PBR ILLINOIS POWER 25
The Illinois high school baseball season kicked off on March 13, opening day for regular season action under IHSA regulations. Leading up to opening day, we published our team previews ahead of the 2023 spring season, touching on programs spanning all state classifications, counting down through the official PBR Illinois Preseason Power 25 Rankings.
After Opening Day, our scouts were out covering 2023 season, published scout notes and additional in-season content along the way, like Power 25 updates, Player of the Week awards, and weekly top performers included inside Diamond Notes.
Below is our final top-25 rankings of the '23 season, following the IHSA state tournament.
FInal 2023 POWER 25
14 | 1 | Edwardsville (4A) | 33-9 | |
10 | 2 | Nazareth Academy (3A) | 34-6 | |
NR | 3 | Brother Rice (4A) | 26-16 | |
6 | 4 | New Trier (4A) |
30-8 | |
3 | 5 | Lincoln-Way East (4A) |
31-9 | |
NR | 6 | Grayslake Central (4A) | 33-8 | |
1 | 7 | Providence Catholic (4A) | 30-7-1 | |
NR | 8 | Joliet Catholic Academy (2A) | 26-8-1 | |
15 | 9 | Columbia (2A) | 32-5 | |
2 | 10 | Father McGivney (2A) | 37-2 | |
25 | 11 | Stevenson (4A) | 30-10 | |
NR | 12 | York (4A) | 25-15-1 | |
7 | 13 | St. Laurence (3A) | 30-9 | |
8 | 14 | Lincoln-Way West (4A) | 28-9 | |
NR | 15 | Oswego East (4A) | 23-12 | |
4 | 16 | St. Charles East (4A) | 27-5 | |
9 | 17 | Downers Grove North (4A) |
32-5 | |
NR | 18 | Sycamore (3A) | 34-6 | |
12 | 19 | Quincy Notre Dame (2A) |
36-2 | |
5 | 20 | Huntley (4A) |
29-8 | |
11 | 21 | Evanston Township (4A) | 31-8 | |
19 | 22 | Glenbrook North (4A) | 27-9 | |
16 | 23 | Mahomet-Seymour (3A) | 30-5 | |
13 | 24 | Lemont (3A) | 28-7-1 | |
21 | 25 | Hersey (4A) | 29-9 |
Bubble Teams (Listed Alphabetically): Antioch Community (20-14-1), Barrington (24-13-1), Belleville East (21-14), Bloomington (20-14), Bradley-Bourbonnais (16-12), Carlinville (21-3), Cary-Grove (26-10), Champaign Central (26-11), Conant (22-15), Crystal Lake South (26-8), DePaul College Prep (23-16), Downers Grove South (25-6), Dunlap (16-15-1), East Moline United (20-12), East Peoria (23-13), Effingham (22-16), Eureka (30-3), Gibault Catholic (22-14), Gillespie (31-1), Glenwood (28-5), Harrisburg (31-5), Harvest Christian (23-6), Hononegah (29-7), Lane Tech (23-12), Lockport Township (22-14), Lincoln-Way Central (23-13), Lyons Township (25-10), Maine South (20-16-1), Manteno (20-9), Maroa-Forsyth (24-4), Mascoutah (30-7-1), McHenry (21-15-1), Minooka (23-14-1), Moline (25-9), Monticello (22-5), Morris (26-5), Morton (24-12), Mount Carmel (20-14), Mt. Pulaski (27-5), Naperville Central (22-10), Nashville (30-7), Niles Notre Dame (17-13), Normal Community (25-10), North Clay (21-11), Oak Forest (25-11), O'Fallon Township (25-8), Oswego (25-12), Ottawa-Marquette (28-3), Kenwood Academy (27-5), Plainfield Central (29-8), Reed-Custer (23-8), Routt Catholic (30-6), Sandburg (20-13-1), Sherrard (25-7), St. Bede (21-8), St. Charles North (23-9-1), St. Francis (27-9), St. Joseph-Ogden (28-8), St. Rita (27-12), St. Viator (19-11), Streamwood (25-10-1), Triad (26-12), Von Steuben (24-8), Warren Township (27-8), Washington Community (23-13), & Willowbrook (22-10).
2023 STATE TOURNAMENT RESULTS
4A
- Edwardsville
- Brother Rice
- New Trier
- York
3A
- Nazareth Academy
- Grayslake Central
- Sycamore
- Effingham
2A
- Joliet Catholic Academy
- Columbia
- DePaul College Prep
- Quincy Notre Dame
1A
- Gibault Catholic
- Henry-Senachwine
- Newman Catholic Central
- Goreville
POWER 25 UPDATES
2023 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
- IL PBR Illinois Pitcher of the Week: Evan Foster 5/24/23
- IL PBR Illinois Player of the Week: Hunter Warren 5/24/23
- IL PBR Illinois Pitcher of the Week: Nick Baffa 5/17/23
- IL PBR Illinois Player of the Week: Dillon Head 5/17/23
- IL PBR Illinois Pitcher of the Week: Aidan Dodson 5/10/23
- IL PBR Illinois Player of the Week: Collin Mowry 5/10/23
- IL PBR Illinois Pitcher of the Week: Austin Brown 5/03/23
- IL PBR Illinois Player of the Week: Dominic Voegele 5/03/23
- NJ PBR Illinois Pitcher of the Week: Hank Liss 4/26/23
- IL PBR Illinois Player of the Week: Daniel Gierer 4/26/23
- IL PBR Illinois Pitcher of the Week: Ethan Eberle 4/19/23
- IL PBR Illinois Player of the Week: Jake Zitella 4/19/23
- IL PBR Illinois Pitcher of the Week: Austin Musso 4/12/23
- IL PBR Illinois Player of the Week: Luke Stulga 4/12/23
- IL PBR Illinois Pitcher of the Week: RHP Jacob McPherson 4/05/23
- IL PBR Illinois Player of the Week: Phillip Carlton 4/05/23
- IL PBR Illinois Player of the Week: INF/RHP Cal Sefcik 3/29/23
- IL PBR Illinois Pitcher of the Week: LHP Conor Essenburg 3/29/23
- IL PBR Illinois Player of the Week: SS Bryer Arview 3/22/23
- IL PBR Illinois Pitcher of the Week: RHP Dylan Nagle 3/22/23
2022 IHSA SEASON RECAP
2022 STATE TOURNAMENT RESULTS
4A
- Edwardsville
- Mundelein
- Brother Rice
- McHenry
3A
- Nazareth Academy
- Glenwood
- Washington Community
- Crystal Lake South
2A
- Joliet Catholic Academy
- Richmond-Burton
- Columbia
- Maroa-Forsyth
1A
- North Clay
- Brown County
- Ottawa Marquette
- LeRoy
2022 POTY, ALL-STATE HONORS
+ PBR Illinois, Player of the Year: RHP/SS Owen Murphy
+ First Team, All-State
+ Second Team, All-State
+ Third Team, All-State
2022 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
- IL PBR Illinois Player of the Week: INF Owen Housinger 5/25/22
- IL PBR Illinois Player of the Week: RHP/INF Christian Mitchelle 5/18/22
- IL PBR Illinois Player of the Week: 3B/RHP Anthony Martinez 5/11/22
- IL PBR Illinois Player of the Week: RHP/3B Owen Murphy 5/04/22
- IL PBR Illinois Player of the Week: MIF Eli Hoerner 4/27/22
- IL PBR Illinois Player of the Week: RHP/3B Owen Murphy 4/20/22
- IL PBR Illinois Player of the Week: C/OF Connor Lindsey 4/13/22
- IL PBR Illinois Player of the Week: 3B/OF Luke Adams 4/06/22
- IL PBR Illinois Player of the Week: C/OF Zion Rose 3/30/22
- IL PBR Illinois Player of the Week: SS Cole Crafton 3/23/22