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 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. […]
In the final week of the regular season, St. Joseph won four games in five days, including three wins in a row by shutout. The shutout streak started on Tuesday (Sept. 7) in the home finale, 10-0, over Champaign St. Matthew. On Wednesday (Sept. 8), the Panthers blanked Urbana 19-0 […]
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 […]
By Fred Kroner The St. Joseph Junior High Panthers’ baseball posted an 11-3 season-opening win at home over Prairieview-Ogden on Wednesday (Aug. 11). Bryson Houchens and Logan Rosenthal each swatted two hits and drove in three runs apiece. Will Haley stole three bases and scored three runs. Asher Pruemer and […]
