Connor Gross

2027 arm to follow. Huge upside. Will be fun to see his development. 📈📈

BAD PLAYERS don’t take much seriously. AVERAGE PLAYERS take games seriously. GOOD PLAYERS take practice & games seriously. GREAT PLAYERS take academics, nutrition, warm-ups, ind. work, weight room, conditioning, film, practice & games seriously. ~ @CoachJonBeck

Rudy was lock down out of the pen for an Elite 8 team as a Sophomore. 7.72 K's/7 & 1.41 ERA. Gamer Working on adding strength and cleaning up movement patterns. Will be one to follow 📈📈 @rudma27

MIF Cole Basak (Monticello) will be one to watch in the Illinois ‘27 class. Athlete at the plate with repeat feel & sprayed line drives to both gaps in BP. Clean, fluid actions on the infield to pair. @MontiSagesBSB | @ScoutConnectBB

𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐇𝐀𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐃𝐄. For the first time ever, a Sage's name has been called out of high school. 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘥. 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘐𝘬𝘦! #GoSages | #SagesBaseball

RHP Zeke Young (Monticello, 2027), brother of Illinois signee Ike Young, showcased an upside look on the mound. Ran the fastball up to 81 mph w/ life and mixed in a 67 mph breaking ball. #PBTILOpen | @PrepBaseballIL

herald-review.com/sports/high-sc… Proud of three of our guys making H&R All-Area. @Ike_young33 & @carter_foran bring home first team honors. Sophomore @rudma27 makes 2nd team. Congrats fellas, thanks for all of your hard work!!

LHP Matthias Rudolph (Monticello, 2027) 6-2 | 170 lbs FB: 80-82 mph, angle w/ deception SL: 70-72 mph, bullet #PBTILOpen | @PrepBaseballIL

Good work tonight with 2 talented 2029s. Mason Pickering & Coby Wickiser. A few tidal tank exercises I like to help feel certain movements on the mound.

Tune in tonight at 10 for my story on our WCIA 3 Female Athlete of the Year winner! In the meantime, check out @courtneylaynebr's story on our Male Athlete of the Year -- @SagesAthletics @Ike_young33, the @IlliniBaseball commit. wcia.com/sports/high-sc…

HS Baseball Players ⚾️ YOU will go 0-3 A LOT YOU will make errors YOU will have bad outings YOU can't win them ALL ‼️ BASEBALL is a game of failure. Learn that NOW. Don't accept it, but understand it. How YOU respond to the failures will make ALL the difference 💯

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Tough to put in to words how much fun I had this spring. These seniors have 2, 30 win seasons back to back. A lot to be proud of. So fortunate to get to coach such talented kids who want to get better every single day. Our pitching staff ended the season with a 1.8 ERA & 302…

𝐈𝐇𝐒𝐀 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐩: 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐩 🔁 ◾LHP Lucas Grant tossed a CG shutout with 18 K in 6-0 Regional Title win. ◾RHP Ike Young strikes out 13 in Monticello's 2A Sectional Title. ◾4️⃣ #ILPower25 upsets in Regional Finals. 𝙁𝙍𝙄𝘿𝘼𝙔:…

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RHP Ike Young (Monticello, 2025) remains a high-upside arm in the state’s senior class. Struck out 13 in today’s win. FB sat 89-92 mph throughout, T93 mph, and also garned S/M on a CB/SL combo in the mid-to-upper 70s. Illinois commit. @ShooterHunt | @Ike_young33

Was it the most efficient performance of @MontiSagesBSB senior Ike Young's season? No, but the Monticello ace and future #Illini battled to propel the Sages to a Class 2A sectional title Saturday against Unity. #ngpreps Story from @srrichey in Decatur: news-gazette.com/sports/young-b…

Cmon!!! Not done yet 🏆

This is post season baseball! 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲. One pitch at a time. ⚾️ 🆚 Unity Rockets ⏰ 1:00 PM 📍 Decatur, Illinois 🏟️ Millikin University ⛅️ 79° gofan.co/event/3605621 𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲! #PaintTheParkPurple #Sweet16 #GoSages