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Crossroads baseball is a Christian Baseball program not only to build the talents of our players, but also train them to be men of God on and off the field as they will be our future leaders to proclaim the gospel wherever God places them. We hold our players to a high standard and as they play for Crossroads Baseball they are representing God, their family and the Christian community. We seek to create an environment that each player is always willing to participate in to Glorify God, have fun playing baseball with their teammates and excel on their talents while playing the game.
CROSSROADS PLAYERS AND TEAM ACHIEVEMENTS
1st year played was 2015
Players
• Noah Kararo – 2015-2016 – played at St. Francis University (NAIA) from 2017-2022
• Kyle Rosenfeld – 2015 -2018 – plays at Western Illinois University (D1) from 2019-2024
• Evan Orzech – 2016-2019 – plays at St. Xavier University (NAIA) from 2020-2024
• Jake Angelo – 2017-2018 – played at Judson University (NAIA) from 2020-2023
• Zach Rojas – 2017-2018 – played at Judson University (NAIA) from 2019-2022
• Max Freund – 2018 – plays at Judson University (NAIA) from 2022-2024
• Tim Whitfield – 2018-2021 – plays at Wheaton College (D3) from 2022-2024
• Lazaro Marquez – 2018-2020 – plays at Dayton University (D1) from 2021-2024
• Aaron Orzech – 2019-2022 – plays at St. Xavier University (NAIA) from 2023-2026
• Logan Wagner – 2019-2021 – plays for Los Angeles Dodgers minor league affiliate from 2022 to present
Achievements
• 2015 Midwest Homeschool World Series – 6th place
• 2017 Midwest Homeschool World Series – 3rd place
• 2018 Nation Homeschool World Series – participant
• 2018 Illinois Christian Conference - Champion
• 2019 Midwest Homeschool World Series – Champion
• 2019 Illinois Christian Conference – Champion
• 2021 Illinois Christian Conference – Champion
• 2023 Midwest Homeschool World Series – 5th place
COMPETITION
IN & out of Season
In-season practices are done to fill in gaps and game cancelations during the season and are typically held at the Crossroads Youth Center softball fields in Big Rock, IL. Fall Practices are held the beginning of September to mid October at the Crossroads Youth Center softball fields in Big Rock, IL.
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Winter Practices start from the end of January to mid March, Mondays and Fridays 11:30am to 2pm at the Quarry
FieldHouse in Romeoville, IL.
Info for Practice
Practices consist of skills, drills, competitions and strengthening the mental side of playing baseball. This is all in correlation with increasing their abilities and talents with hitting, defense and pitching.
All practices have biblical devotionals that our players are asked to participate in to help with their spiritual walk with Christ and to help the team chemistry as we discuss each topic. With a biblical worldview on the game of baseball, it will help with the successes and failures of the game and how our young men respond to each situation good or bad.
Focus
BASEBALL SEASON and TOURNAMENTS
A typical season for Crossroads can consist of 25 to 40 games depending on roster and
weather related cancelations. Being an approved IHSA baseball team, we are allowed to participate in the Illinois Christian Conference that consists of 4 teams. We are unable to participate in any state playoffs. We do participate in 1 to 2 out-of-state tournaments a year. For 2024 we will be participating in the Perfect Game Mid-South High School Showdown in Tennessee and the Midwest Homeschool World Series (MHWS) in Westfield, IN.
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