Girls Volleyball

Hinckley-Big Rock and Hiawatha got an early look at some potentials faces joining their rosters this fall Thursday with a volleyball-girls basketball doubleheader.

Mattie Chapman, who starred for Newark's girls volleyball state champions in 2018 and 2019, has been hired as the new girls volleyball coach at Parkview Christian.

Fresh off winning a state medal in the triple jump, St. Bede junior Anna Lopez is the BCR Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year

Newark four-sport athlete KJ Friestad finishes up amazing prep career. She was a main contributor and leader for the volleyball, basketball, softball and track and field teams all four years for the Norsemen.

Using a variety of hitters, the Lincoln-Way East boys' volleyball team assured it would win state hardware advancing to the semifinal round with a win over O'Fallon on Friday at the IHSA State Volleyball Tournament.

The Lincoln-Way East boys volleyball team is headed to the state tournament for the sixth time in eight seasons after defeating Marist on Tuesday.

The Lockport boys volleyball team lost a bit of its focus when outside hitter Matt Krzos was out for nearly two weeks with a wrist injury. But now he's back and the Porters are once again moving in a dominant direction toppling Lincoln-Way West for a regional crown.

Lockport and Lincoln-Way West will meet in the regional final following semifinal wins at the Lockport Regional on Tuesday.

Marengo is set to hire Adam Webb as boys basketball coach and Jason LeBlanc as volleyball coach, pending approval at the Community High School District 154 Board meeting on Monday.

Middle blockers Jaden Didrickson and Michael Greco were a force for the Knights in a 25-22, 25-23 win

The Lincoln-Way West boys' volleyball team has taken awhile to find its footing but it appears to be catching its stride now and that trend continued with a win over Providence on Wednesday.

There was some confusion on Monday on when and where Lincoln-Way Central and Providence would play boys volleyball, but the Knights were happy things were able to resolve themselves as they picked up their fourth consecutive win.

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay senior Tiffany Giese, a Huntley graduate, is batting a career-best .388 while leading the team in hits and runs this spring.

Lockport graduated a lot from a state qualifying squad last year, but is quickly showing that the next wave of Porter players is ready to make its own mark.

Jeff Wilkie had a successful debut as head boys volleyball coach at Plainfield East as it topped Lincoln-Way West on Wednesday.