The amount of multisport standouts in local boys athletics runs very deep. So many athletes with NCAA Division I offers in one sport are still playing another. It makes for a lot of strong candidates for the Daily Chronicle 2024-2025 Boys Athlete of the Year.

Even with the returning winniner back and more than nine months until the season begins, the 2025 race for the Daily Chronicle Baseball Player of the Year award is wide open.

Teams really didn’t like pitching to Martin Ledbetter. The Hinckley Big Rock junior slugger drew 26 walks this year, a chunk of those intentionally and a handful with the bases loaded. He still hit .492 with nine home runs and 28 RBIs with an OPS of 1.774.

It wasn't just about strong arms and popping bats. The Daily Chronicle 2024 Baseball All-Area Team also features many players who flashed the leather with strong defensive performances.

The Little Ten Conference has released its 2024 spring all-conference teams for softball and baseball.

Sycamore did what has become custom. DeKalb did something it hadn’t done in a long time. And plenty of players put up eye-popping numbers by ripping the cover off of a baseball. With the 2024 baseball season over, we look at some of the facts that defined the season.

The Morris baseball team beat Sycamore 5-3 on Monday to earn its first trip to state since 1995.

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Sycamore and Morris meet in Geneseo for the Class 3A baseball supersectional title Monday, June 3, 2024. Morris won 5-3 and will compete Friday in the state semifinal.

Sycamore beat Burlington Central 1-0 in 12 innings for the Class 3A Sycamore Sectional baseball championship on Friday.