– Lockport 12, Romeoville 2-Mark Gotts was 3 for 3 with two homers and three RBIs to ignite No. 5 Lockport (21-4, 7-2 in the SICA West).
– Driscoll 11, Willowbrook 0-Mike Kamienski (three hits, two RBIs) and John Mika (two hits, two RBIs) sparked No. 8 Driscoll (24-2) in non-conference action.
– Barrington 6, Wheeling 4-Trailing 3-0, the Broncos (20-9, 11-4 in the Mid-Suburban North) erupted for four runs in the fourth inning that featured an RBI double by Chris Mayland.
– Buffalo Grove 5, Palatine 4-J.D. Blackburn`s run-scoring single in the sixth was the game-winner for Buffalo Grove (15-9, 8-7 in the Mid-Suburban North).
– Cary-Grove 8, Jacobs 3-Cary-Grove (14-13-1, 12-5) rolled in the Fox Valley as Dan Palubicki (6-2, four-hitter) went the distance and benefitted from a five-run 10th-inning binge.
– Coal City 13, Seneca 3-Kurt Skubic (two doubles, home run, four RBIs) and Brad Schmitt (two hits, three RBIs) led the way as Coal City (16-11, 12-2)
clinched a share of first place in the Interstate Eight.
– Conant 12, Schaumburg 1-Ken Cromwell scattered four hits and Eric Kuffel had a solo home run for Conant (10-10, 8-7 in the Mid-Suburban South).
– Dundee-Crown 7, Lake Zurich 5-John Nash drove in three runs to lift Dundee- Crown (11-14-1, 8-9 in the Fox Valley).
– Farragut 18-16, Austin 3-0-Juan Valle was 3 for 3 with five RBIs in Game 1 and Hector Ramos had a three-run homer and six RBIs in Game 2 for Farragut
(20-5, 12-1 in the Public West).
– Harlan 7-11, Carver 3-1-Kermit Storey (5-0) tossed a four-hitter in Game 1 and Keith Conley hurled a three-hitter in Game 2 to lift Harlan`s Public Southwest champions (25-5, 13-0). Kelly Armistead had five RBIs on the day for the Falcons.
– Homewood-Flossmoor 7, Bolingbrook 3-Angel Santiago had two hits and two RBIs for H-F (14-7) in the SICA crossover.
– Hyde Park 16, South Shore 3-Roderic Walker hurled a one-hitter with 11 strikeouts and drove in two runs with three hits for Hyde Park (12-3, 8-2 in the Public Southeast).
– Joliet West 6, Joliet Central 5-Phil Seminero (3 for 4) and Jeff Allen each walloped two-run homers as West (15-11, 5-4) dropped Central to 6-3 in the SICA West.
– Kenwood 14, Tilden 2-Kenwood (13-4, 10-2) clinched the Public Central/East title with Parrish Wallace and Winston Beard each contributing a home run and two RBIs and Arelman Brown adding two hits and two RBIs.
– Lincoln Park 4, Crane 3-Pitcher James Morgan struck out 12 and Richard Castro (3 for 3, three RBIs) threw out the tying run at the plate in the seventh inning for Lincoln Park (7-2 in the Public Near North).
– Mather 12, Lane 5-Winning pitcher Angel Ramos was 3 for 4 with a triple, homer and three RBIs for Mather`s Public North leaders (22-9, 11-2).
– McHenry 9, Crystal Lake Central 2-Joe Mazurek struck out 10 and Mark Lindberg had two hits and two RBIs for McHenry (12-9, 8-8) rolled in the Fox Valley.
– Morris 3, Batavia 0-Brian Skrtich (8-0) hurled a three-hitter and fanned 10 and Justin Knapp, Mark Raciti and Kelly Dransfelt each drove in a run as Morris (27-2, 18-1) clinched in the Little Seven.
– St. Charles 9-15, East Aurora 8-8-Zak DeVore had an eighth-inning home run in Game 1 and Mark DiBiase had two hits and five RBIs in Game 2 to lift St. Charles (7-14, 6-12 in the Upstate Eight).
– Shepard 6, Richards 2-John Jensen hurled a three-hitter and Keith Milazzo had two hits and three RBIs for Shepard (13-11-1, 6-3 in the SICA North).
– Wauconda 8, Marian Central 2-Lenny Stanley hurled a two-hitter with 11 strikeouts and Steve Waldo had two hits (home run) and four RBIs for Wauconda (16-14, 9-5 in the Northwest Suburban).
– Woodstock 8, Crystal Lake South 1-Woodstock`s Fox Valley pace-setters
(23-4, 14-1) breezed behind pitcher Tim Maynard (4-1, six-hitter) and Dave Bishop (two hits, two RBIs).
Softball
– Oak Park 16, Downers North 6-Katie Hickman (6-1, four-hitter), Dani Tyler
(three hits, two RBIs) and Lisa Colucci (triple, home run, two RBIs) paced No. 2 Oak Park (23-1, 11-0 in the West Suburban Silver.
– Benet 9-3, Morris 5-6-Katie Enochs (17-6) hurled a two-hitter and had two doubles and two RBIs and Nicole Walker had a two-run homer and four RBIs for Benet (18-6 overall) in Game 1 before Joy Battersby spun a four-hitter to lift No. 6 Morris (23-2) in Game 2.
– Downers Grove South 10, Addison Trail 0-Tischa Welch (two-hitter) and Mary Beth Wise (two hits, four RBIs) paced No. 10 Downers Grove South (15-5, 10-0) in the West Suburban Gold.
– Crystal Lake South 9, Woodstock 3-Kate McCammon had three hits, one RBI and two runs to pace Crystal Lake South (13-9, 11-6 in the Fox Valley).
– Elk Grove 6, Fremd 5-Jenny LaGioia was 4 for 4 with an RBI and three runs scored to lift Elk Grove (17-5, 13-2 in the Mid-Suburban South).
– Hinsdale Central 8, York 5-Kelly Sojholm scattered six hits and did not give up an earned run for Hinsdale Central (8-2 in the West Suburban Silver). – IMSA 11, St. Edward 7-Becky Reichart (three-run homer) and Debbie Linksvayer (two hits, two RBIs) paced Illinois Math and Science (12-6).
– Maine East 11, Waukegan 1-Stacey Greenfield (home run, two RBIs) and Melissa Post (two hits, two RBIs) led Maine East (12-4, 5-3 in the Central Suburban South).
– Marengo 9, Burlington Central 4-Lisa Vodopiviec (two hits, three RBIs) and Jenni Kelm (two hits, two RBIs) led the way as Marengo (13-9, 11-7) upset Burlington Central (20-4, 13-4) in the Big Eight.
– Marshall 9, Juarez 8-Cicely Turnage had a two-run double and Bridget Ferguson a run-scoring single as Marshall (13-0) scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh to clinch the Public West ahead of Juarez (11-2).
– Mather 29, Amundsen 14-Jennifer Silva (two home runs, five RBIs) and Shirley Smith (4 for 4, home run, five RBIs) powered Mather (16-4, 9-2 in the Public Far North).
– Minooka 4, Coal City 1-Meggan Crump was 4 for 4 with three RBIs for Minooka (18-8).
– New Trier 16, Evanston 3-Melissa Siegel was 3 for 5 with three RBIs and Amy Koszyk had two hits and two RBIs to back Catherine Brown (16-3) as New Trier
(17-4, 9-1) clinched the Central Suburban South title.
– Niles North 10, Niles West 0-Roz Wendt tossed a five-inning no-hitter for Niles North (10-7, 7-3) in the Central Suburban North.
– Phillips 11-11, Dunbar 8-6-Jaspen Williams had a grand slam home run in Game 1 and a two-run blast in Game 2 as Phillips (11-3, 11-3) swept in the Public South/Central.
– Plainfield 3, Geneva 1-Winning pitcher Dave Wiers belted a two-run home run for Plainfield (14-11, 9-7 in the Little Seven).
– Prosser 18, Steinmetz 8-Prosser (8-3, 8-3 in the Public North) breezed behind Perla Munoz (3 for 5, five RBIs).
– Richards 11, Shepard 1-Lisa Paplauski (four-hitter), Julie Bonk (two-run homer) and Chris Michels (two hits, two RBIs) guided Richards (16-9, 7-2 in the SICA North).
– Taft 30-22, Sullivan 0-0-Taft (16-0, 12-0) rolled in the Public Far North behind Ellen Avery (home run, six RBIs) and Elizabeth Correa (home run, four RBIs) in Game 1 and Jackie Meyer (home run, two RBIs) and Tonya Lazaro (two doubles, two RBIs) in Game 2.
– Woodlands 13, North Shore 0-Mary T. Kraft hurled a one-hitter for Woodlands` Independent School League frontrunners (14-3, 11-0).
Soccer
– St. Charles 2, Fremd 0-No. 2 St. Charles (15-1-3) prevailed as Meredith Griffith had a goal and an assist and goaltenders Stacey Spriet and Merit Elzey shared the team`s 11th shutout.
– Evanston 6, Waukegan 0-Kristin Griffin and Liz Butterfield each scored three goals and goaltender Heather Shaffer bagged her 14th shutout to propel No. 10 Evanston (11-3-5, 8-1 in the Central Suburban South).
– Mother McAuley 3, Shepard 2-Heather Humphries, Kathy Fitzpatrick and Dierdre Murrihy scored for McAuley (12-3-1).
– Rockford Guilford tournament-Goaltender Katie Garbacz was in goal for both shutouts as Cary-Grove nudged Hinckley-Big Rock 2-0 and Rockford Jefferson 1-0 in overtime. Lisa Hladik and Jenny Pokladowski scored the goals against Jefferson. Garbacz had nine saves against Big Rock.
