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BREAKING NEWS JULY 13TH EXPRESS/TEAM RORY WIN ITS 5TH STRAIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP GOING 5-0 TO CAPTURE THE ROCKFORD SHOWCASE TOURNAMENT!!!  NEXT STOP CABA

BREAKING NEWS JULY 6, 2008 - ILLINOIS EXPRESS TEAM RORY CAPTURE A 4TH CONSECUTIVE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP.  WE DEFEATED TOP TIER 9-5 TO WIN THE NORTHWESTERN INVITATIONAL!!!  ONE OF THE MANY TOURNAMENT HIGHLIGHTS WAS A PERFECT GAME VICTORY IN POOL PLAY AS WE DEFEATED THE INDEPENDENCE OHIO BLUE DEVILS 8-0!!! 


BREAKING NEWS JUNE 29, 2008 - ILLINOIS EXPRESS/TEAM RORY WINS BENNY NEWSOME ORLAND PARK SPARKS TOURNAMENT.  IT'S A THREEPEAT FOR THE EXPRESS WINNING TOURNAMENTS 3 CONSECUTIVE WEEKENDS IN 3 DIFFERENT STATES!!! (WISCONSIN, INDIANA AND ILLINOIS).  CONGRATULATIONS ON AN INCREDIBLE START TO THE 2008 SUMMER SEASON!!!

BREAKING NEWS JUNE 22, 2008 - ILLINOIS EXPRESS/TEAM RORY CAPTURE THEIR 2ND STRAIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP GOING A PERFECT 6-0 TO WIN THE INDIANA BEST OF THE BEST TITLE!!!

BREAKING NEWS JUNE 15, 2008 - ILLINOIS EXPRESS/TEAM RORY GO 6-0 AND SWEEP THROUGH THE TRIPLE CROWN KENOSHA CLASSIC TO WIN CHAMPIONSHIP:

THE EXPRESS CONTINUED TO ROLL AS WE ENTERED THE TRIPLE CROWN KENOSHA CLASSIC.  WE PLAYED OUR WAY TO THE #2 SEED BY GOING 2-0 ON FRIDAY MORNING.  WE FOLLOWED THIS UP WITH A 14-1 WIN SATURDAY EVENING, SETTING UP SOME QUALITY MATCHUPS FOR SUNDAY.  IN GAME #1 WE PLAYED A 9 INNING THRILLER AGAINST THE FOX VALLEY ROYALS.  IN THE END THE EXPRESS PULLED OUT THE VICTORY TO MAKE IT TO THE FINAL FOUR.  OUR SEMI-FINAL MATCHUP PUT US UP AGAINST THE LONG GROVE A'S FOR THE SECOND TIME IN EIGHT DAYS.  HAVING JUST BEATEN THE A'S IN THE SEMINOLE SLUGFEST BY A SCORE OF 8-5 WE KNEW THE A'S WOULD BRING THEIR BEST FOR REDEMPTION.  IN AN EPIC PITCHING BATTLE THE EXPRESS PLAYED THEIR SECOND EXTRA INNING OF THE DAY AND AGAIN CAME OUT ON TOP BEATING THE A'S 3-2.  THE EXPRESS CONTINUE TO HAVE THE A'S NUMBER HAVING WON 4 OF 5 MEETINGS.  IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THE EXPRESS HAD A SHOWDOWN WITH THE NEW TRIER COLTS.  AS IT DID ALL TOURNAMENT LONG THE DEFENSE AND PITCHING SHINED AGAIN AS WE HELD ON FOR A 4-3 VICTORY TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND EARN A BID TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN LAS VEGAS, NV. IN SEPTEMBER 2008. 

JUNE 1,2008:

EXPRESS OPENS SEASON WITH 5-2 VICTORY OVER RIVAL SEMINOLES!

THE ILLINOIS EXPRESS/TEAM RORY OPENED THEIR 2008 CAMPAIGN WITH A SOLID 5-2 VICTORY OVER THE SCHAUMBURG SEMINOLES.  FOUR PITCHERS COMBINED TO GIVE UP FIVE HITS.  THE EXPRESS SHOWED THEY WILL BE A FORCE ALL YEAR LONG IN EVERY TOURNAMENT WITH THE PITCHING, SPEED, DEFENSE, AND HITTING FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.

JUNE 5-8 SEMINOLES SLUGFEST!  EXPRESS GO 3-1 CLAIM 3RD PLACE IN RAIN SHORTENED 28 TEAM TOURNAMENT!

THE EXPRESS ENTERED THE SEMINOLES SLUGFEST AND OPENED THE TOURNAMENT WITH AN 11-0 WIN OVER CRYSTAL LAKE.  THIS WAS THE 2ND TIME THE EXRESS FACED CRYSTAL LAKE AND HAVE BEATEN THEM BOTH TIMES.  IN THE 2ND GAME OF POOL PLAY THE EXPRESS GOT TO FACE THE NAPERVILLE REDS AND REDEMPTION WAS ON EVERYONE'S MIND AS NAPERVILLE KNOCKED THE EXPRESS OUT OF CABA IN 2007.  IT WAS A DOMINATING PERFORMANCE IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE GAME AS THE EXPRESS ROLLED TO AN 8-3 VICTORY.  IN GAME 3 THE EXPRESS AGAIN DOMINATED FROM START TO FINISH AGAINST THE LONG GROVE A'S.  WE POUNDED OUT 16 HITS AND NEVER TRAILED IN THE GAME.  THE A'S DID TIE THE GAME AT 4-4, BUT THE EXPRESS RESPONDED WITH FOUR MORE RUNS AND WON THE GAME 8-5.  THAT BROUGHT THE EXPRESS RECORD AGAINST THE A'S TO 3-1 (2-0 IN THE FALL AND 1-1 IN THE SUMMER).  IN GAME 4 THE EXPRESS CAME UP SHORT AGAINST THE ILLINOIS SPARKS AND FINISHED POOL PLAY AT 3-1.  WE HAD THE #3 SEED OF THE FINAL 8 TO MAKE THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND, BUT THE TOURNAMENT WAS CANCELED DUE TO RAIN AND FIELD CONDITIONS.  THE EXPRESS WILL TAKE THEIR 4-1 RECORD TO INDIANAPOLIS 6/19/08 TO DEFEND THEIR BEST OF THE BEST TITLE FROM 2007.  STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

Team 2007 Record (28-11-1)

2007 Highlights:  Champions of 15U Indiana Best of the Best Tourney and 15U Caba Memorial Day Tournament.  3rd place in the Triple Crown 16U Naperville tournament.  Placed 10th in CABA 15U World Series going 7-3 including a 5-3 victory of Louisiana RPD who placed 2nd in the tournament (losing to East Cobb).