Local HS baseball teams receive their post season assignments

by Steve Dunford 

The IHSA released post season assignments for High School Boys Baseball yesterday. Like I did for the postseason in basketball, I am going to break down each round for the county schools.

Here is a link to the full brackets:

https://www.ihsa.org/SportsActivities/BoysBaseball/StateSeriesInformationResults.aspx

The Benton Rangers and the West Frankfort Redbirds will be heading to the Harrisburg Class 2A Regional.  (Yes I said Benton, they are 2A in Baseball)

The Rangers are the number one seed and will play the winner of seventh seeded Johnston City Indians or ninth seeded Eldorado, Wednesday, May 17th, at 4:00 P.M. The winner advances to the championship game on Saturday, May 20th at 11:00 a.m.

The Redbirds are the number five seed, and will play fourth seeded Harrisburg on Thursday, May 18th, at 4:00 P.M.  The teams have split the season series.

The Waltonville-Sesser-Valier Spartans are the number three seed at the Farifield Class 2A Regional.  and will face the sixth seeded Carmi-White County Bulldogs, on Wednesday, May 17th at 7:00 p.m. The winner will advance to the championship game on Saturday, May 20th at 11:00 a.m.

The Zeigler-Royalton-Christopher Tornadoes are the number five seed in the Carterville Class 2A regional.  They will have a first round home game on Monday, May 15th at 4:30 p.m. against the number nine seed, the Vienna Eagles.  The winner advances to face the number three seed, the DuQuoin Indians in a semi-final game at 4:30 P.M.. Thursday at Carterville.

The winner of all three regionals, advances to the Benton Sectional.

The Thompsonville Tigers are the number seven seed in the Carrier Mills Class 1A Regional.  They will face the ninth seeded Joppa Rangers, at home on Monday, May 15th, at 4:30.  The winner will advance to face the second seeded, Crab Orchard Trojans on Wednesday, May 17th at 4:30 p.m., at Carrier Mills.

The winner of the Carrier Mills Regional advances to the Goreville Sectional.