The boys volleyball rankings published in Monday's Chicago Sun-Times triggered a few posts on the volleyballmag.com message board.
One poster in particular -- nvhsoh989 -- took issue with St. Francis still being in the Top 10 after Neuqua beat the Spartans at the Glenbard East Sprinfest on Saturday. And it didn't help that Naperville North moved up to No. 8.
how can they rank st. francis at 10 and not rank Neuqua when Neuqua beat Francis in 2?? i don't care if francis was missing players, they still had they're top players, and we (Neuqua) were playing without our starting setter and outside the entire tournament. we've now beat Nap. North and Francis, yet both are rated above us. hinsdale central loses to Oswego, and doesn't move down?? Sun-times deserves zero credibility.
Further along the thread, nvhsoh989 calms down some, but still can't understand why the Wildcats aren't getting more love from the Sun-Times.
i wrote that immediately after i saw the rankings, which i agree are pretty much meaningless. its just baffling how little respect we've been getting, when a team like nap. central can jump from not rated to 5th for beating nobody while we beat legit teams and are ignored.
As for the identity of nvhoh989, my guess is senior Collin Adler, who along with Sean Harmon was suspended for a violation of team rules late last week.
My deduction is based on the screen name breaking down like this: "nvhs" is obvious, as is "oh". A glance at the outside hitters on Neuqua's roster shows Adler is No. 9 . The "89" part? Im guessing 1989 is the year he was born.
Maybe it's somebody else. Doesn't matter. The poster, whomever it is, has a point.
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