Illinois High School Baseball Chicagoland Rankings from the Sun-Times

The latest rankings of Illinois high school baseball teams from the Sun-Times in the Chicago area.

1.  Joliet Catholic
2.  Lincoln-Way North
3.  Providence
4.  Mundelein
5.  Maine South
6.  Mt. Carmel
7.  St. Laurence
8.  Plainfield North
9.  St. Rita
10. Neuqua Valley

Boomers Stadium Hosts Schaumburg Baseball Sectional

The Schaumburg Boomers and Boomer Stadium are hosting today's Illinois High School Association baseball sectional starting at 5:00 pm.

The Boomers game was moved to 11:00 am today against the London Rippers to make room for the IHSA sectional.  The Boomers are an Independent professional baseball team participating in the Frontier League. 

Sectional Schedule:
Game 1 Bartlett vs. Willowbrook at 5:00 pm
Game 2 Schaumburg vs. St. Charles East at 7:00 pm

Illinois High School Baseball Rankings in Chicago Area

Illinois high school baseball rankings from the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times as of April 30th.


Chicago Tribune:
1.  Mount Carmel 
2.  St. Laurence
3.  Plainfield North
4.  Providence
5.  Mundelein
6.  Oak Park
7.  Nazareth
8.  Maine South
9.  Oak Forest
10. Joliet Catholic


Chicago Sun-Times:
1.  Mount Carmel
2.  St. Laurence
3.  Plainfield North
4.  Providence
5.  Joliet Catholic
6.  Mundelein
7.  Marist
8.  Nazareth
9.  Oak Park-River Forest
10. Lincoln-Way North 

Illinois High School Baseball Rankings from the Sun-Times Media

The Chicago Sun-Times Media rankings of Illinois High School baseball teams as of April 10th, 2012.

1.  Mt. Carmel
2.  St. Laurence
3.  Oak Park-River Forest
4.  Plainfield North
5.  Providence
6.  Nazareth
7.  Marian Catholic
8.  New Trier
9.  Mundelein
10. Marist

Illinois High School Baseball Preseason Ranking from the SunTimes

Here are the preseason top 25 Illinois High School baseball teams according to the Chicago SunTimes.

1. Providence Catholic
2. Lyons Township
3. St. Laurence
4. Joliet Catholic
5. Mt. Carmel
6. Simeon
7. Marian Catholic
8. St. Rita
9. Glenbrook South
10. New Trier
11. Oak Park River Forest
12. Lincoln Way North
13. Oak Forest
14. Glenbrook North
15. Herscher
16. Prairie Ridge
17. Huntley
18. Naperville Central
19. Neuqua Valley
20. Mundelein
21. Downers Grove South
22. Sandburg
23. Plainfield North
24. Maine South
25. Stevenson

Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 4A 2011 All-State Team

The 2011 Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 4A All-State Team:

Class 4A
C Austin Bosart - O'Fallon
C Blake Hickman - Simeon
C Jack Picchotti - Oak Park River-Forest
C Dan Potempa - Providence
C Rob Rabakozi - Reavis
P Connor Cuff - Lyons Township
P Luke Harrison - Glenbrook South
P Mathew James - Normal West
P Dan Ludwig - Naperville Central
P Zach Remijas - Lyons Township
IF Kevin Defillipis - Providence
IF Brian Evak - Plainfield North
IF Jake Harper - Lincoln-Way North
IF Jake Landwher - Prospect
IF Spencer Mahoney - Lyons Township
IF Tony Rallo - St. Charles East
IF Sam Travis - Providence
OF Michael Vilardo - Cary Grove
OF Jared Pyatt - Pekin
OF Zack Reks - Sandburg
OF Chris Sujka - Mt. Carmel
OF Charlie Tilson - New Trier
OF Kyle Wood - St. Laurence

Illinois State High School 2A Baseball Final Four Set

The Illinois State High School 2A Championship round has been set as Walther Lutheran, DuQuoin, Teutopolis and Erie-Prophetstown will battle in Peoria Friday and Saturday.

Friday's match ups:

Walther Lutheran vs. DuQuoin at 3:00 pm
Tuetopolis vs. Erie-Prophetstown at 5:00 pm

2011 Illinois High School 1A Baseball Final Four

The final four Illinois class 1A baseball teams will battle at O'Brien Field in Peoria this Friday and Saturday.

At 10:00 am Carrollton will play Tremont and following that game Goreville will play Lanark (Eastland). 

The winners will play in the IHSA 1A Championship game on Saturday after the third and fourth place game which starts at 10:00 am.

Illinois High School Baseball Rankings as of May 23rd

Illinois high school baseball rankings from the Prep Baseball Report as of May 23rd.

1.  Providence Catholic 30-3
2.  Lyon Township 30-3
3.  St. Laurence 26-6
4.  Plainfield North  29-2
5.  Sacred Heart Griffin  26-1
6.  Glenbrook North 28-3
7.  Mount Carmel 27-6
8.  Stevenson 26-4
9.  St. Rita 27-6
10. O'Fallon 28-5
11. Teutopolis 28-2
12. Lincoln-Way North 27-3
13. Nazareth Academy 29-5
14. Moline 29-4
15. Harrisburg 27-4

Illinois High School Baseball Rankings as of May 2nd

Illinois High School baseball rankings from the Prep Baseball Report as of May 2nd.

1.  Mundelein 18-0
2.  Plainfield North 18-0
3.  Lyons Township 19-1
4.  Providence Catholic 18-2
5.  Mt. Carmel 19-2
6.  St. Rita 18-3
7.  St. Laurence 18-5
8.  O'Fallon 18-3
9.  Pleasent Plains 22-1
10. Sacred Heart-Griffin 15-1
11. Teutopolis 14-2
12. Glenbrook North 18-1
13. Normal West 18-4
14. Galesburg 18-3
15. Leyden 18-1
16. Moline 18-2
17. Stevenson 14-2
18. Harrisburg 19-3
19. Simeon 16-2
20. Rock Falls 20-3
21. Glenwood 15-4
22. Streamwood 15-2
23. Nazareth 16-4
24. Lincoln Way-East 14-4
25. St. Charles East

Illinois High School Baseball Rankings from the Chicago Daily Herald

Todd Parola's 400th

The Local Illinois high school baseball top 20 teams from the Chicago Daily Herald as of April 19th.  Mundelein High School sits at the #1 spot and the 400th victory for Mundelein Head Baseball coach Tood Parola.


1. Mundelein 13-0
2. Streamwood 12-0
3. Leyden 11-0
4. Stevenson 8-2
5. Prospect 9-2
6. South Elgin 7-3
7. Huntley 10-1
8. St. Charles North 8-3
9. Schaumburg 7-1
10. Neuqua Valley 7-3
11. Wheaton North 7-3
12. Downers South 8-5
13. Cary Grove 8-4
14. Glenbard North 9-3
15. Naperville Central 8-4
16. Warren 8-4
17. St. Charles East 7-4
18. Geneva 7-2
19. Burlington Central 9-3
20. Hersey 6-4

Illinois High School Baseball Rankings

Baseball rankings for Illinois High School teams as of March 25th 2011 from the Chicago Sun Times.

1.  Providence Catholic
2.  Downers Grove South
3.  Nazareth Academy
4.  St. Rita
5.  St. Laurence
6.  New Trier
7.  Plainfield North
8.  Lemont
9.  Mount Carmel
10. Lyons
11. Lake Zurich
12. Cary-Grove
13. Oak Park
14. Westminster Christian
15. Sandburg
16. Stevenson
17. Neuqua Valley
18. Steamwood
19. St. Charles North
20. St. Charles East

Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association 2011 Coaches Clinic

The Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association annual coaches clinic will be held at the College of DuPage on February 4th and 5th 2011.  The speaker lineup has not been released yet but for more information please contact the IHSBCA at 630-505-1000.

IHSA Moves 1A and 2A Championship from Joliet to Peoria

The IHSA has decided to move the 2011 1A and 2A state championship series to O'Brien field, home of the Chicago Cubs minor league affiliate the Peoria Chiefs.  The idea behind the move was to make the state finals events more centrally located based on the location of the participants.

Class 3A and 4A will remain at Joliet's Silver Cross field for the next five years.


 

2010 IHSA Class 1A All-State Baseball Teams

The Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association 2010 Class 1 A All-State Baseball Team:

Class 1A:
Nick Andros Junior 1B/P Goreville
Joey Ceja Junior IF/P Ottawa Marquette
Jordan Day Senior OF Pawnee
Kevin Elder Sophomore IF/P Westminster Christian
Ben Heinemann Senior OF Jacksonville (Routt)
Brock Kartheiser Senior IF/P Somonauk
Sam Kelly Senior P Varna (Midland)
Joel Learnard Junior P Salt Fork
Trevor McCarthy Senior SS ROWVA
Ryan Perez Sophomore IF/P Westminster Christian
Luke Murfin Senior P Patoka
Tyler Sonsoucie Junior SS/P Lebanon
Logan Tabor Sophomore P/SS Marissa
Zach Truckenmiller Senior C Lanark (Eastland)
Landor Weitkamp Senior 3B/P Raymond (Lincolnwood)


 

2010 DeKalb Daily Chronicle All-Area Baseball Team

Dekalb County 2010 All-Area Baseball Team...

First Team:
Player of the Year - P/3B - Ben Dallesasse - Dekalb - 11-2, one save, .282 BA, 3 home runs and 34 RBI's

P - Nathan Harbecke - Sycamore - 5-5 3.00 ERA

C/P - Jake Lemay - DeKalb - .376 BA, 31 RBI's, 13 doubles, 3 home runs

SS - Brian Sissler - DeKalb - .513 BA, 15 doubles, 30 RBI's and 2 home runs

P/2B - Jake Tickle - Kaneland - 7-0 2.94 ERA, 19 game hitting streak, .394 BA

Second Team:
P - Reece Bend - Indian Creek
SS/P - Eric Ray - Sycamore
P/C - Mitch Ruth - Hinkley-Big Rock
2B - Kevin Sullivan - DeKalb
P/OF - Cody Varga - DeKalb

Honorable Mention:
P/SS - Colton Craig - Hinkley-Big Rock
P - Eric Drendel - Genoa-Kingston
P/SS - Josh Johnson - Indian Creek
P - Trent Ownes - Sycamore
OF - Frank Petras - DeKalb
3B - Bobby Thorson - Kaneland
P - Taylor Rogers - Genoa-Kingston


 

Naperville Central Wins IHSA Class 4A Baseball State Championship

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 Wins IHSA Class 3A Baseball State Title

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.

IHSA Class 3A Baseball Semi-Finals Start Friday June 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.

2010 IHSA Class 4A Semifinals Set

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.