Baseball: Barrington wins championship in Georgia

Barrington's baseball team will leave Georgia as champions of the PG Rawlings Select Classic in Emerson.

The Broncos defeated the Covington Chargers 8-0 in the championship game as Nick Bogaerts (4 innings, 1 hit, 2 strikeouts) and Brad Peters (3 innings, 3 strikeouts, no hits) combined for Barrington's third straight shutout.

Tournament MVP Tyler Acosta belted a 2-run homer to left center field to give the Broncos a 2-0 lead.

Teammate Clark Elliott went 2-for-4 with a double and 2 RBI. Eric Kozlowski, Will Yorton, Blake Gosswein (double), Justin Walker and Jeff Korus also had hits for Barrington.

Barrington coach Pat Wire told the Perfect Game-USA website that he liked his team's unity in the tourney.

"To me, forget the wins and everything, I just told these guys to have each other's backs," he said to the baseball scouting service website. "You saw the way they stormed the field, these guys don't do it for the trophy they do it for the love of the game.

"These guys just love the game, it's that intangible thing and I just feel that. The best part is we used a lot of guys this tournament. We've been here since Monday. We used a lot of guys and between varsity and the junior varsity, I think we only lost two games. And that's great result-wise, but I think most importantly we figured out who we are as a team when we head back to Illinois."

Schaumburg 1, West Aurora 0: Justin Schoefermacker fired a 3-hitter with 7 strikeouts for host Schaumburg. He threw 96 pitches (63 strikes) and got the only run he needed in the bottom of the sixth inning.

The Saxons had 5 hits in the game, one apiece from Nick Calip, Tommy Larsen, Fred Yuen (double), Jacob Bishop (1-for-1, walk) and Josiah Walton.

Maine West 12, Palatine 1: Visiting Maine West scored five times in the top of the third inning and never looked back in the nonconference win.

Winning pitcher Sam Kindle 5 innings, 1 hit, 5 strikeouts), Brian Bojarski and Kyle Roscoe combined for a 2-hitter.

Cory Scholler (3-for-5, 2 RBI, 1 run) and Matt Johnston (3-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBI) led the Warriors' offense. Max Rothweller and Nick Stone also had 2 RBI for the Warriors while Jeff Mustari and Johnston each scored 2 runs.

J.T. Streepy and Zach Oles had the only hits for Palatine.

Palatine 3, Maine West 0: John Weber threw a 4-hit shutout with 4 strikeouts for Palatine, which was led on offense by Josh Stitt (2-for-3, 3 RBI). Alex Zimmerman was 2-for-3 for West.

Conant 6, Glenbard North 5: Trailing 5-4, Conant scored twice in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Joe Pavletcih the win. He went the final ⅔ of an inning in relief of Matt Majer (6 strikeouts) and Colin Broeker.

Leading the Cougars' offense were Tim Fauth (2-for-4, 2 RBI), Jack Reiger (2-for-3, 2 RBI) and Tyler Hedmen (2-for-3, 1 run). Sam Ryan (1-for-2) also had 2 RBI for Conant while C.J. Deshazer was 1-for-2 with 2 runs, 2 stolen bases and a walk. Mason Sykes also had an RBI fro the winners.

Dyersburg (TN), 4, Hersey 0: Dyersburg broke through with all 4 runs in the top of the eighth inning to blank the Huskies.

Tyler Haffey (triple) and Nick Wiley had the only hits for Hersey in its final game on its road trip to Union City, TN.

Wiley and Ryan Trachsel also had stolen bases while Bruan Masseccesi and Trachsel drew walks.

Hersey pitcher Mark Losacco did not give up an earned run in 5 innings and struck out one.

Hampshire 7, Hoffman Estates 2: Dylan Bloom (3-for-4, 2 doubles, RBI) and Jim Kliver (2-for-3, double) led the offense for host Hoffman. Teammate Nick Grybos was 1-for-3.

Fenwick 5, Elk Grove 1: Joe Lopez and Zach Schwartz had the only hits for visiting Elk Grove, whose RBI came off the bat of Austin Brown.

Starter Lopez, Joe Leone, Schwartz and Zach Mahoney all saw time on the pitcher's mound for EG.

Lake Park 7, Prospect 3: John Czseslowski, batting in the No. 8 spot, went 3-for-3 with a double to pace the Knights' offense which scored all 3 runs in the top of the sixth inning in Roselle.

Anthony Catalano was also a multiple hitter for visiting Prospect, going 2-for-4 with an RBI.

Nick Ergostolo and Ryan Roggeman also doubled for Prospect while Nick DeCapri had a pair of RBI.

Legacy 12, St. Viator 4: Top hitter for the Lions in Arizona was Hunter Johnson (3-for-4, RBI, run) while Cole Kmet (home run), Casey Kmet and Jack Mahoney (2 RBI) had the Lions' other 3 hits.