Baseball

Chicago Cubs alum Ray Burris brightened the day for patients at Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville during a special visit June 12.

The Interstate 8 released its all-conference teams on Thursday for six spring sports.

Ryan Ritter, a 2019 graduate of Lincoln-Way East, made his Major League debut with the Colorado Rockies on June 6. It was a "crazy" path to get there, but he's embracing all the challenges and enjoying the ride.

When a player averages more than one intentional walk per game, it can be hard to feel like they are contributing to their fullest. Hinckley-Big Rock senior slugger and two-time Daily Chronicle Player of the Year Martin Ledbetter found a workaround. He stole 33 bases.

DeKalb's Brodie Farrell and Kaneland's Kanon Baxley shined both at the plate and on the mound and Sycamore's Davis Collie had a monster year the plate. They are just a handful of players named to the Daily Chronicle 2025 All-Area Baseball Team.

Nazareth senior Jaden Fauske and junior Landon Thome, York senior Josh Fleming, Downers Grove North senior Brady Schallmoser and Glenbard East senior Josh Ziemer were among those named Class 4A All-State by the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association just announced.

The All-State baseball teams have been released, and the Northwest Herald coverage area is well represented.

Take a look at this year's local baseball standouts that made the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association All-State team.

This week, the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association unveiled its 2025 All-State Team, recognizing standout players from each class, including Minooka’s CJ Deckinga and Providence Catholic’s Enzo Infelise.

DeKalb pitcher and outfielder Brodie Farrell was selected to the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 4A All-State Team released Wednesday. DeKalb’s Cole Latimer and Jackson Kees, and Kaneland’s Preston Popovich were honorable mention selections.

This week, the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association unveiled its 2025 All-State Team, celebrating standout athletes, including Class 1A champions Marquette’s Alec Novotney and Sam Mitre.

A dozen Bradley-Bourbonnais athletes from across six spring sports earned spots on All-SouthWest Suburban Conference teams for their 2025 seasons

Here is the 2025 All-Fox Valley Conference baseball team, as selected by coaches.

The Joliet Slammers and Joliet Pride Network are partnering to host a Pride Night at Slammers Stadium on Wednesday.

The Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association released its All-State teams, and players from Newman, Rock Falls, Fulton and A-FC were selected.

A look at the best baseball players in the NewsTribune area for the 2025 season.

A look at the NewsTribune area's baseball stat leaders for the 2025 season.

St. Bede senior Alan Spencer was dominant on the mound this spring with a 9-0 record, 0.86 ERA and 105 strikeouts to earn NewsTribune Baseball Player of the Year.

A look at the area baseball and softball players named to the All-Illinois Central Eight Conference teams this season.

In a dramatic Class 3A title showdown, Benet's Luke Wildes, just months post-ACL surgery, kept hope alive with a crucial hit. Despite a valiant effort, the Redwings fell to St. Laurence 8-5, marking a historic season finale.

Troy Triad defeated Cary-Grove 3-1 to win the IHSA Class 3A state third-place game on Saturday, June 14, 2025 at Duly Health and Care Field in Joliet.

McHenry tried to figure out a way to scratch and claw out some offense in the Class 4A state championship game on Saturday night, but Libertyville starter Josh Holst wasn't having it, tossing a two-hitter in a 4-1 Wildcats' victory.

Charlie Taczy turned in a gutsy performance on the mound, and Brock Iverson was 3 for 3, but Cary-Grove's baseball team lost to Troy Triad 3-1 in the Class 3A third-place game Saturday morning in Joliet.

Keith Schweigert absorbed all he could from baseball coaches he played for and coached with, passing it down to his son Brad, the Bradley-Bourbonnais baseball coach. After Keith's recent cancer diagnosis, some of those lessons are being applied off the field.

Benet Academy sophomore Quinn Rooney isn’t going to finish the baseball season where he started it, the JV team. His two-run triple highlighted a five-run seventh, giving Benet an 11-6 win over Cary-Grove and a berth in Saturday's Class 3A state title game.

It was Brandon Shannon’s show and his baseball. And the Louisville commit wasn’t letting go of the ball, not with McHenry going for more school history. He pitched six-plus innings as McHenry beat Brother Rice 4-1 in a state semifinal Friday night in Joliet.

The McHenry baseball team's record-setting season continues Friday when the Warriors face Brother Rice in a Class 4A state semifinal at Slammers Stadium in Joliet. Ace Brandon Shannon is expected to throw for the Warriors.

First-year Cary-Grove coach Kyle Williams always thought the Trojans could qualify for the IHSA state finals for the first time since 2009. Here's how his leadership helped the Trojans overcome adversity to get there.

Benet senior pitcher Jake Rifenburg is an absolute competitor in whatever he does – even, it turns out, batting practice. He leads a stellar pitching staff that's thrown three playoff shutouts into the program's first-ever state semifinal appearance this weekend.

A look at the area baseball and softball athletes that were named to All-River Valley Conference and All-Iroquois County teams this season.

Marquette baseball's Alec Novotney has been named the Tri-County Conference Player and Pitcher of the Year, while the Interstate 8, Illinois Central Eight, Little Ten, Kishwaukee River and Heart of Illinois Conferences have released all-league baseball teams.

Lincoln-Way East and Lincoln-Way West each had five players make the All-Conference team in baseball for the Southwest Suburban Conference. See who else made their all-conference teams here.

The Tri-County and Heart of Illinois released their baseball and softball all-conference teams.

Grand Ridge native and Ottawa High School alumni Jim Heth was selected as part of the 12-man crew that umpired the Class 1A and 2A state baseball final four at Illinois Field in Champaign this past weekend.

Zach Readdy has been in and out of the McHenry lineup this season. Monday night, he almost took a pitch out of a minor league ballpark. Readdy had a pair of two-out, two-run hits, and McHenry rallied to beat South Elgin 8-6 in the Class 4A Kane County Cougars Supersectional.

Cary-Grove beat St. Patrick 9-2 on Monday night to win the Class 3A Schaumburg Supersectional and advance to the state finals for the first time since 2009.

Benet scored four runs in the first inning, and its starting pitching came through again as the Redwings beat Washington 6-3 in Monday's Class 3A Geneseo Supersectional.

McHenry vs.South Elgin in the IHSA Class 4A Kane County Cougars Supersectional baseball on Monday, June 9, 2025, at Northwestern Medicine Field in Geneva.

Cary-Grove defeats St. Patrick in the IHSA Class 3A supersectional baseball game on Monday, June 9, 2025, at Wintrust Field in Schaumburg.

As it was the previous season, the Marquette baseball team's defense was one of many keys in a tremendous spring and helped lead to a Class 1A championship game win on Saturday at Illinois Field in Champaign.

Henry's Lauren Harbison was named Class 1A First-Team All State in softball, other players from St. Bede, Princeton, Earlville, Henry and Fieldcreset also earned all-state honors and the Three Rivers announced its all-conference baseball team.

It wasn't the finish the team hoped for, but Newman finished fourth at the Class 2A state tournament after a 9-3 loss to Eureka on Saturday at Illinois Field in Champaign. The Comets were proud of the run after a third straight state trophy.

The Marquette baseball team rallied for two runs in the bottom of the seventh to defeat Father McGivney 6-5 in the Class 1A state championship game on Saturday at Illinois Field in Champaign. It's the second straight 1A title for the Crusaders.

Lemont fell in the Class 3A St. Laurence Sectional championship Saturday after St. Laurence's bats came alive in the fifth and sixth innings in an 11-1 victory. Lemont finished the season 30-8-1.

Nick Lambert needed just 75 pitches, 50 for strikes, to throw a complete-game five-hit shutout, and 10th-seeded Waubonsie Valley beat top-seeded Downers Grove North 5-0 in the Class 4A Lockport Sectional final for the Warriors' first sectional title since 2005.

An early lead didn't hold up as York dropped a 4-3 decision to South Elgin in the title game of the Willowbrook Class 4A Sectional on Saturday.

McHenry defeats Barrington in the IHSA Class 4A McHenry Sectional Championship baseball game on Saturday, June 7, 2025, at McHenry High School.

Junior right-hander Kaden Norman finished what he started, and Cary-Grove beat rival Crystal Lake South 7-1 Saturday to capture the Class 3A Grayslake Central Sectional championship. It's the Trojans' first sectional title since 2009.

Cary-Grove defeats Crystal Lake South in the IHSA Class 3A Grayslake Central Sectional Championship baseball game Saturday, June 7, 2025, at Grayslake Central High School.

Gino Zagorac threw a complete-game, one-hit shutout, and Merrick Sullivan blasted two doubles and three RBIs to help pace Benet to a 7-0 victory over St. Francis for the Redwings' first Class 3A sectional title since 2017.