Baseball Recap: Kankakee Valley Takes a Tough Playoff Loss

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Kankakee Valley can now relate to. They fell just short of the Hanover Central Wildcats by a score of 10-9 on Saturday. Unfortunately, that's the third time they've come up short against the Wildcats this season, with their most recent loss being a 6-0 defeat back in April.

GrayLee Weaver

Runs

05/21/25 @ Griffith	3
05/10/25 @ Benton Central	3
04/12/25 vs Michigan City	3
05/31/25 vs Hanover Central	2
05/17/25 @ South Central	2
+ 10 more games

GrayLee Weaver was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. He is becoming a predictor of Kankakee Valley's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 5-1 (and 10-12-1 when he doesn't). Zach Eggers was another key player, going 2-for-4 with one run and one RBI.

Kankakee Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 15-13-1. As for Hanover Central, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 14 matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 22-7 record this season.

Kankakee Valley does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Hanover Central, they will challenge Andrean at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. The Fighting 59ers' pitching crew has only allowed 2.9 runs per game this season, so the Wildcats' hitters will have their work cut out for them.