The 2012 Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 1A All-State baseball was announced on Saturday. Below are the selections for 1A.
P Ryan Bailey, Pawnee
P Joey Coonrod, Carrollton
3B Cole Logemann, Lena Winslow
P/SS Blake Uhlman, Tremont
P/SS Ben Hecht, Effingham (St. Anthony)
P Adam Pennington, Shawnee
C Marcus Wargel, Gallatin County
C/3B Nick Schranck, Alton (Marquette)
P/IF Nick Lonergan, Jacksonville Routt
P Ryan Olson, Sterling (Newman Central Catholic)
C Curtis Johnson, Ottawa (Marquette)
P/1B/OF Josh Tonozzi, Putnam County
P/SS Dillon Hoel, Tuscola
P/SS Brad Burton, Illini Bluffs
P/2B Alec Neal, Danville (Schlarman)
The Quincy Herald-Whig announced it's 2012 All-Area baseball team yesterday. Below are the first and second team selections.
First Team
C Dominic Miles, Quincy Notre Dame
1B Collin Dooley, West Hancock
1B Will Mefford, South Shelby
2B Zach Vahle, Quincy Notre Dame
SS Brody Gronewold, Illini West
OF Brandon Berhorst, Canton
OF/P Austin Dormire, Central-Southeastern
P/SS Austin Hoewing, Canton
P Ben Shannan, Scotland County
P/SS Jared Shover, Liberty
SS/P Dryden Craven, Griggsville-Perry
UT Mason Fairley, Quincy
C/P Lane Hanzel, Liberty
C Shane Williams, Monroe City
Second Team
C Tyler Niemann, Canton
C Kendall Summers, West Hancock
1B Nick Reichert, Quincy Notre Dame
1B Tyler Ormond, Liberty
1B/P Evan McGaughey, Illini West
OF/P Luke Powell, Palmyra
SS Ethan Borrowman, Pittsfield
P Josh Hultz, Palmyra
UT Alex Sheppard, Brown County
IF/P Austin Hardy, West Hancock
IF/P Paxton Harmon, West Hancocl
OF Wes Mefford, South Shelby
3B/P Brock Rumple, Griggsville-Perry
UT Brendan Ross, Louisana
SS/P Johnny Manion, Payson Seymour
The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association announced the NCAA Division II Midwest All-Region Team and below are the selections from Illinois Schools.
All-Midwest Region First Team
Utility player/DH Drake Austin, Quincy
All-Midwest Region Second Team
Outfielder Mike Bolling, Lewis
An eight run third inning sealed the deal for Chicago Heights Marian Catholic as they cruised to a 10-2 win over LaSalle Peru to capture the IHSA 3A State Baseball Championship.
Ben Santori went the distance on the mound for Marian giving up two runs on 11 hits and striking out 5 over the seven innings. Doubles by Lilek and Feldner along with 2 errors and a wild pitch capped off the eight run third for Marian.
It was an all West Suburban final in the Illinois High School Association class 4A baseball final as Oak Park River Forest one upped conference rival Lyons Township 4-3 Saturday at Silver Cross Field in Joliet.
With the game tied 3-3 in the bottom of the seventh, Oak Park's Jack Picchiotti tripled to lead off the inning. Lyons intentionally walked the next to batters to get to Mike Brennan who singled in the winning run. Zachary Weigel got the victory on the mound giving up three runs on seven hits and striking out four.
The final four are set and playing this weekend for classes 3A and 4A for the Illinois State High School Baseball State Championships at Silver Cross Field in Joliet.
Today's Games:
In 3A LaSalle (Peru) takes on Troy (Triad) in game one and Nazareth Academy plays Chicago Heights Marian in game two at noon.
In 4A Fox Lake (Grant) plays Oak Park River Forest at 3:00 pm and Lyons takes on Minooka at 5:00 pm.
Here are the baseball players from Illinois schools who were selected in the 2012 Major League Draft.
Round 4, Pick 158, Chris Serritella, 1B Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Round 5, Pick 163, Chad Johnson, C Galesburg HS
Round 8, Pick 256, Kevin Ross, P Niles West HS
Round 10, Pick 309, Joe Bircher, P Bradley University
Round 11, Pick 347, Matthew Milroy, P University of Illinois
Round 12, Pick 381, Zach Stoner, 1B Boylan Catholic HS
Round 13, Pick 411, Derek Thompson, P John A. Logan College
Round 15, Pick 475, Ryan Borucki, P Mundelein HS
Round 17, Pick 524, Nathan Dorris, P Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Round 18, Pick 559, Derek De Young, P Oakton Community College
Round 20, Pick 614, Blake Hickman, C Simeon Academy
Round 22, Pick 669, Kenneth Long, P Illinois State University
Round 22, Pick 691, Joseph Greenfield, P South Suburban College
Round 22, Pick 692, William Argo, CF University of Illinois
Round 25, Pick 759, Ryan Dineen, SS Eastern Illinois University
Round 25, Pick 775, Jason Leblebijian, SS Bradley University
Round 25, Pick 786, Gabriel Roa, SS Wabash Valley College
Round 26, Pick 806, Jordan Parr, 3B University of Illinois
Round 28, Pick 866, Jake Hermsen, P Northern Illinois University
Round 31, Pick 967, Kevin Johnson, P University of Illinois
Round 32, Pick 990, Eduardo Oquendo, SS Olney Central College
Round 32, Pick 996, Alex Young, P Carmel HS
Round 33, Pick 1011, Jon Savarise, P Stevenson HS
Round 35, Pick 1076, Austin Cowen, C Western Illinois University
Round 37, Pick 1121, Brett Lilek, P Marian Catholic HS
Round 38, Pick 1161, DeJohn Suber, SS Morgan Park HS
Round 39, Pick 1202, Geoffrey Rowan, C Northwestern University
Round 40, Pick 1212, Raymond Hunnicutt, CF Central HS
It took eight innings but Normal University High School captured it's second Illinois state high school baseball championship defeating Rock Island Alleman 5-4.
With the game tied 1-1 going into the seventh inning Normal put up a two spot with a two rbi double to right center from Solberg for a 2 run lead going into the bottom of the seventh. In the bottom of the seventh Alleman's Sean Wetherell singled to left center with one out. Normal got the second out with a pop up to third and was one out away before the no. 8 hitter Blake Newburg tied the game with a home run to left.
Normal came right back in the top of the eighth with a single from Jacob Hendren and a homer to left center from Jordan Stralow to give Normal a 2 run lead again. Alleman did not quit with a quick run in the bottom of the eighth with a lead off double from Connor Whan and a single from John Tracey. With the 3 and 4 hitters coming up Dylan Farney got Cody Sedlock to hit into a 6-4-3 double play and Ryan O'Keefe to ground out to end the game.
Effingham's St. Anthony High School picked up it's first Illinois state baseball title Saturday defeating Tuscola 6-1 at O'Brien Field in Peoria.
St. Anthony's Reed Willenborg's bases loaded single drove in two followed by a three run homer from Austin Bushur capped off a five run third inning. Willenborg also went all seven innings on the mound giving up one run on six hits.
St. Anthony's also set a school record for wins going 31-8-1 on the season.
