CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Tremont Turks are the top small school baseball team in the state of Illinois.
Tremont defeated Putnam County on Saturday to win the IHSA Class 1A state championship at Illinois Field on the campus of the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana. The Turks won 10-0 after five innings via run-rule.
It’s the first state championship for Tremont in baseball. They finished 4th in 2011 in their previous appearance at state.
Sr. Justin Muselman led Tremont by going 2-2 with two RBIs. Sr. Justin Smith and Soph. Jack Oyer also added two RBIs each.
