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Zach Piatt

Maine

Editor-in-Chief at Ball State Daily

Reporter @news_gazette @ngpreps 🗞 Ball State Daily News alum 📰 Ball U '21 👌👌 Bruin for life '17 🐻 I wear hats 🧢 Smile 😁

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Articles

  • Piatt’s OT: Rantoul baseball ‘back on the map’ after returning to winning ways

    2 weeks ago | news-gazette.com | Zach Piatt

    RANTOUL — Kyle Lewis admittedly wasn’t sure what to expect when he took over the Rantoul baseball program this past spring. But he was certain about one thing. “We wanted to create a winning culture, new standards and most importantly, a family atmosphere,” Lewis said. The Eagles were fresh off a 10-win season, their first double-digit-win output since 2019. That was also their last winning season. The 2024 campaign was a step in the right direction, and they were ready for more.

  • Athletes of the Week: Orton and Beckett end high school careers in style

    2 weeks ago | news-gazette.com | Zach Piatt

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  • Sweet 16 feeling: Pipkins, seniors step up for Central baseball

    3 weeks ago | news-gazette.com | Zach Piatt

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  • Sweet 16 feeling: Pipkins, seniors step up for Champaign Central baseball

    3 weeks ago | news-gazette.com | Zach Piatt

    LINCOLN — Chances are you haven’t seen a game end the way Thursday afternoon’s Class 3A Lincoln Sectional semifinal baseball matchup between Champaign Central and Mt. Zion did. The Maroons held a three-run lead with one out and a runner on first base in the top of the seventh inning when the Mt. Zion batter skied a ball to deep left field over Carter Bleakney’s head. Here’s how the Central senior saw it.

  • Piatt’s OT: Bulldogs ready to continue postseason journey and ‘go out with a bang’

    3 weeks ago | news-gazette.com | Zach Piatt

    MAHOMET — The Mahomet-Seymour baseball team has been in this position before. Just last year, actually. A Class 3A sectional semifinal matchup with postseason rival Chatham Glenwood. That’s what’s on deck for the Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday in Lincoln, and they’re ready to repeat last year’s success. “It was pretty awesome,” M-S senior Gavin Bailey said of last year’s run during a visit to The News-Gazette’s Faces of the Spring event in February.

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Zach Piatt
Zach Piatt @zachpiatt13
9 Jun 25

Piatt kids 🎓 https://t.co/WcHiifE3Ol

Zach Piatt
Zach Piatt @zachpiatt13
7 Jun 25

I can now confidently say that was the greatest baseball game I've ever covered *Ignore the handwriting https://t.co/Ja23RaaHfB

Zach Piatt
Zach Piatt @zachpiatt13

Final (11 innings) | 1-0 Maroons McClure blasts a walk-off solo home run to right field to end it and send Central to super-sectionals. What a game. https://t.co/VVQlsliQ0Q

Zach Piatt
Zach Piatt @zachpiatt13
6 Jun 25

RT @ngpreps: Friday's N-G sports cover features @zachpiatt13 on @maroonathletics baseball and @mshsathletics baseball playing for Class 3A…