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Saturday, 25 July 2009
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After losing to New Trier in the Class 4A state baseball championship last month, St. Rita gets a chance at redemption in this week's Phil Lawler Summer Classic.
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Monday, 04 May 2009 Former Macomb High baseball coach Max Kreps has announced that the Macomb Alumni Baseball Games will continue this summer with the fifth annual event taking place on Saturday, June 27. Last year the e... |
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 Saturday, 02 May 2009 If you're a connoisseur of fine dining, you likely pay greater attention to the art of table setting.
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 Sunday, 19 April 2009 Currently no polls available to vote
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 Tuesday, 31 March 2009 After 15 consecutive winning seasons, Byron finally looked like a baseball afterthought, going 5-13 outside the Big Northern Conference last year.
Yet the Tigers still found a way to contend, finishi... |
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Tuesday, 31 March 2009 Taylor Eikenberry was 10-1 last year with almost four times as many strikeouts (139) as hits allowed (36). His only loss was in the Class 3A state title game, and even then he struck out 10.
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 Monday, 30 March 2009 Ultra-deep pitching staff equips preseason No. 1 St. Rita to return Downstate after disappointing season in 2008
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 Monday, 23 March 2009 The view as the lead dog is an appealing one for the O'Fallon Panthers.
The Panthers, who return five position starters and two starting pitchers from last year's 25-11 club that advanced to the sect... |
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Monday, 23 March 2009 The Kahoks are rebuilding after finishing 21-12 overall and 8-6 in the Southwestern Conference last season. They return senior pitcher/shortstop Erik Shannahan and senior center fielder/pitcher Kevin ... |
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 Thursday, 26 March 2009 Kyle Thomas can still picture that popup hanging high over the infield.
And he can still see that look of disbelief etched on his doctor’s face.
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 Thursday, 26 March 2009 Rich Estes is the little infielder who provides the big spark.
Joe Martin is the former third-string catcher who now is entrenched behind home plate. And Jon Cisna is the power-hitting first baseman... |
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 Thursday, 26 March 2009 He has a young pitcher who caught the eye of major league scouts with a 93-mph fastball at an offseason showcase event.
He has a senior center fielder with the speed to run down balls hit into the ga... |
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 Thursday, 26 March 2009 A.J. Plese could not help but smile.
“Finally. Finally,” he said after Joliet Catholic opened its baseball season last Saturday with a 14-0 victory over Lemont at Gillespie Field.
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 Thursday, 26 March 2009 Hampshire, which advanced farther in the state playoffs than any other local team last year when it reached the Rockford Class 2A Super-Sectional. Seven starters and the three top pitchers return from... |
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 Thursday, 26 March 2009 On the infield at Lincoln-Way East High School, there is a Hohl between second and third base, all right.
He goes by the name of Brandon.
He gobbles up groundballs like the mischievous little boy w... |
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 Thursday, 26 March 2009 Some years, the Southland¹s top baseball team heading into a season is as obvious as a first-pitch fastball to a No. 8 hitter.
Other times, naming the No. 1 squad is a tricky process. This year... |
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 Thursday, 26 March 2009
As the only two starters remaining from Columbia's 2007 state baseball championship team, seniors Joel Greatting and Jarren Galli have one more spring to leave their mark on the program.
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Thursday, 26 March 2009 Coming within a whisker of the 2008 state tournament left the Carlyle Indians with an empty feeling in the pits of their stomachs.
This year, they're determined to satisfy those hunger pangs.
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 Monday, 14 July 2008 After a hitless showing at a weekend tournament and an 0-for-3 start to Monday's game, Sandburg's Tony Stramaglia figured he was due when he came to the plate in the sixth inning with runners on base.... |
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 Monday, 14 July 2008 Conant and Elk Grove accomplished difficult tasks Monday in the Prospect regional of the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association summer league tournament.
Conant (7-10), the 15th seed, beat... |
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 Tuesday, 15 July 2008 It's not too often a team commits six errors in a game - much less a regional game - and wins.
But for Lockport coach Steve Stanicek, his team's six errors were the only negative in an otherwise impr... |
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 Thursday, 17 July 2008 Kyle Pfister was an animal this week for Elk Grove.
At least that's how teammates and coaches regarded the Elk Grove right-handed pitcher after he finished an 8-5 victory Thursday over Mid-Suburban E... |
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 Thursday, 17 July 2008 Off the top of his head Bill Seiple couldn't remember how many times his Naperville Central baseball team had advanced to the Elite Eight summer state tournament.
One thing's for sure, though. There'... |
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 Thursday, 17 July 2008 Just west of St. Charles East's baseball field, the Saints football program held their annual Battle of the Big Butts Thursday afternoon.
So when a big roar went up about the same time Kevin Kirchner... |
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 Thursday, 17 July 2008 Down to their last three outs and trailing Minooka by four runs in Thursday's Lockport Regional title game, the Lincoln-Way East Griffins never counted themselves out.
Already having blown a 3-0 lead... |
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 Tuesday, 22 July 2008 The difference between spring and summer goes beyond the thermometer.
Waubonsie Valley's baseball team represents another blazing example.
The Warriors continued their stirring summer performance wi... |
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 Tuesday, 22 July 2008 Even though game time was pushed back 40 minutes Tuesday morning, Brother Rice was not about to let its bats cool off.
A scheduling mix-up resulted in Brother Rice's opponent, Prairie Ridge, showing ... |
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Tuesday, 22 July 2008 Elk Grove and Warren took completely different paths to the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association summer Elite Eight tournament.
Going into the postseason the Grenadiers were scuffling at... |
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 Wednesday, 23 July 2008 With each of Waubonsie Valley's 14 hits, you could sense the shift in focus.
The Warriors began to feel like contenders.
Wednesday's 14-2 five-inning victory over Naperville Central at Lisle's Ben... |
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Wednesday, 23 July 2008 Prairie Ridge senior Kevin Pfaller missed most of the high school summer baseball season for good reason: a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be a page in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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 Wednesday, 23 July 2008 Swinging the bats the way they have in the state playoffs, the big inning has become commonplace for the Lincoln-Way East Griffins.
On Wednesday, against Oak Park-River Forest, the trend continued as... |
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Monday, 22 June 2009 After seeing their spring season come to a frustratingly early end, Ryan March and his Brother Rice baseball teammates are intent on moving forward. On Tuesday, March sparked the Crusaders to an 8-7 w... |
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Tuesday, 16 June 2009 Still stinging from a close loss to New Trier in last weekend's Class 4A state championship game, St. Rita was back on the field on Wednesday to start preparing for the 2010 season.
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Saturday, 13 June 2009 Prep baseball: Three days before the start of his sophomore year in high school, budding actor Vinnie Hughes left behind the California sun and the Hollywood sound stages, moving with his family to th... |
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 Friday, 12 June 2009 St. Rita baseball coach Mike Zunica is not a proponent of scouting the opposition, which goes against the grain of many of his peers.
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Friday, 12 June 2009 What little they know about each other translates into mutual respect and the expectation that today’s 10 a.m. Class 3A State Baseball Tournament semifinal matchup between the LaSalle-Peru High Scho... |
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Friday, 12 June 2009 Watching from the grandstand through the years, Cary-Grove coach Don Sutherland has seen what it takes to win state titles.
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Friday, 12 June 2009 Class 3A state semifinal
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 Friday, 12 June 2009 Despite drawing from a relatively small area, the LaSalle-Peru baseball team has an impressive track record when it comes to turning out professional pitching prospects. In 2001,... |
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Thursday, 11 June 2009 Bill Scheibe: By the bottom of the third inning Monday, Joliet Catholic senior Dan Duffy had departed from his perch atop the steps of the Standard Bank Stadium dugout to begin warming up senior relie... |
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Thursday, 11 June 2009 An aspiring actor in southern California before moving to the Midwest, pitcher Vinnie Hughes now plays an important supporting role for Joliet Catholic's baseball team.
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Thursday, 11 June 2009 St. Rita coach Mike Zunica is less interested about countering what O'Fallon might do in Friday's Class 4A baseball semifinals than in making sure the Mustangs do what has made them successful all spr... |
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Thursday, 11 June 2009 Though Joliet Catholic is the most battle-tested of the Class 3A semifinalists, the Hilltoppers aren't taking anything for granted this weekend.
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Thursday, 11 June 2009 Though St. Rita comes into the Class 4A semifinals on a high after beating top-ranked Sandburg in the supersectional, each of the other three teams is a potential title contender.
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 Thursday, 11 June 2009 The list of state-finalists from the East Suburban Catholic Conference in prep baseball is long and distinguished.
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 Wednesday, 10 June 2009 A team from Joliet is in the state baseball finals. Right-hander Andrew Giaudrone is the No. 1 pitcher. His catcher is Kevin Hulbert, although Hulbert does some pitching as well. ... The local team ra... |
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Thursday, 11 June 2009 JOLIET -- When Joliet Catholic Academy advanced to the Class 3A State Baseball Tournament a year ago, the Hilltoppers came in with the No. 1 ranking and walked away disappointed.
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Tuesday, 09 June 2009 MARION — With virtually everyone coming back from Marion’s 2008 baseball team that fell to eventual Class 3A state champion Highland in the sectional semifinals, high expectations were established... |
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 Monday, 08 June 2009 The Metro-East Lutheran Knights’ charter bus limped back onto campus Sunday afternoon in Edwardsville from its long journey, stopping at the entrance of the parking lot so the Class 2A second place ... |
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 Monday, 08 June 2009 The baseball gods could not have penned a better script for high school baseball fans tonight. The SouthtownStar's No. 1 vs. No. 2. Arguably the region's most prolific public school powerhouse... |
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Sunday, 07 June 2009 Cary-Grove seeks its first state berth. Batavia qualified for the Class AA quarterfinals in 2004. The Trojans have won 30 games for the first time in school history.
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Sunday, 07 June 2009 Marissa made too many errors and Raymond Lincolnwood capitalized for a 3-1 victory in the Class 1A baseball title game on Saturday afternoon.
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Saturday, 06 June 2009 Andrew vs. Sandburg.
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Saturday, 06 June 2009 LINCOLN — The Chatham Glenwood Titans will square off against the host Lincoln Railers at 11 a.m. today for the championship of the Class AA Lincoln Sectional. The game will be broadcast on SportsRa... |
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Saturday, 06 June 2009 Most of the Larkin baseball players are sporting mohawks, a trend that grew more widespread with each postseason victory.
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Saturday, 06 June 2009 Batavia's Tim Drish was fielding questions about his home run in Thursday's sectional semifinal win over Wheaton Warrenville South, when all of a sudden the senior left fielder stopped.
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Friday, 05 June 2009 The Metro-East Lutheran Knights baseball program is preparing to embark on uncharted waters for their school — the final four.
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Friday, 05 June 2009 The London Mills Spoon River Valley High School Wildcats baseball team has seven seniors on the roster, and these guys have grown up together as players, going from 17 wins as freshmen to 25 wins as s... |
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Friday, 05 June 2009 Pleasant Plains had gathered a pie plate full of disappointment and maneuvered it within inches of the Olympia High School baseball team’s collective face.
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 Thursday, 04 June 2009 Class 4A St. Charles North sectional preview No. 3 Batavia (28-6) vs. No. 7 Wheaton Warrenville South (20-13)
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Monday, 01 June 2009 The Herrin Tigers and Marissa Meteors are playing good baseball at the right time and both squads compete in today's prep super-sectionals.
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Monday, 01 June 2009 There figures to be plenty of offense this afternoon at the Class 2A Springfield Supersectional baseball tournament at Lincoln Land Community College’s Claude Kracik Field.
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Wednesday, 27 May 2009 After spending Saturday evening during the Memorial Day holiday weekend enjoying their first regional baseball championship in three years, the Orion Chargers didn't waste any time in setting their si... |
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Tuesday, 26 May 2009 MATTOON – Seeded fourth out of four teams, Mattoon has won nine of its last 10 games heading into its own baseball regional.
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Monday, 25 May 2009 How challenging is the upcoming St. Charles North Class 4A sectional baseball tournament?
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Tuesday, 12 May 2009 Martinsville’s High School baseball team is to play Oblong at Busch Stadium following a 1 p.m. June 7 St. Louis Cardinals-Colorado Rockies game.Read Full Article
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