Western and Eastern will not have to travel far for their respective baseball regional games on Saturday.
In a Class 3A regional, No. 3-ranked Western (26-2) faces No. 5 DeKalb (20-4) at 11 a.m. at Logansport’s Jim Turner Field. The Panthers’ sectional was held there as well.
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Eastern’s Trey Beachy takes a cut in a game against Taylor on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
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