Bureau Valley coach Ryan Schisler has been around the game of baseball long enough he knows it can humble you from one game to the next. Two days after blitzing Mendota 14-0, the Storm mustered just one hit in an 8-0 defeat to Orion

Travis Herrmann allowed three earned runs and one walk in six innings on Thursday as Hinckley-Big Rock knocked off Polo 13-8.

Jackson Kees pitched a one-hit shutout and Cole Latimer had four RBIs as DeKalb beat Sterling 10-0 in five innings on Thursday to improve to 10-0.

Newman baseball player Garret Matznick is the Sauk Valley Athlete of the Week after an online vote. Here is a Q&A with sports reporter Drake Lansman.

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Forreston downed Warren/Stockton 13-3 on Friday, March 28, 2025 on a very windy day on the Cardinals' home field at Forreston High School.

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Rock Falls and Princeton face off in baseball Thursday, March 27, 2025 in Rock Falls.

Here is a look at each Sauk Valley area baseball team for the 2025 season, including top returners, key newcomers and more.

Even after back-to-back trips to the state finals – and eight key players returning from last year’s fourth-place team in Class 2A – it still feels like the Newman Comets are trying to prove themselves this spring.

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Fulton scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth to beat Morrison 4-3 on Friday, March 31, 2025 in Fulton.