfinals at 8:15 p.m. Thursday at Warrensburg-Latham High School. Their match was scheduled for 8:15. p.m. Friday night and is being streamed on the Warrensburg-Latham YouTube channel.

Rita Self has resigned as Henry-Senachwine volleyball coach after leading the Mallards for 17 years over two stints.