BRIEFLY: SOUTHEAST BASEBALL SIGNS TWO PLAYERS

Southeast baseball has signed to Illinois prep baseball players for the 2000 season in shortstop Zach Borowiak of Belleville Althoff and pitcher/catcher Jim Beever of Nashville High School.

Borowiak, 6-foot-1 and 165 pounds, is currently batting .540 with six home runs, 11 doubles and 35 RBIs. He struck out only three times in 120 at-bats as a junior.

Beever, 6-foot-3 and 210 pounds, is a right-hander who currently owns a 2-0 record and 2.80 ERA at Althoff. He is also batting .314.