Crystal Lake Central wins the 2024 3a State Championship over Lemont

In Joliet, Crystal Lake Central (21-14) and Lemont (31-10) battled for the 3a state championship on June 8th.

For the first two scores came to Lemont. Off a drop third strike a runner came home. One inning later, Nick Berardi would bring in an rbi.

For CLC, James Dreher hit a hard double rbi down the left baseline tying it. In the 6th, Rhett Ozment would bat a triple and bring home the winning run.

Final: 3a State Champions Crystal Lake Central 3, Lemont 2.  

Head Coach Brian Storako spoke about his team saying “These kids battled. Yeah, we might not have pulled it out today but one game doesn't define them. These guys are going to go down in Lemont baseball history.”

Special thank you to the IHSA media team and head coaches Brian Storako (Lemont) and Cal Aldridge (CLC).