Baseball

St. Charles East hosted Geneva varsity baseball on Tuesday, May 13, 2025.

Kaneland beat L-P 11-6 on Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at Huby Sarver Field at the L-P Athletic Complex in La Salle.

The Ganymedes’ home venue, south of the Chana School Museum home at Oregon Park East, cannot be used for 2025 games due to renovation work at Park East.

Bishop McNamara's Dom Panozzo and Callaghan O'Connor both have their futures planned as NCAA Division I pitchers. But first, they're making sure to enjoy their high school days as Fightin' Irish teammates.

Staffers argue while a baseball field would be lost, the new site would provided greater usefulness for the Timber Ridge subdivision, with a fully accessible park, and playground with complete amenities, including a new park shelter.

The Putnam County baseball team is using technology to communicate, L-P's Taylor Vescogni and Henry's Lauren Harbison reached strikeout milestones and more in the NewsTribune baseball/softball notebook.

Few athletes are tougher than Alden-Hebron's Wyatt Armbrust, who hunts excellence. When the versatile senior and A student isn't playing football, baseball or other sports for the Giants, he keeps busy by fishing, hunting, farming and trap-shooting.

Cody Freitas hit two home runs to lead Bradley-Bourbonnais to an 18-7 win in SouthWest Suburban Conference play and more in Monday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Sara Steinecker hit a walk-off home run leading off the seventh to lift York softball past Oak Park-River Forest, St. Francis baseball won its 18th straight, plus the rest of the baseball, softball and volleyball results in Monday's Suburban Life sports roundup.

Of all of the presents, including a Mason jar full of infield dirt scooped from Prairie Ridge‘s baseball field, it was the presence of current assistant coaches and former players that mattered most to Glen Pecoraro. His Wolves then beat Crystal Lake Central 8-0 Monday.

Winning pitcher Lucas Rink and reliever Ryan Kettman combined on a shutout, the Wildcats added insurance runs late and Wilmington wrapped up the ICE Conference baseball title Monday with a 7-0 win at Streator.

Prairie Ridge softball won at least a share of the Fox Valley Conference championship with a 1-0 win over Burlington Central on Monday. Plus more softball, baseball, girls soccer and girls lacrosse scores.

Paige Murray hit the go-ahead double and added 11 strikeouts in the circle to help St. Charles North softball to a low-scoring victory, Marmion and Kaneland baseball win thrillers and Batavia girls soccer upset St. Charles East on the road. That and more in the sports roundup.

After a rocky few starts, Yorkville senior staff ace Preston Regnier returned to form Monday, throwing six shutout innings to lead the Foxes past visiting Oswego East 1-0 in the first of a three-game series.

The Ottawa baseball team used a seven-run third inning to take control of an eventual 13-9 Interstate 8 Conference win over Rochelle in Ottawa on Monday afternoon.

Oswego East face Yorkville in varsity baseball on Monday, May 12, 2025 in Yorkville.

Lyons Township faced Downers Grove North in varsity baseball on Monday, May 12, 2025 in Downers Grove.

A bunt by Drake Cosenza in the bottom of the seventh inning led to the game-winning run as Downers Grove North rallied to steal a 3-2 win against Lyons on Monday.

Minooka is playing strong against quality opposition, Lincoln-Way East and Providence Catholic are looking for bounce backs, and more in this week's Herald-News Baseball Notebook.

Senior pitcher and Cincinnati recruit Tucker King put his name atop the Lyons' pitching charts, capturing his 14th career win to become the program's record holder. That, plus Matt Devoy doing it all for Lemont and Benet's big series this week in Bob Narang's baseball notes.

Shea Glotzbach fired a complete-game two-hitter with eight strikeouts to lead Lemont baseball past Lincoln-Way West, Glenbard East baseball was a walk-off winner in 10 innings and Willowbrook softball outslugs Bolingbrook. That and more in Saturday's Suburban Life roundup.

The Bishop McNamara softball team swept a doubleheader to finish Chicagoland Christian Conference play with a perfect 14-0 record and more in Saturday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Batavia baseball secured a series victory over St. Charles East, while Geneva and St. Charles North both won to secure a share of the lead in DuKane Conference play.

Peter Solloway pitched no-hit ball for the first 5⅓ innings, while James McGrath hit a home run, triple, and provided excellent defense in center field as St. Francis blanked Marmion 9-0 for the Spartans' 17th straight win.

A funny guy who likes to joke around on the ball field and maybe even in Mr. Jakubowski’s English class, Huntley sophomore pitcher Sean Dabe was put in a not-so-fun situation Friday. He delivered, pitching 4 2/3 innings in relief as the Red Raiders held off Dundee-Crown 3-2.

Kendyl Christon hit a walkoff two-run single to give the Kankakee softball team a huge conference win over Bloom and more in Friday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Thanks to a gem from Jacob Lotz and hits from nine different players, Bishop McNamara won 13-0 at Kankakee to snap a 10-year All-City title drought Friday.

The Bishop McNamara baseball team snapped a 10-year All-City title drought at Kankakee Friday, May 9, 2025.

Minooka and Lincoln-Way East were all tied up through seven innings, but Isaac Goddard's two-run triple and Rhett Harris' two-run home run in the eighth helped Minooka prevail 11-7 on Friday.

Dundee-Crown faces Huntley in a Fox Valley Conference baseball game on Friday, May 9, 2025, at Huntley High School.

The Wilmington baseball team held Kankakee to just one hit in a 12-0 win, the Wildcats third shutout win in a row, and more in Thursday's Daily Journal Roundup.

York's Avery Kanouse struck out 10 and homered at the plate in a win over Willowbrook, Wheaton North and Wheaton Warrenville South baseball both rallied late for wins, plus more baseball, softball, soccer and volleyball results in Thursday's Suburban Life roundup.

Marquette defeated Seneca 7-0 on Thursday, May 8, 2025 at Masinelli Field in Ottawa.

Gino Ferrari threw a two-hit shutout as St. Bede edged Putnam County 1-0 on Thursday.

Yorkville senior Nick Parashis continued to make the most of his move from the bottom of the order to leadoff Thursday, going 3 for 4 and driving in the eventual game-winning run as the Foxes beat visiting Oswego 4-3 to sweep the three-game series.

Bishop McNamara came back from an early 3-0 deficit to beat crosstown rival Bradley-Bourbonnais 6-3 in an All-City matchup on Thursday.

In a game featuring few hits and a lot of soft contact, Marquette Academy leaned on dominant pitching, aggressive base running, and steady defense to claim a 7-0 win and series sweep over Seneca at Masinelli Field on Thursday.

Matt Fox and Nate Gorecki put up strong performances on the mound for Lockport as they won their senior night game against Joliet Catholic 5-3.

The Sycamore baseball team scored three runs in the first and sophomore Jackson MacDonald fired 5 1/3 scoreless innings in the Spartans 8-1 win over host Ottawa in Thursday's Interstate 8 Conference game.

Yorkville hosted Oswego varsity baseball on Thursday, May 8, 2025.

St. Bede defeated Putnam County on Thursday, May 8, 2025 at St. Bede Academy.

The Joliet Slammers have nine fan giveaway dates for their 2025 season, which begins Friday at home.

Hinsdale South senior Brandon Elting, who fired a complete-game two-hit shutout with 14 strikeouts in a win over Addison Trail, is the Suburban Life Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A with Joshua Welge.

Glen Pecoraro, the first baseball coach in Prairie Ridge history, is retiring from coaching at the end of the 2025 season. He plans to retire from teaching in the next 2-3 years. His Wolves have advanced to state twice, finishing second in Class 3A in 2021.

Johnsburg's baseball team celebrated the return of Ashton Stern to the mound Wednesday night, then celebrated a 14-0 win over Harvard that gave the Skyhawks the Kishwaukee River Conference championship.

Downers Grove North's Ashlynn Durkin tossed a one-hitter with 16 strikeouts to beat Lyons 1-0, Glenbard North softball hit four homers to beat Wheaton Warrenville South, and Lemont baseball beat Hinsdale Central in extra innings. That and more in Wednesday's roundup.

Richmond-Burton freshman Anthony Harvey struck out eight in a complete game three-hitter for his first varsity win, out-dueling Plano ace Jason Phillips 2-1 in the Kishwaukee River Conference series finale in Plano.

Beecher's Taylor Norkus threw a no-hitter to escape a pitchers' duel with Peotone's Sophie Klawitter and more in Wednesday's Daily Journal roundup.

The L-P baseball team scored eight runs in the first inning and went on to beat Rochelle 16-4 in five innings on senior night.

Reed-Custer recognized former two-time state champion baseball coach Jerry Cougill with a pregame ceremony ahead of Tuesday's game against Coal City.