A team-by-team 2026 season preview for baseball teams across The Times coverage area, including Newark, Serena, Earlville/Leland, Seneca, Dwight, Fieldcrest and Sandwich.

If the Streator baseball team's top returning hitter and pitchers are as good as expected, what the rest of the Bulldogs can do around them could be the deciding factor if this spring’s Streator ballclub can reach its lofty goals.

The 2026 Woodland/Flanagan-Cornell baseball team enters to season with just nine players on its roster, but on the positive side eight of them bring in varsity experience.

Pitching and defense are expected to be the strengths this spring of an Ottawa baseball team that has a good mix of experience and talent.

Marquette Academy baseball coach Todd Hopkins, after back-to-back Class 1A state championships for the Crusaders, has been nominated for the National High School Coaches Association's Coach of the Year Award.

Beau Raikes has signed on to continue his education at Danville Area Community College and his baseball career at the NJCAA Division II level with the Jaguars.

Burbank, the Illinois state champion, beat Iowa state champion Southeast Polk twice Thursday to win the Senior League Baseball Central Region Tournament for the fourth time in a row.

Marquette's Keaton Davis has signed on to continue his education at Spoon River College and his baseball career with the Snappers.

The Streator 11-Year-Old All-Stars wrapped up the Little League District 20 championship at their age level with a 15-0 blanking of the rival Ottawa 11-Year-Old All-Stars.