Baseball Top 20
Team Comment
1. Downers Grove North (8-1) Only hiccup vs. Deerfield
2. York (7-1) Sloan throwing even harder
3. Huntley (7-0) Janke 3 hits in FVC opener vs. McHenry
4. St. Charles North (4-2) Opens DuKane play against Wheaton North
5. St. Charles East (2-1) Anxious to get some games in
6. Crystal Lake South (8-0) Gators’ strong 2023-24 school year continuing
7. Geneva (8-0) 13-1 win over Prospect latest in perfect start
8. Libertyville (7-2) Averaging almost 8 runs a game
9. Barrington (6-3) 1-3 in last 4 after 5-0 start
10. Lake Park (6-1) Batavia’s up first in DuKane play
11. Metea Valley (4-1) Four straight wins
12. Montini (6-2) Broncos off to solid start
13. Naperville Central (2-2) Opens DVC action vs. 3-5 Neuqua Valley
14. Burlington Central (5-2) Person one of area’s best pitchers
15. Hampshire (6-0) Yet another team to watch in FVC
16. Schaumburg (6-2) Has outscored opponents 71-31
17. St. Francis (6-2) 0-2 vs. DVC schools; 6-0 vs. everyone else
18. Hersey (4-5) Lost 7-6 to undefeated Hampshire
19. Grayslake Central (5-2) Whalen wins 500th game
20. Willowbrook (5-1) 69-26 run differential so far
Others to watch: Mundelein 5-2, Wheaton Academy 9-1, Stevenson 6-6, Conant 6-1, Waubonsie Valley 4-2, WW South 4-2, Benet 5-4, Warren 3-3, Cary-Grove 4-4, Bartlett 7-3, Buffalo Grove 4-5, Glenbard North 4-2, Downers Grove South 2-5, Prospect 3-3, Rolling Meadows 5-2