Metro East KICKoFF CLASSIC

The fifth annual Metro East Kickoff Classic, sponsored by Prep Baseball Report, is back in 2024 and with a larger field of competitors than ever. Beginning on Wednesday, March 13, this four-day event will feature teams spanning the entire state of Illinois competing against each other in the St. Louis area across nine venues in the Metro East: GCS Ballpark in Sauget, Ill., SIU-Edwardsville's Roy E. Lee Field, Edwardsville High School, Blazier Field in O'Fallon, Belleville East High School, Triad High School, Father McGivney High School, Belleville West High School and Alton High School.

The Prep Baseball Illinois staff will provide on-the-ground coverage of the Kickoff Classic, producing game updates, post-game analysis that will impact our Power 25 rankings, as well as scout notes on the top performers through the week. Our homepage, prepbaseballreport.com/illinois, will house everything IHSA baseball fans will need in order to stay updated on this opening week of action, including daily schedules, participating team previews, game scores, player scouting reports, and more.

For all Metro East Kickoff Classic information, check this event homepage. For up-to-date information and live coverage throughout the event, be sure to follow Prep Baseball Illinois on Twitter at @PrepBaseballIL.

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PARTICIPATING TEAMS

(Rank) School
Preseason ranking, 2023 finish
Althoff Catholic (2A) (12-20)
Alton (4A) (10-21)
Belleville East (4A) (21-14)
Belleville West (4A) (14-16)
Benet Academy (3A) (17-12)
No. 22 Bradley-Bourbonnais (3A) (16-22)
No. 4 Brother Rice (4A) (26-16)
Breese Central (2A) (21-12)
Civic Memorial (3A) (12-19)
Collinsville (4A) (16-15)
Columbia (2A) (34-5)
Dunlap (3A) (16-15-1)
No. 1 Edwardsville (4A)  (33-9)
Effingham (3A) (22-17)
Father McGivney (1A) (37-2)
Freeburg (3A) (22-14)
Galesburg (3A) (18-18)
Glenwood (3A) (27-5)
Harrisburg (2A) (31-4)
No. 5 Joliet Catholic (3A) (26-8-1)
Lockport Township (4A) (22-14)
Mahomet-Seymour (3A) (30-5)
Mascoutah (3A) (27-7-1)
Moline (4A) (25-9)
Morris (3A) (26-5)
Mt. Vernon (3A) (23-15)
No. 6 New Trier (4A) (29-8)
No. 20 Normal Community (4A) (25-10)
Normal West (4A) (14-19-1)
North Clay (1A) (21-11)
Oak Forest (3A) (25-11)
Oak Park-River Forest (4A) (10-16)
Oswego (4A) (23-12)
No. 13 O'Fallon Township (4A) (24-8)
Plainfield North (4A) (16-16)
Quincy (4A) (16-17)
Rochester (3A) (19-16-1)
Salem Community (3A) (20-17)
St. Anthony (2A) (24-5)
St. Jospeh-Ogden (2A) (28-8)
Teutopolis (2A) (17-16)
No. 15 Triad (3A) (24-12)
Washington Community (3A) (23-13)

Wednesday, march 13th

TIME Team 1 Team 2 LOCATION
12:00 PM Columbia St. Joseph-Ogden O'Fallon City Park - Blazier Field
4:30 PM Mascoutah Mount Vernon O'Fallon City Park - Blazier Field

Thursday, March 14th

TIME Team 1 Team 2 LOCATION
2:00 PM Breese Central St. Joseph-Ogden O'Fallon City Park - Blazier Field
4:00 PM Oswego Collinsville Edwardsville HS JV Field
4:00 PM Belleville East Quincy Belleville East High School
4:00 PM Oak Park-River Forest Belleville West Belleville West High School
4:15 PM Brother Rice Edwardsville Edwardsville HS Varsity Field
4:15 PM Teutopolis Civic Memorial Triad High School
4:30 PM O'Fallon Township Lockport O'Fallon City Park - Blazier Field
6:15 PM Effingham Freeburg Edwardsville HS JV Field
6:30 PM Oswego JV Edwardsville JV Edwardsville HS Varsity Field
6:45 PM Marissa Pleasant Plains O'Fallon City Park - Blazier Field

Friday, march 15th

TIME Team 1 team 2 LOCATION
11:15 AM Oswego St. Joseph-Ogden GSC Ballpark
1:30 PM Oswego Columbia GSC Ballpark
2:15 PM Oak Park-River Forest Moline Edwardsville HS JV Field
2:15 PM O'Fallon Township Brother Rice O'Fallon City Park - Blazier Field
3:15 PM Glenwood Joliet Catholic Edwardsville HS Varsity Field
3:30 PM Lockport Alton Lloyd Hopkins Field
4:00 PM Belleville East Joliet West Belleville East High School
4:00 PM Plainfield North Belleville West Belleville West High School
4:00 PM Father McGivney North Clay Father McGivney High School
4:15 PM Morris Mascoutah GCS Ballpark
4:15 PM Triad Normal West Triad High School
4:30 PM Moline JV Edwardsville JV Edwardsville HS JV Field
4:30 PM Washington Benet Academy O'Fallon City Park - Blazier Field
5:30 PM Edwardsville Joliet Catholic Edwardsville HS Varsity Field
5:45 PM Lockport Mount Vernon Lloyd Hopkins Field
6:30 PM Collinsville New Trier GCS Ballpark
6:45 PM Bradley-Bourbonnais Rochester Edwardsville HS JV Field
6:45 PM St. Anthony Althoff O'Fallon City Park - Blazier Field

Saturday, march 16th

TIME Team 1 Team 2 LOCATION
10:00 AM Brother Rice Glenwood GCS Ballpark
10:00 AM Alton Bradley-Bourbonnais Roy E. Lee Field
10:00 AM Edwardsville New Trier Edwardsville HS Varsity Field
10:00 AM Normal West Lockport Edwardsville HS JV Field
10:00 AM Collinsville Oak Park-River Forest O'Fallon City Park - Blazier Field
10:00 AM Moline Plainfield North Belleville East High School
10:00 AM Washington Salem Community Belleville West High School
10:00 AM Triad Joliet Catholic Triad High School
10:00 AM Benet Academy Father McGivney Father McGivney High School
12:15 PM Columbia Harrisburg GCS Ballpark
12:15 PM Dunlap Mount Vernon Roy E. Lee Field
12:15 PM Althoff Teutopolis Edwardsville HS JV Field
12:15 PM O'Fallon Township Joliet West O'Fallon City Park - Blazier Field
12:15 PM Moline Normal Community Belleville East High School
12:15 PM Galesburg Salem Belleville West High School
12:30 PM Morris Freeburg Edwardsville HS Varsity Field
12:30 PM Oark Forest Mahomet-Seymour Triad High School
2:30 PM Harrisburg Breese Central GCS Ballpark
2:30 PM Dunlap Civic Memorial Roy E. Lee Field
2:30 PM Rochester Joliet West O'Fallon City Park - Blazier Field
2:30 PM Belleville East Normal Community Belleville East High School
2:30 PM Washington Bradley-Bourbonnais Belleville West High School
2:45 PM Oak Forest Triad Triad High School
4:45 PM Rochester Galesburg O'Fallon City Park - Blazier Field

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