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PBR Team Rankings
Final 2008 Rankings- 6/8
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Preseason
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Team
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Record
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16. |
Highland
Bulldogs knock off No. 3 Rock Falls to win Class 3A championship |
36-4 |
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6. |
Prairie Ridge
Wolves come together to defeat Oak Park in Class 4A title game |
32-8 |
| 3. |
NR |
Rock Falls
Rockets upend Joliet Catholic in semis but fall to Highland in 3A title game |
33-3 |
| 4. |
11. |
Oak Park
Jo Jo Maldanado's spectacular show not enough for Class 4A runner-up |
29-10 |
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18. |
Joliet Catholic
Hilltoppers end great run with third-place finish in Class 3A |
33-7 |
| 6. |
5. |
Neuqua Valley
Wildcats win last game of season for second straight year; finish 3rd in 4A |
33-7 |
| 7. |
4. |
Sandburg
Eagles come up short in supers to Oak Park after knocking off Brother Rice |
30-6 |
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9. |
Carmel
Corsairs fell to state-champion Prairie Ridge in 8 innings in super |
32-6 |
| 9. |
1. |
Brother Rice
Preseason No. 1 team falls in sectional final to Sandburg; wins Catholic Blue |
32-7 |
| 10. |
NR |
Olympia
Spartans beat IVC 6-1 to win 2A state title, second since '02 |
31-8 |
| 11. |
39. |
Illinois Valley Central
Grey Ghosts fall short against Olympia in Class 2A title game |
34-7 |
| 12. |
NR. |
Wheaton North
Falcons make impressive run to fourth-place finish in Class 4A |
24-15 |
| 13. |
21. |
O'Fallon
Junior-heavy Panthers enjoy strong season; should be even tougher in '09 |
30-7 |
| 14. |
45. |
Loyola
Up-and-down season ends in the supersectional to Wheaton North |
24-14 |
| 15. |
NR |
Illiana Christian
Kapyteyn, Lasowski lead Vikings to sectional final, but come up short vs. JCA |
21-11 |
| 16. |
48. |
Whitney Young
Public League champs fall to Oak Park in sectional semifinals |
29-5 |
| 17 |
23. |
Fenwick
Friars' run ends in sectional final against Oak Park |
23-9 |
| 18. |
20 |
New Trier
Impressive regular season ends with thud in regionals to Glenbrook South |
30-3 |
| 19. |
14. |
Schaumburg
Two-time MSL champions fall hard to Wheaton North in sectional final |
24-7 |
| 20. |
31. |
Lincoln-Way East
Offensively, few were more dangerous; fell to Neuqua Valley in sectional final |
22-11 |
| 21. |
2. |
St. Rita
Talented Mustangs struggle down stretch; fall to Stagg in regional final |
29-8 |
| 22. |
NR |
Collinsville
Kahoks' run to supersectional ends against Ian Krol and Neuqua Valley |
21-12 |
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40. |
Leyden
Weaver leads Eagles to sectional final; share of West Suburban Gold crown |
26-8 |
| 24. |
NR |
Harrisburg
Bulldogs enjoy 22-game win streak; then loses to Pinckneyville in sectionals |
31-3 |
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8. |
Lake Zurich
Bears have stellar regular season but thuds in regional play |
26-8 |
Updated: 6/8/08 |
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7/29/08 - I know, it’s been a while since the Who’s Hot section has appeared here. Please know that I have seen an exorbitant amount of baseball over the last four weeks, and my lack of entries in Duncan’s Diamond Notes is purely because I’ve been too lazy/busy to synthesize my notes after the fact. But enough about me and my lack of whatever … let’s get to the players. [Read More] |
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| | Olympia, Frahm upends IVC to win Class 2A state championship
Saturday, May 31, 2008 (149 reads)
 Junior Matt Frahm finished his dream season by throwing a complete-game six-hitter to lead Olympia past No. 9 Illinois Valley Central in the Class 2A state championship game Saturday night at Joliet Silver Cross Field. ... Plus all other Class 2A results.
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| Jacksonville Routt claims 1A state title
Saturday, May 31, 2008 (68 reads)
Jacksonville Routt trailed 3-1 as the Class 1A championship game entered the Rockets half of the fourth. Sending 12 men to the plate, the Rockets scored eight times on eight hits in the bottom of the fourth and blew this title match wide open. Read More |
| | | | Wheaton North's DeAno ends St. Charles North's season
Thursday, May 29, 2008 (266 reads)
In big games, Wheaton North coach Dan Schoessling said there’s no one he’d rather have on the mound than Jack DeAno. On Thursday, the DeAno showed why his coach has so much confidence in his junior right-hander. DeAno threw a five-hit complete game to upend St. Charles North in the Larkin Sectional semifinal. Read More |
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| 1 Ian Krol
Neuqua Valley HS
| 2 Jerad Grundy
Johnsburg HS
| 3 Scott Firth
Stevenson HS
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| 5 Dan Sheppard
Downers Grove North HS
| 6 Matt Milroy
Marmion Academy
| 7 Anthony Maldanado
Oak Park-River Forest HS
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| 9 Christian Cummins
Harrisburg HS
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