The Illinois Elementary School Association baseball state finals are Sept. 26-27 at EastSide Centre in East Peoria, Illinois.
Three teams from the Peoria metro area are in the 24-team field, one in each of the three 8-team classes: Peoria Limestone Walters (1A), Washington Middle School (2A) and Morton Junior High (3A).
Here is the schedule for the weekend and how to get tickets:
IESA Class 1A baseball state finals
Friday’s quarterfinals
Springfield St. Agnes (13-3-0) vs. Joliet St. Raymond (16-6-0), 9:30 a.m.Paris Crestwood (15-1-0) vs. Lexington (15-3-0), 11:30 a.m.Effingham St. Anthony (14-4-0) vs. Bloomington Corpus Christi (15-6-1), 2 p.m.Liberty (16-3-0) vs. Peoria Limestone Walters (21-0-0), 4 p.m.
Saturday’s finals
Semifinal: Winners 1 & 2, 9:30 a.m.Semifinal: Winners 3 & 4, 11:30 a.m.Third: Semifinal losers, 2 p.m.Title: Semifinal winners, 4 p.m.IESA Class 2A baseball state finals
Friday’s quarterfinals
Washington MS (14-4-1) vs. Springfield Christian (16-1-0), 10 a.m.Kankakee Bishop McNamara (15-3-0) vs. St. Joseph (13-6-0), noonPeru Parkside (13-2-0) vs. Teutopolis (14-7-0), 2:30 p.m.Stronghurst West Central (15-3-0) vs. Staunton (12-9-0), 4:30 p.m.
Saturday’s finals
Semifinal: Winners 1 & 2, 10 a.m.Semifinal: Winners 3 & 4, noonThird: Semifinal losers, 2:30 p.m.Title: Semifinal winners, 4:30 p.m.IESA Class 3A baseball state finals
Friday’s quarterfinals
Morton JHS (20-0-2) vs. Bloomington Evans (15-5-0), 10 a.m.Shorewood Troy (10-4-0) vs. Williamsville (17-1-0), noonEdwardsville Lincoln (14-6-1) vs. Chatham Glenwood (17-3-0), 2:30 p.m.Mokena (11-4-0) vs. Channahon (16-4-0), 4:30 p.m.
Saturday’s finals
Semifinal: Winners 1 & 2, 10 a.m.Semifinal: Winners 3 & 4, noonThird: Semifinal losers, 2:30 p.m.Title: Semifinal winners, 4:30 p.m.
You can purchase tickets for the IESA baseball state finals online through GoFan.co. Tickets for Friday games are $8. Tickets for Saturday games go on sale Friday.
The IESA baseball state finals are at EastSide Centre in East Peoria, located at 1 EastSide Drive.