Brooks Middle Schools Wins IESA Baseball Regional Title

BOLINGBROOK, IL — Brooks Middle School is headed to the IESA baseball sectionals after surprising top-seeded Jane Addams Middle School 5-2 in the regional final Monday afternoon.

The Bulldogs will meet either Minooka or Troy at Minooka Junior High at noon on Saturday.
Joshua Cosme led Brooks (9-6) with three hits and three RBIs, while Hunter Hryck and Martin Boland added a pair of hits each. Hrysck hurled six innings scattering nine Mustangs hits. Cosme got the save.

After Cosme knocked in a pair of Bulldogs runs with a Texas leaguer to right center in the first inning, Addams (7-3) scored twice in the bottom of the first on singles by Kyle Buckley and Alex Tran, an error and Anthony Tykane’s single to right field. But the Mustangs never scored again, leaving 10 runners on base in the contest.

A third inning double by Hrycyk and an RBI single up the middle by Cosme turned out to be the game-winning hit. Brooks added single runs in the fifth on a Jacob Blim single to right and in the sixth on David Underdonk’s single to left.

Both squads turned in outstanding defensive plays including a key fourth inning moment when Brooks’ Jayden Cummings fielded Andrew McElroy’s no-out single to right and hit relay man Boland who turned and threw out a sliding Jack Vodarka at the plate. Bulldog shortstop Josiah McGee and Addams third baseman Dillon Hinojosa also made terrific plays in the field during the game.

Other members of Brooks’ sectional qualifiers include Dominic DeMichel, Zachary Baker, Dalan Lamberson, Anthony Miglieri, Damien Angeloni, Dylan Strzechowski, and Jon Carrera. They are coached by Patrick Meginniss and Joe Bleers with assistance from Alex Hrycyk and Dylan Crouse.

Submitted by Valley View School District 365U

photo courtesy of Valley View School District