Prep Baseball
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Younger athletes must make up for lost time after missing full spring seasonJun 04, 2020 1:00 am - Allie Goodwin has wrapped up her freshman year as a student at Barrington High School. Unfortunately she never got a chance to wrap up - or even start - her freshman yea...
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Benet grad McInerney faces uncertain baseball futureJun 01, 2020 1:00 am - For the last three years Pat McInerney awoke every morning as a professional baseball player. One phone call changed that. The 2013 Benet graduate - a minor-leaguer in t...
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Carmel baseball player Meriel produces after allMay 27, 2020 1:00 am - A baseball player seeks a hit. Just one hit will no doubt suffice for Carmel Catholic's Ryne Meriel. There is no high school baseball season this spring due to the COVID...
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Naperville teams put aside baseball rivalry for good causeMay 26, 2020 1:00 am - As sophomores Jacob Scharm and Kyle Steele put their feet in the fire of the Naperville North-Naperville Central baseball rivalry. A year later they've cooled off for a ...
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Ward (Carmel), Brown (Vernon Hills) looking for new college homesMay 25, 2020 1:00 am - A pair of jaw-dropping, heart-crushing moments in two months could frazzle a pitcher worse than getting lit up before recording a single out. Dazed or not, Jay Ward, lik...
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Rheault, Crosby have high hopes if MLB season does happenMay 22, 2020 1:00 am - The winding road zigged and zagged more than a few times. Somehow it led to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, as two suburban Chicago baseball players looked for a team and found...
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Tumilty brothers to unite again at AugustanaMay 20, 2020 1:00 am - Sam and Scott Tumilty have been roommates at home for about 18 years, so a few more won't hurt. The Willowbrook graduates will continue a family tradition by heading to ...
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Will baseball return this summer?May 15, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois prep baseball players love May. The helter skelter weather of March and April is behind them and the ballparks finally start warming up to playable conditions. ...
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MLB throws curveball to high-school draft prospectsMay 14, 2020 1:00 am - At 6 feet 4 and nearly 225 pounds, with a mid-90-mph fastball and belief that he's professional-baseball ready, Ben Wiegman couldn't wait to unleash his potential this s...
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Neuqua Valley grad Fumagalli plying his trade in MLBMay 09, 2020 1:00 am - There might be a couple things Rob Fumagalli misses more than baseball. "I'm really missing my truck and my boat right now," he said with a laugh. "That hurts." Fumagall...