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Baseball: St. Charles East nips Batavia

A Steve Abruzzo sacrifice fly scored John Carroll with the eventual winning run in the top of the seventh inning Thursday as the St. Charles East baseball team defeated Batavia 6-5 in Upstate Eight River action.

John Dellostritto (2 hits, 2 RBI), Justin Galante (2 RBI), Niko Klebosits (3 hits, 2B) and Jack Jordan (2 hits) also contributed to the offense for the Saints (12-4, 7-1).

Drew Conn was the winning pitcher in relief.

Glenn Albanese had 2 hits including a triple and 2 RBI for Batavia (5-8, 4-6) while Jake Robinson had 2 RBI and Brent Norkus a double for the Bulldogs.

Geneva 10, Elgin 4: Jack Olson had 3 hits as Geneva (10-5, 6-2) won in the UEC River. Also contributing for the Vikings were Dylan Baer (2 hits, 2B, 2 RBI), Graham Owen (2 hits, 2B, RBI), Josh Rose (3 RBI), Jason Peruba (2 hits, RBI), Sean Baumgartner (3B, 2 RBI) and Mike Stedronsky (2B). Sean Sinisko was the starting and winning pitcher, allowing 1 hit with 7 strikeouts in 3 innings. RJ Bartlett had 3 hits including a home run and 3 RBI for Elgin (3-12, 2-6).

South Elgin 18, East Aurora 1: Winning pitcher Adam Walker and Kevin Barry each homered as South Elgin (7-2, 5-0) rolled to an easy UEC Valley win. Bryant Diel (3 hits, 2B, 3 RBI), Patrick Keaty (2B, 2 RBI), Nate Gomez (2 doubles, 3 RBI), Anthony Lelli (2B, 2 RBI) and Jack Watkins (2B, RBI) also contributed for the Storm.

Bartlett 11, West Chicago 2: In the UEC Valley, Eric Johansen had 2 hits with a double and 3 RBI to lead Bartlett (8-6, 3-2) to the win. Frank Novello added 2 RBI for the Hawks and Tyler Yang was the winning pitcher, allowing 2 hits in 5 innings.

St. Charles North 10, Larkin 0: Anthony Delisi had 2 hits with a double and an RBI and Zach Mettetal added 2 hits to lead the North Stars (13-2, 6-1) in the UEC River. Tyler Mettetal and Brenden Norberg added doubles for SCN. Erik Larson and Jacob Shanner combined on a 3-hitter for the Stars. Larkin dropped to 7-10, 4-8.

Glenbard East 12, West Aurora 1: Dustin Tomas and JJ Rivera had doubles for West Aurora (3-12, 2-4) in its UEC Valley loss.

Huntley 4, Jacobs 1: Adam Smylie tossed a 2-hitter with 9 strikeouts and 3 walks as Huntley won this Fox Valley Conference game. Tyler Koss (2 RBI) and Brad Maurer each had doubles for the Red Raiders (13-3, 7-1). Jacobs fell to 12-4, 5-3.

CL Central 10, Hampshire 9: Matt Jachec had 3 hits with a double, triple and RBI for Hampshire (6-11-1, 2-9) in its FVC loss. Kyle Homa (2 hits, 2B, 4 RBI) and Pawell Barnas (2 hits, 3B, 2 RBI) also contributed for the Whip-Purs.

CL South 8, Prairie Ridge 7: In the completion of an FVC game suspended by darkness on Wednesday, Brian Fuentes' single drove home Garrett Bright with the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning for the Gators.

CL South 18, Prairie Ridge 0: Blake Kuffel threw a 5-inning 1-hitter with 5 strikeouts and no walks as Crystal Lake South (16-1, 7-1) won the regularly scheduled FVC contest. Ryan Parquette (2 hits, 2 RBI), Brian Fuentes (3 doubles, 3 RBI), Michael Swialty (2 hits), Kory Olsen (2B, 2 RBI), Brent Chubb (3 hits, 2B, 4 RBI), Scott Skwarek (2 doubles, 4 RBI) and Noah Tyrell (3 hits, 3B, 2 RBI) also contributed for the Gators.

Burlington Central 4, McHenry 3: Brandon Van Buren hit a walk off grand slam home run to lift the Rockets (12-3) to a nonconference win. Clay Milas was the winning pitcher.

Kaneland 14, Rochelle 4: Preston Havis hit 2 home runs and had 3 RBI for Kaneland (8-7, 4-1) in its Northern Illinois Big XII East win. Jack Marshall (2 hits, RBI), Luke Calabrese (2 hits), Robbie Dudzinski (2 hits, 2 RBI), Zach Farris (2B) and Luke Gomes (2B, RBI) also contributed for the Knights. Josh Pollastrini was the winning pitcher.

ACC 18, Timothy Christian 11: Austin Berens had 3 hits with a home run and 6 RBI to lead Aurora Central (12-4-1) to a Metro Suburban crossover win. Also with big days for the Chargers were Kyle Czerak (2 hits, RBI), winning pitcher Huner Darnell (4 hits, 2B, RBI), Johnny Belskis (2 hits, 3 RBI) and Jimmy Laurenti (3 hits, 2B, 4 RBI).

Glenbard South 14, St. Edward 1: Jack Olson's double was the only hit St. Edward could muster in this Metro Suburban loss.

Aurora Christian 5, Rockford Christian Life 2: MJ Stavola had a double for the Eagles (7-5, 5-1) in their Northeastern Athletic Conference win. Jacob Brothers was the winning pitcher in relief.

Harvest Christian 3, Luther North 2: Dominik Olech singled home Dylan Lockwood (2B) with the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning for Harvest (15-2, 6-0) in its NAC win. Zach Pawelek allowed 4 hits with 9 strikeouts and 2 walks to earn the win on the mound.

Marmion 10, Montini 7: Bobby Pierce (2B, 2 RBI) and Brandon McPherson (RBI) had 3 hits each for Marmion (10-5, 6-2) in the Chicago Catholic League. Chase Stanke added a double and an RBI for the Cadets and Sam Baranick was the winning pitcher.

Elgin Academy 4, Schaumburg Christian 3: Kevin Kuykendall (RBI) scored the winning run on an error in the bottom of the seventh inning as Elgin Academy (9-2) won this nonconference game. Ethan Hill had a double for the Hilltoppers and Hamza Aziz picked up the win in relief.

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