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Tremont will play at the Class 1A IHSA baseball state finals.
The Turks rolled to a 9-1 win over Armstrong at the Bloomington Supersectional on Tuesday, June 9. Tremont (37-2) heads to Illinois Field in Champaign, facing Jacksonville Routt (24-12) at 10 a.m. Friday, June 12 in first state semifinal.
Tremont's lone state finals appearance resulted in a 2011 Class 1A state fourth-place finish.
Three-run innings were the Turks' specialty at Horenberger Field on the Illinois Wesleyan campus. In the bottom of the third, Josh Papenhuse's two-run, infield single plated two of the three runs for the Turks, who are riding a 23-game win streak.
In the next inning, Valparaiso signee Andrew Dawson made it 6-0 when he ripped a two-RBI triple to centerfield. He had two of Tremont's five hits.
Dawson then scored in the sixth when Chase Rhodes reached on an infield error. A Griffin Meeker triple to center scored Eli Bohm.
Hunter Smith picked up with win, striking out 12, walking none and giving up two hits in 6.0 innings.
IHSA baseball: 2026 Illinois state finals schedule
The Panthers broke open the game with a four-run fifth inning to punch their ticket to the state finals for the first since a 2013 state runner-up finish. Putnam County (25-11) now heads to Illinois Field in Champaign, facing North Clay (35-4) at 1 p.m. Friday, June 12 in the state semifinals.
In the bottom of the fifth, PC sent seven players to the plate, getting four hits, including Maddox Poole's go-ahead RBI single to left. He came around to score on a wild pitch for a 6-3 lead after a base hit from Carter Hochstatter scored Kade Zimmerlein (2-for-4). Hochstatter (2-for-3) scored before Galena turned an inning-ending double play to set the final score.
Galena (23-8) took a 3-2 lead in the top of the fourth with run-scoring hits from Jacob Loso (RBI-single) and Mason Smith (two-RBI double).
Poole picked up the win in three innings of relief work. He struck out one, walked none and gave up a hit, plus went 2-for-4 along with Johnathon Stunkel, who also had two of Putnam County's 10 hits.
Brimfield/Elmwood couldn't recover from allowing a three-run fifth inning, preventing the Indians from advancing to the state finals for the first time in program history.
Trailing 4-1 entering the bottom of the fourth, Dane Fagerburg and Layne Johnson came up with clutch, run-scoring hits for the Indians. Fagerburg's double to center scored Griffin and Sean Crowe.
Johnson then drove Fagerburg home with his single to left, making it a 4-4 game.
In the next half inning, Marquette (37-3), which faces St. Joseph-Ogden (38-2) at 7 p.m. Friday, June 12 in the state semifinals, plated three runs off a Caden Durdan double, a single by Alec Novotney and a bases-loaded walk.
B/E, however, wasn't done, pulling the Indians within 7-6 in the sixth. Brody Kenney singled home Tommy Burkitt and Griffin Hougham. Marquette then added a pair of insurance runs in the seventh before the Indians left a pair of runners stranded in the bottom half of the frame.
The Indians boasted five hits, including one from Illinois State signee Kaden Schatsiek, who was also intentionally walked twice. Novotney was 4-for-5 with three RBIs for the Crusaders, who are the two-time reigning Class 1A state champions before getting bumped up a class for the 2026 season.
This article originally appeared on Journal Star: IHSA baseball: Tremont wins Class 1A super, advances to state finals
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The Turks rolled to a 9-1 win over Armstrong at the Bloomington Supersectional on Tuesday, June 9. Tremont (37-2) heads to Illinois Field in Champaign, facing Jacksonville Routt (24-12) at 10 a.m. Friday, June 12 in first state semifinal.
Tremont's lone state finals appearance resulted in a 2011 Class 1A state fourth-place finish.
Three-run innings were the Turks' specialty at Horenberger Field on the Illinois Wesleyan campus. In the bottom of the third, Josh Papenhuse's two-run, infield single plated two of the three runs for the Turks, who are riding a 23-game win streak.
In the next inning, Valparaiso signee Andrew Dawson made it 6-0 when he ripped a two-RBI triple to centerfield. He had two of Tremont's five hits.
Dawson then scored in the sixth when Chase Rhodes reached on an infield error. A Griffin Meeker triple to center scored Eli Bohm.
Hunter Smith picked up with win, striking out 12, walking none and giving up two hits in 6.0 innings.
IHSA baseball: 2026 Illinois state finals schedule
Class 1A: Putnam County 7, Galena 4
The Panthers broke open the game with a four-run fifth inning to punch their ticket to the state finals for the first since a 2013 state runner-up finish. Putnam County (25-11) now heads to Illinois Field in Champaign, facing North Clay (35-4) at 1 p.m. Friday, June 12 in the state semifinals.
In the bottom of the fifth, PC sent seven players to the plate, getting four hits, including Maddox Poole's go-ahead RBI single to left. He came around to score on a wild pitch for a 6-3 lead after a base hit from Carter Hochstatter scored Kade Zimmerlein (2-for-4). Hochstatter (2-for-3) scored before Galena turned an inning-ending double play to set the final score.
Galena (23-8) took a 3-2 lead in the top of the fourth with run-scoring hits from Jacob Loso (RBI-single) and Mason Smith (two-RBI double).
Poole picked up the win in three innings of relief work. He struck out one, walked none and gave up a hit, plus went 2-for-4 along with Johnathon Stunkel, who also had two of Putnam County's 10 hits.
Class 2A: Ottawa Marquette 9, Brimfield/Elmwood 6
Brimfield/Elmwood couldn't recover from allowing a three-run fifth inning, preventing the Indians from advancing to the state finals for the first time in program history.
Trailing 4-1 entering the bottom of the fourth, Dane Fagerburg and Layne Johnson came up with clutch, run-scoring hits for the Indians. Fagerburg's double to center scored Griffin and Sean Crowe.
Johnson then drove Fagerburg home with his single to left, making it a 4-4 game.
In the next half inning, Marquette (37-3), which faces St. Joseph-Ogden (38-2) at 7 p.m. Friday, June 12 in the state semifinals, plated three runs off a Caden Durdan double, a single by Alec Novotney and a bases-loaded walk.
B/E, however, wasn't done, pulling the Indians within 7-6 in the sixth. Brody Kenney singled home Tommy Burkitt and Griffin Hougham. Marquette then added a pair of insurance runs in the seventh before the Indians left a pair of runners stranded in the bottom half of the frame.
The Indians boasted five hits, including one from Illinois State signee Kaden Schatsiek, who was also intentionally walked twice. Novotney was 4-for-5 with three RBIs for the Crusaders, who are the two-time reigning Class 1A state champions before getting bumped up a class for the 2026 season.
This article originally appeared on Journal Star: IHSA baseball: Tremont wins Class 1A super, advances to state finals
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