BASEBALL REPORT

MAINE MEN: After a three-year absence from baseball, Bernard Lee isoff to a 2-2 start for Maine East, including a pair of four-hitterswith seven strikeouts against No. 5 Palatine and Niles North.

Lee has 26 strikeouts in 25 innings with a 2.80 ERA. TeammateBob Hixson is 2-2 with 30 strikeouts in 27 innings with a 2.75 ERA.

"Lee threw a few innings on varsity before he entered highschool at the Hinsdale Central Fourth of July tournament," MaineEast coach Don Olson said. "He missed his whole freshman year andpart of sophomore year because of an ankle injury. Then he went outfor track and ran cross-country.

"He came out last March and asked to play, but he …