Prep Baseball
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Baseball: Lake Zurich holds off Fremd’s furious rally on bittersweet day for Piggott familyMay 31, 2025 8:01 pm - There wasn’t a more difficult seat to sit in Saturday in Palatine than the aluminum bleacher seat that Stephanie Piggott was in. Piggott, sitting directly behind home pla...
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Cook and Lake County baseball roundup: Mundelein, Prospect’s offenses come alive in regional championship winsMay 31, 2025 7:53 pm - Mundelein hit Palatine with an 8-ball Saturday in the first inning of the Class 4A Palatine regional baseball championship game. The Mustangs then relied on solid pitchi...
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Baseball: Rooney’s three-run blast rallies Benet past Kaneland to regional title
May 31, 2025 6:53 pm - Nursing a 1-0 advantage over Benet in the second inning of Saturday’s Class 3A regional title game, on its home field, Kaneland wiggled out of a base loaded jam to stay i...
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Baseball: Cary-Grove defeats Antioch for 3rd regional championship in a row
May 31, 2025 5:49 pm - Oskar Freund’s two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the first inning put his team ahead early, and Cary-Grove’s bats never slowed down as the Trojans defeated the Seq...
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Baseball: Waubonsie Valley erupts for 11 runs in 4th inning to oust West AuroraMay 31, 2025 5:37 pm - After three innings the scoreboard at Waubonsie Valley showed nothing but zeros, and after three-and-half frames it only showed a single 1. But that 1 was deceiving, as t...
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Baseball: Crystal Lake South holds off ‘Cinderella’ Central to win regional title
May 31, 2025 4:29 pm - Beating its crosstown rival that hadn’t lost a postseason baseball game in two years, and beating the hitter who beat them up all year, required everything Crystal Lake S...
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Baseball: Fleming’s blast sets tone in York’s regional title win over St. Charles EastMay 31, 2025 4:26 pm - Josh Fleming enjoys setting the tone for his teammates. The senior infielder smacked a 1-0 pitch over the left field fence for his ninth home run of the season to lead of...
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Baseball: McHenry denies Jacobs’ upset bid
May 31, 2025 4:06 pm - McHenry third baseman Zach Readdy knew as soon as the ball left his bat, he may have done something special. Mired in a stagnant 1-1 tie and pitcher’s duel with Jacobs— w...
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Baseball: Yario, Bartlett shut down Willowbrook’s hot batsMay 31, 2025 3:33 pm - Willowbrook’s baseball team came into Saturday’s Class 4A regional championship on its home field averaging just a shade under 7 runs a game this season. So when the top-...
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Baseball: Robertson finishes South Elgin’s regional championship win over St. Charles North
May 31, 2025 3:15 pm - “Grinder.” The kind of player that South Elgin baseball coach Jim Kating wanted to take the ball in a big game for his Storm against St. Charles North was on the mound Sa...