Mega64 Podcast 511 Texas Strikes Again
It'southward come to that time for Grade 1A and 2A baseball game teams beyond the state.
The Illinois High School Association's playoffs are nearly to occur in those ii classes. They'll begin Monday evening.
Class 3A and 4A squads will wrap up their regular seasons this week and the postseason begins for them the week of May 23rd.
And where are those in the Galesburg-area playing, and who will they face? Here's the answers...
Class 3A
Galesburg vs Dunlap
In 2021, the Argent Streaks won the Western Big half dozen Briefing. It was the second straight league crown for Galesburg, as the 2020 flavor was nixed by COVID-xix. The Streaks went 29-eight overall, won their first regional title since 2013, took a schoolhouse record 17 affairs in a row and captured the league title in 2019.
Galesburg finished with a twenty-8 overall marking final spring. The Streaks ended the 2021 season with a 7-6 loss to the Streator Township High School Bulldogs in a Class 3A regional semifinal at Jim Sundberg Field.
Galesburg savage short of a league title this leap, and the Streaks now have their sights set on challenge a regional crown.
In order for Galesburg to practice that, the Streaks will accept to burn on all cylinders. Galesburg's been hit-or-miss this spring, and the Streaks' overall record indicates that. Heading into Saturday's home WB6 doubleheader confronting Sterling, Galesburg held a 14-xiv mark.
To shut out the regular flavor, the Streaks volition hit the road for a league doubleheader versus Quincy on Tuesday. Galesburg has 3 dwelling games in shop after that with a non-conference tilt with Bloomington on Fri night, and GHS will face up Peoria Notre Matriarch and Dunlap, respectively, Saturday in the Streaks Classic.
Galesburg will open postseason play against Dunlap at iv:30 pm. Monday, May 23 in Class 3A quarterfinal activeness. The Streaks will exercise and then at their home diamond, as they're hosting the regional.
Class 2A
Knoxville vs Farmington
The Rick Reed coached Knoxville Blue Bullets volition take on the Farmington Farmers at 4:thirty p.m. Monday in Farmington in Class 2A regional quarterfinal contest. The winner will motion on to face Brimfield/Elmwood in Brimfield at four:30 p.m. Midweek in the regional semifinals.
Heading into Saturday'southward non-conference road doubleheader and regular flavour finales against Geneseo, Knoxville sat with a 14-14 overall mark. As a unit, the Blue Bullets held a .322 batting average, .479 slugging pct and a .906 on-base per centum.
Junior Fellow Honeycutt was leading Knoxville in batting average (.511). Senior Payton Hankins had hit half dozen homers and shared the team pb with Honeycutt in the category. They besides both had 46 hits, and Hankins led the Blue Bullets in RBIs (39) and runs (37).
Monmouth-Roseville vs Illini Westward
Jordan Ball is in his first flavour coaching the Titans, and Monmouth-Roseville volition take on Illini W at 4:thirty p.k. Monday in a Class 2A regional quarterfinal in Carthage. The winner will face up Illinois Valley Central at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Macomb in regional semifinal activity.
Heading into Friday's route game in Manlius against Bureau Valley, the Titans clung to a 6-15 overall record, and Ball knows what his squad needs to exercise in the postseason.
"The key is mental toughness. We need to clean up some miscues on defense force," Ball said. "I recall we are playing really good baseball right now and have really striking our pace with the bat."
Form 1A
A-Boondocks vs Lewistown or South Fulton
The Abingdon-Avon Tornadoes volition take on either South Fulton or Lewistown at iv:30 p.yard. Wednesday in a Class 1A regional semifinal in Havana. The latter ii squads will face each other Mon night in a quarterfinal held in Lewistown.
Later on serving as an assistant motorcoach for six, Brent Dugan is in his first flavour as A-Town's head bus, and he knows what he'd similar to see from the xiv-8 Tornadoes in the postseason. A-Town opened 2022 with seven straight victories and went upwards-and-down from at that place.
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"You've got to hit the ball, field the ball, throw the ball," Dugan said. "We oasis't done that successfully only we accept been playing better lately and hopefully that's what we take into the playoffs."
B-PC vs Havana or Illini Central
Dave Arnold coaches the Bushnell-Prairie City Spartans, and they won't know who their first foe in the postseason is until Monday evening. It'll be either Havana or Illini Central against B-PC at 4:30 p.thou. Th in Havana in a Class 1A regional semi.
Galva vs Kewanee Wethersfield
Van White guides Galva, and the Wildcats are set to open the playoffs against the Titans of Annawan/Wethersfield at 4:thirty p.m. Mon in Kewanee in a regional quarterfinal match up.
North Fulton vs Southeastern
Senior righty Wyatt Neidig is North Fulton's ace, and he has hurled some gems for the Wildcats this bound.
Due north Fulton passenger vehicle Brad Shaeffer hopes it continues down the stretch and that his players on the diamond with Neidig limit their mistakes.
"We need to make clean up defensively, if we play make clean defensively we can compete with/beat anyone," Shaeffer said. "If we don't we tin exist beaten by about anyone.
"We are playing pretty well right now," he added. "We give ourselves a chance to win every game."
The 10-10 Wildcats volition take on the Suns of Southeastern at 4:30 p.grand. Thursday, May 19 in regional semifinal play in rural Monmouth at United High School.
Ridgewood vs Stark County
The two-17 Ridgewood Spartans, who are coached by Seth Spivey, were slated to play a doubleheader against Galva in Woodhull on Saturday to close the regular season.
But the Wildcats chosen the games off, which left Spivey scrambling to find a foe to play and then he could honor his two seniors in Keagan Hixson and Kade Lawson. As of Fri morning, Ridgewood still didn't have an opponent lined upwardly.
Regardless, the Spartans will play at least one more fourth dimension at home. They'll do so at 4:30 p.m. Mon against the Rebels of Stark County in a regional quarterfinal. The winner of that game will face the Henry-Senachwine Mallards at 4:thirty p.m. Wednesday in a semifinal bout in Kewanee.
"Nosotros just have to stay in a routine and keep everything as is. At the end of the day, it's the same game regardless," Spivey said of the postseason. "Yous're however trying to get them to exit and throw strikes, make plays, run the bases aggressively — all those things you work on in the regular season. I call up if you make more of it so that then you tin can ready yourself upward for some trouble.
"It's a really practiced opportunity for the states and everyone else to showtime 0-0," Spivey added. "Anything can happen, and hopefully we're playing our best."
ROWVA/Williamsfield vs Princeville
Michael Weitekamp'southward ROWVA/Williamsfield Cougars held an overall mark of 10-14-1 heading into a road doubleheader against Princeville on Saturday to close the regular flavour.
And at 4:30 p.thou. Mon the teams will disharmonism again, and they'll practise and then in Williamsfield in regional quarterfinal activeness.
"Playing solid defense will be our biggest key to moving forrad in the postseason. It has been our achilles heel at times this flavour," Weitekamp said. "We are hit the brawl well up-and-down the lineup and stringing together solid at-bats in near games."
Peoria Christian awaits for the ROWVA/Williamsfield-Princeville winner, and that regional semifinal will accept place at 4:30 p.thousand. Wednesday in Princeville.
United vs Westward Central or West Prairie
The Red Storm are hosting a regional for the second season in a row, and United hopes to claim its second straight regional crown.
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Heading into Sat's regular season finale against Illini Due west, the Red Storm held an overall record of 18-half dozen and had won viii of their last nine games. The only defeat in that stretch was a five-0 loss to Mon-Rose on Saturday, May 7.
United volition face either W Central or Westward Prairie at 4:30 p.grand. Wednesday in a regional semifinal. The Cyclones and Heat volition disharmonism at 4:30 p.m. Monday in Biggsville in a quarterfinal contest.
Red Storm coach Ryan Molek knows what he hopes to encounter from his team in the postseason.
"We demand to brand the game more minute — focus on a pitch-to-pitch basis," Molek said. "Our focus pitch-to-pitch and inning-to-inning has been a major focal point for us in the last several weeks and will continue to exist. Being ahead in the mental game will give us an edge in execution during tense game moments.
"It is always our goal to be playing our all-time baseball at the end of the twelvemonth, and I think we are set to superlative," Molek added.
Matthew Wheaton can exist reached at (309) 315-6073 or at mwheaton@register-mail.com. Follow him on Twitter @matthewlwheaton
This commodity originally appeared on Galesburg Annals-Mail: IHSA: Here's where Galesburg-area baseball teams volition open in playoffs
Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/where-galesburg-area-baseball-teams-103013370.html
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