Baseball

The Kankakee baseball team blew out Thornton 19-0 at home on Tuesday and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal roundup.

Central outlasted St. Anne-Donovan in a pitchers' duel on Tuesday, improving to 3-5 on the season with the 1-0 win.

Sandwich hosted Aurora Central Catholic boys baseball on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.

Only Kyle Maness’ grandpa could love a 0-0 tie such as the one the McHenry and Mundelein baseball teams played in frigid weather Tuesday. Maness is McHenry's shortstop and the grandson of former Mundelein coach Fred Picket.

The Ottawa baseball team stayed hot, improving to 7-1 on the season, with a 9-5 victory over Hall on Tuesday afternoon at King Field in Ottawa.

After a shaky top of the fifth which saw DeKalb lose a three-run lead, the Barbs responded with five runs over the next two innings sandwiched around a 1-2-3 inning from Lukas Stubblefield in an 8-3 win over the Huskies to improve to 9-0 on the season.

Ottawa beat Hall 9-5 on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at Ottawa High School.

The DeKalb baseball team took on Harlem Tuesday afternoon at DeKalb High School.

Manteno baseball made it a 5-0 start to the season with Monday's win over rival Peotone and more in Monday's Daily Journal roundup.

Lockport's Anthony Batshon delivered a two-out, walk-off RBI single to complete a seventh-inning comeback against Oak Park-River Forest on Monday.

After a red-hot week at the Gulf Shores Classic in Alabama last week, Bradley-Bourbonnais kept that momentum rolling with a dominant All-City showing against Kankakee Monday.

The Hall and St. Bede baseball teams played a game at Schweickert Stadium on Monday, March 31, 2025 in Peru. The teams also held a food drive to collect donations to benefit the Hall Township Food Pantry. The teams donated a total of 1,179 pounds of food.

Lemont, Class 3A runner-up last season, lost Ohio State recruit Jacob Parr to a high ankle sprain before the season, but the team has shaken off the early adversity and is enjoying a spring break trip to Florida. That, plus notes on Nazareth, Montini and Riverside-Brookfield.

Bradley-Bourbonnais graduate Colin Holderman is resuming his setup role with the Pittsburgh Pirates this season, Reed-Custer graduate Brent Headrick is now a New York Yankee and more updates on area natives in baseball.

Johnsburg junior right-hander Ashton Stern is off to a great start. In his second start of the season, Stern struck out 14 in six innings and combined with another pitcher on a no-hitter last week against Winnebago.

Manteno freshman Klarke Goranson won both the girls Class 2A 800 meters and 1,600 meters at the Illinois Top Times Championships and more in Saturday's Daily Journal roundup.

Nelson Wendell scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth to help Geneva to its fifth win of the week. That and more prep sports results from the Kane County Chronicle teams from Saturday.

L-P beat Princeton 7-3 on Saturday, March 29, 2025 at Princeton High School.

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.

The Momence baseball team earned a comeback win over Peotone at home on Friday while Peotone picked up a win over Momence on the softball field.

Landon Thome homered twice and went 3 for 3 with two runs scored and two RBIs as Nazareth won at the alma mater of his dad, Jim Thome, and Presley Wright fired a one-hitter with 13 strikeouts in a Wheaton Warrenville South softball win.

Wilson Wemhoff struck out nine and allowed just two hits, and Hampshire scored three runs in the first inning and went on to an 11-1, six-inning win over Schaumburg to improve to 7-0 on the season.

Joliet Central has a new coach and many new players this year, but the Steelmen are 3-2 on the season now and looked strong against Bremen on Friday.

Wisconsin-Parkside commit Chase Powrozek threw four strong innings, striking out six and homered and drove in four runs as unbeaten Burlington Central beat Barrington 12-4.

Rich Zinanni, Fred LeSage, Irish O'Reilly, Jack Sikma, Ben Zobrist and Michelle Bartsch-Hackley are the six people with local ties that will be inducted into the new Illinois Sports Hall of Fame in June.

Beecher picked up a pair of shutout wins over Gardner-South Wilmington on Thursday to open the season 2-0, and more in Thursday's Daily Journal roundup.

Angelo Chiarelli and Ryan Noonan combined on a no-hitter for Downers Grove North baseball against Wheaton Warrenville South, Mac McGarry threw a perfect game for Nazareth, Hannah Wulf threw a two-hit shutout and Reagan Crosthwaite homered for Wheaton North softball, and more.

St. Charles East girls soccer ended pool play of the Rose Augburg-Drach Invitational undefeated after taking down South Elgin to advance to the championship game, where they'll face St. Charles North. That and more prep sports results from Thursday.

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

St. Charles North softball started its season in shutout fashion, while Kaneland baseball and softball each picked up a victory. That and more prep sports results from Wednesday.

Nazareth baseball improved to 5-0 on the season, Wheaton Warrenville South's Avery Arnold struck out 11 to earn her first varsity win and York, Willowbrook and Wheaton North baseball and Wheaton North and York softball were winners in Wednesday's roundup.

Johnsburg baseball's Ashton Stern and Peyton Mesce threw a combined no-hitter, Woodstock baseball's Everett Flannery struck out 11 and Hampshire softball's Lily Sippel struck out 10 in wins Wednesday. Plus more baseball, softball and girls lacrosse scores.

The St. Bede softball and baseball teams won conference games and more softball and baseball results in Wednesday's NewsTribune/BCR roundup.

Wilmington looked to have earned a win in Wednesday's pitcher's duel with Lincoln-Way East before a late Griffins rally.

Down three runs heading into the bottom of the seventh inning, Sycamore came away with an 11-10 win over Byron on Wednesday on a walk-off wild pitch.

The Sycamore baseball team was the home team at DeKalb High School for a matchup with Byron after last week's storms damaged parts of Sycamore’s home field. The Spartans came away with a victory after scoring on a passed ball in the bottom of the seventh.

Tru Medina hit a walk-off homer in Glenbard North's eight-inning win over Benet, Downers Grove North's Ashlynn Durkin struck out 16, Willowbrook baseball threw a combined no-hitter and more in Tuesday's Suburban Life sports roundup.

Bryson Norwood slugged a grand slam, and Jacob Fehrmann squeezed in the tying run and scored the winning as Oswego three times came from behind against Benet, the last with two in the sixth for a 12-11 win.

The Woodland baseball team allowed seven runs in the first inning in an eventual 13-2 Tri-County loss in six innings to visiting Roanoke-Benon/Lowpoint-Washburn on Tuesday.

After going to their bullpen early, St. Charles North junior Emerson Miller held Providence Catholic to just one run over the final five innings as the offense surged to give them a 6-4 win over the reigning Class 4A champions.

The Ottawa Pirates continued their strong start to the season with a 7-0 shutout victory over the Serena Huskers on Tuesday evening, improving to 4-1.

Roanoke-Benson/Lowpoint-Washburn beat Woodland 13-2 on Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at Woodland High School.

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

New Kankakee head baseball coach Nick Crowe begins his first season as a varsity head coach prepared to face challenges that come with his new role, with an experienced staff to help him along the way.

Gianna Hughes had three goals and two assists to pace a Wheaton Academy soccer win, plus Wheaton Warrenville South and IC Catholic Prep softball and Glenbard South volleyball were winners in Monday's Suburban Life sports roundup.

Kaneland picked up victories across baseball, softball and girls soccer on Monday. That, and more results from Kane County-area sports teams from Monday.

The Marquette baseball team — behind a 4 for 4, four RBI day from Alec Novotney and four shutout innings from Grant Dose — continued its strong start to the season on Monday at Masinelli Field in Ottawa with a 15-0 win over Newark.

Pontiac defeated L-P 7-6 on Monday, March 24, 2025 at Huby Sarver Field in La Salle.

New Woodstock baseball coach Ian Rago is ready for a new challenge. The 2001 Blue Streaks graduate last served as a head coach 10 years ago.

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.