Junior High Baseball: BUGC State bid falls short to Ottawa

The Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center Baseball team’s quest for a trip to this year’s State Finals ended after falling 2-1 to Ottawa Shepherd (12-2) during the Coal City Sectional Final last Saturday.

Junior High Baseball: BUGC, Bishop Mac set for Sectional Match-ups

Saturday morning, the Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center Tigers and Bishop McNamara Fighting Irish baseball teams will take to their respective fields attempting to capture Sectional Championships and punch a ticket to the State Final round next weekend.

Junior High Baseball: Big Fifth Inning leads BUGC to Manteno Regional Championshp

The Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center Tigers put up six runs in the fifth on its way to a 10-3 victory over Manteno in the Class 3A Manteno Regional Championship game on Monday.

Junior High Baseball: Area Regional Round-up

Area junior high baseball teams will be vying for Regional Championships around the area this afternoon.

Over in the Class 2A Nash Regional, the No. 1 seed Bishop McNamara Fighting Irish baseball team ran away with a 9-0 victory over No. 5 seed St. George during thier Saturday morning semifinal matchup, while host and No. 2 seed Clifton-Nash battled No. 3 seed Beecher and came away with a 3-2 win in their contest.

Kankakee Junior High hosted the Class 3A Regional semifinals on Saturday morning with No. 3 seed Bourbonnais UGC blowing away No. 2 seed Limestone, 12-2 in their matchup, and No. 1 seed Manteno topping host and No. 4 seed Kankakee, 5-0.

Junior High Baseball: Kankakee Regional Update

Opening round games for the Class 3A Kankakee Regional took place Monday afternoon.

No. 1 seed Manteno and No. 2 seed Limestone received first-round byes in single-elimination bracket, while the No. 4 seed Kays topped No. 5 seed Peotone, 11-2, and No. 3 seed Bourbonnais UGC used a big fifth inning to eliminated No. 6 seed Bradley-Central.

Junior High Softball: BUGC Captures Regional Crown

Kiersten Martin stepped to the plate in the eighth-inning of Monday afternoon’s Regional Championship matchup with Beecher, and drove in Mallory Ninis with a rope to centerfield to give the Bourbonnais UGC Tiger’s softball team a walk-off win over the Lady Cats, 12-11.

Junior High Softball: Regional Action Recap

This week marked the opening rounds of IESA Softball Regional play, with Braidwood Reed-Custer, Dwight, Grant Park, and Manteno serving as hosts for area teams.

Junior High Baseball: BUGC tops Bradley-Central, falls to Manhattan

The Bourbonnais UGC Tigers baseball team split a pair of games this week, topping Bradley-Central 12-2 in a cross-town showdown on Tuesday, before fallling to Manhattan 7-3 Wednesday afternoon.