By Fred Kroner St. Joseph bounced back from a semifinal loss on Monday (Oct. 4) in the IESA Class 2A state baseball tournament to salvage third place at the East Side Centre, in East Peoria. Unbeaten Kankakee Bishop McNamara – which went on to win the 2A state crown – […]
By Fred Kroner Prairieview-Ogden registered the highest IESA state finish in baseball in school history on Monday (Oct. 4). The Mustangs finished as the Class 1A state runners-up, dropping a 6-3 title-game decision to once-beaten Lexington in the finals. The game was delayed by 48 hours due to rain on […]
By Fred Kroner Parker Fitch turned in a dominating performance for the Prairieview Ogden baseball team on Saturday (Sept. 25) as the Mustangs advanced to the Class 1A IESA baseball state tournament for the second time in four years. PVO also qualified in 2018. Fitch pitched 6 2/3 innings in […]
By Fred Kroner For the fourth time in the past seven years, the St. Joseph Junior High baseball team has qualified for the IESA Class 2A state tournament. The Panthers secured their berth on Saturday (Sept. 25) with a 7-0 win at home over Hoopeston Area in the sectional championship […]
By Fred Kroner Parker Fitch was the winning pitcher in both games as top-seeded Prairieview Ogden defeated two foes to win an IESA Class 1A baseball regional. Fitch and Coy Hayes combined to throw a perfect game on Saturday (Sept. 18) in a semifinal game at home, a 16-0 three-inning […]
By Fred Kroner For the St. Joseph Panthers junior high baseball team, the IESA Class 2A regional semifinal game looked a lot like the regional championship contest. Both were wins for the Panthers. Both were by 12-0 shutouts. Both were games where the St. Joseph pitchers didn’t issue a walk. […]
By Fred Kroner Parker Fitch fired his second consecutive no-hitter and helped the Prairieview Ogden Junior High baseball team increase its winning streak to nine. Fitch pitched 4 1/3 hitless innings on Tuesday (Sept. 7) at home against Gifford in a 5-0 win. The game was called at that juncture […]
By Fred Kroner The Mustangs extended their winning streak to six games on Thursday (Sept. 2), scoring the tie-breaking run in the sixth-inning of a 7-6 triumph at Georgetown. The teams were tied, 5-5, after five innings. Coy Hayes picked up his third win of the season, yielding three hits […]
By Fred Kroner Bryson Houchens has been on a week-long tear for the St. Joseph Junior High baseball team. In a three-game span from Tuesday (Aug. 31) through Tuesday (Sept. 7), Houchens had six hits in nine at-bats. Four of his hits landed for extra bases and two were home […]
By Fred Kroner The St. Joseph Panthers collected a 9-1 baseball win on Monday (Aug. 23) over Champaign Edison, the team’s third straight win. Bryson Houchens picked up the win. In six innings, he allowed five hits, no walks and struck out seven. Gary Page pitched the final inning to […]
