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La Salle-Peru High School to host ribbon-cutting for new field on April 8

Field will be named after former baseball coach Hubert ‘Huby’ Sarver

By Shaw Local News Network
An aerial view of the baseball and softball fields at La Salle-Peru Township High School Athletic Complex on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 in La Salle. In March of 2023, L-P announced a $9.5 million addition/renovation to its sports complex. The project included an addition of a baseball field, two softball fields and four tennis courts; the installation of artificial turf on the soccer field; the expansion of parking; the addition of restrooms in the soccer building; and construction near the baseball/softball fields that will include a concession stand, press box and restrooms.

LaSalle-Peru Township High School will host a formal ribbon cutting ceremony to announce the completion of the L-P Sports Complex Phase II project on April 8, 2024. (Scott Anderson)

LaSalle-Peru High School will host a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony to announce the completion of the L-P Sports Complex Phase II project.

The ceremony will take place at 4 p.m. Monday, April 8, at the baseball/softball complex, where they will name the field after former Coach Huby Sarver.

On Sept. 20, the school board approved naming the baseball field Huby Sarver Field.

Coach Huby Sarver coached the L-P baseball team for 24 years, compiling a 431-244 record. This still stands as the most wins by a coach in L-P history, L-P said in a news release.

Coach Huby Sarver coached the L-P baseball team for 24 years, compiling a 431-244 record. This still stands as the most wins by a coach in L-P history, L-P said in a news release. (Photo provided by La Salle-Peru High School)

Sarver coached the L-P baseball team for 24 years, compiling a 431-244 record. This still stands as the most wins by a coach in L-P history, the school said in a news release.

Over the course of his distinguished career, Sarver’s teams won nine conference titles, four district titles, seven regionals, a sectional and earned a trip to the state quarterfinals. He established the Illinois Valley Connie Mack Summer Baseball Program, the L-P Baseball Parents Booster Club, served as the Northern Illinois Chairman for the Illinois Baseball Coaches Association, and was a member of the Peru Planning Commission, according to the release.

Sarver was honored by numerous organizations. In 1979, he was named the Illinois Baseball Coaches Association Coach of the Year; inducted in 1984 into the Illinois Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, and in 2021 inducted into the L-P Hall of Honor. The field has already been affectionately nicknamed “The Hub” by head baseball coach Matt Glupczynski.

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