Tarrah Lasky grew up 10 minutes away from the Athletics-Recreation Center at Valparaiso University.
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MERRILLVILLE | Ana Nicksic was pulled out of class to meet a candidate for the Andrean volleyball coaching position.
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CHICAGO HEIGHTS | Marian Catholic coach Ryan Summers said his team could never have achieved its fourth-place finish in the Class 3A state tournament if any of his players had been injured during the postseason run.
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NORMAL | Every dream has its shelf life.
Nov 12, 2011 | 10:45 pm | Loading…
CHICAGO HEIGHTS | Cinderella will be wearing black and gold this weekend, carrying a metaphorical shield.
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PARK FOREST | No matter the weather, a trip to Normal couldn't sound better to the Marian Catholic volleyball team.
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Beecher boys cross country runner Grant Nykaza finished second overall at the Class 1A state meet Saturday morning at Peoria's Detweiller Park.
Nov 05, 2011 | 9:00 pm | Loading…
Marian Catholic (23-16) vs. Payton College Prep (27-10)
Nov 04, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
CHICAGO HEIGHTS | The turnaround for the Marian Catholic volleyball program is not finished yet.
Nov 03, 2011 | 9:45 pm | Loading…
CHICAGO HEIGHTS | Illiana Christian was the comeback kid during a pivotal night of volleyball Tuesday against Oak Forest in a Class 3A Marian Catholic Sectional semifinal game.
Nov 01, 2011 | 11:00 pm | Loading…
CHICAGO HEIGHTS | Marian Catholic sophomore Amber Clay loves to play volleyball at the varsity level.
Oct 31, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
BREMEN | Wheeler was prepared for high-powered Wapahani in Saturday's opening match of the Class 2A Bremen Semistate, but it was to no avail.
Oct 29, 2011 | 7:00 pm | Loading…
HUNTINGTON | Desperate concern was draped across the faces of the Munster Mustangs. Hope was fleeting. It was not dark yet but it was getting there.
Oct 29, 2011 | 6:00 pm | Loading…
PLYMOUTH | Despondent, deflated and dabbing tears, Ana Nicksic and Taylor Mullen anchored the post-match handshake line and were the last two out of the locker room area Saturday morning.
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CASTON | With momentum a major factor in the Caston Semistate semifinal, Wes-Del found its way to capitalize more than Washington Township.
Oct 29, 2011 | 5:00 pm | Loading…
MUNSTER | Munster opens a volleyball game the same way: with Jamie Rogalski's serve.
Oct 28, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
Two season ago, Kerry Uhrina failed to make the Valparaiso volleyball team.
Oct 28, 2011 | 9:45 pm | Loading…
OLYMPIA FIELDS | The glitter headbands and ribbons the volleyball players from Illiana Christian wore Thursday night for the playoffs is not a new tradition.
Oct 27, 2011 | 9:45 pm | Loading…
MERRILLVILLE | When Julie Wiejak first took the girls volleyball coaching gig at Andrean, she was told she'd have 10 seniors on her first team.
Oct 27, 2011 | 9:00 pm | Loading…
Saturday morning's meeting with Class 2A No. 2-ranked Wapahani seems to be quite the daunting task for Wheeler's girls volleyball team.
Oct 27, 2011 | 8:00 pm | Loading…
LANSING | Thornton Fractional South began its volleyball playoff match at home Tuesday night as if it were primed to pull an upset.
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MUNSTER | As the celebration on the volleyball court was at its peak, one Munster player stared up at the banners on the walls and pointed — "Right there, it will say: 2011."
Oct 25, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
WASHNGTON TOWNSHIP | The Senators finally got their plaque.
Oct 25, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
GRIFFITH | With the host team valiantly refusing to fall easily, Andrean capped its regional sweep of Griffith with a college score.
Oct 25, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
UNION TWP. | No matter the quality of the set, Wheeler junior outside hitter Shannon Doyle said she was ready to strike Tuesday night.
Oct 25, 2011 | 9:00 pm | Loading…
GRIFFITH | Lisette Roldan represents not only the future of Griffith volleyball, but also a reason why it's still playing in the present.
Oct 24, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
VALPARAISO | She may not have the college scholarship of Kate Workman or the height of Carrie and Sara Clark, but Brigid Scannell is every bit as important to the success of the Valparaiso volleyball team.
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CRETE | Illinois Lutheran senior Erica Dinnocenzo hopes to return to the school in a few years and see something that has never been seen at Illinois Lutheran before: a girls volleyball IHSA playoff banner.
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KOUTS | Kouts coach Karyl VanDyke said her team spent a week's practice time working on strategies to thwart Washington Township senior outside hitter Vickie Flanders.
Oct 23, 2011 | 7:00 pm | Loading…
LOWELL | As a fourth consecutive sectional championship came nearer and nearer, point by point, some players were numb, and some had shaky hands.
Oct 22, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
RENSSELAER | Andrean set five goals before the season started under first-year coach Julie Wiejak.
Oct 22, 2011 | 9:30 pm | Loading…
LAPORTE | The Valparaiso Vikings set two goals at the beginning of the season.
Oct 22, 2011 | 9:30 pm | Loading…
LAKE STATION | Simply put, the little school in the outskirts of Valpo has won almost everything recently and is on fire right now.
Oct 22, 2011 | 7:45 pm | Loading…
LANSING | For the Illiana Christian girls cross country team, Saturday's 2A Illiana Christian Regional at North Creek Meadow was a run through for what the girls wants to do next week at the Nazareth Academy Sectional.
Oct 22, 2011 | 7:00 pm | Loading…
HAMMOND | The IHSAA officials patrolling the out-of-bounds lines in Saturday's Class 3A Clark Sectional championship game are surely going to be sore after what seeing Kelsey Bonewits and Lisette Roldan.
Oct 22, 2011 | 5:45 pm | Loading…
LAKE STATION | Down its greatest deficit in the sectional opener to Bishop Noll, Wheeler's volleyball team responded with its strongest rally to win a decisive Game 4.
Oct 20, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
RENSSELAER | Kankakee Valley will play Knox for the third time this season Saturday in the semifinals of the Class 3A Rensselaer Sectional after they advanced with easy wins Thursday night.
Oct 20, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
LAPORTE | Michigan City's Sarah Puckett and LaPorte's Megan Walls ensured their teams will settle the season series in the sectional semifinals.
Oct 20, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
HAMMOND | Gavit coach Amy Woynaroski has been urging her team to simply finish what it starts for a while now.
Oct 20, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
HEBRON | Serving was key in the first round of the girls volleyball sectional tournament Thursday night. Winamac defeated Boone Grove in four games, 25-15, 22-25, 25-14, 25-22, after having 14 serving aces.
Oct 20, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
LOWELL | Morton coach Anna Boyle had no clichés to offer her team after its first postseason win since 2005.
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KOUTS | Gabbie Sievers practiced a new serving technique Thursday night, and the move paid off handsomely for LaCrosse.
Oct 20, 2011 | 9:20 pm | Loading…
LAPORTE | After falling to Crown Point in the second game, Valparaiso volleyball coach Katie Lenard felt her team needed to refocus its energies in Tuesday's first round of the Class 4A LaPorte Sectional.
Oct 18, 2011 | 11:45 pm | Loading…
LOWELL | It wasn't listed in the community sports briefs, but Lake Central held a clinic on aggressive serving Tuesday at Lowell High School.
Oct 18, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
BEECHER | Beecher played big when it needed to Tuesday night.
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HAMMOND | Clark coach Stephanie Vargas has a unique way of firing up her girls: she celebrates with them when one of them gets a kill.
Oct 18, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
WHEATFIELD | Gabby Martin was attending her sister's volleyball games at Kankakee Valley while still in the first grade.
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