Baseball

Here is the 2022 Sauk Valley Media All-Area Baseball Team, along with the season's final stats leaderboard.

The Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp gave up three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning in a 6-5 loss to the Cape Catfish on Friday.

After working hard on his game – especially the mental aspect – leading up to his senior season, Dixon's Gage Burdick had a stellar spring on the baseball diamond as the 2022 Sauk Valley Media Baseball Player of the Year.

Notre Dame recruit Owen Murphy, who led Riverside-Brookfield to its first Class 4A regional championship and posted a 9-0 record with a 0.12 earned run average and slugged 18 homers with 75 runs batted in, is the Suburban Life Player of the Year.

Here is the Suburban Life All-Area baseball team.

The Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp extended their winning streak to six games with a win over the Cape Catfish on Thursday.

The Newman baseball team has advanced to the Elite Eight each of the past two seasons by winning the program's first-ever sectional titles. A talented team had much to do with that, but the players credit a close relationship to coach Kenny Koerner as another piece of the puzzle.

Dio Cornet and Christion Cleary hit home runs Wednesday to help the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp beat the Alton River Dragons.

San Francisco Giants pitcher Jakob Junis has started a throwing program to rehab the hamstring injury he suffered during his June 10 start against the Dodgers, reports Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle.

There was an expectation for a season of improvement from Taylor Waldron, and the Marquette ace delivered on his way to being named The Times 2022 Baseball Player of the Year.

Presenting The Times 2022 All-Area Baseball Team, featuring players from Marquette, Streator, Seneca, Newark, Somonauk, Ottawa, Earlville, Serena, Fieldcrest, Woodland/Flanagan-Cornell and Sandwich.

Princeton Post 125 defeated No. 6 Galesburg Extreme 7-4 and then No. 5 Kewanee 13-3 to capture the Silver Division championship in Sunday's Nolan Keane Tournament Sunday in Kewanee.

Final Little Ten Conference baseball standings:

The Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp on Monday swept a doubleheader against the Lafayette Aviators.

Several local baseball players were honored with All-State selections by the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association.