Simeon High School Varsity Tournament

This is HS Baseball?

Yes, that is correct High School baseball in October.

Other teams that are participating in this tournament are Von Stueben, Foreman, Holy Trinity, Harlan Academy and Lakeview along with the host Simeon High School.

Clemente cruised over Hyde Park 6-0 and try to hang in there w/ Joliet Catholic w/o there 3 stars in a 3-0 lost, Clemente faces Holy Trinity

Today, Sunday at Washington Park it was Whitney Young over Evanston 8-2; Steve Kniss was the winning pitcher and Jim Clement pitched 3 Innings of relief. Young scored their 8 Runs on 9 Hits and 2 Errors. Young is 3-0 in the tournament allowing only 4 runs over its 3 pool play games (wins over Morgan Park, Joliet Catholic and Evanston).

The top eight teams advance to the playoffs which begin on Monday morning at 10:30 am at Washington Park.

In other games played on Sunday it was Foreman over Simeon 6-5; On Saturday it was Evanston over Simeon 5-3 and Evanston over Von Steuben 2-0 and Lakeview getting the win over Kenwood.

Mark, will you or someone else who knows please tell me about this fall HS Baseball? Is it loosely done with outside coaches, or is it officially connected to the schools?

As I understand it this tournament has been run by Simeon for several years and held over the Columbus Day weekend. This year there are 17 teams participating and 8 of the teams will advance to the playoffs tomorrow. This tournament allows the high school coaches to get an early look at their team to evaluate players and make some player decisions for the upcoming spring season. Accordingly all of the players are getting some time in and the more talented Sophomores who are being considered to move up, are being given a varsity shot by getting a chance to show their stuff.

The fields at Washington Park are in pretty good shape despite the rainy fall weather we have had. I believe that the Junior Varsity teams at both the University of Chicago Lab High School and Mount Carmel use these fields. According to the posted signage the fields are being improved by White Sox Charities; they need more improvements, but the four adjacent fields are all in pretty good shape and have the skyline of Chicago in the distance. The Washington Park area is booming and is in close proximity to the Museum of Science and Industry, the University of Chicago and the Lakefront. The park is currently being proposed to the World Olympic Committee organizers to be the focal point for the 2016 Olympics if the bid were to be awarded to the City of Chicago.

The fields are certainly not up to the high level that one finds at the outlying locations that the suburban teams play on, but all in all, better than many of the city fields that many high schools play on.

I have found that this tournament has been well organized with good competition and umpiring. While some of the teams may be missing a few of their two sport athletes who are playing football or s****r, this is a good fall baseball event which I have been impressed with.

The final eight teams advancing were Harlan Academy (3-0), Whitney Young (3-0), Joliet Catholic (2-1), Hyde Park (2-1), Von Stueben (2-1), Lane Tech (2-1), Clemente (2-1) and Lakeview (2-1).

Whitney Young was knocked out early in the quarterfinals losing to Von Stueben 8-2. Krenger was the winning pitcher.

Additional tournament results post them here.

Clemente over J.C 9-4 Clemente over Harlan 4-2 and Clemente over Lane Tech 7-2 to win the Fall Ball Championship

Clemente was the Chicago Public League 2006 champ and looks to be the favorite going in to next season.

Lane was the 2006 CPL Champ. Back-to-back.
Clemente was the Simeon Fall Classic Champ.

Lane is the favorite next season.
See you next year, keep working hard.

what makes you so sure lane is the favorite? Could it be that u coach their. hmmmmmmmm i wonder

I was waiting for you to take exception to that statement. Yes...I'm sure it's because I'm their coach and I have a warped mind.

I also grew up watching Ric Flair who always said "to be the man you have to beat the man".
You'll get your chance soon enough.

Keep working hard, keep in touch.

Stringer

will do coach

Can someone fill me in on how this works as I didn't think it was legak according to ihsa rules that a high school coach could have his team playing together out of season while he coaches. I know some of the msl teams have games at rec park during the off season, but it is very loose and not coached by the high school coaches same at the fox valley network. This one sounds like the coaches from the high school are running the program. Did I miss something with what you are doing? I don't agree with many of the ihsa rules and regs and I wish we could play more organized in the fall.