From Wednesday, July 24th, through Sunday, July 28th, the Prep Baseball Junior Future Games will take place at the LakePoint Sports Complex in Emerson, Georgia. This annual event features top 14U talents from across the country in a tournament-style format, where participants will be given the unique opportunity of competing against other top-level players while representing their respective state in a high-level atmosphere.

This event will run in conjunction with the Prep Baseball Future Games. The Future Games features the top uncommitted players in the Class of 2026 and 2027 from across the Prep Baseball Report’s 40+ state coverage area. It is one of the most highly recruited events of the summer and attracts more than 300 college coaches from across the country each year.

This one-of-a-kind event will include individual workouts and a 4-game guarantee with single elimination bracket play to determine a champion in each age group.

For more information about the event, click HERE. To see a full game schedule of the event, click HERE.

This year, Illinois is taking two 14U teams to the Junior Future Games, designated on the schedule as Illinois and Illinois 2. You will find an itinerary for each perspective team, here:

Illinois
+ Tuesday, July 23: Check-In, 4:00-9:00 PM (players are not required to check-in at this time and date)
+ Workout: Wednesday, July 24th, 9:00 AM, Field 13 & 14
+ Game 1: Thursday, July 25th, 12:30 PM, Field 15 vs Minnesota
+ Game 2: Friday, July 26th, 5:00 PM, Field 14 vs Arizona
+ Game 3: Saturday, July 27th, 8:00 AM, Field 13 vs Pennsylvania
+ Game 4: TBD

Below you'll find the individual names that'll represent Team Illinois at this year's event.

TEAM ILLINOIS

NAME	SCHOOL	CLASS	POS
Anderson Kaufmann	Alton	2028	UTL/RHP
Lucas Sloan	Olympia	2028	C/RHP
Jack Bullington	Marist	2028	UTL/RHP
Jack McNamara	Brother Rice	2028	1B/RHP
Jack Postma	Barrington	2028	1B/RHP
Alex Govoni	Loyola	2028	3B/RHP
Payton Archibald	Charleston	2028	3B/OF
Peter Pignatiello	Benet	2028	SS/RHP
James Sobkowiak	Downers Grove South	2028	SS/RHP
Kameron Cox	Montini Catholic	2028	MIF
Cole Clower	Minooka	2028	INF/RHP
Ryan Pipkins	Champaign Central	2028	RHP/OF
Weston Wyzukovic	Libertyville	2028	C/OF
Carver Cohn	McHenry	2028	OF/LHP

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