It wasn’t Marquette‘s prettiest game at the plate or defensively, but the Cru did just enough to hold on late against Putnam County on a windy Thursday night at Masinelli Field in Ottawa.

The last time the Marquette Crusaders lost a baseball game was a year ago, and the opposing starting pitcher was St. Bede lefty Gino Ferrari. This time Marquette came out on top of another competitive meeting, 6-1, to move to 20-0 on the season.

Marquette defeated St. Bede 6-1 on Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at Masinelli Field in Ottawa.

St. Bede defeated Serena 2-0 on Friday, April 24, 2026 at St. Bede Academy.

The St. Bede baseball team, led by Gus Burr's three hits and four RBIs and Carson Riva's three hits and five RBIs, rolled to a 18-3 Tri-County Conference victory in four innings over host Woodland/Flanagan-Cornell on Thursday afternoon.

Newman baseball pulled away with eight runs to finish a 12-2 Three Rivers East win over Princeton in five innings on Monday.

Newman welcomes Princeton in baseball Monday, April 6, 2026. Newman took the win 12-2.

Newman defeated Bureau Valley 20-5 on Monday, March 30, 2026 at Bureau Valley High School.

The Hall and Streator baseball teams opened their seasons Thursday at the SHS Athletic Fields, with the Bulldogs dominating early and the Red Devils late in an eventual 9-9 tie ballgame.

Hall and Streator on Thursday, March 19, 2026 in Streator. The game ended in a 9-9 tie.

The Illinois Coaches Association held their 48th annual Senior Baseball All Star Game on Monday, June 30, 2025 at Schweickert Stadium in Peru.

This week, the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association unveiled its 2025 All-State Team, celebrating standout athletes, including Class 1A champions Marquette’s Alec Novotney and Sam Mitre.

Marquette sailed to a 16-1 victory over Lexington in the IHSA Class 1A State semifinal at Illinois Field in Champaign on Friday, June 6, 2025.

The Marquette Crusaders responded to Lexington’s one run in the top of the second inning with 10 of their own in the bottom half, propelling the defending 1A state champs into Saturday’s 1 p.m. title game via a dominant, 16-1 victory early Friday.

St. Bede fell to Midland 4-2 during the Class 1A Regional title game on Saturday, May 24, 2025 at Stark County High School.

Fulton scored six runs in the first inning en route to a 7-4 win over Forreston to win the 1A Amboy Regional on Saturday, May 24, 2025.

Here are Mike Vaughn's photos of Thursday's Orion at Bureau Valley regional baseball game. The Chargers won 6-0.

Here are Mike Vaughn's photos of Monday's Kewanee at Princeton regional baseball game at Prather Field. The Boilermakers won 5-2.