Metro East KICKoFF CLASSIC

The fifth annual Metro East Kickoff Classic, sponsored by Prep Baseball Report, is back in 2024 and with a larger field of competitors than ever. Beginning on Wednesday, March 13, this four-day event will feature teams spanning the entire state of Illinois competing against each other in the St. Louis area across nine venues in the Metro East: GCS Ballpark in Sauget, Ill., SIU-Edwardsville's Roy E. Lee Field, Edwardsville High School, Blazier Field in O'Fallon, Belleville East High School, Triad High School, Father McGivney High School, Belleville West High School and Alton High School.

The Prep Baseball Illinois staff will provide on-the-ground coverage of the Kickoff Classic, producing game updates, post-game analysis that will impact our Power 25 rankings, as well as scout notes on the top performers through the week. Our homepage, prepbaseballreport.com/illinois, will house everything IHSA baseball fans will need in order to stay updated on this opening week of action, including daily schedules, participating team previews, game scores, player scouting reports, and more.

For all Metro East Kickoff Classic information, check this event homepage. For up-to-date information and live coverage throughout the event, be sure to follow Prep Baseball Illinois on Twitter at @PrepBaseballIL.

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PARTICIPATING TEAMS

(Rank) School	Preseason ranking, 2023 finish
Althoff Catholic (2A)	(12-20)
Alton (4A)	(10-21)
Belleville East (4A)	(21-14)
Belleville West (4A)	(14-16)
Benet Academy (3A)	(17-12)
No. 22 Bradley-Bourbonnais (3A)	(16-22)
No. 4 Brother Rice (4A)	(26-16)
Breese Central (2A)	(21-12)
Civic Memorial (3A)	(12-19)
Collinsville (4A)	(16-15)
Columbia (2A)	(34-5)
Dunlap (3A)	(16-15-1)
No. 1 Edwardsville (4A)	(33-9)
Effingham (3A)	(22-17)
Father McGivney (1A)	(37-2)
Freeburg (3A)	(22-14)
Galesburg (3A)	(18-18)
Glenwood (3A)	(27-5)
Harrisburg (2A)	(31-4)
No. 5 Joliet Catholic (3A)	(26-8-1)
Lockport Township (4A)	(22-14)
Mahomet-Seymour (3A)	(30-5)
Mascoutah (3A)	(27-7-1)
Moline (4A)	(25-9)
Morris (3A)	(26-5)
Mt. Vernon (3A)	(23-15)
No. 6 New Trier (4A)	(29-8)
No. 20 Normal Community (4A)	(25-10)
Normal West (4A)	(14-19-1)
North Clay (1A)	(21-11)
Oak Forest (3A)	(25-11)
Oak Park-River Forest (4A)	(10-16)
Oswego (4A)	(23-12)
No. 13 O'Fallon Township (4A)	(24-8)
Plainfield North (4A)	(16-16)
Quincy (4A)	(16-17)
Rochester (3A)	(19-16-1)
Salem Community (3A)	(20-17)
St. Anthony (2A)	(24-5)
St. Jospeh-Ogden (2A)	(28-8)
Teutopolis (2A)	(17-16)
No. 15 Triad (3A)	(24-12)
Washington Community (3A)	(23-13)

Wednesday, march 13th

TIME	Team 1	Team 2	LOCATION
12:00 PM	Columbia	St. Joseph-Ogden	O'Fallon City Park - Blazier Field

4:30 PM	Mascoutah	Mount Vernon	O'Fallon City Park - Blazier Field

Thursday, March 14th

TIME	Team 1	Team 2	LOCATION
2:00 PM	Breese Central	St. Joseph-Ogden	O'Fallon City Park - Blazier Field

4:00 PM	Oswego	Collinsville	Edwardsville HS JV Field
4:00 PM	Belleville East	Quincy	Belleville East High School
4:00 PM	Oak Park-River Forest	Belleville West	Belleville West High School
4:15 PM	Brother Rice	Edwardsville	Edwardsville HS Varsity Field
4:15 PM	Teutopolis	Civic Memorial	Triad High School
4:30 PM	O'Fallon Township	Lockport	O'Fallon City Park - Blazier Field

6:15 PM	Effingham	Freeburg	Edwardsville HS JV Field
6:30 PM	Oswego JV	Edwardsville JV	Edwardsville HS Varsity Field
6:45 PM	Marissa	Pleasant Plains	O'Fallon City Park - Blazier Field

Friday, march 15th

TIME	Team 1	team 2	LOCATION
11:15 AM	Oswego	St. Joseph-Ogden	GSC Ballpark

1:30 PM	Oswego	Columbia	GSC Ballpark

2:15 PM	Oak Park-River Forest	Moline	Edwardsville HS JV Field
2:15 PM	O'Fallon Township	Brother Rice	O'Fallon City Park - Blazier Field

3:15 PM	Glenwood	Joliet Catholic	Edwardsville HS Varsity Field
3:30 PM	Lockport	Alton	Lloyd Hopkins Field

4:00 PM	Belleville East	Joliet West	Belleville East High School
4:00 PM	Plainfield North	Belleville West	Belleville West High School
4:00 PM	Father McGivney	North Clay	Father McGivney High School
4:15 PM	Morris	Mascoutah	GCS Ballpark
4:15 PM	Triad	Normal West	Triad High School
4:30 PM	Moline JV	Edwardsville JV	Edwardsville HS JV Field
4:30 PM	Washington	Benet Academy	O'Fallon City Park - Blazier Field

5:30 PM	Edwardsville	Joliet Catholic	Edwardsville HS Varsity Field
5:45 PM	Lockport	Mount Vernon	Lloyd Hopkins Field

6:30 PM	Collinsville	New Trier	GCS Ballpark
6:45 PM	Bradley-Bourbonnais	Rochester	Edwardsville HS JV Field
6:45 PM	St. Anthony	Althoff	O'Fallon City Park - Blazier Field

Saturday, march 16th

TIME	Team 1	Team 2	LOCATION
10:00 AM	Brother Rice	Glenwood	GCS Ballpark
10:00 AM	Alton	Bradley-Bourbonnais	Roy E. Lee Field
10:00 AM	Edwardsville	New Trier	Edwardsville HS Varsity Field
10:00 AM	Normal West	Lockport	Edwardsville HS JV Field
10:00 AM	Collinsville	Oak Park-River Forest	O'Fallon City Park - Blazier Field
10:00 AM	Moline	Plainfield North	Belleville East High School
10:00 AM	Washington	Salem Community	Belleville West High School
10:00 AM	Triad	Joliet Catholic	Triad High School
10:00 AM	Benet Academy	Father McGivney	Father McGivney High School

12:15 PM	Columbia	Harrisburg	GCS Ballpark
12:15 PM	Dunlap	Mount Vernon	Roy E. Lee Field
12:15 PM	Althoff	Teutopolis	Edwardsville HS JV Field
12:15 PM	O'Fallon Township	Joliet West	O'Fallon City Park - Blazier Field
12:15 PM	Moline	Normal Community	Belleville East High School
12:15 PM	Galesburg	Salem	Belleville West High School
12:30 PM	Morris	Freeburg	Edwardsville HS Varsity Field
12:30 PM	Oark Forest	Mahomet-Seymour	Triad High School

2:30 PM	Harrisburg	Breese Central	GCS Ballpark
2:30 PM	Dunlap	Civic Memorial	Roy E. Lee Field
2:30 PM	Rochester	Joliet West	O'Fallon City Park - Blazier Field
2:30 PM	Belleville East	Normal Community	Belleville East High School
2:30 PM	Washington	Bradley-Bourbonnais	Belleville West High School
2:45 PM	Oak Forest	Triad	Triad High School

4:45 PM	Rochester	Galesburg	O'Fallon City Park - Blazier Field