It was an Illinois Valley and Tri-County Conference sweep of the MVP awards with St. Bede’s Nathan Husser awarded MVP by the Blue Team and Seneca’s Casey Clennon from the Red Team.

Princeton manager Dave Camp has assembled a cast of the best high school players from Princeton, Bureau Valley, Hall, L-P, St. Bede and Putnam County.

The Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association has released its small-school IHSBCA All-State Teams for the 2024 season, with numerous area standouts receiving honors.

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Marquette defeated Altamont 6-2 to win the Class 1A State baseball championship on Saturday, June 1, 2024 at Dozer Park in Peoria.

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Marquette defeated (Jacksonville) Routt in the Class 1A baseball semifinal game on Friday, May 31, 2024 at Dozer Park in Peoria. The Crusaders will play in the championship at 1p.m. on Saturday.

Alex Ankiewicz tossed a complete-game, three-hit 7-0 shutout to pitch St. Bede past Heyworth and into Saturday’s sectional championship at Illinois Wesleyan University’s Jack Horenberger Field.

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Morris defeated L-P 10-7 in the Class 3A Regional semifinal game at Huby Sarver Field in La Salle.

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Hall defeated Chillicothe 8-4 to win the Class 2A Regional final game on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at Hall High School.

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St. Bede defeated Princeville 15-0 in four innings in the Class 1A Regional semifinal game on Friday, May 17, 2024 at St. Bede Academy.