Naperville Central High School (38-4) defeated Chicago St. Rita (32-10) 10-4 and wins the IHSA Class 4A baseball state championship.
Naperville Central took an early lead in the top of the second with two unearned runs. In the fourth, Central struck again with two in the top of the fourth with two more unearned runs, including an interference call on the St. Rita third baseman, giving Central a 4-0 lead. In the bottom of the fourth St. Rita struck back and tied the game at four with a double from Zach Soria, a two run homer from Mark Payton, a single from Stefano Belmonte, a walk to Joe Filomeno and a double from Anthony Zawaski.
In the top of the fifth Naperville Central put the game away by scoring five runs with six singles, a hit batter and a sac fly. In the sixth Naperville added one more with an rbi double from Bobby Czarnowski.
Shane Colon picked up the win on the mound allowing four runs on five hits while striking out 10.
Naperville Central finished the season 38-4 while St. Rita ended it's season at 32-10.
Chatham(Glenwood) captured the class 3A baseball state championship with an 11-1 six inning victory over DeKalb.
The game was scoreless for the first three innings but in the fourth and then with two outs in the top of the fourth and two on, Michael Fiaush singled in the first run of the game followed by a single by Chris Sekardi to put Chatham up 2-0. With runners on first and third, Sekardi stole second and then Jake Fulks doubled in two more to put Chatham up 4-0.
In the fifth Chatham would tack on two more with a two rbi double from Dallas Henderson. In the sixth Chatham put the game out of reach for DeKalb by scoring five more including a two run homer from Jake Lance.
DeKalb tried to keep playing but could only put one run up on the board in the bottom of the sixth with an rbi single from Ben Dallesasse.
Phil Maton (11-0) captured the win on the mound for Chatham allowing only four hits and striking out nine in the six inning win.
Chatham Glenwood finished the season 32-4 and DeKalb finished 27-11.
The IHSA Class 3A baseball semi-finals start Friday June 11th at 10:00 am with Joliet Catholic (23-14) vs. Chatham (Glenwood) (30-4). Following the 10:00 am game Woodstock (Marian) (27-9) takes on DeKalb (26-10).
The loser of game 1 will face the loser of game 2 in the third place game on Saturday at 9:00 am. Following the third place game the winner of game 1 will take on the winner of game 2 in the 3A Championship game.
The IHSA Class 4A is down to four as the semifinals are set for Friday June 10th.
Game 1 - Naperville Central will take on Stevenson at 3:00 pm and Game 2 - St. Rita will battle Huntley at 5:00 pm. The winners will play for the IHSA Class 4A State Championship Saturday after the third place game which the losers of game 1 and game 2 will play Saturday at 3:00 pm.
Class 1A
(Elgin) Westminster Christian defeated Goreville 15-5 in six innings to capture the IHSA 1A baseball state championship at Silver Cross field in Joliet. Ryan Perez went 3-3 with 2 home runs and 7 rbi's, Frank Oliver was 4-4 with three rbi's. Kevin Elder picked up the victory pitching 3.1 innings allowing no runs on three hits and striking out seven. For Goreville Stefan Messmer went 2-2, Alex Stout 2-3 with an rbi and Tyler Borum went 2-3 with and rbi.
Class 2A
Teutopolis handed Harrisburg it's first loss of the season with a 5-1 victory in the 2A Championship game. Derek (2-3) Repking doubled twice for Teutopolis and added two rbi's, Garrett Overbeck also went 2-3 with 2 rbi's. Derek Thompson also went 2-3 at the plate along with throwing a complete game with eight strikeouts. Dawson Monfort went 2-3 and collected the lone rbi for Harrisburg.
Illinois High School Baseball Semi-finals are set for Friday and Saturday June 4th and 5th for classes 1A and 2A at Silver Cross Field in Joliet.
Class 1A Matchups:
Game 1 Friday 10:00 am
Downs(Tri Valley) 13-14 vs Goreville 23-11
Game 2 Friday 12:00 pm
Lebanon 19-14 vs Elgin(Westminster Christian) 28-9
Class 2A Matchups:
Game 1 Friday 3:00 pm
Elmhurst(Immaculate Conception) 30-10 vs Teutopolis 29-4
Game 2 Friday 5:00 pm
Harrisburg 39-0 vs Chillicothe(Illinois Valley Central) 32-5
When Illinois Wesleyan lost to SUNY Cortland 11-10 on Monday it wound up setting up a winner take all championship game between the two teams on Tuesday.
Illinois Wesleyan left no doubt on Tuesday capturing the Division III World Series 17-5 over SUNY Cortland and giving the Titans and the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin their first Baseball National Championship.
After Cortland scored a pair of runs early, Illinois Wesleyan scored one in the second, three in the third, four in the fourth and nine runs in the fifth to take a 17-2 lead after five innings.
Jeff Grodecki finished the day 5-5 with two homers, four runs scored and three rbi's. The junior third baseman was named the tournament's "Most Outstanding Player". Grodecki was joined on the all-tournament team by senior first baseman Casey McIntosh, sophomore catcher Mark McDermott and junior pitcher Jason Pankau.
The Titans finished the season at 31-21 and with the 21 losses became the Division III with the most losses in a season.
The Illinois Wesleyan Titans capturred the Central Region Championship with a 10-3 win over Buena Vista. The Titans (27-20) will now move on to Appleton Wisconsin and play Shenandoah (38-8) at 7:45 pm on Friday May 28th.
Wesleyan catcher Mark McDemott was named the regional's "Most Outstanding Player", first baseman Casey McIntosh, pitcher Jason Pankau, third baseman Jeff Grodecki and outfielder Ryan Hopp all joined McDemott on the all-tournament team.
Jason Pankau (9-2, 2.67 ERA) has been listed as one of the 8 players to watch in the D3 Championship round.
Illinois Wesleyan (23-20) will make it's eighth apperance in the Division III Baseball Championship by defeating Carthage twice Sunday and capturing the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Tournament title. By winning the CCIW tournament the Titans received an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division III Baseball Championships.
Illinois Wesleyan will move on to the Central Regional, hosted by Augustana College in Moline Illinois, as the #6 seed.
Regional games will start on Wednesday, May 19 2010.
Aurora University will make it's 18th appearance in the NCAA Division III Baseball Championships after capturing their first Northern Athletics Conference Championship Saturday by defeating Edgewood College 13-3 in seven innings.
Aurora (27-14) will move on to the Midwest Regional hosted by UW-Whitewater as the #6 seed in the first round of the Division III Baseball Championship
The 2010 Midwest Baseball Conference Championship starts today with Illinois College vs St. Norbert and Ripon vs Grinnell.
Illinois College (15-14) will play St. Norbert (23-10) at William Penn University on May 14th at 9:00 am. #1 Seed Grinnell will play Ripon at Grinnell College on May 14th at 9:00 am. All of the remaining games will be played at Grinnell College (2010 Tourament Host).
Remaining schedule is below..
May 14th
Game 3 - Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner 12:30 pm
Game 4 - Game 1 loser vs Game 2 loser 3:30 pm
May 15
Game 5 - Game 4 winner vs Game 3 loser 10:00 am
Game 6 - Game 3 winner vs Game 5 winner 1:00 pm
Game 7 - If necessary - Repeat of Game 6 4:00 pm
