The Illinois high school baseball season kicked off on March 11, opening day for regular season action under IHSA regulations. Since then, we’ve published our team previews ahead of the 2024 spring season, touching on programs spanning all state classifications, counting down through the official Prep Baseball Illinois Preseason Power 25 Rankings.

Perennially, we’ve submitted a preseason questionnaire to high school head coaches across the entire state. Their responses have been flooding in and we’re using the detailed insight they’ve provided in our team-by-team preseason analysis.

Today, we’re taking a look at some of the Teams to Watch in 2024:

High School: Highland Park Giants
Head Coach: Jason Newburger
Classification: 4A
Conference: Central Suburban League
2023 Record (Finish): 13-16
Key Players Lost: SS Danny Greenberg, RHP Jacob Torres

 

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Team Strengths: Strong front-end of the rotation. Scrappy lineup with positional versatility. 

Luke Weber	2024	RHP	Illinois
Michael Pasquesi	2024	RHP	Webster University
Nick Blumer	2024	UTIL
Louie Kasdin	2024	OF
Andrew Cortes	2024	UTIL
David Finfer	2024	SS
JT Killeen	2025	C
Charlie Cohen	2025	OF
Ben Lichtenfeld	2025	RHP
Shamar Wilson	2026	OF
Trent Harradine	2026	UTIL
Josh Midanek	2026	C

Find more information on the 2024 Highland Park program below:

+ Follow them on X: @HPHSBaseball
+ Visit the Prep Baseball Illinois Preseason Power 25 homepage

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