High school baseball: 2019 Northwest Herald All-Area team

• FIRST TEAM Jake Bimbi, Crystal Lake South, jr., P – The Gators’ left-hander was tough all season, particularly at the end when he struck out 10 and allowed six hits over six innings to beat Prairie Ridge, 5-1, in the Class 3A Grayslake Central Sectional. Bimbi was 8-1 with a 1.71 ERA and 80 strikeouts and 23 walks over 53 1/3 innings pitched. He also hit .304 and drove in 11 runs.