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Clifton Central Grant Park

Comets C

Dragons

The Grant Park (IL) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Clifton Central (Clifton, IL) by a score of 20-2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Clifton Central	4	10	0	6	-	-	-	20	15	1
Grant Park	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	2	4	3

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Clifton Central (25-26)

Clifton Central has not entered stats for this game.

Grant Park (25-26)

Grant Park

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.235	18	17	2	4	2	1
2	Joey McGinley	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
3	Ian Hamann	1.000	2	1	0	1	1	0
4	Aiden Overbeek	1.000	2	2	0	2	1	1
7	Max Paez	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
8	O. Malkowski	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
9	Ethan Peterson	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
10	Connor Manahan	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
13	Dean Malkowski	.500	2	2	2	1	0	0
15	T. Thompson	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
23	Nolen Olthoff	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0

Grant Park

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	7	1	4	.278	.294	.572
2	Joey McGinley	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
3	Ian Hamann	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
4	Aiden Overbeek	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.500	2.500
7	Max Paez	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
8	O. Malkowski	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
9	Ethan Peterson	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
10	Connor Manahan	0	1	0	4	.000	.000	.000
13	Dean Malkowski	0	0	1	0	.500	.500	1.000
15	T. Thompson	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000

Grant Park

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.842	19	12	4	3
2	Joey McGinley	1.000	2	1	1	0
3	Ian Hamann	1.000	1	1	0	0
4	Aiden Overbeek	1.000	2	2	0	0
7	Max Paez	1.000	1	1	0	0
10	Connor Manahan	.500	2	1	0	1
11	Caiden Krone	.667	3	1	1	1
13	Dean Malkowski	1.000	4	4	0	0
23	Nolen Olthoff	.750	4	1	2	1

Grant Park

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	29.75	1	.000	1
2	Joey McGinley	31.50	1	.000	1
9	Ethan Peterson	126.00	0		1
10	Connor Manahan	0.00	0		1
13	Dean Malkowski	21.00	0		1

Grant Park

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	4	15	20	17	5	4	1	37	30
2	Joey McGinley	1.1	7	9	6	1	1	1	14	13
9	Ethan Peterson	.1	4	6	6	1	0	0	7	5
10	Connor Manahan	.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	4	3
13	Dean Malkowski	1.2	3	5	5	2	2	0	12	9

Grant Park

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.500	.595	5	2	140	2
2	Joey McGinley	.538	.571	1	0	47	2
9	Ethan Peterson	.800	.857	2	1	26	0
10	Connor Manahan	.333	.500	0	0	18	0
13	Dean Malkowski	.333	.500	2	1	49	0

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Game Story

Illinois High School Baseball - Clifton Central wallops Grant Park

April 9, 2026: Grant Park, IL 60940

In Thursday's league game, the visiting Clifton Central Comets baseball team scored a nice 20-2 win over the Grant Park Dragons.

The Comets (5-2) will now prepare for their game against Herscher (Herscher, IL). The Tigers go into the non-league game with a 9-4 record. In their last game, Herscher knocked off Iroquois West (Gilman, IL), 11-0, in a non-league game.

Next, the Dragons play the St. Anne Cardinals (St. Anne, IL) in a River Valley game, on Monday, April 13. Grant Park will attempt to improve on its 0-6 season record. The Cardinals go into the game with a 4-3 record after their 6-2 non-league loss to Peotone (Peotone, IL).

CCHS @ Grant Park Baseball Game Info

Thu., Apr. 9, 2026 @ 4:30p

Grant Park High School

The Grant Park (IL) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Clifton Central (Clifton, IL) by a score of 20-2.

Rankings & Records

Clifton Central (25-26)

IL	Class
299	30

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
18-7	10-1	11-5	7-2	.720	.909	195	116

Grant Park (25-26)

IL	Class
551	115

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
7-15	5-8	4-8	3-7	.318	.385	137	206

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Clifton Central	1.0	1.7	.9	1.5	1.3	1.6	.4	1.0	7.8	8.0	1.3
Grant Park	1.9	1.5	1.3	.7	.5	.7	.9	-	6.2	7.7	2.6

Head-to-Head

Clifton Central won last month

4/7 @ 4:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Grant Park 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 3
Clifton Central 1 1 0 1 0 1 - 4 4 1

The Grant Park (IL) varsity baseball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Clifton Central (Clifton, IL) by a score of 4-1.
Box score
Clifton Central won last month

4/9 @ 4:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Clifton Central 4 10 0 6 - - - 20 15 1
Grant Park 1 0 1 0 - - - 2 4 3

The Clifton Central (Clifton, IL) varsity baseball team won Thursday's away conference game against Grant Park (IL) by a score of 20-2.
Box score

4/7 @ 4:30p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Grant Park	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	6	3
Clifton Central	1	1	0	1	0	1	-	4	4	1

Team Stat Comparison

Clifton Central		Grant Park
-	Batting Average	.305
-	On Base Percentage	.413
-	Slugging Percentage	.377
-	Fielding Percentage	.868
-	Win Loss Percentage	.357

Team Leaders

Clifton Central		Grant Park	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#4 Aiden Overbeek.471	.243
-	On Base Percentage	#13 Dean Malkowski.552	.385
-	Slugging Percentage	#4 Aiden Overbeek.629	.312
-	Fielding Percentage	#15 Taggert Thompson1.000	.859
-	Win Loss Percentage	#13 Dean Malkowski1.000	.531

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Clifton Central	15-2		Grant Park	6-12

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/30/26	Watseka	Clifton Central	(W) 10-0	3/19/26	Grant Park	Watseka	(L) 14-5
				4/22/26	Watseka	Grant Park	(L) 16-2
4/8/26	Peotone	Clifton Central	(W) 11-1	4/24/26	Peotone	Grant Park	(L) 15-7
4/14/26	Beecher	Clifton Central	(W) 11-8	4/28/26	Grant Park	Beecher	(L) 4-3
4/16/26	Clifton Central	Beecher	(W) 14-9	4/30/26	Beecher	Grant Park	(L) 16-0
4/17/26	Reed-Custer	Clifton Central	(L) 13-11	5/21/26	Reed-Custer	Grant Park	(L) 4-2
4/20/26	Clifton Central	Illinois Lutheran	(W) 13-0	4/14/26	Illinois Lutheran	Grant Park	(W) 24-3
				4/16/26	Grant Park	Illinois Lutheran	(W) 14-2
4/22/26	Milford	Clifton Central	(W) 6-2	3/25/26	Milford	Grant Park	(L) 15-0
4/23/26	Cissna Park	Clifton Central	(W) 17-1	5/20/26	Cissna Park	Grant Park
4/28/26	Clifton Central	Gardner-South Wilmington	(W) 1-0	5/5/26	Gardner-South Wilmington	Grant Park	(L) 22-1
4/30/26	Gardner-South Wilmington	Clifton Central	(W) 4-3	5/7/26	Grant Park	Gardner-South Wilmington	(L) 10-3
5/5/26	Momence	Clifton Central	(W) 12-2	4/21/26	Momence	Grant Park	(W) 8-2
5/7/26	Clifton Central	Momence	(W) 7-1	4/23/26	Grant Park	Momence	(W) 15-5
5/11/26	Clifton Central	Kankakee	(W) 8-4	4/17/26	Grant Park	Kankakee	(L) 8-5
5/19/26	Kankakee	Clifton Central	(W) 6-5	4/17/26	Grant Park	Kankakee	(W) 8-6
5/12/26	Clifton Central	St. Anne	(L) 4-0	3/31/26	Grant Park	St. Anne	(L) 11-7
5/14/26	St. Anne	Clifton Central	(W) 7-3	5/4/26	Grant Park	St. Anne	(L) 11-6
5/20/26	Iroquois West	Clifton Central	(W) 3-2	5/9/26	Iroquois West	Grant Park	(W) 4-3

Record Breakdown

C Clifton Central (25-26)		Grant Park (25-26)
18-7	Overall	7-15
10-1	League	5-8
8-6	Non-League	2-7
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
15-2	Common Opponent	6-12
11-5	Home	4-8
7-2	Away	3-7
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
18-7	In-State	7-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0