2017 Lemont graduate Ryan Sublette was taken in the seventh round of the Major League Baseball Draft on Monday.

Led by Player of the Year Owen Murphy of Riverside-Brookfield, here is the Suburban Life All-Area baseball team.

Riverside-Brookfield junior and Notre Dame recruit Owen Murphy, who shined on the diamond this spring as both a pitcher and hitter, is the Suburban Life baseball Player of the Year.

Timothy Christian's baseball team dropped the Class 2A state final to Freeburg 12-0 on Friday night – but it was quite a ride to second place in the state for the Trojans, capped off by a stunning rally in Friday's semifinal against 33-win Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin.

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The Timothy Christian Trojans fell to the Freeburg Midgets 12-0 in the 2A baseball state finals.

Ben Jones struck out 13 in a complete-game effort, and Timothy Christian scored four runs in the sixth inning to defeat Winnebago 5-2 at the Class 2A Rockford Supersectional to advance to state for the first time in program history.

Prairie Ridge has become the master of winning close games. The Wolves won their third consecutive one-run game, 5-4, over St. Francis to take the Class 3A Schaumburg Supersectional on Monday. The Wolves will face Washington at 10 a.m. in the 3A semifinals in Schaumburg.

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Prairie Ridge defeated Wheaton St. Francis, 5-4, on Monday in the Class 3A Schaumburg Supersectional.

St. Francis scored six runs in the first inning and rolled from there to an 11-4 win over Fenton in Wednesday's Class 3A sectional semifinal.