Naperville North Baseball

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Baseball: Bolingbrook hits four home runs to top Naperville North

Playing the underdog role to perfection, Bolingbrook stunned Naperville North 8-1 Thursday in the Bolingbrook Regional semifinal. Despite being the No. 11 seed to the …

May 26, 2012

Baseball Notebook

Naperville North rebounds from rough start to 2012 Sitting six games under .500 just 14 games into the season back on April 14, Naperville North …

May 15, 2012

Baseball: Naperville North rocks Naperville Central

Coming into Thursday with a series win over Naperville North already in hand, the focus for Naperville Central was two-fold. Not only was Naperville Central …

May 19, 2012

Baseball: Naperville Central tops Naperville North in DuPage Valley showdown

With five games left to play in the DuPage Valley Conference season and with three teams within a game of the lead coming into Wednesday, …

May 17, 2012

Baseball: Four-run fifth inning lifts Naperville Central over Naperville North

Staking senior left-hander Kevin Walsh to a 3-1 advantage entering the bottom of the fifth, it appeared Naperville North was well on its way to …

May 16, 2012

Baseball: Naperville North’s Brock Borgeson baffles West Aurora

With the way his team has been hitting the past three weeks, Naperville North senior pitcher Brock Borgeson knows that he doesn’t have to be …

May 14, 2012

Baseball: Naperville North’s rally sinks West Aurora

When you’re a team on a roll, you find ways to win games. Naperville North’s baseball team has been playing very well of late, but …

May 10, 2012

Baseball: Neuqua Valley wins ninth in a row

Coming home at the end of March from its trip to Tennessee at just 2-3, the formula Neuqua Valley has been using since has been …

Apr 23, 2012

Baseball: Naperville North falls to Wheaton North

Wheaton North second baseman Kevin Fahy broke out of his early season hitting slump just in time for the start of the Falcons’ DuPage Valley …

Apr 18, 2012

Baseball: Five-running inning lifts Naperville North to win

Too often this season, Naperville North’s baseball team has been falling behind in games early on. In Saturday’s 10-5 nonconference win over Marmion, however, the …

Apr 17, 2012

Baseball: Waubonsie Valley shuts out Naperville North

Considering the dramatic impact the implementation of BBCOR bats has had all throughout the state, added emphasis has been placed on execution and taking advantage …

Apr 13, 2012

Baseball: Benet holds off Naperville North

Benet coach Scott Lawler noted that his team didn’t seem defeated in the aftermath of the Redwings’ heart-breaking 4-3 loss to St. Laurence on Friday. …

Apr 10, 2012

Baseball: Naperville North’s Colin Ash holds Downers South hitless

Despite morning storms and a forecast for more rain in the afternoon, Naperville North pitcher Colin Ash was determined to take the mound on Friday …

Apr 7, 2012

Baseball: Naperville North ready to rebound

Anyone around Naperville North’s baseball program will be quick to tell you that 2011 was a tough year. Trudging through an 11-20 season in 2011, …

Mar 15, 2012

Huskies’ Long picks Air Force

Bursting onto the scene as a sophomore at Naperville North by hitting .351 and driving in 18 runs, it was pretty evident to anyone watching …

Mar 26, 2012

Naperville Sun All-Area baseball team

Pitchers Dan Ludwig, Naperville Central — 8-2 with 1.36 ERA and 97 strikeouts in 67 innings. Headed to Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., Ludwig was …

Jun 24, 2011

Naperville area ready for postseason

Since 2006, the Naperville area has seen four of its teams make appearances in the state tournament, with three of them—Naperville Central in 2006 and …

May 23, 2011

Central to rely on arms of Ludwig, Lewandowski

Coming into this season, it was very apparent that Naperville Central would go as far as its top two pitchers — senior left-hander Dan Ludwig …

May 11, 2011

Wheaton North takes one in extras

An old adage says that outs No. 25-27 are the toughest to get in baseball. For Naperville North on Monday, getting outs No. 31-33 weren’t …

May 9, 2011

Glenbard East turns back Naperville North

What a turn of events from one day to the next. Fresh off a 15-4 road thumping of Glenbard East on Thursday, Naperville North suffered …

May 10, 2011

Naperville North salvages third game against Central

Despite only being a junior, Naperville North’s Mariano Long understands that he’s looked upon as a team leader because of the Huskies’ youth. Fresh off …

May 4, 2011

Redhawks' bats alive in twin bill sweep

While the calendar read April 30, for both Naperville North and Naperville Central, Saturday may have felt like Opening Day in a lot of ways. …

May 4, 2011

Long’s efforts enough for Huskies

Throughout most of the season’s first 14 games, nothing much has gone right for Naperville North. However, that all seems to change when junior Mariano …