The daily pitch from Sports Editor : June 12, 2026
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Jun. 12—, and there's a local connection in the opening game.
Troy (38-30) is making its first College World Series appearance and faces off against West Virginia (45-15) at 1 p.m. Friday from Charles Schwab Field Omaha.
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He started his coaching career at DACC in 2010 before stints at Wabash College Eastern Illinois, Valparaiso and Western Kentucky. He arrived at Troy ahead of the 2022 season.
St. Joseph-Ogden sports programs — girls' cross-country in 1990, 2014 and 2016, boys' cross-country in 1991 and 1992, boys' track and field in 1993 and 2000, girls' track and field in 2000 and 2018, softball in 2006 and boys' basketball in 2016 — who have won at least one IHSA state title. The SJ-O baseball team will try to become the seventh sport to do so this weekend during the Class 2A state tournament at Illinois Field in Champaign.
➜ Day three at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., will see (men's high jump), (men's triple jump), (heptathlon) and (heptathlon) vie for national titles for Illinois on Friday.
➜ If SJ-O (38-2) tops the Crusaders (37-3) on Friday night, the Spartans will play Freeburg (30-9) or Harvest-Westminster (27-7) at 7 p.m. on Saturday in the Class 2A state championship game at Illinois Field in Champaign.
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