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Game Story

A look at all of the high school game stories from the 2021 IHSA baseball season.

IL Game Story No. 3 Sacred Heart-Griffin Edges Out No. 22 St. Joseph-Ogden For 2A Super Sectional Title 6/14/2021 The Cyclones advance to the state playoffs with their super sectional win over the Spartans.
IL Game Story No. 20 St. Laurence Knocks out No. 19 Nazareth, Advances to Super Sectionals 6/12/2021 A strong performance on the mound by Ballesteros, quality at-bats and timely hitting was the formula for the Vikings
IL Game Story Providence Catholic Staves Off Homewood-Flossmoor, Advances to 4A Super-Sectional 6/12/2021 Junior RHPs Alex Alberico and Jack Wajda lead the Celtics to a tight 3-2 win
IL Game Story Lake Park Routs St. Charles North, Advances to 4A Super-Sectional 6/12/2021 Lake Park rides the arm and bat of Jackson Kent to the Super-Sectionals
IL Game Story No. 12 Hinsdale Central Sneaks Past No. 10 Downers Grove South 6/9/2021 Blake Edmonds comes through with a couple clutch RBIs and sophomore Ben Oosterbaan impresses on the mound
IL Game Story No. 18 Homewood-Flossmoor Knocks Off No. 2 Lincoln-Way East 6/9/2021 Homewood-Flossmoor uses a huge seven-run fourth inning to get by Lincoln-Way East and advance to the Sectional Finals
IL Game Story No. 1 Huntley Defeats No. 14 Mundelein, Advancing To Sectional Title Game 6/9/2021 Timely outs and consistent run production propelled the Raiders to their second sectional title game in three years.
IL Game Story Benet Defeats Riverside-Brookfield for the 3A Regional Championship 6/7/2021 Benet gets a go-ahead two-run triple by Ryan Radek to help propel them to the Regional Championship
IL Game Story Strong Pitching Leads Sandburg to Regional Semi Win Over Andrew 6/4/2021
IL Game Story No. 14 Mundelein Walks Off Cary-Grove In A Wild Regional Semi 6/4/2021 Cary-Grove rallies with 9-runs in the seventh to take the lead but Mundelein answers, walks off for the win
IL Game Story DeMarco and Co. Get No. 7 St. Charles North Past Wheaton Warrenville South 6/4/2021 DeMarco and Bolender launch big home runs in the North Stars Regional Semi-final win
IL Game Story No. 13 Naperville Central Downs West Aurora, Advances To Regional Final 6/4/2021 A big five-run second inning opens it up for Naperville Central
IL Game Story Mount Carmel Breezes Past No. 21 Lane Tech 5/30/2021 Egan leads the way on the mound while Julien Hachem does it with the bat
IL Game Story No. 4 Sacred Heart-Griffin Fights Past No. 5 Normal University 5/26/2021 The Cyclones move to 25-1 and pick up another big ranked win after knocking off No. 5 Normal University
IL Game Story No. 2 Huntley Defeats No. 20 Jacobs, Sweeps Conference Series 5/24/2021 Ryan Bakes and Ryan Kelly go deep to lead No. 2 Huntley to another win
IL Game Story St. Viator Sweeps a ESCC Double-Header Over Marian Catholic 5/23/2021 Viator, puts together a huge rally in game two to complete the sweep
IL Game Story No. 7 Lake Park Knocks Off Geneva In a Dukane Conference Matchup 5/22/2021 Jackson Kent leads the way with his arm and his bat to get Lake Park the victory
IL Game Story No. 12 Brother Rice Takes Down Glenbrook North 5/21/2021 The Crusaders put up seven in the second inning to open things up against Glenbrook North
IL Game Story No. 24 Chicago Christian Walks Off Sandburg 5/20/2021 Chicago Christian survives a pitchers duel, walks off Sandburg to move to 19-1
IL Game Story No. 10 Downers Grove South Tops Oak Park River Forest 5/20/2021 Patera battles, Scolan homers as Downers Grove South wins a Cross-Conference tilt
IL Game Story No. 4 Lincoln-Way East Battles Past No. 9 Lincoln-Way Central 5/17/2021 A big four-run fourth inning and strong start by Landen Looper propels Lincoln-Way East
IL Game Story No. 16 Lincoln-Way East, Boland Shut Out No. 2 Brother Rice 4/24/2021 Boland goes five strong and enough offense gives Lincoln-Way East another statement win on the early season
IL Game Story Naperville Central Breezes By Waubonsie Valley 4/22/2021 A nine-run first inning propels Naperville Central to the series win