Kahok boys volleyball heads for postseason

by Mark Jurgena

COLLINSVILLE — Last week the Collinsville boys volleyball team concluded their season with one win in four matches. 

The win was over Southwestern Conference rival Alton in Fletcher Gym on Senior Night.

“(It) was a back-and-forth night from the start,” said Collinsville coach Mike Nichols. “Our defense was led by Robbie Freeman. Kade Simmons and Stan Carnahan led the team with seven kills a piece. Followed by JuPaul Hudson and Austin Zagorski with six a piece. It was awesome to get a home conference win on senior night and glad to find some success heading into the postseason.”

It was the second time in three meetings this season that Collinsville had beaten Alton. Both of the wins were in Southwestern Conference matches. 

The Kahoks finished the regular season at 10-23 overall and 2-8 in SWC play.

MCS loss

Collinsville was defeated at Maryville Christian on May 13 by a count of 25-13, 25-17.

The Kahoks won the season series with CHS winning a three set match in late March at the Belleville East tournament and winning in Collinsville in April.

McGivney loss

CHS dropped at 25-16, 25-17 decision at Father McGivney on May 15. 

It was the third time the Griffins beat Collinsville this season. The Glen Carbon school sits at 20-12 on the season.

Althoff loss

Collinsville finished their week with a three-set loss on the road to Gateway Metro Conference champion Belleville Althoff.

The Crusaders won 22-25, 26-24, 25-12 to improve to 21-11 overall. 

Upcoming Schedule

Eighth-seeded Collinsville began its postseason on Monday at the Belleville West Regional in a return match with fifth-seeded Althoff. 

If Collinsville won they were to play last night against second-seeded Belleville West however results from the first two nights of play were unavailable at press time.

The regional championship is scheduled for tonight at 6 p.m.

Collinsville will host the sectional later this week.

On Saturday, the winners of the Belleville West and Granite City Regionals will square off at 6 p.m. at Fletcher Gym. However, that will be the only game in town that night as the other semifinal between the winners of the Chicago Heights (Marian Catholic) and Homewood-Flossmoor will meet in Chicagoland.

The sectional championship will be on Tuesday at Fletcher Gym at 6 p.m.

The state championship will run from May 31- June 1 at Hoffman Estates.