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Celebrating an Incredible Year of Growth, Competition, and Success As another RBA season comes to a close, we want to recognize the players, coaches, and families who made 2026 another memorable year. This season was filled with championships, walk-off wins, dominant pitching performances, and countless moments these players will remember. While team success is always our priority, we'd also like to recognize the athletes who led their teams statistically throughout the seaso

The penultimate week of the season has completed. Some great performances, tough competition, and gritty W's along the way. It has been a pleasure covering these tournaments and I hope you all have enjoyed the weekly recaps. Thank you to our parents, coaches, and players for their commitments on and off the field. 17u Record: 3-1 Top Performers Liam Allen — .667 AVG, 6 H, 2 2B, 1 RBI AJ Rundblade — .333 AVG, 4 H, 0 RBI Anthony Albano — .400 AVG, 4 H, 1 RBI Michael Davenport —

A solid weekend of baseball. It was HOT and our boys persevered to compete, some teams playing 6 games! Another competitive weekend with results we love to brag about. 🥇11U Weekend Record: 5-0 Tournament/Event: Summer International - McHenry, IL Recap: 11u group stays hot winning back to back tournaments. Highlighted by a 8-1 comeback in the semifinals. Great work, Lockhart with 2 HRs, and Buhl with an impressive 17 Ks over 6.2 IP. Full stats below: Offensive Leaders JT Told

Another exciting week of RBA baseball is in the books! Here's how each team performed as we continue to compete, improve, and represent the Academy. 🥇 11U Weekend Record: 5-0 Recap: 11u group goes undefeated with a 5-0 tournament this weekend. Great pitching and a competent offense propels this group to the 'ship. A walkoff single by B. Rodriguez lifts RBA over GRB Rays 5-4 in the championship. Improving the overall record to 37-5-2. Offensive Leaders Max Buhl: .714 AVG, 5 H

Despite no championships this week, we continued to provide many highlights and competed well in some very tough tournaments. 12u Jass group concludes their season, Highschool teams all compete with solid success, and 13u group turns an epic triple play. Full recap below! ⚾ 16U Licon Record: 4-1-1 Northwestern Chicago Invitational Highlights: 16u Licon group performs well this weekend going 4-1-1 at Northwestern. They were ranked as the #1 seed going into the final 4 champion

Our teams continued to compete at a high level this weekend, bringing home hardware, putting together quality at-bats, and showcasing dominant performances on the mound. See below for the full 8 team recap from this past weekend. 🏆 Team Recaps 13U 🥇 Record: 3-0 Highlights: 13u group takes home the gold even while being a yougner team in the field. The 13u group entered a 14u tourney (14u WSC Father's Day Showdown) and still came out with the championship. Way to go boys. Of

A solid week for our teams that were able to dodge the rain. A few trophies, and some great performances! Full recap below. Thanks as always 🥈 13U Record: 4-1 : Milk Jug Classic / Deforest, WI Weekend Recap The 13u group performed very well, finishing 2nd this weekend. Clutch hitting and solid outings by the pitching staff gave these guys a chance all weekend long. McCloy with a game tying base hit in the first round of bracket play set the tone. Great outings and W's from A

Another busy week for the RBA family! From our youngest athletes learning the game to our high school players starting their seasons, we continue to see growth, effort, and development across the organization. 🔴 8U Recap 🥈 Record: 5-1 Tournament/Game Summary: RBA 8U put together its best weekend of the season, finishing 5-1 and continuing to show the development we’ve been building all year. The boys came up just short in the championship game, earning another 2nd place fi

Welcome back for another weekly recap! his week we had two youth tournaments along with multiple Regional Championships from our RBA athletes 🧢 Youth Team Updates 🥈 9U Recap Record: 3-1 Slug into Summer - Itasca, IL Highlights ⚾ 9u group goes 3-1 falling short in the championship. The offense was rolling as this group collected 39 runs in 4 games. Good work fellas! Weber- 6/9 10 R 7 RBI 3 HR 6 SB Stuart- 5/10 6 R 2 RBI 1 2B 3 SB / 3 IP O H O R 3 K Vanhille - 3/7 1 R 2 RBI 1

🔥 RBA WEEKLY RECAP 🔥 A busy weekend for our youth age groups.. Congrats to 14u on the 4-0 Championship. Full team by team breakdown below 🏆 Youth Tournament Recaps ⚾ 8U Update 📍 Tournament/Event: Pee Wee Classic📈 Record: 3-1-1 Highlights RBA 8U finished the weekend 3-1-1, earning the 4 seed out of 16 teams after a strong 2-0-1 Saturday. The boys scored 42 runs in 5 games before their bracket run ended Sunday in the second round. H. Marshall pictured with his Home Run fro

11u, 12u Jass CHAMPIONS! See below for full breakdown from the week! 🔥 Another Big Week for RBA Baseball! 🔥 From tournament battles to high school highlights, our players continue to represent the RBA family the right way — competing hard, supporting teammates, and growing every day. 💪⚾ 🥇 11U TEAM UPDATE 🥇 🏆 Weekend Recap Record: 4 - 0 Tournament: Elgin Slugfest Highlights: ⚾ N. Lockhart: 8/10, 6R, 6 RBI, 4 SB / 6.2 IP, 1W, 9Ks, 0BB, 4 ER ⚾ J. Barrett: 6/9, 7 RBI, 3 R,

Here is our weekly recap, Mother's day weekend at the ballpark for 3 teams, some High school shoutouts, and Alumni spotlight. We hope everyone had a great Mother's day weekend. Moms, we appreciate everything you do 🥇 10U UPDATE 🥇 ⚾ RBA 10U Tournament Recap 📍 Location: Spring Slugfest - Walworth, WI 🏆 Record: 4-1 CHAMPIONS! 💪 Team Highlights: Stevie Hamilton led the team with 8 hits and pitched a complete game in the opening game of bracket play. Dom LaMay closed out the

🏆⚾ Youth Tournament Recap Future stars putting in work! 💪 🟦 [RBA 12u Jass] 🥇 📍 Tournament: [Silver Series Championships]📊 Record: [5-0] 🔹 Game Highlights: 12u Jass group goes 5-0 outscoring opponents 58-10 🔥Hot Performances Gavin Peck 11-14 avg .785, 7.1 innings 3 hits 16k’s 2 W’s Nano Murillo 8-12 avg .666, 2 innings 0 hits 5k’s 2 SV’s Julián Núñez 8-12 avg .666 🟦 [RBA 14u] 🥈 📍 Tournament: [Ricky Vaughn's Major League Champ]📊 Record: [2-1-1] 🔹 Standouts: 🌟 R. B

🔥 Youth Tournament Recaps ⚾ 11U Recap Record: [5–0] 🥇 Event: [Preseason Championships Fox Valley | Aurora, IL] Game Results: 11u group goes 4-0 outscoring opponents 34-12. 🥇 Defeated Midwest Future Prospects-Hilden 20-5 in their 1 league game this week as well. Highlights: 💥 Big Hits: M. Cooper: 1 HR, .400 AVG J. Toldo: 5 hits, 2 2B N. Lockhart: 4-5, 2 3B's 4 BB's .800 AVG. 🔥 Pitching: Weber + Godfrey combine for no hitter J. Barrett: CG, 1 hit, 12 K's ⚾ 10U Recap Record

⭐ Player of the Week 🏆 [Gavin Schoenemann] – [Team: 12u Setter] 📸 Weekly Performance: 7-10 performance this weekend Highlight Moment: Gavin recorded his FIRST legitimate out of the park Home Run. What a moment to cap off a great weekend at the plate. Check out the video below, keep up the good work! 🔥 Youth Tournament Recaps ⚾ 9U Recap Record: 2-2 Event: Go Yard Classic - Arlington Heights, IL Game Results: W vs Signature Stars 9u – [10-9] W vs Muscle Black 9u – [15-9] Hig

🔥 Team Recaps An active week of HS baseball followed by 5 youth teams participating in tournaments. Here is your BUSY weekly recap. ⚾ 8U Pyfer Recap Record: [1-2] Event: [Elk Showdown: Itasca, IL] Highlights: 💥 Offensive Highlights N. Stone: 2-5, 4 RBIs K. Nachreiner: 3-6, 3 1B ⚾ 10U Albano Recap Record: [4-1] Event: [Silver Series: Rockford, IL] Game Results: After a 2-0 start to Saturday, 10u group goes 2-1 on Sunday. beating some local teams before falling to GRB Illinoi

Rain causes cancellation of our scheduled tournaments this weekend, but we still have RBA updates to share below!! 🎓 RBA Alumni Highlights Celebrating former RBA players continuing to shine! [Joey Appino] College: Carroll University Joey has put together a great career at Carroll. We want to highlight his most recent achievement: All time leader in doubles with 36. Way to go Joe! Take a look at the below clip.. 2 RBA alum's going at it.. RBA alum and Belv. North graduate E

📈 RBA Rising : Highschool Spotlights This week, Rockford Baseball Academy is showcasing some of our high school performances. Andrew Self put together a huge week for North Boone, going 6-for-11 (.545) with 5 runs, 2 RBI, 2 doubles, 1 home run, 1 walk, and 3 stolen bases over three games. He also homered opening weekend in Jacksonville, IL. (Video Below) Rhyder Jewell had a strong week for North Boone. He earned 2 wins on the mound against 2 NIC-10 schools, Belvidere and B

🔴⚪🔵 Program Spotlight 🏅 Player of the Week: Max Buhl .500 AVG, 3 hits, 2 HR's, 5 RBIS 2.2 IP, 8 K's, 0.00 ERA ⚾ 9U Recap | [1-2] Record: [1-2] 🔥 Highlights Noah Dixon (#1) .800 AVG (4-for-5) 2 Doubles | 2.057 OPS Led the team with consistent hard contact James Toldo (#2) .571 AVG (4-for-7) Mason Harvey (#6) .500 AVG (2-for-4) Brock Geissler (#99) 4 RBIs Pitching Hunter Weber (#10) 1-0 3 IP | 7 K | 1 H | 0.00 ERA 💬 Takeaway The 9U group showed great offensive upside and