Prep Baseball

Baseball/Top 20

Posted March 21, 2013 2:02 am

Baseball

Team (last year’s record) Comment

1. Naperville Central (27-13) Much returns from sectional title team

2. Neuqua Valley (30-8) If Wildcats can hit, watch out

3. Downers South (24-13) Burdi, Glowicki, Mayer lead pitching

4. Jacobs (19-16) Blunk (1.67 ERA), Ladinsky (1.67) return

5. Huntley (21-15) Experienced at the plate, not on mound

6. Geneva (26-8) RHPs Honiotes, Touro a 1-2 punch

7. St. Charles E. (25-11) Saints return plenty of offense

8. Carmel (20-11) Looking strong in ESCC

9. Cary-Grove (22-15) Marszal, Gilardo provide some pop

10. Elk Grove (19-17) Grens returning nine starters

11. Hinsdale Central (13-24) The pitchers committed to D-I programs

12. Wheaton North (25-12) Aiming for a DVC three-peat

13. Hoffman Estates (18-17) Ward, Bloom had monster seasons

14. Crystal Lake S. (28-10) Seeking an FVC Valley repeat

15. Batavia (19-17) Bats there, needs pitching depth

16. Willowbrook (23-16) Cericola’s a bulldog on the mound

17. York (22-14) Dukes defending WSC Silver title

18. St. Charles North (24-12) Genke believes kids can play

19. Rolling Meadows (18-16) Bradley-bound Dennis is a true ace

20. Glenbard East (21-16) Seven starters back from 20-win team

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