Baseball Recap: Kankakee Valley Comes Up Short

Kankakee Valley was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They came up short against the Hebron Hawks, falling 12-6.

Will Chestnut

Runs

05/16/26 vs South Central	3
05/11/26 vs Lowell	3
05/23/26 vs Hebron	2
05/06/26 @ Highland	2
04/10/26 vs Hammond Morton	2
+ 8 more games

Will Chestnut was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. That's the first time he hasn't allowed a single hit since back in April. He was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs and one stolen base. He is becoming a predictor of Kankakee Valley's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 4-2 (and 7-14 when he doesn't).

Chestnut wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Declan Murr, who went 1-for-4 with two stolen bases and one RBI. Kankakee Valley is 3-1 when Murr posts two or more stolen bases, but 8-15 otherwise. Another was Zack Mikash, who earned one run and three stolen bases.

Kankakee Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 11-16. As for Hebron, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 15-10-1.

Kankakee Valley has already played their next contest, a 7-0 loss against Lowell on the 27th. As for Hebron, they will take on 21st Century Charter at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. The Hawks' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Cougars have averaged an impressive 6.6 runs per game this season.