Softball: Barrington closes off CLS; Thomsen no-hits Streamwood

After rain suspended Barrington's softball game on Tuesday, the Fillies reigned in the bottom of the fifth inning with 6 runs on Wednesday en route to a 9-1 triumph over No. 6-seeded Crystal Lake South in the semifinals of the Class 4A Hampshire regional.

Top-seeded Barrington (32-3) will play the winner of Thursday's game between No. 4 Hampshire and No. 5 Dundee-Crown in Saturday's 11 a.m. championship.

Nursing a 2-1 lead, a one-out line drive single to right field by sophomore Kendall Peterson (2-for-4, 2 runs) ignited the 6-run fifth inning in which the Mid-Suburban League champions sent 10 batters to the plate.

Highlighting the inning were RBI singles by Tori Meyer (2-for-4) and Abbey Jacobsen along with an RBI groundout by Rachel Krzysko.

Other multiple hitters for the Fillies were Haley Luczak (2-for-3, 2 RBI) and Rachel Mori (2-for-3, RBI).

Junior Catherine McMahon (21-2) handled the mound duties, throwing a 7-hitter with 4 strikeouts and 1 walk.

"It was impressive to watch our team play under pressure today," said Barrington coach Perry Peterson, whose IHSA postseason record improved to 60 games over .500 (87-27) in 26 seasons. "The girls came focused and ready to play."

Elk Grove 10, Streamwood 0 (5 inn.): Senior Kylie Thomsen (14-6) threw the second no-hitter of her career by blanking the visiting No. 13-seeded Sabres with 7 strikeouts in the semifinals of the Grenadiers' own Class 4A semifinal.

Thomsen also belted her 14th homer of the season while going 2-for-3 at the plate.

Other multiple hitters for the Grens (25-9) were seniors Jessica Kearns (2-for-3) and Amy Pietruszynski (2-for-3).

Freshman Katia Pendowski added a double for No. 4 Elk Grove (26-9), which will play in Saturday's 11 a.m. championship against the winner of Thursday's semifinal between No. 6 Bartlett and No. 12 Prospect.

Hersey 9, Grayslake North 5: The No. 4-seeded Huskies (23-7) led 9-4 after two innings over No. 13 Grayslake North (13-20) en route to their victory in the semifinal of the Class 4A Loyola sectional held in Glenview.

Sophomore Sarah Bailitz (11-2) earned the win in a game that was pushed back to a 7 p.m. start due to field conditions.

Makayla Tsagalis (double), Hannah Graf and Sofia Cano (double) each had 2 hits for Hersey while Katie Wingerter, Brianna Luciano and Jackie Bednar (double) each had 2 RBI.

The Huskies will face the winner of Thursday's game between No. 5 Carmel and No. 12 Loyola in Saturday's 10 a.m. title game.

St. Viator 14, Elmwood Park 4 (5 inn.): Senior Cam VamValkenburg led off the bottom of the first with her first home run of the year and the No. 14-seeded Lions never looked back against No. 13 Elmwood Park in the St. Viator Class 3A regional semifinal.

St. Viator strung together 5 consecutive singles for 5 runs in the first inning.

The Lions put the game out of reach in the second inning when they scored 8 more runs, the highlight being a grand slam by senior Adeline Swiderski.

Senior Grace Kaiser earned the win while junior Haley Robinson and senior Jenna Breslin (double) each had 3 hits for Viator, which advances to Saturday's championship against the winner of Thursday's game between No. 5 Vernon Hills and No. 12 Chicago (Northside).

Schaumburg postponed: The ninth-seeded Saxons' semifinal game against No. 8 Lake Park in the Lancers' Class 4A regional was postponed on Wednesday and pushed back to Friday at 4:30 p.m.

Buffalo Grove postponed: No. 11 Buffalo Grove's semifinal in the Zion-Benton Class 4A regional against No. 6 Lake Zurich was postponed and moved to Thursday at 4:30 p.m.