I like west suburban, LT/ OPRf / Downers North, Downers south/ Hindsale South / Willowbrook

Of course im biased

Just my opinion

Mustang dad 23 / Laidlaw

SICA West also gets my vote. Low end teams in SICA West would be conference champs if they were in almost any other conference. Many teams outside of SICA West judge how they are doing by how well they fare against the schools in that conference.

SICA West top to bottom is the best conference in the state .

Sica west,I think is a great choice, and YES, I do think the best conference, truth be told. I just threw up West suburban to create chatter, talk, opinions.

Who else has a opinion ???

what about the Mid-Suburban West?

Schaumburg, Fremd, Barrington & Hoffman Estates are all quality programs. I know Schaumburg and Barrington always play a tough non-conference schedule. Schaumburg always plays OPRF, Lockport, WW South, St.Charles East...just to name a few.In the past they have played Lincoln Way, New Trier, Naperville Central just to mention a few.

Just my thoughts....which don't amount to a hill of beans

Seems like there aren't very many people on this site north of 290....but baseball does exist up that way....Libertyville, Stevenson, Carmel, Mundelien, Buffalo Grove, Hersey, St.Viator, Prospect, Crytsal Lake, Prairie Ridge...just to name a few more not mentioned

Viator and Carmel from the ESCC...along with JCA, Marist, ND. Not a bad conference.

MDE, I agree about some very good baseball played up north of 290.

My goal this summer is to spend it watching HS baseball .. so id love to get up there and see some games

I would have loftier goals .. like feeding the hungry, or stopping polution, but..HS baseball .. is what I love.. so Ill go with that !!!

Hopefully you saw the sarcasm .. lol

TARATKO, TWO OF THE LAST THREE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES HAVE INCLUDED TEAMS FROM THE WSC. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ANYONE THAT KNOWS BASEBALL COULD SEE THE DGN WAS THE BEST TEAM IN THE STATE THREE YEARS AGO, BUT RAN INTO SOME BAD LUCK. THE SICA IS A GREAT CONFERENCE, BUT THE WSC HOLDS ITS OWN OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. NO QUESTION!

BaLL FAN

Downers Grove North the best team in the state ?
3 years ago ? I dont think so, not because of the talent, but because of the coach.

Im a DG south parent, and he had a good team, decent talent, I dont think the best in the state. Is that the team with Sigerich ( U of II ), Klekner ( U of I ), Tommy Lyon ( tigers minor leagues )they had a catcher who was pretty good. I cant remember his name

hitNrun, did you see them play more than just the time they played dgs? Not many holes in that line-up. They had it all. Pitching, defense, and hitting. not really sure what the part about the coach ment?

Ballfan,

I agree, DGN was the most talented team I saw that year also. I was coaching at OPRF at the time and they had everything a team could need. They had really good pitching, very good defense, very good hitting, and excellent situational hitting. They seemed like a very well coached team to me. If I recall correctly, they got picked off by St. Joe's. I heard they ran into a hot pitcher that day. Another example of a single elimination format where you don't have to be the best team to win.

Ahhhhhhhhhhh, SICA WEST, PERIOD!

I'm biased, but the SICA WEST is by far the best baseball conference in the state.

Well I will throw my two cents in and agree with most everyone here and say that the SICA West is by far the most dominant baseball conference in the state of Illinois

No question about the SICA West. Bar NONE!

Now obviously anything I say my be skwed because it was the conference I played in, but I really think the Central Suburban South is as tough as any conference around. All 6 teams (New Trier, Maine South, Glenbrook South, Niles West, Evanston, and Waukegan) have produced very solid D1 and D2 players in recent years. Also The Niles West sectional final has often been between two teams from this conference (thats a sectional that has had teams from the CSL North as well as teams like Lake Forest and Loyola in it). Another reason that I like the CSL South is the tough no conference games that the teams play. Most of all I just think that any conference that has had such great teams like New Trier and Maine South over the last few years has to get a vote. In fact that becomes even more impressive when you see things like Glenbrook South beating Maine South in 2002 and Evanston upending New Trier last year. That was really long, but I guess I have a strong opinon.

Stevenson, Libertyville, Mundelein, Lake Forest are all solid teams every year.

1. WSC 2. SICA WEST.

No doubt Wsc number one!
best teams in the last 5 years
1 Oak Park River Forest
2 LockPort
3 Lyons Township
4 Sandberg
5 Andrew
6 Shaumberg
7 Jca
8 Providence
9 stevenson
10 New trier
11 glenbard west

Your top ten in the last five years doesn't mention Andrew or Sandburg!?