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AREA BASEBALL RANKINGS 1 PLAINFIELD SOUTH 9-1 Cougs' stay No.1; SPC a bit stronger than WSC 2 DOWNERS GROVE S 13-1 Great hitting, great pitching define Mustangs 3 LOCKPORT 9-6 Porters travel to H-F to face angry Vikes Monday 4 MINOOKA 9-6 SPC West leaders ready to roll 5 PLAINFIELD NORTH 8-4 Tigers look to unload on SPC West's last place WA 6 DOWNERS GROVE N 8-6 Trojans ready to make a big run in WSC Silver 7 JOLIET WEST 8-7 Tigers get ready for "Battle of Joliet" with JT 8... Full story
AREA BASEBALL RANKINGS 1 LOCKPORT 6-2 Porters "three-peat" at WJOL/Ladas Tourney 2 PLAINFIELD N 3-0 Alex Brodie (.500) leads Tigers 3 PLAINFIELD S 2-0 Tylor "Puma" Phommachanhom leads Cougs' 4 DG SOUTH 5-1 Huge WSC Gold series with Hinsdale South next 5 PLAINFIELD C 4-2 Carter Prochaska threw a gem in WJOL 6 NILES WEST 7-1 Glenbrook North (6-1) first test for Wolves Tuesday 7 BOLINGBROOK 3-2 The 'Brook is for REAL 8 PLAINFIELD EAST 2-3 Bengals walk-off on Andrew for first win... Full story
EAST SUBURBAN CATHOLIC JOLIET CATHOLIC 8 NOTRE DAME 0 GAME ONE After freshman Jake Gimbel threw a three-hit shut-out at Coal City on Thursday, Hilltopper senior Drew Buss (2-2) would not be outdone by his underclassman teammate. Buss fired a three-hit shutout of his own at the hard-hitting Dons (4-13, 2-5) with 10 strikeouts and did not walk a batter. The Hilltoppers (7-8, 2-1) exploded for their eight runs in the third inning to put this one away. Junior Lorenzo Rios (2-for-3,RBI) continued his hot-hitting with an RBI... Full story
On a cool, crisp May Friday afternoon, it was Opening Day in the Southwest Suburban Blue at historic, 100-year-old Ed Flink Field. Opposing the Lockport Porters were the Vikings of Homewood-Flossmoor. On the mound for the Vikings, was their ace, right-hander pitcher, senior Chad Readey. Readey entered the game with a 3-0 record and a miniscule 0.93 ERA. After Lockport starting and winning pitcher Lucas Pajeau retired the Vikings (13-4, 0-1) in the top of the first, the return of the Porters murders row entered Ed Flink Field... Full story
NONCONFERENCE PROVIDENCE 3 MINOOKA 0 After the huge SPC West win over Plainfied North on Thursday, the Southwest Prairie West-leading Indians (8-6) can be excused for a little let-down on Friday, although coach Jeff Petrovic will not agree. The Indians were only able to muster five hits off Providence (10-6) junior Tyler Young. Junior Mitch Thomas had a single and a triple, while sophomore Caleb Parker, junior Casey Swanson and senior Joey Gould all had singles for the Indians. Indians starting RHP Josh Davis (0-1) allowed ju... Full story
SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE EAST PLAINFIELD CENTRAL 10 PLAINFIELD SOUTH 0 (SIX INNINGS) On Thursday in downtown Plainfield, Plainfield Central (7-6, 2-4) head coach John Rosner turned to junior RHP Carter Prochaska to pick up a must-win in the Wildcats SPC East series finale. Awaiting to face the Wildcats ace were the No.1-ranked Cougars of Plainfield South. The Wildcats offense gave their junior ace all the support he would need with a six-run first inning. Senior Josh Cunniff got the 'Cats on the board with an RBI single. Senior... Full story
What a series. Perennial Southwest Prairie Conference powers, the Minooka Indians (8-5, 5-1) and the Plainfield North Tigers (8-3,3-3) put on a show in their crucial SPC West three-game series this week. On Monday, the SPC West-leading Indians prevailed 2-1 in Minooka. On Tuesday in Plainfield, the Tigers won a thrilling 4-3 victory to even up the series. On Thursday, back in Minooka, in the Indians' 4-2 victory, all four Minooka runs were driven home after two outs. Two out Minooka Magic. Indian senior catcher Hunter Ryan... Full story
CENTRAL SUBURBAN SOUTH MAINE SOUTH 10 NILES WEST 7 The Hawks (8-8, 3-3) scored five times in the top of the seventh to erase a 7-5 Niles West lead and sweep away the Wolves (10-5, 2-4) in Skokie. With one out, senior Alex Heinz' RBI single pulled the Hawks within 7-6. Senior Cooper Kotowski gave the Hawks an 8-7 lead when he ripped a two-run double, driving in his third and fourth runs of the game. Senior Timmy O'Brien gave the Hawks some insurance when he drove home two more Hawk runs for a 10-7 lead. In the bottom of the se... Full story
In another edition of one of Illinois' best high school sports rivalries, the Providence Celtics defeated the Joliet Catholic Academy Hilltoppers 6-4 at Gillespie Field on Wednesday afternoon. With the Hilltoppers leading 3-2, the Celtics (9-6) scored a run in the top of the fifth to tie the contest at 3-3. In the top of the sixth, the Celtics scored three times and roll to the 6-4 victory. Behind their starting left-handed sophomore pitcher T.J. Schlageter (4 IP, 2R.4H.2ER,1K, 1BB), the Hilltoppers (5-8) led 3-2 after four... Full story
Whenever Plainfield South and Plainfield Central meet on a baseball diamond, the game usually goes down to the last pitch. Tuesday's, Southwest Prairie East battle between the host Cougars and the visiting Wildcats was no different. With the area No.1-ranked Cougars clinging to a 6-5 lead with two outs in the top of the seventh, Wildcats senior Jack Irwin stood on third base. On the the mound for the Cougars was senior right-hander Tylor "Puma" Phommachanhom. Phommachanhom had relieved starting pitcher, senior Max Peters (4... Full story
SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE WEST PLAINFIELD NORTH 4 MINOOKA 3 This one was deadlocked at 3-3 as the game moved to the bottom of the sixth. Tigers senior Matt Barribal walked with one out. Senior Dom Curcio got an infield single before Tigers junior Brandon Bak singled home fellow junior courtesy runner Joe Vietti with the eventual game-winning run putting the Tigers up 4-3. The valiant SPC West-leading Indians (7-5, 4-1) rallied after two out. Junior Ryan Norman induced a walk from Tiger junior reliever Ryan "Snaps" Silva. Junior... Full story
Great pitching. Solid defense. Clutch hitting. For 17 years, Minooka High School varsity baseball coach Jeff Petrovic has been teaching these fundamental elements of baseball to his Indians. On Monday, in a crucial Southwest Prairie Conference West Division showdown, Petrovic's SPC West-leading Indians (7-4, 4-0) defeated the No. 2 ranked Tigers of Plainfield North, 2-1. Great pitching. Indians senior right-handed pitcher Kyle Walter (2-1) allowed one run, scattered seven hits and struck out eight Tigers in his game-winning... Full story
AREA BASEBALL WEEK 3 RANKINGS 1 PLAINFIELD S. 6-0 Cougs “Puma” Phommachanhom .636 11 RBI 2 PLAINFIELD N 7-1 Take SPC West series from Oswego; Minooka next 3 LOCKPORT 6-3 Could the Porters long lay-off cooled-off bats? 4 DG SOUTH 8-1 Mustangs in drivers seat for another WSC Gold title 5 MINOOKA 6-4 Indians lead SPC West, No. 2 next in Minooka Monday 6 JOLIET WEST 6-5 Camden Karczewski hitting .636 for SPC East co-leaders 7 DG NORTH 5-4 Senior Elijah Carter .438; three triples leads Trojans. 8 PLAINFIELD E 4-5 Senior Mike Bai... Full story
WEST SUBURBAN SILVER DOWNERS GROVE NORTH 8 GLENBARD WEST 1 The Trojans (5-4, 2-4) went above the .500 mark for the first time this season, behind a four-hitter from junior RHP Mike Gorman. The Glenbard West run was unearned. Gorman (1-1) struck out seven Hilltoppers (5-7, 2-6) with two walks. Trojan seniors Dave Marshall, Lucas Nielsen, and Matt Schellbach all had two hits and drove home a Trojans run. Marshall and Schellbach each had doubles and sophomore Sean Ryniec hammered his second home run of the season. EAST SUBURBAN... Full story
METRO SUBURBAN CROSSOVER RIDGEWOOD 17 WESTMONT 12 The Sentinels (2-12, 0-6) were led by Jason Czaplewski, who had a perfect day at the plate with two singles, two bases on balls and three RBI. NONCONFERENCE SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN CROSSOVERS STAGG 1 LOCKPORT 0 (8 INNINGS) The murders row bats of Lockport (6-3) were silenced by the 3-7 Chargers' George Evangelopoulos in Palos Hills. Matt Merk and Michael Hughes had the two Porter hits. Junior RHP CJ Byrdak (1-2) was the tough-luck loser on the mound for the Porters. Byrdak allowed... Full story
SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE WEST MINOOKA 10 OSWEGO EAST 9 The Red-hot Indians (6-3, 3-0) had only five hits in their SPC West series finale with Oswego East. The Indians put the five hits to good use, scoring 10 runs and sweeping away the Wolves (1-4, 0-3) to move into sole possession of first-place in the SPC West. Indian senior Nick Gehrke had a single and drove home a pair of Indian runs. Junior Ivan Dahlberg doubled and had an RBI, while junior Caleb Parker and senior Joey Gould both singled and drove home Indian runs. For the... Full story
CENTRAL SUBURBAN NORTH MAINE EAST 2 MAINE WEST 1 The Blue Demons (3-5, 2-1) swept away their rivals from Des Plaines behind senior RHP Mason Ishii. Trailing 1-0 in the top of the third inning, Blue Demon freshman Jalen Moraga walked and was driven home by a booming triple to right off the bat of Ishii to tie the game at 1-1. Senior Chris Illiopoulos followed with a clutch two-out RBI single to left scoring Ishii for a 2-1 Blue Demon lead. Ishii (1-2) allowed one run on three hits and three strikeouts in his outstanding 5 1/3... Full story
In the Southwest Prairie Conference West Division, the two schools predicted by many, to take home the 2021 conference championship are Plainfield North Tigers or the Panthers of Oswego. On Monday, in the first game of their crucial SPC West three-game series in Plainfield, the Tigers won 9-6. In game two of the series, at Oswego's historic Jackie's Field of Dreams Stadium on Tuesday, the Tigers prevailed again by a 9-6 score. This game came down to one complete inning of the contest. The Oswego (5-2,0-2), bottom of the third... Full story
NONCONFERENCE MAINE SOUTH 5 LINCOLN-WAY EAST 4 What might have been the greatest upset in IHSA Baseball history occurred on May 21, 2019 in the Class 4A Lincoln-Way East Regional semifinal. On that day, the No.16 seed Romeoville Spartans defeated the No.1 seed and hosts Lincoln-Way East Griffins, 2-1. On Monday in Park Ridge, the now previously-undefeated Lincoln-Way East Griffins (7-1) fell again to another Enterprise/Bugle Newspaper school — this time, to the Hawks of Maine South, 5-4. Trailing 3-1 in the bottom of the f... Full story
For many years the Plainfield North Tigers and the Oswego Panthers had many memorable battles on the diamond, battling for the old 10-team Southwest Prairie Conference title. With the addition of West Aurora and Yorkville at the beginning of the 2019-20 school year, the SPC split into two divisions - the East and the West. The old SPC rivals the Tigers and the Panthers stayed together as members of the Western Division, however the 2020 IHSA baseball season was wiped out because of the pandemic. On Monday, the two rivals met... Full story
1. JOLIET CATHOLIC 6-0 Jordan Anderson, 11 starters return; begin "Road to DeKalb" 2. MAINE SOUTH 5-1 QB Rowan Keefe returns to lead 2021 Hawks 3. LOCKPORT 4-2 LoPresti, Little, Cole and Cody Silzer, return for loaded Porters in four months 4 NOTRE DAME 2-4 Forget their record....Dons were one of the best in 2020-21 5.BENET ACADEMY 2-1 Virus-victims blanked Nazareth on Saturday for winning season 6. PLAINFIELD N. 4-2 Tigers SPC Co-Champs; RB Jared Gumila returns in four months 7. MINOOKA 4-2 Indians forced to go to Oswego... Full story
In a game that was worthy of being played on the turf at Memorial Stadium at the University of Illinois for the IHSA Class 8A State Championship, Naperville Central defeated Maine South 31-30. Naperville Central (6-0) entered the game ranked fourth in Class 8A by the Associated Press' Illinois high school football writers. Maine South (5-1) was ranked No. 6. Maine South has won five IHSA state football championships in its history, while Naperville Central has won two On a beautiful spring Friday night in Naperville, the... Full story
WEST SUBURBAN GOLD DOWNERS GROVE 5 LEYDEN 2 The Mustangs (5-1, 5-1) swept away the Eagles behind junior LHP Lucas Costello and senior Cole Warehime. Costello allowed just one hit in his five innings and struck out seven Eagle batters. Warehime was 2-for-3 and drove home the only run Costello would need. CENTRAL SUBURBAN CROSSOVERS NILES WEST 12 VERNON HILLS 9 In this wild CSL crossover in Vernon Hills, the Wolves (6-1, 1-0 South) had leads of 4-1 and 7-5 before the host Cougars (0-4, 0-1 North) exploded for five runs in the... Full story
NONCONFERENCE PLAINFIELD EAST 9 WAUBONSIE VALLEY 5 Waubonsie Valley led 3-2 as this one went to the bottom of the fifth, before the Bengals (2-3) exploded for three runs. Bengal senior Ryan Skiba (2-for-3, 2B, 2RBI) tie thed game with a one-out RBI single, 3-3. Junior Jake Denton (2-for-4, 2RBI) put the Bengals up for good with a two-run single for a 5-3 Bengal lead. In the bottom of the sixth, junior Christian Mitchelle turned the lights out on the Warriors, when he smashed a grand slam for a 9-3 Bengal lead. Sophomore RHP B... Full story
GAME OF THE WEEK FRIDAY APRIL 9 SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN BLUE L-W EAST (3-0, 2-0) AT LOCKPORT (2-1, 2-1) 6:30 WEEK 3 LINCOLN-WAY EAST 41 LINCOLN-WAY CENTRAL 0 LOCKPORT 42 BOLINGBROOK 14 LINCOLN-WAY EAST The defending Class 8A State Champions have a 17-game winning streak as they invade Porter Town. Senior QB Sean Walsh has completed 24 of his 39 passes for 341 yards and six TD passes. Senior WR Max Tomczak has 10 receptions for 153 yards and two TD receptions. Senior Jamal Johnson leads the Griffins in rushing with 391 yards on 56... Full story