Ottawa's Adam Swanson was named the Interstate 8 MVP as Pirates and co-champ Kaneland each had six selections. Sycamore and Morris had three selections each, La Salle-Peru had two and Rochelle had one. Every team had one honorable mention.

Hall fell to Monmouth Roseville 5-4 in the Class 2A Regional semifinal game on Thursday, May 28, 2026 at Princeton High School.

Adam Swanson pitched a complete game, one-hit shutout and launched a late three-run home run Wednesday night to lead the Pirates to a four-game season sweep of archrival La Salle-Peru 8-0 in the semifinals of the Class 3A Metamora Regional.

Ottawa defeated L-P 8-0 during the Class 3A Regional semifinal game on Wednesday, May 27, 2026 at Metamora High School. The Pirates will take on Metamora on Saturday at 10a.m. for the Regional championship.

The IHSA has released its 2026 baseball postseason schedules. Here are the paths awaiting teams from across the Illinois Valley, including Seneca, Princeton, Ottawa, La Salle-Peru, Streator, St. Bede, Marquette and more.

A day after surrendering Woodland/Flanagan-Cornell's first win of the season, the Henry-Senachwine baseball team bounced back with a 16-1, five-inning handling of the Warriors led by the hitting of Carson Rowe and pitching of Jacob Miller.

Kanon Baxley came through in the clutch again. The Kaneland baseball team beat La Salle-Peru 9-2 Tuesday behind Baxley's hot bat and Jack Frey's dominant pitching. The Knights stay in first place in the I-8 with two games left.

Henry-Senachwine defeated Woodland/Flanagan-Cornell 16-1 on Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at Woodland High School.

The La Salle-Peru baseball team traveled to Maple Park Tuesday to take on Kaneland in an Interstate 8 Conference matchup.