Baseball: Top 20 rankings
Baseball
Team Comment
1. Mundelein (24-2) Salvaged a split with Libertyville
2. Libertyville (20-5) TCU-bound C Skoug continues to rake
3. Batavia (20-3) Three-game lead in UEC River
4. Downers South (18-4) Running away from pack in WSC Gold race
5. Barrington (23-6) Big showdown with Schaumburg this week
6. Waubonsie Valley (19-5) Statement DH sweep of Neuqua Valley
7. Cary-Grove (16-9) Huntley ended eight-game win streak
8. Elk Grove (17-8) O'Malley pitching, hitting leads Grens
9. St. Charles East (19-8) Swept three from St. Charles North
10. Benet (15-8) Peterson's dominating on the mound
11. Carmel (18-8) Sefcik pitched 3-hit shutout vs. Nazareth
12. South Elgin (13-7) Bats catching up to pitching
13. St. Viator (19-8) Rebuilding year turning into winning year
14. St. Charles North (17-8) Slumping at the wrong time
15. Naperville Central (17-9) Two-game DVC lead with six to play
16. Schaumburg (13-4) Lack of nonconference games could hurt
17. Jacobs (17-11) Ended four-game slide by beating McHenry
18. Metea Valley (16-9) Huge series with Waubonsie coming up
19. Montini (17-4) Frontzak brothers a great mound duo
20. Huntley (18-6-1) Closer Kalish 4-0 since switch to starter