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  Girls Volleyball Class AA State Final Results 1997-98 

 Palatine (H.S.) d. Rockton (Hononegah), 15-6, 15-4

 Play-By-Play

Referee: Mark McKinnon, Homewood
Umpire: Mitch Boyce, Marine
Game 1
Palatine-Hononegah -- Palatine-Hononegah
-- Liz Gilbert - Larissa Tonne kills for a sideout
Megan Gates - Gina Ferrara can't dig it out for a sideout
-- Cheryl Theis - Vesna Grbavac dinks into the middle for a sideout
Kate Gates - net serve for sideout
-- Abby Jenkins - net serve for sideout
Nada Grbavac - Jackie Fugiel and Lisa Englund block for a sideout
-- Julie Rigby - sideout
Vesna Grbavac - Katie Evans mishandles the return for pt -- 1-0
Vesna Grbavac - regular pt -- 2-0
Vesna Grbavac - Heather Read kills into the middle for a sideout
-- Katie Evans - Katie Evans can't keep in bounds for a sideout
Gina Ferrara - Karen Hagberg gets into net for a sideout
-- Christy Raasch - serves out of bounds
Laura Presto - ace serve for pt -- 3-0
Laura Presto - Heather Read hits into net for pt -- 4-0
-- (TIME OUT FOR ROCKTON HONONEGAH)
Laura Presto - Heather Read hits long for pt -- 5-0
Laura Presto - Cheryl Theis illegal hit for pt -- 6-0
Laura Presto - Abby Jenkins kill in the middle for a sideout
-- Liz Gilbert - Kate Gates kills down the middle for sideout
Megan Gates - Abby Jenkins kills it down the middle for sideout
-- Cheryl Theis - Christy Raasch out of bounds for sideout
Kate Gates - illegal hit on Katie Evans for pt -- 7-0
Kate Gates - net serve for sideout
-- Abby Jenkins - serve is long for sideout
Nada Grbavac - Jackie Fugiel is touched by Megan Gates for a sideout
-- Jackie Fugiel - double hit on Gina Ferrara for a pt -- 7-1
-- Jackie Fugiel - Lisa Englund blocks Vesna Grbavac for pt -- 7-2
-- Jackie Fugiel - ace serve off of Megan Gates for pt -- 7-3
-- Jackie Fugiel - net violation on Hononegah for sideout
Vesna Grbavac - Megan Gates gets through the Lisa Englund block for pt -- 8-3
Vesna Grbavac - Jackie Fugiel out of bounds for pt -- 9-3
Vesna Grbavac - Megan Gates drops shot into middle for pt -- 10-3
Vesna Grbavac - Katie Evans kills for sideout
Palatine-Hononegah -- Palatine-Hononegah
Katie Evans - Vesna Grbavac hits long for a pt -- 10-4
-- Katie Evans - ace serve -- 10-5
-- Katie Evans - serve is out
Gina Ferrara - Cheryl Theis is out of bounds trying to return for pt -- 11-5
Gina Ferrara - Cheryl Theis kill is good for sideout
-- Christy Raasch - Megan Gates along the back line for sideout
Laura Presto - Cheryl Theis blocks for sideout
-- Liz Gilbert - Larissa Tonne hits into net for pt -- 11-6
-- Liz Gilbert - sideout
Megan Gates - Vesna Grbavac dumps for pt -- 12-6
-- (TIME OUT FOR ROCKTON HONONEGAH)
Megan Gates - Vesna Grbavac drops one into the middle for pt -- 13-6
Megan Gates - ace serve from Katie Evans -- 14-6
Megan Gates - Jackie Fugiel kills in the corner for a sideout
-- Cheryl Theis - serve is out of bounds for sideout
Kate Gates - ace serve off of Abby Jenkins for pt -- 15-6
Game 2
Palatine-Hononegah -- Palatine-Hononegah
Megan Gates - Cheryl Theis dinks into middle for sideout
-- Liz Gilbert - Larissa Tonne hits out for pt. -- 0-1
-- Liz Gilbert - net serve for sideout
Kate Gates - Cheryl Theis hits out of bounds for pt -- 1-1
Kate Gates - Jackie Fugiel cross court kill, goes out for another pt -- 2-1
Kate Gates - illegal hit on Hononegah for pt -- 3-1
Kate Gates - Vesna Grbavac blocks out of bounds for sideout
-- Cheryl Theis - Vesna Grbavac kills for sideout
Nada Grbavac - Jackie Fugiel blocks for sideout
-- Abby Jenkins - serves long for out of bounds
Vesna Grbavac - side out for pt -- 4-1
Vesna Grbavac - Megan Gates hits into net for sideout
-- Julie Rigby - Lisa Englund blocks for pt -- 4-2
-- Julie Rigby - Karen Hagberg kills down middle for sideout
Gina Ferrara - net serve for sideout
-- Katie Evans - Heather Read cross court kill for pt -- 4-3
-- Katie Evans - net serve for sideout
Laura Presto - Katie Evans blocks into net for pt -- 5-3
Laura Presto - ace serve in front of Cheryl Theis for pt -- 6-3
Laura Presto - Heather Read tips into middle for sideout
-- Amy Fechhelm - Abby Jenkins mishandles the set for sideout
Megan Gates - ace serve in front of Cheryl Theis for pt -- 7-3
-- (TIME OUT FOR HONONEGAH)
Megan Gates - ace serve off of Amy Fechhelm for pt -- 8-3
Megan Gates - Cheryl Theis blocks for sideout
-- Liz Gilbert - Vesna Grbavac hits long for pt -- 8-4
-- Liz Gilbert - Vesna Grbavac drops one into the middle for sideout
Kate Gates - Vesna Grbavac cross court blast was touched by Cheryl Theis for pt -- 9-4
Kate Gates - Jackie Fugiel hits into net for pt -- 10-4
Kate Gates - ace serve off of Amy Fechhelm for pt -- 11-4
Kate Gates - Vesna Grbavac blocks for pt -- 12-4
Kate Gates - Abby Jenkins down sideline for sideout
-- Cheryl Theis - Vesna Grbavac blasts one for sideout
Nada Grbavac - Gina Ferrara blocks for pt -- 13-4
Nada Grbavac - Vesna Grbavac kills long for sideout
-- Abby Jenkins - Karen Hagberg drops one down the sideline for a sideout
Palatine-Hononegah -- Palatine-Hononegah
Vesna Grbavac - r 21 hits long for pt -- 14-4
-- (TIME OUT FOR HONONEGAH)
Vesna Grbavac - net violation on Karen Hagberg for a sideout
-- Abby Jenkins - Gina Ferrara blocks for sideout
Laura Presto - block of an overpass for pt -- 15-4
Palatine (H.S.) (37-4) defeats Rockton (Hononegah) (31-6), 15-6, 15-4

 Box Score
Palatine (H.S.) Serv. Total No. Player Assists KillsBlocks Pts. Aces Pts. 1 Nada Grbavac 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 Jennifer Glenn 3 Maggie Weber 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 Vesna Grbavac 0 6 3 6 0 6 5 Laura Presto 1 1 0 4 2 6 6 Larissa Tonne 1 3 0 0 0 0 7 Megan Gates 0 4 0 3 3 6 8 Jenny Quirch 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Karen Hagberg 0 3 1 0 0 0 10 Brette Bower 12 Kate Gates 9 1 0 6 2 8 13 Ellen Fulton 14 Laura Bartley 15 Gina Ferrara 2 0 2 2 0 2 Game 1 Totals 10 10 2 12 3 15 Game 2 Totals 8 8 4 11 4 15 Game 3 Totals Match Totals 18 18 6 23 7 30 Rockton (Hononegah) Serv. Total No. Player Assists KillsBlocks Pts. Aces Pts. 3 Liz Gilbert 8 0 0 3 0 3 4 Amy Fechhelm 5 Cheryl Theis 0 3 1 0 0 0 10 Jackie Fugiel 0 2 5 2 2 4 11 Jocelyn Scordato 13 Lisa Englund 0 1 2 0 0 0 14 Kristin Weber 15 Abby Jenkins 1 4 0 0 0 0 20 Christy Raasch 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Katie Evans 0 1 0 2 0 2 22 Julie Rigby 4 0 0 1 0 1 24 Kelly Carter 30 Veronica Myers 31 Becky Bradac 32 Heather Read 0 3 1 0 0 0 Game 1 Totals 7 8 7 4 2 6 Game 2 Totals 6 6 2 4 0 4 Game 3 Totals Match Totals 13 14 9 8 2 10
 Notes & Quotes
Today's Attendance:
1st Session: 4619 paid, 5417 total
2nd Session: 3532 paid, 4330 total


Winning Coach, George Sherman, Palatine (H.S.) -- "It's the first time I've been down here, and the first time the team's made it. I feel that on the business end, it outscored everything else. It was a clean game with few errors and all-a round performance by everyone. Eight of the players played together for the past six years, so this has made the team very consistent."

Vesna Grbavac: "We practiced long and hard for this. Our goal was to go downstate. We definitely earned it and deserve it. We came out and played together. We had nothing to lose and I feel that we have what it takes to compete with larg er teams like Downers Grove."



Losing Coach, Sherry Diamond, Rockton (Hononegah): "It was unfortunate that they weren't able to play their brand of volleyball, that they let Palatine dictate the game. It might have something to do with "first-time-at-state" jitters, but I don't want to use that as an excuse."

Abby Jenkins: "We didn't think we would be nervous at first, but then coming out here and seeing the stands packed and a huge stadium, and getting into an early hole, we started to play tenatively."

Cheryl Theis: "We never gave up until the last point was scored. Even with the score 15-6 (in the first



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