From the Back Row http://blogs.suntimes.com/backrow/ en Copyright 2008 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:29:11 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.21 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Chicago-area talent shines at JVDA championships By Phil Brozynski

There is some question whether Hampshire will compete in Class 2A or 3A during the 2008-2009 school year (Hampshire is appealing IHSA executive director Marty Hickman’s ruling that the school is 3A following an anticipated influx of nearly 200 new students due to a boundary change).

]]> http://blogs.suntimes.com/backrow/2008/07/chicagoarea_talent_shines_at_j.html http://blogs.suntimes.com/backrow/2008/07/chicagoarea_talent_shines_at_j.html Girls Volleyball Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:29:11 -0600 Sports Performance's strength too much for visitors from Japan By Phil Brozynski

More than 1,500 fans jammed steamy Neuqua Valley High School Wednesday to watch the nation’s best junior club volleyball team battle one of Japan’s top high school school teams.

]]> http://blogs.suntimes.com/backrow/2008/06/sports_performances_strength_t_1.html http://blogs.suntimes.com/backrow/2008/06/sports_performances_strength_t_1.html Girls Volleyball Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:18:40 -0600 1st Alliance play bodes well for Downers South By Phil Brozynski

If club play is any indication, Downers Grove South will be awful tough to beat this fall.

]]> http://blogs.suntimes.com/backrow/2008/06/1st_alliance_play_bodes_well_f_1.html http://blogs.suntimes.com/backrow/2008/06/1st_alliance_play_bodes_well_f_1.html Girls Volleyball Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:02:50 -0600 Sports Performance to battle top Japanese team Defending national Junior Olympics champion Sports Performance 18 Elite will play Kyushu Bunka Gakuen High School of Nagasaki, Japan at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 25 at Neuqua Valley High School.

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When it comes to the off-season, boys basketball has nothing on girls volleyball.

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All weekend long, my fellow scribe from the other great metropolitan daily and I were musing how Wheaton Warrenville South was going to make us look like geniuses.

]]> http://blogs.suntimes.com/backrow/2008/06/the_tigers_will_shine_in_2009.html http://blogs.suntimes.com/backrow/2008/06/the_tigers_will_shine_in_2009.html Boys Volleyball Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:19:44 -0600 Just how great are the final eight? By Phil Brozynski

It’s time to analyze the eight quarterfinalists in the Illinois High School Association’s 17th Boys State Volleyball Tourmament.

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This is a story about Chicago Corliss and its decision to play Brother Rice in a boys volleyball regional quarterfinal Monday.

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Top-ranked Providence won the Deerfield round-robin tournament Saturday, but it wasn’t easy. The Celtics had not played in 10 days and the rustiness showed against a very strong field that included Deerfield and Rusty Lavaja and improving St. Charles North team.

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Prospect is just 2-6 in the Mid-Suburban League East, but that did not prevent the Knights from taking Neuqua Valley to three games Monday in Naperville.

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Lyons’ Andrew Gulik has been around long enough to know that people don’t remember what you do in April. But beating your probable sectional semifinal opponent sure beats the alternative.

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Not every great player can be found on a team that is having a hugely successful season in terms of wins and losses, and not every set of brothers have the opportunity to share the pinnacle of sports with each other.

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One of the most eagerly-awaited moments of the spring sports season took place Monday – the Illinois High School Association’s “rolling of the peas.”

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Most coaches agree that it’s not if you lose, but when.

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Wheaton Warrenville South served notice that it will not relinquish its state volleyball title without a fight last weekend.

Led by tournament MVP Eric Hardek, the Tigers defeated New Trier, Buffalo Grove and Glenbrook North to win their first Tiger Classic title since 2004. WW South won with only two seniors on its roster – Hardek and libero Brian Williams.

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