Prep Baseball
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Willowbrook wins first regional title since 1973May 26, 2012 2:11 pm - Willowbrook (22-14) claimed its first regional title since 1973 by beating District 88 rival Addison Trail 4-1 Saturday. Thirteenth-seeded Willowbrook upset the fifth-s...
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Palatine, Becker surge to titleMay 26, 2012 11:43 am - One of the leaders of the surge toward Palatine pitcher Kurt Becker was batterymate Mike Czarnik. And Czarnik was clearly charged up about Becker’s performance after the...
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Maine South edges West in classic duelMay 26, 2012 11:43 am - It may be a well-worn cliche, but it was never more true than Saturday afternoon in Des Plaines. Neither pitcher deserved to lose this one. Both James Duckmann of Maine ...
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Mandel, Mundelein warm to the task against FremdMay 26, 2012 11:43 am - Several pregame warm-up pitches and 2 full innings of work weren’t enough for Mundelein senior left-hander Jared Mandel to get a feel for his off-speed pitches during Sa...
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Schaumburg rallies past St. Charles N.May 26, 2012 9:32 am - Schaumburg’s baseball team has a 10 in front of its name that is pretty misleading. Ten as in the 10th-seeded Saxons, a number they were given when they owned a 13-11 re...
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DeFilippis blasts St. Charles E. to regional titleMay 26, 2012 9:32 am - As he stepped into the batter’s box with runners on the corners and 2 out in the bottom of the first inning, St. Charles East’s Troy DeFilippis was looking for one thing...
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Bartlett ‘not done yet’May 26, 2012 12:48 am - There have been very few rough outings this year for Bartlett righthander Colin Nowak, but one of them came during the regular season against Lake Park. The Hawks junior...
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Naperville Central savors regional titleMay 26, 2012 12:47 am - The Naperville Central baseball players all piled on each other at the pitcher’s mound after winning pitcher Jimmy Nashert got the final Downers Grove South batter to fl...
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Hawrysko resigns at BarringtonMay 25, 2012 10:50 pm - Taking over a Barrington baseball program which was envied by many people throughout the state could have been considered an unenviable position for some coaches. But Ji...
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Cogan tripped up twice to end Batavia careerMay 25, 2012 9:32 am - The brilliant 4-year career of Josh Cogan came to a sudden end Friday afternoon when the Batavia star singles player lost both of his matches and was eliminated from the...