Posts Tagged ‘baseball’
45th Annual Valmeyer Midsummer Classic Bracket
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Read MoreR-T All-Local Baseball Team
The high school baseball season was jam-packed with highlights from local teams, and that says a lot about the quality of talent on area diamonds. Waterloo and Valmeyer both won…
Read MoreNoah Thaggard | Athlete of the Week
The Republic-Times Athlete of the Week is Waterloo High School senior pitcher Noah Thaggard. He was recently named to the Mississippi Valley Conference second team all-conference for going 8-1 with…
Read MoreTwo Bulldogs make all-state baseball team
The Waterloo High School baseball team had two players from its successful 2016 campaign just named to the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 3A All-State Team. Jordan McFarland…
Read MoreFreeburg stuns Waterloo for sectional title
To borrow a quote from Muhammad Ali, who passed away late Friday night, the Freeburg Midgets “shocked the world” on Saturday, breaking through on a Waterloo pitching staff that had…
Read MoreEaston Wallace | Athlete of the Week
The Republic-Times Athlete of the Week is Valmeyer baseball player Easton Wallace. The junior led the Pirates with a .481 average this spring and 14 doubles. He also had 32…
Read More‘Dogs advance to sectional baseball final
Senior righthander Noah Thaggard followed up Waterloo’s pair of postseason no-hitters with a gem of his own Wednesday, throwing a complete game one-hitter in the Bulldogs’ 8-0 win over Marion…
Read More‘Dogs no-hit Eagles for regional title; Pirates fall
The Waterloo baseball team continued its quest for the promised land with a thrilling 1-0 victory over Monroe County rival Columbia on Saturday to win the Class 3A Mascoutah Regional.…
Read MoreValmeyer High School Baseball | Team of the Week
The Republic-Times Team of the Week is the Valmeyer High School baseball team coached by Greg Reinhardt. The Pirates defeated New Athens and Metro East Lutheran last week to win…
Read MoreValmeyer wins first regional baseball title in 45 years
The Valmeyer High School baseball program has been haunted by decades of postseason failures since the glory days of the early 1970s. But the baseball-hungry community exorcized its demons on…
Read MoreWaterloo High School Baseball | Team of the Week
The Waterloo High School baseball team coached by Mark Vogel is this week’s Republic-Times Team of the Week. The Bulldogs improved to 22-4 on the season by winning games against…
Read MoreArea baseball teams keeping eyes on the prize
Two teams put themselves in position for regional titles and two others claimed conference supremacy in local high school baseball action this week. Kaskaskia Conference rivals Valmeyer and Dupo each…
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