The Plainfield South baseball team was more solid than host Streator in the fundamentals Tuesday, and over seven innings it added up to a 10-1 Cougars win over the Bulldogs.

Rhett Harris hit a grand slam and added an RBI double and teammate Landon Currie hit a two-run home run in Minooka's 10-0 win over Morris.

Joliet West and Wilmington had a back-and-forth baseball contest that ended in a 5-5 tie.

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The Illinois Baseball Coaches Association selected Morris' Jack Wheeler as the 2025 Class 3A Player of the Year

The Troy Junior High baseball team went 26-0 to win the state title in 1975

Morris graduate Cody Del Favero threw a 3-hit shutout with 13 strikeouts for the Normal Cornbelters to earn Prospect League Pitcher of the Week honors

The Morris Tomahawks 12U baseball team went to Cooperstown and got to see and touch the bat that Morris native Scott Spiezio used to hit a three-run homer in Game 6 of the 2002 World Series