Prep Baseball
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South Elgin bounces back against Lake ParkMay 03, 2012 11:08 pm - South Elgin baseball coach Jim Kating wants his pitchers to throw a first pitch strike. He knew Lake Park pitcher Christian Taugner threw a first-pitch strike 76 percen...
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Burlington Central’s Scott a model of consistencyMay 03, 2012 9:51 pm - Burlington Central slugger Tanner Scott has jumped to sixth place on the IHSA’s career home run list, and his assault on the record book shows no signs of slowing d...
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Naperville North wins ninth consecutive gameMay 03, 2012 7:55 pm - The West Aurora baseball team has found out the hard for two straight days that if you give Naperville North an inch, they’ll take a mile or rather the victory. The Blac...
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Thursday’s baseball scoreboardMay 03, 2012 7:33 pm - Thursday’s games * St. Charles North 5, Batavia 0 Batavia 000 000 0 —0-5-0 St. Charles North 010 040 x —5-10-0 2B: B: Coffey, Durham; SCN: Nelson 2, Thomas, A. Delisi,...
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Mundelein musters up impressive resumeMay 03, 2012 4:21 pm - Looks like it could be déjà vu for Mundelein when the sectional seeds come out next week. The Mustangs earned the No. 1 seed in this area’s Class 4A sectional last year ...
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Grayslake Central on the scent of No. 1 seedMay 03, 2012 4:15 pm - Good hitting sometimes comes with bad smells. Grayslake Central seniors Jon Gurchak and Kristian Meehan have been hitting the cover off the baseball lately, and they don...
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Schiller hasn’t stopped proving people wrongMay 03, 2012 3:13 pm - Geneva’s Pat Schiller remembers the digs. “People always told me I wasn’t big enough, wasn’t fast enough, played at the wrong high school,” said the former Vikings and N...
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Formento blanks Batiava for red-hot StarsMay 03, 2012 9:32 am - Combine strong pitching, crisp defense, clutch hitting, and solid baserunning, and you have most of the ingredients needed to win baseball games. When you throw in tryin...
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Wisniewski comes through for FremdMay 03, 2012 1:06 am - Matt Wisniewski made sure Fremd didn’t have to test its luck in the 13th inning of Thursday’s suspended Mid-Suburban West baseball game with visiting Conant. Wisniewski’...
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Crowley navigates victory for VHMay 02, 2012 10:35 pm - In Pat Crowley’s last outing, he threw 107 pitches in 4 innings. Vernon Hills head coach Jay Czarnecki said pitching coach Marshall “The Duke” Erickson took advantage of...