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Official Twitter of the Downers Grove South Varsity Baseball Team #stangup
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Joined November 2016
Congrats to @idrubkcaz15_U on making his MLB debut today with the @whitesox!! @DgsBaseball could not be more proud!!
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Thank you Class of 2021 Mustang Baseball players! An amazing group of young men who have accomplished so much. This chapter has closed, but once a Mustang always a Mustang! You have many more chapters to write! Best of luck in all of your future endeavors!
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Congratulations on 31 years of coaching to Don Erickson of Reavis High School. Today his son Sam got to exchange the lineup card with his dad at home plate before the game. Best of luck in retirement Coach! Congrats on a wonderful career!
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Celebrating the beginning of Spring Break and Anthony’s birthday with a team “breakfast”. Thank you Steven’s Restaurant for hosting us.
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The DGS baseball family is deeply saddened by the passing of Mr. Jim Mizener. Our school and athletics programs will never be the same without our biggest fan. The impact he left on our school will never be forgotten. #dgspride.
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The Mustangs win 9-1 today vs Leyden. Ethan Patera threw a complete game No Hitter with 16 K’s in 29 batters faced. Congratulations Ethan on an amazing performance! Series finale on Saturday at Leyden!.
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Celebrating Coach Wolf and the newest member of the DGS Baseball Family Kelsey Wolf! Welcome Kelsey and congrats Coach Wolf!!
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REGIONAL CHAMPS!! Mustangs win 4-0! Lucas Costello(6IP, 3H,4K,0BB) got the win and Noah Edders closed the game. Joe Cosenza(2-3,2B,RBI), Edders(2-3,RBI), Maxx Palenik(2-3) led the offense. Sectional Semifinal at DGS on Wednesday vs Hinsdale Central. 4:30 first pitch!.
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The Mustangs beat DGN 10-3 in the opening game of the Regional Playoff. Lucas Costello (6IP,3H,2ER,5K) had a stellar performance on the mound. Cole Kardatzke (3-4,5RBI) and Ben Dziedzic (2-3,3RBI) led the offense on the day. Regional Final on Saturday At Romeoville HS at 12:00.
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Congratulations to Ethan Patera on his signing to continue his education and baseball career at University of Louisville! Best of luck Ethan!
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Mustangs get their first victory of the season 7-0 over Willowbrook. Edders went 5 innings with 10K’s, and Joe Turek earned the win. AJ Taylor with a big 3B to lead off the 7th!.
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Congratulations to Jack Blazevich for signing his NLI with Northern Illinois today! @BlazevichJack @NIU_Baseball #stangup
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Downers South Baseball is prohibited from traveling on 3/28 to 4/1. The tickets were reserved last year and have been paid in full yet you will not refund us or provide us 25 vouchers to travel next year. Please retweet to help DGS Baseball travel in 2021! @AmericanAir.
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After an unbelievably terrible 31 hours of travel to California, Mustangs win 3-2 over Kennedy HS! Jalen House was 3-3, 2R and Jack Chrastka drove in the go ahead run to lead the offense. Sam Erickson(3IP,4K), JB Wies (3IP), and Will Potter combined to stifle the Irish offense.
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Mustangs Win on Opening Day 5-1 against Wheaton North! Brandon Howell got the win on the mound with four scoreless innings and 5K’s. Aaron Davis led the offense going 2-2, 2B, 3B, and an RBI. Next game is at home this Saturday at 11:00am against Metea Valley.
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Congratulations to Christian Schloneger for signing his letter to continue his education and play baseball at Illinois Wesleyan University. Best of luck Christian!!
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The Mustangs take Game 2 12-2 in 5 innings with a strong outing from Ethan Patera. Matt Scolan set the tone to start a five run first inning rally. Big hits from John Szalko and Joey Cosenza. Game 3 tomorrow at home.
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SENIOR SPOTLIGHT DAY 1:.Jack Blazevich . ⚾️ Jack’s plans after high school:.To attend Northern Illinois University majoring in accounting. He will continue to play baseball for the Huskies.
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The Mustangs lost to Oswego in the Sectional Semifinal today 3-2. Best of luck to Oswego as they move on. Thank you seniors for your dedication to the program! Best of luck to you in all of your future endeavors. #OnceAMustangAlwaysAMustang.
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Congratulations to Thomas Willard on signing his letter to continue his education and play baseball at Illinois Wesleyan University. Best of luck Tommy!
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Congratulations to both the JV and Freshmen teams on joining the Varsity team as 2023 WSC Gold Conference Champs! It is great to see all three levels experience such success in the conference. Great job Mustangs!.
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Congratulations to Richie Sperando for signing his letter to continue his education and play baseball at Concordia University in Chicago. Best of luck Richie!!
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Varsity Mustangs beat OPRF 5-0. Ethan Patera got the win with six scoreless innings, Joey Turek shut the door. Matt Scolan had three hits with a HR, Kyle Fennner had 2H and 2SB, Joe Cosenza started the scoring in the first with an RBI single, Noah Edders had a big 2RBI single.
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Mustangs open up the Hinsdale South series with a 10-0 win in 6. Huge offensive day for Matt Scolan hitting for the cycle!Joe Cosenza also had a 3R HR in the first to help set the tone for the game. Ethan Patera went five strong innings, striking out 12. Home game tomorrow!.
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Congratulations to Nate Waterman on signing his letter to continue his education and play baseball at Illinois Wesleyan University. Best of luck Nate!!
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Congratulations to the DGS Football program on their WSC Gold Championship! Best of luck to them next weekend in the first round of the IHSA 8A playoffs. #HITHARD.
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Congratulations to our five seniors who are continuing their baseball careers in college!.Anthony Titone: College of DuPage.Daniel Dalton: Roosevelt University.Joey Sperando: North Central University (MN).Luke Bernas: McHenry Community College.Michael Jones Jr.: Concordia Chicago
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A huge congratulations goes out to Mustang Baseball’s very own Kyle Fenner for being selected as the DGS Male Athlete of the Year. Kyle has been a three sport athlete for all four years. A very deserving award for a hard working young man!! Congrats Kyle!.
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Congratulations to Nathan Waterman on his recent commitment to continue his education and baseball career at Illinois Wesleyan University! Best of luck Nate!.
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The WSC Gold Conference Champions Varsity Mustangs finish the regular season 25-3, and 17-1 in the WSC Gold! Playoffs start on Friday at home against Morton. First pitch is at 4:30.
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The Mustangs win the first game of the Crosstown Series 14-5 over DGN. Joey Turek got the win. The Mustangs scored in every inning with 18 hits. Scolan(4-5,HR,3B,4RBI) Warehime(3-5,3B,RBI) Cosenza(2-5,3B,2B,2RBI) Palenik(2-4) Pecenka(3-4,RBI) led the offense!.
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Congratulations to Lucas Costello for signing his letter to continue his education and play baseball at Illinois Wesleyan University. Best of luck Lucas!!
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Our first Senior Spotlight is Second Baseman #1 Freddie Kuhlman. Congrats on a job well done Freddie! Best of luck to you at Western Michigan!
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Opening Day for the Mustangs! We could not be more excited to get started!!.4:30 Away at Willowbrook.
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Congratulations to Kyle Fenner on his recent commitment to continue his education and baseball career at the College of DuPage! Congratulations Kyle!.
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First NCAA hit ✅ .First NCAA 💣 ✅.All in one swing!!. What a way to set the tone for your @NIU_Baseball career @BlazevichJack!. #StangUp
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Varsity won the final game of the series 16-0. Lucas Costello (4IP, 0ER, 3K,1BB,1H) got the win on the mound. Jalen House was 3-4 with 2RBI and Will Potter went 2-3, RBI, 3R. Great day to be a Mustang!!!.
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Mustangs win Game 2 of the Crosstown Series 9-0 over DGN. Ethan Patera(5IP, 0R, 2H,11K,3BB) got the win on the mound. Bennema came in for 2 scoreless innings to close it. Cosenza (2-4, 2B, 2RBI), Taylor(1-4,2B,2RBI), and Palenik (2-3) led the offense. Szalko also added an RBI 2B.
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The Mustangs won the first game of the series against Addison Trail 5-1. Nate Waterman was masterful on the mound throwing a complete game with 0ER, 7K, 0BB, and scattering 6 hits. A great outing for Nate!! Game 2 tomorrow on the road at AT. First pitch is at 4:30.
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Mustangs finish the suspended game from Saturday and win 6-1 over AT. Lucas Costello finished with a complete game one hitter! Matt Scolan hit a grand slam in the sixth after Maxx Palenik drove in the tying run! OPRF at home tomorrow. Game time is 4:30!.
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Mustangs take Game 2, 13-3 in 6. Lucas Costello gets the win on the mound. Another huge day at the plate for Matt Scolan going 3-5, 2 doubles and a 3B. Big days for Warehime, Molinari, Bucher, and Pecenka. Series finale tomorrow, 10:00 at DGS.
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Varsity Baseball won their first game of the season 10-5 over Wheaton North. RJ Lube led the way offensively going 4-4 and driving in 3 runs. Jalen House set the tone for the game with a leadoff triple followed by doubles by Will Potter and Lube. Great start for the Mustangs!.
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The Mustangs got a big victory on the road against Hinsdale Central 10-2. Corey Urban, Joey Sperando, Ryan Dawson, and Brandon Howell were great on the mound. Pedro Cahue (2-3, RBI) and Freddie Kuhlman (1-2, 2RBI) led the Mustangs offensively. Monday Away@Proviso East at 4:30.
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Congratulations to our beloved coach, Pat Kenny, on the release of his new best-selling book! Be sure to get your copy of Chief Kenny’s book on Amazon, or through his website What an amazing accomplishment for an amazing man and leader!
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Mustangs win in the first round of the Regionals 13-4 over Morton. Ethan Patera got the win with Joey Turek and Joe Titone in relief. Matt Scolan(2-3,2HR,4RBI,BB), Kyle Fenner (3-4,2B,RBI), Joe Cosenza(3-4, HR, 2B,4RBI), and Richie Pecenka(2-3,HR,2B,RBI) led the offense.
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The Mustangs opened up the Hinsdale South series with a 5-4 victory. Game 2 tomorrow at DGS. WP- Nate Waterman 5IP,4K,2BB,2ER. Save - Mike Jones. Will Potter 3-4,RBI, Matt Wild 1-4,RBI, and Richie Sperando 1-3, RBI led the offense for the Stangs.
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The Mustangs win Game 1 of the Leyden series 12-9. Ryan Howell got the win on the mound going 2.2 strong innings. Will Potter gave the Mustangs the lead on a 2-out, 2 strike single that drove in two runs. Game 2 at Leyden tomorrow. First pitch at 4:30.
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Stangs win 13-0! Pitchers combined for a 17k no-hitter and Stacey, Pileggi, Thibault and Riegler had multihit games. Next game monday at 3:00 with Stacey on the bump. #stangup @PBRIllinois.
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Mustangs complete the series sweep 11-10 over Hinsdale South. Joey Titone earned the win! Cole Warehime came up with the big hit in the bottom of the seventh to walk it off! Edders went six strong innings and 3-4 at the plate. Fenner and Taylor also had 3 hits on the day.
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The Mustangs win Game 3 and complete the sweep of Addison Trail. Ethan Patera(4IP,2R,2ER,8K,1BB)got the win on the mound and Ryan Howell closed the door. Christian Schloneger (3-4,2B,3B,4RBI) stayed hot at the plate to lead the Mustangs. 8-4 overall, 8-1 WSC Gold.
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Congratulations to Joey Turek on his commitment to St. Ambrose to continue his education and baseball career! Best of luck to Joey!.
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Mustangs complete the series sweep winning 10-0 in 5 innings. Joey Titone picks up the win with four strong innings on the mound. Christian Schloneger helped seal the deal on the win. Matt Scolan had another big day at the plate. Addison Trail series next week!.
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🚨SENIOR SPOTLIGHT🚨.Shortstop - #6 - Will Potter.Will was named the 2023-2024 DGS Male Athlete of the Year! Will is going to continue his baseball career and study Finance at Missouri Southern State University. Best of luck to you Will!
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Varsity won today 13-2 in 5 innings against Proviso East. Strong pitching performances by Christian Schloneger and Michael Jones. Will Potter went 3-3 with 5RBI to lead the offense. Home again tomorrow against PE. First pitch is at 4:30.
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Congratulations to the undefeated 2024 West Suburban Gold Champions! Regional playoff action begins next Wednesday against Romeoville High School. First pitch is at 4:30 at Plainfield North HS.
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Mustangs beat Proviso East 10-0 in 6 innings. Nathan Waterman picked up the win in the mound.
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The Mustangs won Game 2 of the Leyden series 13-0. Lucas Costello (5IP,10K,2H,0BB) pitched 5 strong innings of shutout baseball. Richie Sperando (2-3,3RBI) led the way on offense. Game 3 is Thursday at Home. First pitch is at 4:30.
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Looks like we will have a State Series after all!! Let’s Go! More details to follow!.
#IHSA March Board of Directors Meeting:. 🥎🥍⚾️ Remaining spring/summer sport guidelines reviewed. 🏆 Traditional spring sport & activity State Series info coming soon. 🏟️ IDPH updates outdoor sports spectator guidelines . 🔗Full Recap➡️
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The Mustangs take the series with a 7-1 win over Willowbrook. RJ Lube and Kyle Martin pitched great. The offense was led by Jalen House (3-4, 2 2B, 3R, 2SB) and Wyatt Wawro (2-3, 2B) and Will Potter (1-2, RBI, SB, 2BB). On the road tomorrow at Hinsdale Central at 10:00.
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Varsity Mustangs won 10-4 over Willowbrook. Aaron Davis 3-3,2RBI led the offensive attack along with huge hits by Wyatt Wawro (3R HR), Hayden Fellows 1-2,2B,2RBI,2R and Will Potter 2-2,2B,3RBI,3R. Brandon Howell 6IP,7K had a great day on the mound to earn the W!.
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Today the Mustangs were able to celebrate their graduating seniors with a 15-0 victory over Proviso East! Thank you seniors for everything you have done for Mustang Baseball! Once a Mustang, Always a Mustang!
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6 all conference players: Jack Blazevich, Nick Stacey, Anthony Stellato, Cameron Crowley, Jake Pileggi, and Brett Riegler #stangup
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Congratulations to Richie Sperando on his recent commitment to continue his education and baseball career at Concordia University in Chicago! Best of luck to you Richie!.
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Varsity beat Willowbrook 5-0 in the suspended game from last week. Ethan Patera wrapped up the game that Nate Waterman started on the mound. John Szalko had a huge opposite field HR to go up 2-0. Heyden Fellows had a bases loaded 3B to go up 5-0.
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The Mustangs were victorious 2-1 today over crosstown Downers Grove North! Tyler Maylath (5IP,0ER,2H,4K) got the win on the mound. RJ Lube(2-3,RBI) and Sam Erickson(1-3,RBI) provided the spark on offense to help get the win! . Back to WSC Gold action versus Morton on Monday!.
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Congrats to our seniors Nick Stacey (Lewis), Brett Reigler (U Chicago) and Cameron Crowley (Trinity) for signing today! #stangup
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The Mustangs beat LT today 10-0! The offense was led by Wyatt Wawro (2-4,3B,3RBI) Aaron Davis(2-4,2 2B,3RBI) and Brandon Howell(3-4,2B,RBI). Tyler Maylath(5IP,6K,1H,0R) led the way on the mound!. Leyden next week! Home on Monday and Thursday. Away on Tuesday!.
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The Mustangs got a big win on the road against Plainfield North 4-1! . WP - Lucas Costello 4IP, 0ER, 7K, 3H. RP - Christian Schloneger 2IP, 0ER, 3K and Mike Jones IP, 3K. Cole Kardatzke 1-3,2B,RBI, Anthony Titone 2-3,2RBI and John Szalko 1-2,RBI led the Mustangs offensively!.
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Tonight was a very special night for DGS Baseball as both Nick and Zack Burdi were inducted into the DGS Athletic Hall of Fame. Congratulations to both of you!
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The Mustangs won 8-0 in the Game 2 continuation with Addison Trail. Sam Erickson(CG, 1H, 0ER, 0R) led the Mustangs on the mound. The offense was led by Jalen House, Anthony Titone, and Aaron Davis. On the road for Game 2 of the series at Leyden tomorrow. 4:30 first pitch.
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Congratulations to Joe Cosenza on his recent commitment to continue his education and baseball career at College of DuPage. Best of luck Joe!!.
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The Mustangs won Game 3 against Morton 4-1. WP - Christian Schloneger 6IP, 9K, ER,1BB was dominant on the mound. John Szalko 2-run HR and Cole Kardatzke 2-3, HR,RBI led the offense. Home vs DGN tomorrow. First pitch at 4:30.
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Mustangs beat York 4-2. Outstanding pitching by Joey Turek going 5.2 scoreless innings. Matt Scolan and AJ Taylor les the Mustangs offense with 2 hits each. Hinsdale South Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
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8 days away from the beginning of a new season! Here is our 2023 schedule.
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The Mustangs went on the road to Sandburg and picked up a win 10-3. Brandon Howell, Sam Erickson, Mike Jones, and Joey Sperando combined on the mound. Jalen House(3-3,2B) Rich Gasmen(2-2) led in hits. Wyatt Wawro and Cole Kardatzke added two huge 2B to really open the game up.
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Mustangs were victorious over Glenbard West 10-3. Lucas Costello (4IP,2H,0R,9K) got the win. Turek and Waterman finished the job. Matt Scolan (2-3, 2 2B, BB, 2R, 2RBI) Cosenza (HR, BB, 2RBI) and Edders (2-2, 2RBI) led the offense. On the road tomorrow at Proviso West!.
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Stangs fall to Plainfield North in 8 innings 4-3. Stacey went 7 strong innings. Pileggi 2-3 BB RBI, Garland 2-4 RBI, Riegler 2-4 HBP. End the season 22-10 (14-4) WSG Co- Champs. Thanks to all the seniors for their time and energy over the past four years. #stangup.
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Mustangs win Game 2 against AT 17-1. Joey Turek (5IP, 0R, 1H, 9K) was spectacular on the mound. Nathan Waterman had two huge hits and 2RBI, and Matt Wild also added two hits and 2RBI. Series wraps up on Saturday for Senior Day at 10:00am!.
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The Mustangs had 6 West Suburban All Conference players selected:. Jack Blazevich INF.Blair Thibult C.Christopher Gory P/OF.Michael Hoes P/3B.Gino Cozzi P.Jake Pileggi 1B. Congrats boys! #stangup
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Congratulations to A.J. Oskorep on his signing with the Culver Stockton Wildcats to continue his academic and athletic career! Best of luck to AJ!
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🚨SENIOR SPOTLIGHT🚨.Pitcher - #5 - Jacob Schloneger.Jacob will study Computer Science at the University of Iowa next year! Best of luck Jacob!
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Congratulations to Jack Blazevich for making his commitment to Northern Illinois University! Well deserved Jack! @PBRIllinois @dhpreps @dailyherald @BlazevichJack @ChiTribPreps.
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Mustangs are Conference Co-Champs with Hinsdale South. Both teams earned a 14-4 record to tie for first place.
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