Posts Tagged ‘baseball’
Mon-Clair finals set
The Mon-Clair League playoff finals will feature the defending champion Valmeyer Lakers hosting the Belleville Rockies this weekend at Borsch Park. The best-of-three championship baseball series begins with a seven-inning…
Read MoreLakers win thrilling Midsummer Classic final
Fifty years since their first and 20 years to the day they won their last, the Valmeyer Lakers pulled out an exciting 6-5 victory on July 4 to once again…
Read MoreHawks survive in state semifinal
It came down to the wire, but the Gibault Catholic High School baseball team survived in Friday’s IHSA Class 1A state semifinal contest against Goreville, winning 7-6 to advance to…
Read MorePatience a virtue for Gibault baseball
There’s plenty of talent on this year’s Gibault Catholic High School baseball squad, but it may just take time to come together. The success of Gibault’s deep postseason run in…
Read MoreValmeyer native to play in Little League World Series
Trent McNiel, the 12-year-old son of former Valmeyer residents Jason and Paula McNiel, has played a key role in a Tennessee team’s journey to the Little League World Series that…
Read MoreColumbia High School baseball | Team of the Week
The Republic-Times Team of the Week is the Columbia High School baseball team coached by Neal O’Donnell. The Eagles split two games at the IHSA Class 2A state tournament in…
Read MoreDominic Voegele | Athlete of the Week
The Republic-Times Athlete of the Week is Columbia High School baseball standout Dominic Voegele. The 6-foot-2 righthanded pitcher/infielder capped off a solid junior season by leading the Eagles to an…
Read MoreEagles place third at state
It wasn’t the trophy it had hoped to bring home, but the Columbia High School baseball team ended its season victoriously Saturday at the IHSA Class 2A state tournament at…
Read MoreSmooth sailing for Lakers
The Valmeyer Lakers won three more games over the weekend to improve to 6-1 on the young Mon-Clair League baseball season. Valmeyer won 10-6 in 10 innings Saturday over the…
Read MoreEagles soar to supersectional
The Columbia High School baseball team is one win away from a trip to the state tournament. On Saturday, the Eagles (25-7-1) posted a 6-1 victory over Mater Dei to…
Read MoreSpring Sports Preview now available
The 2022 Spring Sports Preview is included in the March 23 print and digital issues of the Republic-Times newspaper. Pick up a copy for information on spring sports teams from…
Read MoreEnd of an era: Longtime Waterloo manager retires
Sixty years. Over 2,000 wins. Forty-two division titles (including 29 straight). Twenty-three playoff titles. And how many ejections? “Not many. Maybe two,” legendary longtime Waterloo Millers manager Vern Moehrs says.…
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