High School And Prep Baseball
Commodores satisfied with Year One
BLOOMINGTON - The arms better be well-rested. The Decatur Commodores 18U team will really need that now.
Jul 31, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Effingham's Fleener got most of pitching to earn Coach of the Year
Effingham junior Chase Green just knew this was going to be a big year for the Hearts baseball team, and he was right.
Jul 01, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
County Player of the Year Peters 'shocked' by other-wordly statistics
Daniel Peters' numbers from his senior season for the St. Teresa baseball team are so good, it's easy to look at them and think, "Are those for real?"
Jul 01, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Breaking the streak: Elston up to challenge
Chris Elston could have stayed where he was at. After all, who wants to be associated with a program with the longest drought without a regional title of any Macon County school in the four major sports?
Jul 01, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Bushue learns the ropes in Astros' system
In his first week as a professional baseball player, Tanner Bushue has learned one thing: He's a long way from Kinmundy.
Jul 01, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Area POY Bushue rounds into major league prospect
Tanner Bushue was no prodigy. The first time he ever considered playing baseball professionally, it was the same farfetched dream the majority of American boys have growing up.
Jul 01, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Ring him up: Astros take Bushue 69th
There's no doubting the power of the Internet these days. But sometimes, it still can't compare to a telephone.
Jun 10, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Springfield, Bushue play MLB draft guessing game
Both MacArthur's Blair Springfield and South Central's Tanner Bushue expect to see their names pop up in the upcoming Major League Baseball amateur draft, which is set to begin today.
Jun 09, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Competition gets tough in super-sectionals
The good news for the South Central baseball team is that it is one victory away from the first state berth in school history. And the Cougars should be a confident bunch, considering they erased a three-run deficit in their last at-bat to get to today's Class 1A Marion Super-sectional ag…
Jun 01, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Tuscola baseball won't go quietly: Warriors one win from sectional title
DANVILLE - Everybody around the Tuscola baseball team expected this to be a rebuilding season after losing so much talent from the squad that finished fourth in state last season.
May 29, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Braves use their head to advance
MOUNT ZION - Jordan Fortner's game-tying RBI was the hardest contact a Mount Zion hitter made in the Braves' four-run sixth inning.
May 28, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Taking a stab at sectionals: Both Warrensburg teams face tough opening matchups
For some of the area Class 1A/2A baseball and softball teams still alive, last week's regional titles were nothing if not routine.
May 27, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Getting reacquainted: MacArthur, Mount Zion will meet again
The Mount Zion and MacArthur baseball teams are used to being in the same proximity in the postseason.
May 27, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Monticello takes its first step
CLINTON - Monticello took advantage of eight Clinton errors and advanced to the semifinals of the Class 2A Clinton Regional with an 11-5 win over the host Maroons.
May 19, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Cardinals can end 46-year drought
Sure, the spring of 1963 was 46 years ago. But the reality of that time frame never seems to sink in until the cost of some of those fun cost-of-living facts are looked up.
May 17, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Trojans confident they can turn loss around
Maroa falls to Olympia, but rematch possible
May 16, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
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